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SubscriberWrites: What distinguishes Indian Muslims, and a look at Pegasus scandal with regards to privacy orders

Subscribers write on the recent Pegasus scandal and why Indian government needs to come clean on this politico-legal issue, and also take a look at what shaped the Indian Muslim identity.

Is my phone at risk? How the Pegasus spyware works

It is in the very nature of spyware to remain undetected on a device. That said, there are mechanisms to show whether your device has been compromised.

Against use of spying technology on civil society, journalists, US says on Pegasus row

Acting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Dean Thompson said that they don't have any particular special insights into the India case.

Covid, Pegasus, China, climate crisis — life on Earth is becoming an Orwellian nightmare

Are we living through the ‘interesting times’ of the Chinese curse, with overlapping crises slowly coming to a head, in a way that is beyond existing systems & institutions to meaningfully tackle?

Delhi cop reaches The Wire office for ‘I-Day routine check’, editor calls it ‘strange’

The policeman's visit came as The Wire, as part of a global media consortium, releases names of people who have allegedly been targeted using the Israeli spyware Pegasus. 

Pakistan calls for UN probe in India’s alleged use of Pegasus spyware

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was a potential target of the Israeli spyware Pegasus, according to a leaked list accessed by a global media consortium.

Israel to review allegations of misuse & licensing process of Pegasus amid snooping scandal

Lawmaker Ram Ben-Barak informed that Israel has set up a committee to review the issue, noting if Pegasus was 'misused or sold' to irresponsible bodies then it needs to be checked.

Kashmiri journalists, Syed Geelani and Mehbooba Mufti’s families on latest Pegasus list

J&K Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari’s brother Tariq Bukhari, Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and Waqar Bhatti, a human rights activist, also figure on the list.

‘Somebody has to do the dirty work’, Israeli firm NSO founder says after Pegasus row

Israeli firm NSO's CEO Shalev Hulio says Pegasus was built for the greater good and he would shut it down if there was a better alternative.

‘All my phones are tapped, I get calls from IB officials,’ Rahul Gandhi says on Pegasus row

The Congress leader accused Home Minister Amit Shah of treason and demanded his resignation and a judicial inquiry against PM Narendra Modi.

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Maharashtra’s language war reaches West Bengal. Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee is the first victim

While the language war in other states is targeting those who can't speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali have to constantly prove their Bengali-ness.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.