Stressing the need to examine the charges, the three-judge SC bench led by CJI Ramana has ordered the setting up of a technical committee, headed by former SC judge Justice R.V. Raveendran.
The retired Supreme Court judge has been appointed by the apex court to oversee a three-member technical committee probing the Pegasus snooping allegations.
The 3-member panel will be led by former SC judge Justice R.V. Raveendran. Court says since the Centre provided no 'specific denial', it had no option but to appoint an expert panel.
Journalist Ben Hubbard’s phone was ‘targeted’ with Pegasus in June 2018, July 2020, and June 2021, a Citizen Lab report says. Two attempts were allegedly successful.
The pleas seeking an independent probe are related to reports of alleged snooping by govt agencies on eminent citizens, politicians and scribes by using NSO group's spyware Pegasus.
During the hearing, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said the information sought by petitioners on whether govt used Pegasus spyware will not be in national interest.
The apex court is hearing as many as 12 pleas, including the one filed by the Editors Guild of India, seeking an independent probe into the Pegasus snooping allegations.
Advocate Saurabh Mishra said that the petitioner has challenged the notification issued by the West Bengal govt constituting the Commission of Inquiry on the ground of jurisdiction.
Each billion dollars we spend on GPUs and AI hardware is akin to planting more neurons in the simulated brain we are building. And this brain is expanding — quickly.
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.
The Chinese are said to have hired ex-fighter pilots & air force operators from NATO countries over the past several years to help them fine-tune their operational & flying capabilities.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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