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SC issues notice on Pegasus snooping row, says Modi govt reply so far is ‘limited’

During the hearing, SG Tushar Mehta argued against making information public, saying it was not in public interest. SC said govt doesn't have to reveal info related to national security.

Pegasus snooping a form of cyber-terrorism, says ex-RSS ideologue Govindacharya, moves SC

In 2019, too, Govindacharya filed a petition in Supreme Court seeking an inquiry into alleged use of Pegasus spyware to tap phones of Indians through WhatsApp.

Did govt use Pegasus or not? SC says Modi govt ‘doesn’t want to take stand’

MeiTY tells SC it will set up a committee to probe Pegasus allegations, as apex court hears a batch of petitions seeking a court-monitored inquiry.

‘Stop murder of democracy’ — Opposition takes out protest march over ‘manhandling’ of MPs

Top leaders of several opposition parties met in the chamber of Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and then walked in protest from Parliament House to Vijay Chowk.

Parliament worked 49 hours, wasted 151 hours — monsoon session was least productive in Modi 2.0

While Lok Sabha saw 22% productivity and lost 74 hours 46 minutes to disruptions, Rajya Sabha saw 28% productivity and lost 76 hours and 26 minutes to disruptions.

Didn’t assign budget for snooping software, says MeitY, 2 days after MoD denied Pegasus role

Reply came from MoS IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar, in response to query from Karti Chidambaram, who had sought details of budget allocated, if any, to buy such a software.

TMC, Congress, 12 other parties meet to evolve joint strategy on Pegasus, other issues

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi was part of the meeting held in the chamber of leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge Wednesday.

Pegasus doesn’t matter to ordinary Indians, Opposition does. Keyboard politics won’t work

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

SC tells Pegasus petitioners to refrain from ‘parallel debates’ on social media, websites

A bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana said the apex court is not against debates on social media but when the matter is pending in court, it must be deliberated there.

Uddhav & Sonia have direct line of communication, says Sena’s Sanjay Raut, denies cracks in MVA

Sanjay Raut, 59, a Rajya Sabha member of Shiv Sena, is currently in Delhi for the ongoing monsoon session, which ends Friday.

On Camera

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.