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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
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India 3rd among countries sending Google most content removal requests — 20,000 over last 10 years

Study by Netherlands-based cybersecurity services provider Surfshark ranks India after Russia & South Korea. Top 2 reasons for such requests from India were defamation & impersonation.

VLC unblocked eight months after ban by central govt, reasons for ban still unclear

The website of VideoLAN, developer of VLC media player, was banned in March, blocking access for new users. There was no due process followed, says the company.

On Camera

Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.