Day: September 2, 2020

118 Chinese Apps Banned Including PUBG

6:54 pm September 2, 2020

New Delhi: Centre banned 118 more Chinese Apps including PUBG amid the prolonged standoff with China at the Line of Actual Control. As per the Union government, they were engaged in activities that are prejudicial to sovereignty, integrity and security of the state. The Information Technology Ministry received numerous complaints regarding misuse of these Apps for […]

Plea in HC to direct CBSE affiliated schools to publish docs on criteria to calculate class 10 marks

Centre says Netflix movie ‘Gunjan Saxena’ depicts IAF in poor light, HC refuses to stay streaming

6:46 pm September 2, 2020

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday refused to stay at this stage the streaming of Netflix movie, ‘Gunjan Saxena – The Kargil Girl’, on the Centre’s plea that it depicts the Indian Air Force (IAF) in poor light and dents its image. Justice Rajiv Shakdher asked the Centre as to why it did not approach the court before the release […]

Oppn plans march to Vijay Chowk in solidarity with suspended RS MPs

No Question Hour, curtailed Zero Hour in Parliament’s monsoon session; Oppn cries foul

6:44 pm September 2, 2020

New Delhi: There will be no Question Hour, a curtailed Zero Hour and no private members’ bills during the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament, the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha secretariats have decided, prompting opposition leaders to accuse the government of trying to “murder the democracy” in the name of the COVID-19 pandemic and of reducing “Parliament to a notice […]

Cosmic Legos: Black holes merge into never before seen size

6:42 pm September 2, 2020

Washington: Black holes are getting stranger — even to astronomers. They’ve now detected the signal from a long ago violent collision of two black holes that created a new one of a size that had never been seen before. “It’s the biggest bang since the Big Bang observed by humanity,” said Caltech physicist Alan Weinstein, who was part of the […]

Saudi Arabia says flights to, from UAE can fly over kingdom

6:32 pm September 2, 2020

Dubai: Saudi Arabia announced Wednesday that flights to and from the United Arab Emirates “from all countries” will now be able to use its airspace — a statement apparently allowing flyovers by Israel following a deal to normalise UAE-Israel relations. The vaguely worded statement avoided naming Israel directly. However, the announcement came just days after the kingdom allowed the first direct […]