Day: December 4, 2020

India tightens regulatory grip on Facebook, WhatsApp with new rules

Hate content: Facebook’s Oversight Board takes up case from India

11:37 pm December 4, 2020

New Delhi: An independent board set up by Facebook to look into hate and other undesirable content on the platform has taken up a case from India wherein a user had called for violence against French President Emmanuel Macron over a cartoon of Prophet. In a statement on Thursday, the Oversight Board said it has selected an additional case […]

Mumbai: Over 35.29 pc MTHL work complete, says MMRDA

11:34 pm December 4, 2020

Mumbai: The MMRDA on Friday said 35.29 per cent of the overall work of the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) has been completed. The 22-kilometre link, of which 16.6 kilometre is over sea, connects Mumbai and Navi Mumbai. MMRDA officials, while conducting a media visit, said it is on schedule to be completed by September […]

Rice scheme: Bedi okays deposit of cash under DBT system

11:31 pm December 4, 2020

Puducherry: Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry Kiran Bedi on Friday gave her nod to deposit cash in lieu of rice in the bank accounts of beneficiaries of the territorial government’s free rice scheme for three months (from April this year). In a whatsapp message, she said Rs 2,200 would be deposited under the centrally approved system […]

500 farmers protest in Palwal, block one lane of Delhi-Agra highway

11:18 pm December 4, 2020

Banda: Around 500 farmers belonging to Bundelkhand region reached Palwal in Haryana and started a protest on the Delhi-Agra national highway, the group’s national president Vimal Kumar Sharma said on Friday. A group of 500 farmers belonging to the Bundelkhand region had started from Banda district to join the farmers protest against the new farm laws in […]

Adityanath govt destroying democracy: Priyanka

Dalits continuously facing harassment under Adityanath govt: Priyanka

11:16 pm December 4, 2020

Lucknow: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra alleged on Friday that Dalits were continuously facing atrocities and harassment under the Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh. Addressing a ‘Dalit mahapanchayat’ organised by the state Congress Scheduled Castes department through video conference, Priyanka Gandhi referred to the Hathras case and accused the state government of being indifferent to the case. The Congress leader also mentioned about […]