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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 […]

UP: Two Rohingyas arrested for living illegally in India

Bangladesh moves ahead with Rohingya refugee relocation

2:29 pm December 4, 2020

Dhaka: Authorities in Bangladesh on Friday started sending a first group of more than 1,500 Rohingya refugees to an isolated island despite calls by human rights groups for a halt to the process. The 1,642 refugees were boarding seven Bangladeshi naval vessels in the port of Chittagong for the trip to Bhashan Char, according to […]

China begins import of Indian rice after 2 yrs amid border tension; places orders for 5k tonnes

6:53 pm December 2, 2020

Beijing: China has started importing Indian rice after a gap of two years and placed orders for shipment of about 5,000 tonnes of non-basmati rice due to competitive prices offered by India compared to other nations, according to the All India Rice Exporters Association (AIREA). India is the world’s major exporter of rice, while China is the […]

All SCO member states appreciated India hosting first SCO Heads of Govt meeting: China

6:49 pm December 2, 2020

Beijing: China on Wednesday complimented India for hosting the Heads of the Government meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) for the first time, saying all member states spoke highly of the outcomes reached and appreciated India for organising the conference. This is the first-time India hosted the SCO Heads of Government meeting after it […]

Lanka’s highest court rejects petitions from Muslims against COVID-19 cremations

6:32 pm December 1, 2020

Colombo : Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed petitions filed by members of the Muslim community against the government’s regulation that makes cremations mandatory for COVID-related deaths. Some 12 petitioners had challenged the official gazette issued in April, claiming it impinged on the fundamental rights of the island nation’s 9 per cent Muslim minority. When the pandemic broke […]