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Adani Group says being targeted through false propaganda, manufactured online campaign

3:36 pm January 23, 2021

New Delhi: Billionaire Gautam Adani’s Adani Group on Saturday said it is being targeted through false propaganda and a manufactured online campaign of malicious lies about its operations and will take actions such as filing court cases to protect its interests. Without referring to any particular allegation, the Adani Group in a statement posted on its Twitter handle said some attacks […]

Indian mathematician Nikhil Srivastava named joint winner of Michael and Sheila Held Prize

12:04 pm January 22, 2021

Washington: Nikhil Srivastava, a young Indian mathematician, has been named winner of the prestigious 2021 Michael and Sheila Held Prize along with two others for solving long-standing questions on the Kadison-Singer problem and on Ramanujan graphs. Srivastava from the University of California, Berkeley, Adam Marcus, the Ecole polytechnique federale de Lausanne (EPFL) and Daniel Alan Spielman from Yale University will receive the 2021 Michael and Sheila Held Prize, the National Academy of Sciences said in the statement. The prize consists of […]

Kamala Harris as vice president further cements US-India relationship: White House

11:52 am January 22, 2021

Washington : The historic inauguration of Kamala Harris as America’s vice president has further cemented the importance of the relationship between the United States and India, according to a top White House official. Born to a Jamaican father and an Indian mother, 56-year-old Harris made history on Wednesday when she was sworn in as the first female, first Black and first Asian-American US vice-president. The former senator from California was sworn in […]

Rafale jets of Indian & French air forces conduct complex maneuvers as part of mega drill

11:18 pm January 21, 2021

New Delhi: Rafale fighter jets of Indian and French air forces on Thursday carried out a plethora of complex aerial maneuvers along with other frontline combat jets as part of a five-day mega exercise in Jodhpur to further enhance their operational coordination, officials said. Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat flew a sortie in a Phenix Airbus A330 multi-role tanker transport aircraft of the French Air […]

WhatsApp treating Indian users differently from Europeans matter of concern: Centre to HC

Parliamentary panel members flag concerns over WhatsApp’s proposed new privacy policy

11:12 pm January 21, 2021

New Delhi: Members of a parliamentary panel on Thursday flagged the issue of proposed changes in the privacy policy of WhatsApp and highlighted concerns of Indian citizens, sources said. WhatsApp representatives who appeared before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology said the proposed changes are aimed at bringing in more transparency and the chat and calls on platform still remain end-to-end encrypted, […]