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Supreme Court ends Trump emoluments lawsuits

10:01 pm January 25, 2021

Washington: The Supreme Court on Monday brought an end to lawsuits over whether Donald Trump illegally profited off his presidency. The justices threw out Trump’s challenge to lower court rulings that had allowed lawsuits to go forward alleging that he violated the Constitution’s emoluments clause by accepting payments from foreign and domestic officials who stay […]

2 quakes hit Chile, South Shetland Islands; no major damage

12:30 pm January 24, 2021

Santiago : Two almost simultaneous earthquakes were felt Saturday in the South Shetland Islands in the Antarctica and in central Chile, where buildings shook in the country’s capital. No casualties or damage were immediately reported. The quake in the South Shetland Islands had a magnitude of 6.9 with a depth of 9.6 kilometers, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, while the earthquake in Chile had […]

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 […]

India welcomes Sri Lanka’s emergency use approval of Covishield vaccine against COVID-19

11:00 pm January 22, 2021

Colombo: India has welcomed Sri Lanka’s emergency use approval of Covishield vaccine which is being manufactured by the Serum Institute of India. Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and the Maldives have already received India’s COVID-19 vaccines under grant assistance in sync with its “Neighbourhood First” policy. India’s High Commission here took to Twitter to welcome the emergency use approval by the Sri Lankan government. “Welcome emergency use approval of COVISHIELD vaccines by […]

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, […]