NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said fake news is more dangerous than paid news and called for self regulation while publishing digital content to curb the menace. “Paid news is much milder than what fake news is. Fake news has a very potent power of disturbing the peace. The manipulation […]
NEW DELHI: India’s novel coronavirus tally rose to 32.34 lakh on Wednesday with 67,151 more people testing positive for the infection, while the recoveries have surged to 24,67,758, the Health Ministry said. The death toll from the pathogen climbed to 59,449 with 1,059 more fatalities. There are 7,07,267 active cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), […]
NEW DELHI:The Supreme Court Wednesday disposed of a plea seeking payment of salary to doctors and healthcare workers on the ground that the Delhi High Court was already seized of the matter. A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan said the high court had already taken suo motu cognizance of multiple media reports about the […]
NEW DELHI: To safeguard confidential health data collected from people under the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM), the government has proposed a framework and a set of minimum standards for data privacy protection to be followed across the board in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. The NDHM was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]
NEW DELHI: Batting for the students taking the NEET-JEE exams, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday urged the central government to listen to their grievances and find an amicable solution. The students have been demanding postponement of the medical and engineering entrance exams in view of the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the country. […]
NEW DELHI: The special CBI court holding the Babri mosque demolition trial on Wednesday expressed its exasperation over the defence counsel’s failure to submit their written arguments to the court despite twice being granted time for it. It appears the defence wants to delay the conclusion of trial as it has failed to submit its […]
NEW DELHI: With 60,975 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India’s Covid-19 tally rose to 31,67,323, while recoveries surged to 24,04,585 pushing the recovery rate over 75.92 per cent, according to the Union health ministry data on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 58,390 with 848 fatalities being reported in a span […]
KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the second consecutive day against the holding of JEE/NEET examinations during the ongoing pandemic and sought his intervention. Mamata Banerjee in her letter also requested the Centre to consider appealing to the Supreme Court to review its decision on […]
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Tuesday granted 30 minutes to activistlawyer Prashant Bhushan, convicted for contempt, to ‘think over’ his stand of not expressing regret over his tweets against the judiciary. The top court granted another opportunity to Bhushan after Attorney General K K Venugopal sought forgiveness for the activist-lawyer. “He (Bhushan) should withdraw all […]
NEW DELHI: India will send a tri-services contingent to take part in a multilateral war game in Russia next month, in first such participation in a mega military drill after the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, official sources said. China, Pakistan and a number of other member nations of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) are […]