The latest move comes as countries, including India, are initiating measures to tackle the spread of rumours, fake news and misinformation on social media platforms.
'Even as discord over US-India trade and commerce colours diplomatic relations, defence relations between the two countries remain on a firm footing,' points out Ajai Shukla.
The announcement comes days after senior journalist Shujaat Bukhari was shot dead in Srinagar.
The provisions in the FRDI bill do not modify current protections for depositors adversely at all, the ministry held, maintaining that these rather provide additional protections in a more transparent manner.
Coming down heavily on MF players who in recent past chose to use shareholder fund to buy out debt of bleeding invested companies, Sebi said MFs can't have standstill agreements with companies and will take action against fund houses for such deals.
The United Kingdom government has pledged 20 million to support the "ChAdOx1 nCoV-19" coronavirus vaccine trial programme, with UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock saying the government would "throw everything at" finding a vaccine against the deadly virus.
The two sides, sources said, also agreed to stop ceasefire violations along the International Border "through enhanced communication via multiple modes at all possible levels".
'We don't expect any immediate impact on salaried jobs.'
Engineering student Hemanth Joseph, who bypassed Apple's activation lock, is now the poster boy for a young community of ethical hackers.
The government's focus is on containing and controlling coronavirus the ministry of external affairs said on Thursday and advised Indians to stay put wherever they are and travel only under compelling reasons.
People familiar with the proceedings said independent cybersecurity experts from a private consulting firm, technology lawyers, government officials and WhatsApp representatives were asked questions about the Pegasus spyware and the larger issues surrounding surveillance, hacking and remedial measures.
The tally of 114 includes two fatalities and 17 foreigners as well as 13 people who were discharged after they recovered from the infection.
Dismissing the contention that the decline in inflation was on account of the steps taken by the NDA government, Chidambaram said he wanted to know, 'what measures were taken by the government that contributed to decline in inflation rates.'
The government on Wednesday ordered Twitter to immediately take down handles and hashtags that suggested a farmer genocide was being planned, saying such misinformation and inflammatory content will incite passion, and impact public order.
Stating that at least 16 people of different political parties have lost their lives in the post-poll violence in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party, saying unable to digest defeat in the state elections they were sending central ministers to incite unrest in Kolkata.
The supplementary nutrition programme and the Poshan Abhiyaan under the Women and Child Development Ministry has been merged to launch Mission Poshan 2.0 to strengthen nutritional content, delivery, outreach, and outcome, according to the Union Budget announced on Monday.
The new definition under the Code of Wages, 2019, includes three components: basic pay, dearness allowance and retention payment.
Most companies reporting an improvement in operating margins in Q1 as they cut ad spends and other expenses.
Forty suspects, including the driver of a van allegedly used by the suicide bombers, have been arrested in connection with the attacks which shook Sri Lanka.
Prohibitory orders imposed under Section 144 of the CrPC will be relaxed for a total of 10 hours on Friday in view of improvement in the situation, the ministry said.
The suit claims Uber sacrificed customer safety for the sake of profit and expansion.
The reasons for China's negative response are located in its territorial dispute with India but also to its grand designs of dominating the region from its previous position of being merely a "balancer" between India and Pakistan, points out Srikanth Kondapalli, Professor in Chinese Studies at JNU.
In recent months, three companies - PC Jeweller, Vakrangee and Kwality - decided to withdraw their share buyback proposals
'The credit for managing Trump should go to Modi.' 'Biden is a predictable and rational person with plenty of administrative experience,' notes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Khiram in Srigufwara area of the south Kashmir district this morning after receiving specific intelligence input about the presence of militants in the area, a police official said.
The US side is yet to respond to the invitation but initial indication has been positive, it is learnt.
After the outbreak of Nipah at a hamlet in Perambra last week, 16 people have tested positive, of whom 13 have died so far.
"He was one of the oldest militant and wanted for several terror-related crimes," police told PTI.
Investment in market leaders with a safety-first approach could yield reasonable returns across sectors.
A day after encounter, internet services were suspended in Kupwara district of Kashmir on Sunday.
The participants lauded the government and the people for ensuring harmony after the apex court verdict on Saturday.
Australia on Tuesday promised to apply "full force of law" against those responsible for attacks on Indians in the country as External Affairs Minister S M Krishna raised the issue of their safety with his counterpart Stephen Smith.
No one should be allowed to use Pakistan's territory to import or export terrorism, says Hamid Mir.
She also sought confidence building measures to be undertaken on the lines of those initiated in 2002.
'What has changed is the desperation of Pakistan proxies and the separatists in their failure to foment violence and civilian casualties in Kashmir.'
'You cannot fight a disease as complex as COVID-19 without a carefully calibrated, localised response.'
Terrorists had laid an ambush and fired indiscriminately when the troops approached the village.
However, the facility will be allowed on a need basis and can be used only in "fusion mode", which means people can use it only along with other existing means of authentication.
France plans to extend the state of emergency in place since Novembe'r's attacks on Paris for a further two months to ensure security at the Euro 2016 soccer tournament, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Wednesday.
Modi termed it a 'historic document' to fulfil his government's aim of 'sabka sath sabka vikas'.
