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Hate speech: Parl panel on IT to call FB whistleblowers to depose before it

Some members of a parliamentary panel looking into the issue of hate speech on Facebook on Monday expressed the view that whistle-blowers Sophie Zhang and Frances Haugen, who have flagged bias and......

Covid vax drive: BJP-ruled states better than others

Eight BJP-ruled states have fully vaccinated 50 per cent of their eligible population with the coronavirus vaccine and seven of them have inoculated 90 per cent people with the first dose, numbers......

Omicron variant stokes concern but vaccine still critical: Experts

The Omicron variant carries 'concerning' mutations that may make it more transmissible and allow it to evade immunity, scientists said on Monday, stressing that the one certainty in the uncertainty......

Omicron variant not detected in India yet: Govt

No case of the new Omicron variant of coronavirus has been detected in India yet, a senior government official said on Monday. IMAGE: A healthcare worker collects a swab from a passenger for a PCR......

12 oppn MPs suspended from RS for their conduct during last session

Twelve opposition members in Rajya Sabha, including Congress MP Chhaya Verma, Shiv Sena's Priyanka Chaturvedi and Trinamool Congress's Dola Sen were on Monday suspended for the remaining part......

WhatsApp gets nod for doubling payments user base

Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp has been granted permission to double its user base for the payments service to 40 million by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). WhatsApp......

CAG flags anomalies in accounts of units under IT, telecom ministries

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India on Monday reported multiple irregularities in the accounts of units under the IT and telecom ministries, including purchases of hardware and software......

Moody's assigns first-time 'B3' ratings to Ola

Moody's Investors Service on Monday said it has assigned a first-time B3 corporate family rating (CFR) to ANI Technologies, which operates ride hailing service Ola. Moody's CFRs are opinions of a......

RIL denies any intent to bid for UK telecom group BT

Reliance Industries on Monday categorically denied any intent to bid for the UK telecom group, BT. RIL dismissed a report titled `Reliance mulling bid for UK's telco BT Group' as "completely......

CAG pulls up govt for IGST mess

The CAG has pulled up the union government for adopting an erroneous process of devolution of IGST to states and short-transfer of cesses to reserve funds, which resulted in under-reporting of......

How Aditya Chopra Changed Divya Dutta's Life

In life, you always need that someone who directs you to the right path, who shows you the way.In my case, I was very fortunate it was Aditya Chopra.A fascinating excerpt from Excerpted from Divya......

Bollywood Bets On Sooryanvanshi Effect

vSurajeet Das Gupta reports. IMAGE: The PVR theatre in Mumbai. Photograph: Pradeep Bandekar for Rediff.com Can Bollywood, battered for nearly two years by Covid, get back on its feet and......

India coach Dravid defends declaration timing

IMAGE: India head coach Rahul Dravid with captain Ajinkya Rahane during the first Test in Kanpur. Photograph: BCCI India's head coach Rahul Dravid dismissed the suggestion that the timing of their......

Will India drop Rahane? Here's what Dravid says...

'I mean you don't get worried. Of course, you would like more runs from Ajinkya, he would like to score more runs.' IMAGE: Ajinkya Rahane is bowled by Kyle Jamieson during India's first innings on......

Pitch was quite unresponsive on fifth day: Dravid

'With a little bit of luck, it would have gone our way I think, guys really fought hard.' IMAGE: India spinner Ravindra Jadeja celebrates a wicket during the first Test in Kanpur. Photograph: BCCI......

Coach Dravid hails 'absolute match-winner' Ashwin

'You don't achieve what Ashwin has achieved without growing and improving and evolving.' SCORECARD IMAGE: India coach Rahul Dravid watches Ravichandran Ashwin warm-up ahead of the fifth day's......

Feels absolutely nothing at all: Ashwin on going past Harbhajan

IMAGE: Ravichandran Ashwin, right, celebrates with Cheteshwar Pujara after the wicket of Tom Latham, during Day 5 of the first Test in Kanpur on Monday. Photograph: BCCI Seasoned off-spinner......

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