Supreme Court bans uploading & sharing of audio-video recordings of Court hearings without prior permission
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday passed an interim order prohibiting the extraction, editing, dissemination, reposting, uploading or monetisation of audio and video recordings of judicial proceedings on social media and other digital platforms without prior permission from the concerned court. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and…
Centre removes 47 NTA officials, plans major overhaul; Leak-proof exam system in work: Report
New Delhi: The Centre has removed 47 officials from the National Testing Agency (NTA) as part of a major overhaul of the examination body, with legal action also likely against some of those removed, according to IANS. The government is preparing a comprehensive restructuring of the NTA, with the entire organisational framework set to be…
The Indian governments ban on BitChat puts all software companies at risk
New Delhi: The Indian government has directed GitHub to remove Bitchat, a Bluetooth-based messaging app developed by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, after protesters used it to communicate during internet shutdowns in central Delhi. The Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C), the Home Ministry’s cybercrime arm, ordered Microsoft-owned GitHub to remove the Bluetooth-based messaging application. Dorsey…
Centre to resond on Saturday over the CJP representatives demand of Pradhan’s resignation
New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) spokespersons Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das met union ministers JP Nadda and Jitendra Singh on Friday, as part of the second such high-level meeting with the Centre amid ongoing student protests in Delhi. After the meeting, Ranka told the media that the government has “in-principle” agreed to two demands…
Delhi High Court refuses to entertain PIL for NIA probe into CJP protests; plea withdrawn
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protests and its march to parliament on July 20. A Bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia said that an order for an NIA probe…
Delhi police cancels leaves amid capital protests
New Delhi: The Delhi police has cancelled all routine leaves of its personnel with immediate effect in view of the prevailing law and order situation in the capital, police sources said on Friday. The order issued by the police headquarters on Thursday has been circulated to the DCPs of all the districts, the Foreigners Regional…
Closely monitoring steps taken to curb NEET leaks: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday told the Centre that it will closely monitor the steps taken to curb NEET examination paper leaks, while underlining that ad hocism has caused trouble for years. A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Alok Aradhe, which was hearing a batch of petitions, including one by the…
The boys who chose Bharat over placements
MS Shanker Every Indian knows that Siachen is the world’s highest battlefield. Few realise that it has claimed more Indian soldiers through its unforgiving weather than through enemy fire. At temperatures plunging below -50°C and at altitudes where oxygen levels are nearly half of those at sea level, Siachen tests not just human endurance, but…
Delhi University issues “Stay away from Jantar Mantar” advisory to students
New Delhi: The University of Delhi on Thursday issued an official safety advisory, appealing to its students and faculty to refrain from taking part in unauthorised assemblies and demonstrations at Jantar Mantar, as the protest over the NEET paper leak rages on in the national capital. In a post on X, the University of Delhi…
India’s desi S-400, Kusha, takes to the skies; maiden test flight successful
New Delhi: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Thursday successfully carried out the maiden flight test of Long-Range Surface-to-Air Missile Kusha from the APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that the successful test flight of Kusha marks an important milestone in Indian defence R&D. “The capability…
