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- India
Delhi blast: Accused used ‘ghost’ SIMs to communicate with Pakistan
Srinagar/New Delhi: Investigations into the “white-collar” terror module linked to the blast near Delhi’s Red Fort on November 10 last year show that highly educated doctors used a sophisticated web of “ghost”…
- Technology
Elon Musk’s X to remove illegal content, permanently ban offending users
New Delhi: Microblogging site X will act against illegal content by removing it, permanently suspending accounts that uploaded the material and working with local governments as required, the Elon Musk-owned social media…
- India
Social media should take responsibility of content they publish: Vaishnaw
New Delhi: Social media firms should take responsibility for content they publish and a standing committee has already recommended a tough law to fix accountability of platforms, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said…
- India
Madras HC asks centre to consider Australia’s social media ban
Madurai: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has observed that the Centre could consider framing a legislation to regulate the use of internet by kids, similar to a law in…
- India
Retired IAF personnel arrested for alleged Pak links in Assam
Tezpur: A retired Indian Air Force personnel has been arrested in Assam’s Sonitpur district for alleged links with Pakistani intelligence operatives, police said on Saturday. Additional Superintendent of Police Haricharan Bhumij said…
- World
US govt could ask tourists to show 5-year social media history
The United States could soon ask tourists from foreign countries to show 5-year-old social media history while entering the country. According to a notice published in the US Federal register, foreign tourists…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Police take action against inciteful social media posts
Mangaluru: Police have registered a case on their own after discovering a series of alarming and provocative posts on Instagram, allegedly aimed at inciting communal hatred, glorifying violence and threatening revenge attacks…
- World
Social media ban for children under 16 starts in Australia
Melbourne(Australia): Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed a world-first social media ban for children younger than 16 that took effect Wednesday as families taking back power from tech giants but warned the…
- Telangana
Telangana BJP social media team booked for Revanth Reddy’s poster
Hyderabad: A case was registered against Telangana BJP Social Media In-Charge Sumiran Komarraju and two other team members, and they were detained over a poster depicting allegations on the two-year rule of…
- India
Social media influencer tenders apology, removes ‘controversial’ video on Jagannath Temple
Bhubaneswar: Social media influencer Shubhankar Mishra, who has been booked for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of Lord Jagannath devotees, on Tuesday tendered an unconditional apology for his controversial video on the…
- Middle East
Turkish journalist jailed for threatening Erdogan on social media
Ankara: A court on Wednesday, November 26, convicted a Turkish journalist of threatening President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, reports said, in a case that critics view as an attempt to silence a prominent…
- World
After Australia, Malaysia to ban social media for children under 16
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia plans to ban social media accounts for people under 16 starting in 2026, joining Australia and a growing number of countries pushing tighter digital age limits for children. Communications…
- India
Doctors in white-collar terror module began online radicalisation in 2019
New Delhi: The radicalisation of the doctors involved in the recent ‘white-collar’ terror module that came to light with the November 10 Red Fort area bombing began as early as 2019 on…
- Offbeat
Indian man carries 20 chairs on bike, surprises Polish traveller
A traveller from Poland was impressed by a man carrying 20 chairs on a bike in India, exemplifying the Indian “Jugaad.” Jugaad is the Indian term that describes the skills people use…
- Top Stories
BJP’s social media accounts celebrate Bihar win with memefest
New Delhi: The social media handles of the BJP were abuzz with memes and jibes targeted at Congress and Rahul Gandhi on Friday, soon after the bumper performance of the saffron party…
