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Home Government seeks reply from TikTok on security, 'age gate'
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) has sought response from controversial social media apps TikTok and Helo on a set of questions, ranging from whether the apps are considering storing data within India and what measures they were taking to prevent users below age 18 from getting exposed to potentially dangerous content.The social media platforms have time...
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Home Now in UP: Digital de-addiction clinic for children
Digital addiction among children is emerging as a major problem in the modern world and also a reason for adolescent behavioural issues. Comparable to problems like kleptomania or compulsive gambling, doctors have identified the impulse control disorder and the WHO has termed it 'gaming disorder'.Three medical centres have come up in Uttar Pradesh to help children get rid of the cell phone...
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Home LIVE news updates: Chidambaram, Singhvi criticise govt role in the Arbitration Bill
Chidambaram, Singhvi criticise govt role in the Arbitration BillThe Congress on Thursday alleged that the proposed Arbitration Council would be a "sarkari" Council and accused the government of making a "brazen" attempt to take over the process.During a joint discussion on two bill related to amendments in arbitration laws in Rajya Sabha, the...
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Home Karnataka Floor Test LIVE updates: MLA S Patil to return to Bengaluru after being discharged from hospital
MLA S Patil to return to Bengaluru after being discharged from hospital MLA S Patil to return to Bengaluru after being discharged from Chennai hospital where he was admitted after chest pain Congress MLA Shrimant Patil: I went to Chennai for some personal work & felt some pain in the chest there. I visited hospital & on the suggestion of...
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Home Simultaneous polls will be a blitzkrieg on federalism and Polyarchy
American political scientist Robert A. Dahl visualised a more mature and sophisticated form of democracy called polyarchy. It is a democratic political ecology in which political outcomes are enacted through competitive, if unequal, interest groups. In such an environment, power is invested in multiple people and groups. It is an effective antidote to autocratic and...
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Home Over 4K set out for Amarnath, as Yatra breaks record
Over 2.19 lakh pilgrims have so far performed the ongoing Amarnath Yatra and another batch of 4,167 yatris on Thursday left Jammu to offer their prayers at the holy cave shrine in Kashmir.Officials of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB), that manages the affairs of the annual pilgrimage, said that during the last 17 days since the yatra started on July 1, 2.19,011 lakh pilgrims have offered...
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Home WATCH | Suspected arson attack at Japan anime studio, 33 killed
At least 33 people were killed and dozens injured in a suspected arson attack at a renowned animation studio in Japan's Kyoto city on Thursday, officials said.According to the police, a man broke into the Kyoto Animation Co studio in the morning and poured what appeared to be gasoline around the studio and set it on fire. The 41-year-old suspect was detained and taken to hospital...
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Home Kathua rape-murder case to be heard on priority: Punjab High Court
Recognising the gravity of the crime, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday heard on priority petitions of the victim's family and the six convicts in the brutal rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir.The pleas -- one moved by the victim father's seeking death penalty for the heinous act and another by the six convicts challenging their...
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Home Bihar Police may take action against officials for letter seeking details of RSS
Bihar Police is likely to take action against some police officers in connection with a letter from its Special Branch directing Deputy SPs to gather information on the state functionaries of the RSS, an official said on Thursday.After hue and cry made by the BJP leaders over the letter, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has directed the state DGP, Home secretary, ADG...
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Home India's current account balance deficit grew to $68bn in 2018-19: IMF
India's current account (CA) balance deficit grew to $68 billion in 2018-19 from $49 billion the previous year, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which said the deficit was justified by development needs.The External Sector Report of the IMF released on Wednesday by Chief Economist Gita Gopinath also found that India's Net International Investment Position...
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