In just a few months, a simple five-letter puzzle has earned its creator a seven-figure sum. It has reached a level of popularity that made the New York Times value it at over $1 million . For anyone yet to try it, it involves six chances to work out a mystery five-letter word. It is […]
The Washington Post and The Guardian, members of the Pegasus Project investigative consortium, reported on Tuesday on the Israeli firm’s latest troubles with the US government. “Surveillance companies try to access cellular communication networks to geolocate targets and provide other spying services. Miller, interviewed by Guardian, Washington Post and Paris-based journalism watchdog Forbidden Stories, stated […]
“The accused posted fake news about Ayyub saying that she has been banned from Saudi Arabia and the user also gave her rape threats and abused her. Taking to Twitter, Ayyub on January 25 wrote, “26.4 thousand tweets, most are abusive, rape and death threats, calling me a terror sympathiser. In response to the video, […]
In the absence of any vision document becomes even more important in a global pandemic, in which the world economy contracted by 3.1% in 2020 but India’s economy contracted by 7.3% – the worst among major economies. The only serious intervention that finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s budget for FY 2023 has made for jobs is […]
Bopanna and Hima Kohli took note of the submissions of senior advocate Indira Jaising, appearing for former MP Mohammad Adeeb, and said state government officials have not been following the 2018 apex court judgment issuing a slew of directions to stop hate crimes. As The Wire has reported, Hindutva groups have been disrupting Muslims’ Friday […]
Right-wing news anchors like Zee News’s Sudhir Chaudhary , the only Mulsim speaker at the hearing, but were curiously silent on chief organiser, Hindus for Human Rights. Hindus for Human Rights is a US-based advocacy organisation. This new year was rung in with terrifying and explicit calls for a genocide against Muslims by Hindu religious […]
His tweets also alleged that a school in Thanjavur district had coerced a 17-year old girl student, a hostel inmate to convert to Christianity. “The BJP state unit chief said the police action went against freedom of expression and accused the DMK regime of ‘intimidation’. …Read the full story
NYT’s report, which examines how Israel reaped diplomatic gains around the world from NSO’s Pegasus spyware, details how the US’s Federal Bureau of Investigation bought a version of Pegasus. “The combination of Israel’s search for influence and NSO’s drive for profits has also led to the powerful spying tool ending up in the hands of […]
Indoor hospitality settings such as bars and restaurants and events like weddings will be capped at 100 people. “My wedding will not be going ahead,” she told reporters, adding she was sorry for anyone caught up in a similar scenario. …Read the full story
‘Hate speech’ does not refer to offensive, or foul-mouthed speech directed at a people. The Uttarakhand police arrested Wasim Rizvi/Jitendra Tyagi for his hate speeches at the Haridwar event, causing his friend and co-accused Yati Narsinghanand to sit on a fast in protest, and also call for a ‘revenge assembly’ if Rizvi-Tyagi wasn’t immediately released […]
US authorities have charged a US man with human trafficking after the four – a man, woman, baby and teenager – were found dead in the province of Manitoba, a few yards north of the frontier with Minnesota. “It was an absolutely mind-blowing story. The four people died about 6 miles east of Emerson, a […]
The hymn, a favourite of Mahatma Gandhi, was played every year during the ceremony from 1950 onwards, until it was dropped in 2020. New Delhi: Mahatma Gandhi’s favourite hymn, ‘Abide With Me’, has been dropped from the iconic Beating Retreat ceremony on January 29. This year’s ceremony will begin with ‘Fanfare’ by Buglers, and end with ‘Sare […]
Our conscience is clear and we work for the betterment of society,” the bench said. …Read the full story
Altaf, a 22-year-old youth who was detained in connection with a missing girl’s case in the Kasganj district of Uttar Pradesh, died at the police station on Tuesday. …Read the full story
The fourth – and concluding – report in this series looks at the costs of accelerated decarbonisation in a battered economy. That, however, is set to change. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statements at COP26 have added to the pressure. A number of researchers across the world are working on ‘just transition’ – to support the economies that […]
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro looks on during a promotion ceremony for generals of the armed forces, at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, August 12, 2021. …Read the full story
