New Delhi: The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal on Thursday granted relief to Meta Platforms by staying the five-year ban imposed by India’s competition regulator on WhatsApp’s data-sharing practices. The NCLAT bench, led by Justice Ashok Bhushan, noted that such a ban, linked to WhatsApp’s privacy policy, could disrupt WhatsApp’s business model in India. Meta
Delhi is going to the polls on February 5. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is trying hard to fight anti-incumbency and retain power by “showcasing” Punjab, the only full-fledged State where it holds sway. A battery of ministers, legislators, and AAP leaders, including Punjab’s Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, have been campaigning in Delhi over the
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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned Russian President Vladimir Putin to come to the negotiation table and “stop this ridiculous war” with Ukraine or face a high-level of sanctions and trade tariffs. “We can do it the easy way, or the hard way – and the easy way is always better,” Trump wrote
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw during a meeting with Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) delegation, in Switzerland on January 22, 2025. Photo: PTI via @AshwiniVaishnaw/X Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw took part in a series of strategic meetings in Switzerland, underscoring India’s commitment to fostering international collaboration and embracing innovative technologies in the railway sector. He also made
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In early January, as the conflict in Gaza completed its 15th month, it had acquired the characteristics of a pogrom–sustained violence by Israeli armed forces on defenceless Palestinian civilians that has killed nearly 47,000 persons, most of them women and children. Almost all the physical infrastructure in Gaza had been demolished, while medical personnel and
Five months after the gruesome rape and murder of an on-duty doctor within the State-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, the prime accused, Sanjay Roy, was sentenced by a sessions court in the city to life imprisonment on January 20. However, the sentencing did little to quell the public anger over not
In an unexpected turn of events, Donald Trump has once again defied the odds, securing a victory in the United States presidential election. His triumph signals a seismic shift in the political landscape, reflecting the power of his appeal to a significant portion of the American electorate. This article explores the key factors behind Trump’s
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This year’s Sankranti was particularly sweet for the turmeric farmers in Telangana as their nearly two decade-long demand for a National Turmeric Board (NTB), headquartered in Nizamabad, became a reality when Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal inaugurated it on the day of the festival. Turmeric is widely cultivated in Nizamabad and parts
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People of all ages, including children, have to go to the nearby forest to relieve themselves despite the presence of packs of wild dogs, said an area resident. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma A tentative sense of calm prevails over a slum cluster in Yamuna Khadar on the floodplains in north-east Delhi’s Shastri Park.
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Forest cover monitoring in India seems to be stuck in a time loop. Every two years, the India State of Forest Report (ISFR) produced by the Forest Survey of India (FSI) is released with much fanfare by the government, each time showing an infinitesimal increase in the country’s so-called forest cover. And each time, conservationists
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