- Friday, February 21, 2025
TWITTER confirmed on Thursday (3) that an account of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal website was hacked, with a series of tweets asking its followers to donate to a relief fund through cryptocurrency. The incident comes after several Twitter accounts of prominent personalities were hacked in July. According to reports,…
INDIA on Wednesday (2) banned 118 more Chinese apps in a stepped-up backlash over an increasingly bitter border showdown between the giant neighbours. The information technology ministry said the apps — including the mobile version of the popular video game PUBG and other services provided by China internet giant Tencent…
INDIA’s novel coronavirus infections rose to almost 3.8 million on Wednesday (2), as states continued to relax rules on movement despite the surge in cases. The country reported 78,357 new cases in the past 24 hours, according to federal health data, taking total infections to 3,769,523. Some 66,333 people have…
A Tibetan-origin soldier with India’s special forces was killed in the latest border showdown with Chinese troops on their contested Himalayan border, a Tibetan representative said Tuesday (1). The death is the first reported from two incidents in 48 hours on the border which has heightened tensions between the giant…
MARCUS RASHFORD has formed a taskforce with some major food brands to help tackle hunger among children, the Manchester United and England forward said on Tuesday (1). Rashford had earned widespread praise after the 22-year-old successfully campaigned for school food vouchers to be provided over the summer holidays in Britain,…
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have picked leg-spinner Adam Zampa to replace fellow Australian Kane Richardson for the 2020 Indian Premier League season, with the fast bowler heading home ahead of the birth of his first child. Zampa, who has previously played for the defunct Rising Pune Supergiant team in the…
CHINA is able to make India suffer more severe military losses than in the past if it wants to engage in competition, state-backed newspaper Global Times said on Tuesday (1), after a fresh border flare-up between the two nuclear-armed countries. Indian forces foiled an attempt by Chinese troops to occupy a hill…
India’s foreign minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, said on Monday (31) a US visa policy that supported Indian talent would be beneficial for both countries. A more knowledge-driven, global economy will require more trusted talent, which is an opportunity for India, Jaishankar told a virtual conference on relations between the two nations.…
India’s information technology minister accused Facebook on Tuesday (1) of censoring content from people supportive of right-wing ideology in the latest salvo at the social media giant over content regulation in its biggest user market. In a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, reviewed by Reuters, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad…
INDIA’s tally of coronavirus infections surged to nearly 3.7 million on Tuesday (1), as millions of masked students sat for college admission exams after the government refused to defer them. India, the world’s third most affected country by the pandemic after the US and Brazil, reported 69,921 new coronavirus infections…
