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    The top EU court said, however, that another arrangement known as standard contractual clauses, could stand, giving companies an alternative framework, as these were backed up by GDPR, the EUs strict rules on data privacy that can result in massive fines to companies.Technology
    EU-US data pact does not conform to GDPR: Top EU court junks privacy...

    It will no longer be assumed that tech firms like Facebook will adequately protect European users' privacy when it sends...

    16 July 2020 5:21 PM IST

    The 50-page report was completed last year but its publication was delayed by the general election in December. (AFP)World
    UK to release report on alleged Russian interference in Brexit vote

    The ISC launched the investigation in 2017 following concerns about attempts by Russia to influence the 2016 US...

    16 July 2020 5:21 PM IST

    Former Delhi University professor GN Saibaba.India
    COVID-19 fear: Activists urge Maharashtra government to release GN...

    Reportedly many of the jail inmates and police personnel deployed in the jail have been infected with COVID-19.

    16 July 2020 4:54 PM IST

    The hacking assumes significance given the backlash against Twitter after it placed fact-check labels on President Donald Trumps tweets in May, angering him and conservatives who say the social networking platform stifles their voices and magnifies liberal opinion.Technology
    Biden, liberal voices targeted in Twitter hacking ahead of election...

    The list of Twitter accounts commandeered include Jeff Bezos, Barack Obama, Uber, Bill Gates, Elon Musk and bitcoin...

    16 July 2020 4:53 PM IST

    Earlier this year New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern accused Australia of sending back people who were not \genuine Kiwis\. (Representational Image: AP)World
    Australia deports New Zealanders despite virus travel ban

    Since 2014 nearly 3,000 New Zealanders in Australia have had their visas cancelled on character grounds'

    16 July 2020 4:13 PM IST

    Jet fuel or ATF price on Thursday was hiked by 1.5 per cent, the fourth increase in six weeks. (PTI Photo)Business
    Jet fuel price hiked by 1.5%, petrol and diesel rates unchanged

    This is the fourth straight increase in ATF prices in six months

    16 July 2020 4:11 PM IST

    Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Co-chairman Bill Gates. (PTI Photo)Business
    Indian pharma industry capable of producing COVID-19 vaccine for...

    Lot of very important things have been done in India and its pharma industry is doing work to help make the coronavirus...

    16 July 2020 4:07 PM IST

    Supporters of the religious group, Sunni Tehreek Pakistan, carry a banner in Urdu that reads, \we disapprove the construction of Hindu temple in the Pakistani capital with government funds\, during a demonstration in Lahore, Pakistan. (AP)World
    Religious minorities under attack as Imran Khan pushes for tolerant'...

    An opposition politician was charged this week with blasphemy after declaring all religions were equal in the country

    16 July 2020 3:04 PM IST

    Indias electricity generation during the first half of July fell at a slower pace than in June. (AFP Photo)Business
    India's electricity output recovers further in first half of July

    Major industrial states such as Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu continued to witness steep drops in electricity use

    16 July 2020 3:01 PM IST

    President Donald Trump watches as Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (AP)World
    The Fauci vs White House tussle over a deadly pandemic

    White House tensions with Fauci have risen with the decline of Trump's popularity in opinion polls over the president's...

    16 July 2020 2:20 PM IST

    Taiwans AH-1W attack helicopters launch flares during the 36th Han Kung military exercises in Taichung City, central Taiwan, Thursday, July 16, 2020. (AP)World
    Taiwan holds military drills against potential China threat

    The live-fire demonstrations were largely held to exhibit Taiwan's ability to defend in case of any Chinese invasion

    16 July 2020 2:00 PM IST

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