In focus, 17th Sep 2020, News & Stories from India

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17 Sep 2020

In focus, 17 Sep 2020

General MM Naravane, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) on a two-day visit to Kashmir, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. COAS arrived in Srinagar today and proceeded to undertake a firsthand assessment of the situation along the Line of Control (LC) in North Kashmir. (PTI Photo)

Army chief General Naravane takes stock of security situation in J-K

In the evening, Gen. Naravane who is on a two-day visit of the Valley met J-K Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, at the Raj Bhavan

17 Sep 2020 11:41 PM

Royal Challengers captain Virat Kohli is coming to terms with new conditions of cricket in the corona age. (PTI file photo)

Virat Kohli has just coined a new word. And we need it to cope with Covid

Wisdom from the Skip: No point being sad and grumpy about the situation

17 Sep 2020 11:29 PM

Charity is a big thing with the Royal Challengers Bengaluru team this season. (Photo: Twitter/@RCBTweets)

RCB players to honour COVID heroes by wearing tribute jersey

After the first match, players' jerseys will be auctioned to raise funds for charity

17 Sep 2020 11:07 PM

Among the concerns is a fear that under the so-called News Media Bargaining Code, news businesses “will be able to somehow control their algorithms,” Australia’s fair trade regulator Rod Sims said. “We’ll engage with them and clarify that so that there’s no way that the news media businesses can interfere with the algorithms of Google or Facebook,” Sims said. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Sollok29)

Australia's pay-for-news law: Facebook, Google won't have to give out user data, says regulator

The final draft of the bill could be introduced into Parliament in late October.

17 Sep 2020 10:52 PM

President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi walk around NRG Stadium waving to the crowd during the 'Howdy Modi: Shared Dreams, Bright Futures' event on Sunday, September 22, 2019, in Houston. (Photo: AP)

Centre says it spent no money on 'Howdy Modi' event at Houston last year

Specifically asked whether the government incurred any financial expenses for the event or funded its organisers, Muraleedharan said

17 Sep 2020 10:33 PM

More than $3.3 billion was spent in the US in August on video game hardware, content and accessories, according to NPD analyst Mat Piscatella. Both Sony and Microsoft hope to gain a huge volume of sales during of the holiday season in the US, especially Christmas. (Photo | AFP)

Sony launching PlayStation 5 on November 12, right behind Microsoft Xbox X on November 10

The current PlayStation 4 has outsold Xbox by more than two to one, but Microsoft hopes to take the battle back to Sony.

17 Sep 2020 10:24 PM

A group known as the WeChat Users Alliance and several people who say they rely on the app for work, worship and staying in touch with relatives in China sued to stop the ban in federal court in California. The suit says the ban violates its US users’ freedom of speech, free exercise of religion and other constitutional rights.

US says WeChat ‘ban’ might impair messaging but will not draw criminal charges for users

Using the app to communicate won’t be a banned transaction, although messaging on it could be “directly or indirectly impaired” by the ban.

17 Sep 2020 9:32 PM

The Financial Times had earlier reported that ByteDance was to place TikTok’s global business in a new US-headquartered company with Oracle investing as a minority shareholder along with other US investors. Trump says he won’t allow that. (Photo | AFP)

Trump still scrutinising Oracle-TikTok deal, regrets that US won’t get a slice of the pie

Some Republicans raise concerns that ByteDance would maintain access to information on the 100 million TikTok users in the US.

17 Sep 2020 9:00 PM

Former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal

Harsimrat Kaur Badal quits Modi Cabinet as Akali Dal opposes farm Bills

The farm bills have evoked strong reactions from farmers of Haryana and Punjab -- the bread baskets of India.

17 Sep 2020 8:53 PM

Facebook is facing questions on its ways in several countries of the world. (AFP)

Freedom and bias: How Facebook is facing a reckoning

This year marks Facebook's growth from innocence to experience

17 Sep 2020 8:12 PM

The ex-DGPs want rulres to be framed for media coverage of cases that are sub judice. (PTI file photo)

Dilli ka Babu | 7 former DGPs jump in to defend Mumbai police

Their petition to Bombay High Court says there are sinister designs behind the campaign

17 Sep 2020 7:56 PM

Google Glass launched seven years ago faced privacy hurdles, so Facebook is testing Aria prototypes with just 100 people, who will record in Facebook offices, their homes, and public spaces, but not in stores or restaurants without written consent. (Representative Image | Wikimedia Commons - Rijans007)

Google Glass may not have taken off but Facebook eyes AR space with Ray-Ban smart glasses

“Imagine a pair of glasses that add a 3D layer of contextually relevant, meaningful information on top of the physical world,” Facebook said

17 Sep 2020 7:17 PM

An army convoy carrying military material on its way to Ladakh amid border tension with China, at Manali-Leh highway. — PTI photo

China border tension due to Indian soldiers' border patrolling

Indian armed forces have also made appropriate counter deployments in these areas to ensure that national security interests are protected

17 Sep 2020 7:05 PM

India in Trump's list of top drug transit and drug producing nations

Trump also named Bolivia and the regime of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela in the list

17 Sep 2020 6:55 PM

The mercurial Hardik Pandya (right) celebrates with Mumbai Indians teammates last year's IPL triumph but does he have the cool to be the team finisher? (AFP)

Really, does Hardik have the head for finisher's role?

The allrounder is coming after an injury layoff and there's a gruelling series coming up

17 Sep 2020 5:47 PM

India skipper Virat Kohli retains top spot ICC ODI rankings

His deputy Rohit Sharma (855 points) has been ranked second.

17 Sep 2020 4:56 PM

Shaifali Jain and Sunny Garg, co-founders of YourShell.

Student housing brand YourShell acquired by Stanza Living

Catering to Delhi University students, YourShell was backed by the Government of India's Standup India initiative

17 Sep 2020 4:44 PM

How Naya Federman has achieved what many never do: At Just 18 years old

The young actress has some exciting projects in the works

17 Sep 2020 4:24 PM

Rakul Preet goes to court against media

The court also asked the authorities to treat her plea as a representation and take a decision before the hearing on October 15.

17 Sep 2020 4:17 PM

Customers have their nails done near the Baragwanath taxi rank in Soweto, South Africa, Wednesday Sept. 16, 2020. South African president Cyril Ramaphosa is scheduled to address the nation later in the day, as case numbers and death from Covid-19 hit the lowest in months. (AP)

South Africa says 12 million 'probably' had coronavirus

Some South African experts suggest that Africa's most developed economy may be approaching herd immunity

17 Sep 2020 4:12 PM

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