In focus, 27th Aug 2020, News & Stories from India

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27 Aug 2020

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The release of internal emails, where Google engineers say the location tracking of users who disabled the feature was misleading, is embarrassing for a company that tries to build trust with billions of users of free services such as maps and online search, which in turn provide the personal information Google can use to target ads. Those ads generated more than $130 billion in revenue last year alone. (Photo | AFP)

'Location off should mean location off', Google engineers said after AP expose on tracking users

After the AP article two years ago, Google made changes to its privacy settings to make it easier for users to conceal their movements.

27 Aug 2020 2:19 PM

Aamir Khan faces flak for endorsing Chinese brands, closeness to Turkey

Aamir Khan has long been a hate figure for India's Hindu far-right, but now they have a new line of attack — his massive popularity in China

27 Aug 2020 2:09 PM

Fake news more dangerous than paid news; media must follow self-regulation: Javadekar

Several countries all over the world have been affected by the fake news menace

27 Aug 2020 1:44 PM

Sudha Sundari Narayanan (third from left), a software developer from India, was among those sworn in as American citizens. (via Twitter handle @welprich)

Indian who sworn-in as US citizen by Trump didn't know it was being broadcast

Narayanan said she did not have an opinion about Trump's immigration policies and that she found out the ceremony was aired only later

27 Aug 2020 1:36 PM

The Auschwitz museum, a Holocaust site, has become a symbol of Nazi Germany’s genocide of six million European Jews, with one million killed at the camp between 1940 and 1945. (Photo | Pixabay - John Ondreasz)

New trend on TikTok with users playing Holocaust victims hurtful, Auschwitz museum says

Some videos are dangerously close or already beyond the border of trivialisation of history, the Auschwitz Memorial said on Twitter.

27 Aug 2020 1:26 PM

Uber launched 24x7 ‘Auto Rentals’ service. (AFP Photo)

Uber launches 24x7 auto rentals service in six cities

Uber launched a comprehensive set of safety measures, such as the Go Online Checklist, a mandatory mask policy for both riders and drivers

27 Aug 2020 1:22 PM

The DF-26B and DF-21D missiles fired Wednesday targeted an area between the southern island province of Hainan and the Paracel Islands.(AP File)

China fired 'carrier killer' missile in disputed sea to warn US: Report

Disputes over control of the South China Sea, one of the world's busiest trade routes, are a growing irritant in Beijing's relations with US

27 Aug 2020 1:07 PM

India’s general government debt-to-GDP ratio is likely to be at 80 per cent of GDP by FY30. (Representative Image)

Government debt-to GDP ratio to be at 80% by FY30: Report

The report also finds that the government support to real GDP growth in the 2020s decade would be lower than in the past few years

27 Aug 2020 12:52 PM

Virat Kohli shared this pic on Twitter to announce the news.

Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma expecting their first child in 2021

The couple tied the knot in December 2017

27 Aug 2020 12:38 PM

TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer's resignation comes after US President Donald Trump ordered a ban on TikTok, unless parent company Bytedance sells its US operations to an American company within 90 days. Just days ago, TikTok filed a lawsuit challenging a crackdown by the US government over claims that the wildly popular social media app can be used to spy on Americans. (Photo | Pixabay/AP)

TikTok CEO resigns amid Trump administration's accusations of spying, order to sell US operations

In a letter to employees, Kevin Mayer said that his decision to leave comes after the “political environment has sharply changed.”

27 Aug 2020 12:33 PM

The Oxford vaccine candidate has been administered to two volunteers at the Bharathi Hospital in Pune.

Two volunteers who were given Oxford vaccine are fine

The vaccine trials are being conducted by the Serum Institute of India in Pune

27 Aug 2020 12:29 PM

A member of a social media rights group displays pictures of actress Saba Qamar and singer Bilal Saeed's music video meant to depict a young bride’s joy that as shot in a mosque and went viral on the internet, at his office in Islamabad, Pakistan. The video infuriated religious radicals who inundated social media with claims that Qamar’s dancing sullied the historic Wazir Khan Mosque. The uproar was the latest example of how trolling has exploded online in Pakistan since a lockdown, imposed in March over coronavirus concerns, confined tens of millions to their homes. (AP)

'Blasphemy': Trolls flood social media in Pakistan amid virus lockdown

Activists and social media trackers say there has been a surge in online sectarian attacks, hate speech and cries of blasphemy

27 Aug 2020 12:25 PM

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday warned banks that being overly risk averse will be self-defeating. (PTI Photo)

Extreme risk aversion can be self-defeating: RBI Governor warns banks

Rather than becoming averse to lending, banks have to improve their risk management and governance frameworks, Das said

27 Aug 2020 12:25 PM

Supreme Court likely to revisit its 2004 verdict on sub-classification of ST/SC reservations

Context: The Punjab and Haryana high court had struck down a state law empowering the government to sub-classify SC/STs for grant of quotas

27 Aug 2020 12:00 PM

A protester holds a Black Lives Matter sign during a demonstration against the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (AFP)

17-year-old arrested after 2 killed during unrest in Kenosha

“I just killed somebody,” the teenager, carrying a semi-automatic rifle, could be heard saying at one point

27 Aug 2020 11:51 AM

Moderna, which has never brought a vaccine to market, has received nearly $1 billion from the U.S. government under its Operation Warp Speed program. (Representational Image: AP)

Moderna COVID-19 vaccine appears to work as well in older adults in early study

Moderna's candidate, mRNA-1273, is already in late-stage human trials testing its ability to safely prevent infection

27 Aug 2020 11:25 AM

Government of India's Representative and Interlocutor for Naga Peace Talks and Nagaland Governor, RN Ravi (ANI photo)

Centre fixes September deadline for Naga accord

The NSCN (I-M) was still insisting on its demand for a separate flag and constitution

27 Aug 2020 11:17 AM

The SII has selected 15 sites in India to conduct the phase-2 trial of the vaccine.

Phase-2 human trial of the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine candidate begins in India

The phase-2 trial will be conducted on 100 volunteers at some sites across the country.

27 Aug 2020 11:11 AM

People wearing face masks as a precautionary measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus sit together in Hong Kong. (AFP)

China's offer of coronavirus tests for all in Hong Kong meets with public distrust

Democracy activists share concerns that people’s DNA will be collected and abused under the cover of testing

27 Aug 2020 11:09 AM

External affairs minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar (Photo: PTI)

Quantum of forces deployed at LAC unprecedented: MEA

India has also mobilised a significant number of troops with heavy weaponry near the borders in response to the Chinese military build-up

27 Aug 2020 11:07 AM

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