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RJD national vice president Raghuvansh Prasad Singh (Photo: PTI)

RJD stalwart Raghuvansh Prasad Singh quits party, seeks forgiveness...

In June, he had stepped down from the post of the party's national vice president over Tejashwi's decision to induct his...

10 Sept 2020 8:17 PM IST

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)

BJP tells its US supporters not to use party's name in US presidential...

Chauthaiwale had mailed the directive to the US chapter of the party on July 24

10 Sept 2020 7:09 PM IST

Remember when former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden revealed that the American government was eavesdropping on peoples online data and communications? It was also revealed that Facebook gave US security agencies access to the personal data of Europeans. (Photo | thedaywefightback.org)

Facebook facing heat for sending EU data to US, which, like China, is...

A recent court ruling found that some trans-Atlantic data transfers don't protect users from American government...

10 Sept 2020 6:49 PM IST

Facebook should not be complicit in more offline violence, much less another genocide (referring to charges of spurring Myanmars systematic killing of Rohingya people), but the pattern of inaction displayed by the company is reckless to the point of complicity, the letter stated. This photograph shows Facebook India Policy Chief Ankhi Das posing with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo | Facebook - Ankhi Das)

Over 40 rights groups write to Zuckerberg seeking Ankhi Das' removal...

The rights group said the bias in policy led by Ankhi Das had spurred violence against minorities in India.

10 Sept 2020 5:40 PM IST

Facebook should not be complicit in more offline violence, much less another genocide (referring to charges of spurring Myanmars systematic killing of Rohingya people), but the pattern of inaction displayed by the company is reckless to the point of complicity, the letter stated. This photograph shows Facebook India Policy Chief Ankhi Das posing with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo | Facebook - Ankhi Das)

Over 40 rights groups write to Zuckerberg seeking Ankhi Das' removal...

The rights groups said the bias in policy led by Ankhi Das had spurred violence against minorities in India.

10 Sept 2020 5:40 PM IST

CPI Maoist party squad member surrendered before Officer on Special Duty (OSD) V Krishna Rao on Tuesday. (Photo: Representational I ANI)

Five Maoists killed in encounter in Odisha's Kalahandi

The exchange of fire started around 11 am on Wednesday and lasted for about half an hour

10 Sept 2020 5:06 PM IST

Fire burns in the port in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Sept. 10. 2020. A huge fire broke out Thursday at the Port of Beirut, triggering panic among residents traumatized by last months massive explosion that killed and injured thousands of people. (AP)

Large fire erupts in Beirut port area, a month after massive blast

The fire erupted in the duty free zone of the port, sending a huge column of smoke above the city

10 Sept 2020 5:00 PM IST

Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden delivers remarks in the parking lot outside the United Auto Workers Region 1 offices on September 09, 2020 in Warren, Michigan.(AFP)

Russian hackers suspected in targeting Biden campaign firm

US intelligence agencies have raised alarms about possible efforts by foreign governments to interfere in the November...

10 Sept 2020 4:50 PM IST

While it is understandable that social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter remove content that incites or promotes violence, they are not currently archiving this material in a manner that is accessible for investigators and researchers to help hold perpetrators to account , HRW said.

Not enough to remove hate speech, social networks must archive...

Online posts could also help document atrocities and abuses such as chemical weapons attacks in Syria and police abuse...

10 Sept 2020 4:22 PM IST

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. (AFP)

Navalny's condition improving, police guard stepped up

The Kremlin critic is being treated in Berlin's Charite hospital after falling ill on a Russian domestic flight last...

10 Sept 2020 3:15 PM IST

Reliance Retail runs more than 10,000 stores selling apparel, groceries and electronics across India. (AFP Photo)

Amazon may buy 40% stake In Reliance Retail for $20 billion

Amazon has held talks about investing in Reliance Retail and expressed interest in negotiating deals but has made no...

10 Sept 2020 3:10 PM IST

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at Smith Reynolds Airport, in Winston-Salem. (AP)

Here's what Bob Woodward's book 'Rage' says about Donald Trump

Woodward is reported to have done 18 interviews with Trump for the book, due to be published September 15

10 Sept 2020 2:42 PM IST