By Aditya Kalra, Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Chafing from a dispute with Twitter, India plans to oblige social media companies to erase contentious content fast and assist investigations, according to a draft regulation. New Delhi’s planned “Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code” – a copy of which was seen by Reuters – come […]
By Shruti Menon BBC Reality Check Reality Check The charges recently filed against a young Indian protester under a law which prohibits inciting disaffection against the government has focused attention on a highly controversial colonial-era statute. So what is the law that has been used against 22-year-old Disha Ravi, and is its use on the […]
Bodies of two Dalit girls, aged 13 and 16, have been found on their family farm in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. A 17-year-old, who was also found at the same spot in Unnao district, is in a serious condition in hospital. The girls belonged to the same family – the older girls […]
By Sachin Ravikumar BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian shares eased on Wednesday after scaling record highs for two successive sessions, as investors sold off high-flying financial stocks and Nestle slid after reporting disappointing earnings. Strong corporate earnings, progress in COVID-19 vaccinations and a high-spending federal budget have pushed Indian stocks up 12% in February. The NSE […]
At least 40 people have been killed after a bus plunged into a canal in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Some 60 people were on board when the packed bus veered off a bridge and fell into the canal on Tuesday in Sidhi district. Officials say that seven passengers, including the driver, managed […]
By Saurabh Sharma Members of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) carry the body of a victim after recovering it from the debris inside a tunnel during a rescue operation after a flash flood swept a mountain valley destroying dams and bridges, in Tapovan in the northern state of Uttarakhand, […]
Soutik Biswas India correspondent Indian farmers protest 2020 On Wednesday, a top Indian official held a virtual meeting with global executives of Twitter. There the social media giant was told that it was “welcome to do business in India”, but it had to follow the laws of the country “irrespective of Twitter’s own rules and […]
Soutik Biswas India correspondent Climate change A devastating flash flood in India’s northern state of Uttarakhand killed at least 32 people and trapped workers in underground tunnels. It also sparked informed speculation on what caused Sunday’s deluge. Did an avalanche cause a glacial lake to burst? Or could an avalanche or landslide have dammed a […]
By Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) – Hundreds of military personnel were deployed in the Indian Himalayas on Monday to help find at least 125 people unaccounted for after a part of a glacier broke away, setting off a torrent of water, rock and dust down a mountain valley. Sunday’s violent surge swept away a […]
IMAGE COPYRIGHT EPAimage caption The extreme weather has led to major travel disruption, as here in Haarle in the Netherlands The Netherlands has been hit by its first major snowstorm in a decade, forecasters say, as cold weather pushes through much of northern Europe. Dutch authorities have closed all coronavirus testing centres because of the […]
