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No control over fake news on web portals, will get bad name for country: SC
A bench headed by Chief Justice N. V. Ramana said: "On web portals, there is no control of anybody, they can publish anything...If you go to YouTube, you will find how fake news is freely circulated and anyone can start a channel on YouTube." The bench also comprising Justices Surya Kant and A. S. Bopanna observed that the content shown in a section of private media bears a communal tone.
Delhi-NCR wakes up to heavy rainfall
"Today's spell is likely to end much earlier compared to yesterday's," said an official from the India Meteorological Department (IMD). For 24 hours ending at 8.30 a.m., Safdarjung recorded 117.7 mm, Palam recorded 108.2 mm, Lodhi Road (133.6 mm), Ridge (68.4 mm) and Aya Nagar 56.2 mm rainfall. Explaining how two days of rains have already crossed the 'normal' mark for the month, an IMD official at the Safdarjung observatory said that the rainfall was 112.1 mm till 8.30 a.m. on September 1 and thereafter, next 24 hours recorded 117.7 mm, totalling to 229.8 mm.
Biological E gets DCGI nod to conduct phase 2/3 trials on children
The permission was given on Wednesday after the recommendation from the Subject Expert Committee. The trial will be conducted in ten locations across the country.
Is third wave a myth, as Kerala mulls opening of schools?
Speaking to IANS, veteran virologist T. Jacob John who took part in the meeting, said practically every expert who participated from various parts of the globe wanted to see that schools are opened.
Sonia to take final call on Prashant Kishor's induction into Cong
Kishor has more recently worked with the Trinamool Congress and has been credited as the man behind the thumping victory of the party in the West Bengal assembly elections. As Kishor wants a full-fledged role and decision making authority on election related issues, party leaders are averse of giving free hand to one person on the selection of candidates. After two poll debacles, the Congress is in search of advisors. With the demise of seasoned leader Ahmed Patel, Congress has already lost an ace strategist.
CBI nabs 'insider' for fake 'clean-chit' to Anil Deshmukh
The raids took place in New Delhi and Allahabad while the arrest took place early Thursday, hours after the CBI had swooped on Deshmukh's son-in-law Gaurav Chaturvedi and his Nagpur-based lawyer Anand Daga late on Wednesday evening, from Worli in Mumbai. The Chaturvedi-Daga duo was detained and their statements recorded till the wee hours when the complicity of an inside hand, the CBI's own official -- a Sub-Inspector Abhishek Tripathi -- was also confirmed.
'Tonsured heads, no privacy': SC concerned on women in mental health institutes
A bench of Justices D.Y. Chandrachud, Vikram Nath, and Hima Kohli asked the Centre to immediately take up the issue with the state governments and union territories (UTs). The bench took into account research studies conducted in 2016 by NIMHANS and National Commission for Women in 2020, highlighting these women, institutionalised in government run mental health establishments, face several indignities and violation of human rights.
August shortfall pushes all India seasonal rainfall deficit to -9%
Against the normal rainfall of 258 mm, the observed rainfall in August was just 195.9 mm, a departure of whopping 24 per cent from the long period average, India Meteorological Department Director General, Dr Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, told a press conference. The IMD calculates the long period average (LPA) based on the data for years between 1961 and 2010.
CBI team picks up Anil Deshmukh's son-in-law, lawyer
Nationalist Congress Party national spokesperson and Minorities Minister Nawab Malik said that Deshmukh's daughter, son-in-law, and daughter-in-law, were, along with their lawyer, going out this evening from their Worli residence.
War of words erupts between Mamata Banerjee and Jagdeep Dhankhar
The debate on social media took place after Dhankhar took to Twitter and said that ‘politicized police pose threat to democracy'. "On Police Day, I expect all in this uniform @WBPolice @KolkataPolice to uphold rule of law and act as ‘Human Rights Warriors'. A politicized police force poses threat to democracy & leads to a ‘police state'
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