The bank of cameras camped outside Delhi’s sprawling Tihar jail was the sort of media frenzy you would expect to await a prime minister caught in an embezzlement scandal, or a Bollywood star caught in the wrong bed. Instead, the cameras were waiting for Disha Ravi, a nature-loving 22-year-old vegan Continue Reading
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Scores protest in India against arrest of climate activist Social Media Bengaluru India farmers People- Tempemail
Scores of people demonstrated in the Indian cities of Bengaluru and Mumbai on Monday after a climate activist was arrested for circulating a document on social media supporting months of massive protests by farmers Disha Ravi, 22, was arrested in Bengaluru on Saturday. Police said at a news conference on Continue Reading
India clamps down on free speech to fight farmer protests Narendra Modi Law account Twitter Magazine- Tempemail
When Vinod K. Jose, executive editor of The Caravan, India’s leading investigating magazine, logged onto Twitter on Monday, he was shocked to find the magazine’s account blocked. Jose was already dealing with a case of sedition and other charges against him, the magazine owners and a freelance journalist. At the Continue Reading
Video of dolphins returning to filthy Mumbai creek goes viral in India: ‘This could be a common sight’- Tempemail
A rare sight of dolphins splashing and playing close to shore in the seawaters of the Indian megacity Mumbai has stunned locals, with video of the incident being shared widely online. The video clip recorded from the creek of Vashi on the outskirts of Mumbai shows three dolphins, one adult Continue Reading
RoboDoc: how India’s robots are taking on Covid patient care | Global development
Standing just 5ft tall, Mitra navigates around the hospital wards, guided by facial recognition technology and with a chest-mounted tablet that allows patients and their loved ones to see each other. Developed in recent years by the Bengaluru startup Invento Robotics, Mitra costs around $13,600 (£10,000) and – due to Continue Reading
India Witnessed Spike in Cyber Attacks Amidst Covid-19 – Tempemail
The COVID-19 outreach is turning out to be not only health, social, and economic hazard but also a cybersecurity crisis. The pandemic has presented new challenges for businesses in the areas of remote collaboration and business continuity. With increased remote working for better business continuity, employees are using numerous Internet Continue Reading
The Bollywood star, a suicide … and an online witch-hunt across India | World news- Tempemail
It was a muted finale to a saga that has rivalled the wildest movie storylines. On Wednesday, the Bollywood star Rhea Chakraborty stepped out of the Byculla women’s prison in Mumbai, released on bail after 28 days in jail. Over the previous four months, she had been vilified in a Continue Reading
Facebook faces grilling by MPs in India over anti-Muslim hate speech | India
Facebook’s alleged political bias and its role in spreading anti-Muslim hate speech in India is to come under scrutiny when senior executives are summoned before a parliamentary committee. The committee hearing on Wednesday follows allegations in the Wall Street Journal that the company’s top policy official in India, Ankhi Das, Continue Reading
Chinese Hackers Escalate Attacks Against India and Hong Kong Amid Tensions – Tempemail
An emerging threat actor out of China has been traced to a new hacking campaign aimed at government agencies in India and residents of Hong Kong intending to steal sensitive information, cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes revealed in the latest report shared with The Hacker News. The attacks were observed during the Continue Reading
Infosys runs flight to bring employees stuck in A/NZ back to India – Strategy- Tempemail
IT services giant Infosys this week evacuated 128 employees from Australia and Singapore that had been unable to return to India due to lockdowns and international flight cancellations. iTnews has confirmed that the company chartered a flight from Melbourne to Hyderabad, which also stopped in Singapore. “We had 128 employees Continue Reading