17 Indians' phones were possibly infected by frightening spyware. Most of these targets were either activists or human rights lawyers. Quite a few are defending those accused in the Elgar Parishad case. Others are tribal rights activists. Some are fighting cases against Dalit atrocities. A couple are journalists.
Amid power-sharing tussle in Maharashtra, Sena President Uddhav Thackeray told his party legislators he would not settle for anything but the CM's post & that Congress & NCP were in touch with the party. Sena MP Sanjay Raut called on NCP chief Sharad Pawar at the latter's residence on Thursday, ...
The government said on Thursday it had asked WhatsApp to explain how the Israeli spyware “Pegasus” had been used to infect the phones of many Indian human rights activists, lawyers & journalists to spy on them & how the company would protect the privacy of Indians. The government has sought ...
If the final draft of the new National Education Policy is approved, a candidate may be able to take the board exams twice in a year as early as 2022, thereby eliminating the “high stakes” aspect of the exams. The straitjacket of a particular format of subjects could also be ...
Pakistan violated its obligations under the Vienna Convention in the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav, ICJ President judge Abdulqawi Yusuf told the UN General Assembly. The ICJ had ruled that Pak must review the death sentence awarded to Jadhav. Consular access to Jadhav had been granted to India in the presence ...
India on Thursday hit back at China over its objection to the bifurcation of J&K, saying the reorganisation is entirely its internal affair and it does not expect other countries to comment on such matters. China's foreign ministry spokesman had said that "India unilaterally changed its domestic laws and administrative ...