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New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Meta said that it took down over 15.8 million pieces of content across 13 policies for Facebook and over 5.9 million pieces of content across 12 policies for Instagram in India in July.Between July 1-31, Facebook received 3,200 reports through the Indian grievance mechanism, and said that it provided tools for users to resolve their issues in 5,392 cases.These include pre-established channels to report content for specific violations, self-remediation flows where they can download their data, avenues to address account hacked issues etc, Meta said in its monthly report in compliance with the IT (Intermediary…

Talking to media persons, Chodhury said, “On August 31 at 11 p.m. my office secretary received a call from the Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary Mishra. He knows me as I go to PMO for the CBI Director meeting and other issues. I asked him is everything fine as he called me late in the night?”“He told me that the government is going to make a committee and they want to include me in the committee. The committee would be headed by former president Ram Nath Kovind. And you will be included in the Committee and we want to know your…

The directive from the single-judge bench of Justice Trithankar Ghosh came as a hurdle for the cyber crime division of Kolkata Police, which was investigating the matter following a complaint lodged by an employee of the said office that 16 personal files were downloaded during the raid with the intention of “planting evidence”.Already, the single-judge bench has sought the forensic report of the 16 personal files from the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) in Kolkata. Two CFSL officials were present during the hearing who said they could not hand over the report on Monday. The report was supposed to be…

Rain had earlier brought the proceedings to a halt at 5:45 pm local time, with the entire ground almost covered. By 6:24 pm, all covers were removed, with some Indian players doing their catching practice.At 6:30 pm, on-field umpires Paul Wilson and Ruchira Palliyaguruge along with the fourth umpire were doing the inspection, following which the ground was deemed fit to resume play from 6:45 pm.Before rain intervention, Ravindra Jadeja took a three-wicket haul as India kept Nepal to 178-6 in 37.5 overs in what is also the first-ever men’s ODI between the two teams.On a pitch that aided spinners…

“In view of G20 Summit, all security measures are exalted across the northeast district by effective picket checking, group patrolling/Flag March & additional deployment of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) in the sensitive areas,” the Deputy Commissioner of Police (northeast) Joy Tirkey wrote on ‘X’ (formerly known as Twitter).“Also, a multi-layer security arrangement duly backed by ground & aerial surveillance has been put in place to thwart any untoward incident during the event,” he tweeted.“We also appeal to all to maintain peace and tranquillity in the area and not pay heed to rumours,” said a senior police official.–IANSssh/dan

Researchers from Bond University in Australia conducted a systematic review of 15 studies from 10 countries that examined mobile phones for SARS-CoV-2 contamination in hospital settings between 2019 and 2023.The findings are published in the Journal of Infection and Public Health.Of 511 phones, 231 (45 per cent) tested positive for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus which causes Covid-19.In one 2022 study in France, 19 out of 19 phones were contaminated with the virus.Lead researcher Dr. Lotti Tajouri, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology at the varsity, said he believed the systematic review provided a compelling explanation for the swift spread…

In a renewed attack, Shiv Sena (UBT) President and ex-CM Uddhav Thackeray demanded the resignation of the ruling Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party-Nationalist Congress (AP) for their failure to handle the Maratha quotas crisis.MKM leader Manoj Jarange-Patil, who is on a hunger strike since August 29, warned that he will wait for the state communication and if the GR on providing reservations is not received, he would even go off water from Tuesday.Shinde, who assured that the government is willing and committed to giving the quotas in education and jobs, also deputed senior minister Girish Mahajan to Jalna on Monday with…

He said that a total of 14,179 first information reports (FIRs) of which 1,717 related to commercial quantity were registered.Gill told the media here that the police have recovered 1400 kg heroin after carrying out cordon and search operations in drug-affected areas.Additionally, 147.5 kg heroin was recovered by Punjab Police from seaports of Gujarat and Maharashtra, taking the total effective recovery of heroin to 1,548.27 kg in just 14 months.“Police teams have recovered around 240 kg heroin from across the state just in August,” he added.Apart from seizing big-haul of heroin, the IGP said police have also recovered 871.82 kg…

The video has gone viral on social media and has sparked criticism.In the viral video, UP ministers Satish Sharma and Jitin Prasad can be seen standing near the temple with folded hands. Satish Sharma then gestures and communicates with the priest, after which he assists in pouring water. Subsequently, Satish Sharma is seen washing his hands near the Shivling.Sharing the video, the Congress said, “UP government minister Satish Sharma is washing his hands near the Shivling. On the side, another minister, Jitin Prasad, is standing and watching. These low-minded individuals, who use religion and deities for politics and sit on…

Congress said that the government is fundamentally anti-poor and under the grab of digitisation they are carrying out a massive attack against the scheme.Targeting the government, Congress General Secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal said: “Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi’s government is a fundamentally anti-poor and destructive regime. Under the garb of digitisation, they are carrying out a massive attack against MGNREGA, the most vital safety net for rural India.”“Now, because of the massive under-enrolment, they’re forced to give another extension but their agenda is clear – keep the poor impoverished, make their rich friends richer,” the Rajya Sabha MP said in a…