In a bid to create awareness around internet safety and reiterate its efforts to protect netizens, Google India on Tuesday announced a new comprehensive public outreach campaign named #PehleSafety. “We believe that education is a crucial aspect of online security. Over the course of last year we launched a far-reaching campaign to inform our users about online security, and the steps they can take to keep their internet experience safe,” Saikat Mitra, Director, Trust and Safety, Google India, said in a statement. “We worked with top YouTube influencers to spread the word on online safety, and launched powerful, step-by-step tools…
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Israel’s National Security Adviser Meir Ben Shabbat met Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday and discussed the deepening relationship between the two countries. Besides calling on Mr Modi, he also met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. India and Israel share close defence ties. Last week, addressing at an event at the DefExpo in Lucknow, Israeli Ambassador Dr Ron Malka had said that India-Israel partnership is steadily growing on the foundation of mutual respect, trust, values, interest, tradition and culture. Seeking more joint ventures, he had hoped for transforming the cooperation from the buyer-seller relationship to a strategic partnership.
Four Indian Air Force (IAF) pilots began training for the country’s maiden manned mission Gaganyaan around the earth’s orbit in 2022 at the Gagarin research and test cosmonaut training centre in Russia’s Moscow, an official said on Tuesday. “The year-long training, which includes biomedical, physical practices, study of the Soyuz manned spaceship (module) and weightlessness mode aboard the special Ilyushin-76 MDK aircraft began on Monday,” an official of the state-run Indian Space Research Organsiation (ISRO) told IANS here. The four pilots, whose names and ranks have not been made public yet, were selected by the space agency for the week-long…
Chinese health authorities on Tuesday said the death toll due to the novel coronavirus in China has increased to 1,016, with 42,638 infected cases. According to China’s National Health Commission, 7,333 serious cases had been recorded as of Monday midnight, while 3,996 people were discharged, reports Efe news. The Commission said it had tracked 428,438 patients in close contact with those infected, of which 187,728 are still under observation. Of the latter, 21,675 are suspected of having contracted the virus. At 108, Tuesday’s data reflects the largest increase in the number of deceased in a single day, in addition to…
US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will visit India from February 24-25, during which they will also travel to Prime Minister Narendra Modis home state. This will be Donald Trump’s first visit to India as the US President. The announcement of his two-day visit came just a week after he was acquitted by the US Senate in his impeachment trial. He was accused of illegally seeking help from Ukraine to influence the forthcoming presidential elections in November. In an official statement, the US Press Secretary said the President and the First Lady “will visit Ahmedabad, which is…
Authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have confirmed that an Indian expat has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, taking the total number of cases in the country to eight. In a statement on Monday, the UAE’s Ministry of Health and Prevention said the Indian national was infected after he interacted with a recently diagnosed person, reports the Gulf News. Of the eight cases, one is in intensive care, while six others were stable and one has already recovered, the Ministry added. In India, three cases have been confirmed as of now. In China, where the outbreak’s origin is…
Looking at the early trends of the Delhi Assembly elections which have given lead to Aam Aadmi Party, the Congress candidate from Vikaspuri Mukesh Sharma accepted defeat even before the results were announced. Sharma took to Twitter and said: “I accept my defeat, and thank all the voters and Congress workers of Vikaspuri constituency. I hope that there will be a holistic development of the area. I will continue to fight for the development of Delhi, Vikaspuri and Uttam Nagar constituencies in future also.” This time, a total of 672 candidates are in the fray for the Delhi Assembly, of…
“Don’t be disheartened yet. There are several rounds of counting.” says BJP leader Manoj Tiwari. Even as AAP maintained a big lead in the counting of votes on Tuesday. “ I will tell our workers there is no need to be disheartened. We are in a good position. In 27 seats, there is only a 1,000-vote gap between AAP and BJP,” Manoj Tiwari said. “Anything can happen.” Asked about an AAP leader comparing him to “Hanuman burning Lanka”, Mr Tiwari said: “It is not right to say such things. Let us see how things finally stand.” A senior BJP MP,…
Held on Saturday in Delhi, the city saw only turnout of 62.59 per cent of the city’s voters coming out to exercise their democratic right. The voter turnout in the previous assembly election in 2015 stood at 67.5 per cent. As the counting goes on in the city, Aam Aadmi Party is racing ahead of the BJP in the counting of votes for the Delhi election. The Delhi-based party seems to be leading in over 50 seats while its closest rival BJP is ahead in 20 seats. “Our victory will prove that real patriotism is that if you get the opportunity in…
In a significant judgement, the Supreme Court on Monday upheld the constitutional validity of the SC/ST Amendment Act, 2018. The apex court noted that the court can grant anticipatory bail only when prima facie case is not made out. The key observations include — preliminary inquiry not a must into the case; No prior approval of appointing authority or senior cops required before FIRs; anticipatory bail provision not available; and courts can however quash FIRs in exceptional circumstances. A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra said that before registering an FIR under the Act it is not mandatory to conduct…