Government and Policy

As UP Police file FIR over fake news, Twitter loses immunity shield it had in India. Can now be prosecuted for content

The loss of intermediary status could mean that its top executives, including the country managing director, may now face police questioning and criminal liability under IPC over "unlawful" and "inflammatory" content posted on the platform by any user.

Reddit controlled by American military-industrial complex? The troubling history of war hawk Jessica Ashooh, the policy director of the platform

In 2020, Director of Policy Jessica Ashooh oversaw the banning of over 2000 Reddit communities in a single day.

Throttle Aerospace Systems led consortium to start trials for drone delivery of medicine in Bengaluru

Cardiac surgeon Dr. Devi Shetty has announced that he will provide the medicines to be used during the drone trials.

Taxes on COVID-19 medicines, oxygen, equipment slashed: Here are the key takeaways from the 44th GST Council Meet

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced tax cuts for COVID-19-related items following 44th GST Council Meet

UNDP says Aspirational Districts Programme extremely effective, lauds Modi for personally monitoring the initiative

The Aspirational Districts Programme was launched by PM Modi in 2018 to expedite the transformation of India's 112 most backward districts

Delhi Govt under ‘ration card mafia’ control, doorstep food delivery a ‘Jumla’- Ravi Shankar Prasad slams Arvind Kejriwal over food distribution schemes

Ravi Shankar Prasad said Delhi govt not implementing One Nation One Ration Card and e-verification of ration shops due to ration card mafia

Importance of social media in democratising freedom of speech, tussle with the Govt of India and why Twitter must comply

As the world battles COVID-19 pandemic, another crisis has emerged over ‘penetrative’ role of social media platforms, like Twitter, in India

The Muslim community needs to work on population control, educate women: What Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said

HImanta Biswa Sarma urged the Muslim community to adopt 'decent family planning policy' to deal with poverty and other social problems

Yogi Adityanath transfers Rs 230 crores in bank accounts of 23 lakh daily wagers who have been hit by the Covid-19 pandemic

Besides, Yogi Adityanath also launched a website. By merely registering to this website, every labourer would be offered annual insurance of Rs 5,000,00 by the state govt

AltNews comes up with a lousy fact-check on PM Modi, ends up exposing opposition’s lies about decentralised vaccine procurement

AltNews claimed that the PM's statement regarding some state governments demanding for decentralised vaccine procurement was untrue. However, their so-called 'fact-check' is full of loopholes.

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