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Digital personal data protection: The rules are a flickery lighthouse and following them won't be easy

New Delhi, Dec. 1 -- At its core, India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA), whose Rules were issued recently, makes consent king. No personal data may be processed without "free, specific,... Read More


BJP MLA flags Metro-4 works as major source of Mulund's worsening air quality

India, Dec. 1 -- Despite repeated claims that construction dust is the largest contributor to Mumbai's worsening air quality, little has been done to curb the menace. Fresh concerns have now emerged o... Read More


Court grants three-day police custody of three accused in India Gate protest case

New Delhi, Dec. 1 -- The Patiala House Court on Monday remanded three accused, Ravjot, Gurkirat and Kranti, to three days' police custody. The court also directed that the women accused be interrogate... Read More


CAQM issued 95 statutory directions for air pollution: Govt tells Parliament

India, Dec. 1 -- The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in the National Capital Region (NCR) has issued 95 statutory directions to control air pollution, Union environment minister Bhupender... Read More


New cess bill on sin goods likely as Parliament opens today

India, Dec. 1 -- Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to introduce a bill in the Lok Sabha on Monday to levy "Health Security se National Security Cess" on pan masala and any other i... Read More


New cess bill on sin goods likely as Parliament's winter session begins today

India, Dec. 1 -- Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to introduce a bill in the Lok Sabha on Monday to levy "Health Security se National Security Cess" on pan masala and any other i... Read More


"Naga culture rooted in service, compassion": PM Modi greets people of Nagaland on Statehood Day

New Delhi, Dec. 1 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday greeted the people of Nagaland on the occasion of their Statehood Day, lauding the Naga culture for being "rooted in service, courage and co... Read More


Anil Ambani moves SC against Bombay HC order, upholding SBI's 'Fraud' tag

New Delhi, Dec. 1 -- Industrialist Anil Ambani has approached the Supreme Court challenging a Bombay High Court judgment that upheld the State Bank of India's (SBI) decision to classify the loan accou... Read More


Probe pan-India digital arrest fraud cases: Supreme Court to CBI

India, Dec. 1 -- The Supreme Court on Monday entrusted the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe all pending first information reports (FIR) in cases related to digital fraud. "The digital a... Read More


Teachers bodies call for statewide school shutdown on December 5 over Sanch Manyata policy

India, Dec. 1 -- Fifteen organisations representing school teachers in Maharashtra have called for a statewide "school shutdown" on December 5, to protest against implementation of the state governmen... Read More