Building traceability would undermine end-to-end encryption: WhatsApp
WhatsApp has rejected India’s demand for a solution to track the origin of messages on its platform, saying building traceability would undermine end-to-end encryption and affect privacy protection for users.
Flood damage may slash India’s coffee output by 20%
India’s coffee production in 2018/19 is likely to fall by at least one-fifth from a year earlier as floods in key producing states damaged the crop and delayed exports, industry officials told Reuters.
NGT asks for action plan on e-waste in three months
Stating that scientific disposal of e-waste is an important factor for protecting the environment, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to submit an action plan on e-waste management within three months.
Where are 2 lakh missing children? SC asks govt
The Supreme Court was in for a shock after coming to know that over two lakh children lodged in thousands of child care institutions across India have gone “missing”, as there was huge difference between the figures in two documents submitted by the Centre before it.
‘State can stop voluntary retirement of doctors’
The State can stop government doctors from taking voluntary retirement in public interest, the Supreme Court has ruled.
SC scraps NOTA option for RS polls
The Supreme Court scrapped the use of NOTA (none of the above) option for Rajya Sabha polls, saying it would usher back the “Satan of defections.”
SC to hear petition by 355 Army officers
A Special Bench monitoring the CBI investigation into the alleged extrajudicial killings in Manipur will hear a petition filed by 355 Army officers in the Supreme Court, alleging “persecution” by agencies such as the CBI for doing their duty in the insurgency-hit areas of Jammu and Kashmir and the north-eastern States.
NDRF aid only for severe calamities
The Union government has declared the Kerala floods a “calamity of severe nature”.
Rythu Bima providing instant succour to families
Rythu Bima group life insurance scheme introduced by the Telangana government for all the landholding (pattadar) farmers in the age group of 18-59 years from August 14 is proving to be an instant succour to their families in case of death of the enrolled farmer, irrespective of the cause ”” either natural or otherwise.
Telangana yet to act on ‘illegal’ occupants of forest land
Rejected claims of forest rights are set to become the next bone of contention between the claimants and the Forest Department.