Nearly 650 people killed in Bangladesh violence: UN report

Nearly 650 people have been killed in the recent unrest in Bangladesh between July 16 and August 11, the United Nations Human Rights Office has said in a preliminary report, suggesting a thorough,......

Ek Hasina Thi: End Of An Era In Bangladesh

With Bangladesh descending into chaos, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina surreptitiously fled the country for London in a military aircraft on Monday and the army stepped in to fill the power vacuum,......

Interim govt is taking over: Bangladesh Army chief

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and an interim government is taking over, Army Chief General Waqar-uz-Zaman announced in Dhaka on Monday, in a dramatic development amid massive......

Guj HC lifts stay on release of Aamir Khan's son's debut film 'Maharaj'

The Gujarat high court on Friday lifted its stay to the release of Maharaj, debut film of Bollywood star Aamir Khan's son Junaid, observing that it did not target the Vaishnav Pushtimarg sect as......

Inside India's new Digital Personal Data Protection framework

A new law that defines how companies should process users' data came into force with the President giving assent to the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act passed by Parliament in the......

Google's 'castle and moat' strategy is data hegemony: CCI

Fair trade regulator CCI on Thursday alleged that Google has created a digital data hegemony and called for a market space with "free, fair and open competition". Photograph: Annegret......

Should you worry about the new face recognition system at airports?

Organisations like the Internet Freedom Foundation and many other activists have slammed the project stating that the system could be misused in a country where there is no data protection or......

IRCTC moves to monetise passenger data

In a first of its kind move, the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), the ticket booking arm of the Indian Railways, is looking to monetise its bank of passenger data while......

Harry & Meghan Part 2 Review: Diana All Over Again

Harry & Meghan, Vaihayasi Pande Daniel realises, is just a sequel to Diana's Story. Having watched the first three episodes of Harry & Meghan with quite some interest, Episode 4, when it started......

Day 3: What's hot at the Beijing Winter Olympics

Russians win team Figure skating gold, Valieva first woman to land Games quads IMAGE: Russian Olympic Committee's Anastasia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov of the in action during the Pair Skating......

Sports Shorts: Shubhankar makes cut in Abu Dhabi

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday. IMAGE: India golfer Shubhankar Sharma in action. Photograph: Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images Shubhankar Sharma assured himself of......