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India’s 2nd coronavirus casualty Delhi Woman 68-yr-old

India on Friday reported second death from the novel Coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases jumped to 82

Captain Taniya Shergil, First Woman Parade Adjutant

Taniya Shergil, The First Woman Officer Parade Adjutant In The History Of Army Day & Republic Day Parade.

A woman officer will be the Parade Adjutant for the first time in the history of the Army Day parade. A fourth generation soldier, Captain Taniya Shergil was commissioned into the Corps of Signals two years ago.

Supreme Court judges delivering verdict on Kashmir internet curbs

Supreme Court Verdict On Kashmir : Curbs On Internet Subject To Scrutiny, Judges Say

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said that any order that has been passed to restrict or suspend internet services in Jammu and Kashmir will be subject to judicial scrutiny and that the suspension of the internet should be reviewed. “Such suspension can only be for a limited time period and is subject to judicial review,” it added. The court was delivering its verdict on a batch of pleas including that of Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad challenging the restrictions imposed in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir following the scrapping of provisions of Article 370.

Delhi Gets Web Portal to Enable Blocking of stolen mobile phone

Lost Phone? Delhi Gets Web Portal to Enable Blocking, Unblocking of Stolen or Lost Mobile Phone

Phone users in Delhi-NCR who lose their mobile phones will now have some respite, with the government launching a portal that will enable blocking and tracing of stolen or lost mobile phones. The initiative was launched in Mumbai in September this year, and has been rolled out for Delhi-NCR now. It will be extended to other parts of the country in 2020. The launch of the portal, https://www.ceir.gov.in, for Delhi-NCR subscribers will facilitate requests for blocking of stolen or lost mobile phones by customers, blocking of such mobile phones across various mobile networks, allowing services to other existing customers having mobile phones with the same International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number, sharing of traceability data with police authorities, as well as unblocking of recovered phones.

PUBG Mobile Addiction

PUBG Mobile Addiction: 20-Year-Old Drinks Chemical Instead of Water While Playing Game

A 20-year-old, who was engrossed in playing the PUBG Mobile game, died when he mistakenly consumed a jewellery-polishing chemical instead of water while travelling in a train. According to the Agra Cantonment Government Railway Police (GRP), the deceased, identified as Saurabh Yadav, was travelling with his friend Santosh Sharma who is an ornament-dealer. Sharma had a chemical in his bag which he used to polish jewellery. The two men had a common bag and Santosh was travelling to Agra in connection with his ornament polishing business, said Vijay Singh, in-charge GRP station, Agra Cantt railway station, in a public statement. “According to Santosh, the deceased was busy playing PUBG on his mobile phone while travelling. Reportedly, he was so occupied that instead of taking out the water bottle, he mistakenly took out the bottle of chemical and drank from it without checking,” Singh said.

WhatsApp Spyware - Activists, Lawyers, Scholars Targeted in India

WhatsApp Syware: 17 Confirmed Cases of Activists, Lawyers, Scholars Targeted in India

Seventeen individuals including human rights activists, scholars and journalists have so far confirmed to Scroll.in that they were targeted by a spyware on the messaging platform WhatsApp. Some of them suggested that Indian government agencies may have been involved in the surveillance, as they were told by a Canada-based cyber security group that is assisting WhatsApp in investigating the spyware attack.

Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde, next Chief Justice of India

Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde appointed next Chief Justice of India.

Justice Bobde, 63, will take oath as the CJI on November 18, a day after incumbent Ranjan Gogoi demits office

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