Apple mulls sending experts to India over ‘state-sponsored’ hack attempt alerts: Report

New Delhi, 11/3: To defend its stand regarding “alerts” on “state-sponsored attackers” attempting to breach certain iPhones, Apple is reportedly mulling sending executives specialised in ‘threat notifications’ to explain the rationale behind these alerts. Several Opposition leaders, including TMC’s Mahua Moitra and Congress’s Shashi Tharoor, claimed they had received “state-sponsored” attack notification from Apple through…

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Israel says Gaza City encircled, Hamas resists with hit-and-run attacks from underground tunnels

Gaza, 3/11: Israeli forces on Thursday encircled Gaza City – the Gaza Strip’s main city – in their assault on Hamas, the military said, but the Palestinian militant group resisted their drive with hit-and-run attacks from underground tunnels. The city in the north of the Gaza Strip has become the focus of attack for Israel,…

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England cricketers resort to inhalers for tackling alarming pollution in India

New Delhi, 11/2: England cricketers have resorted to a sporadic use of inhalers to deal with high-pollution levels in major Indian cities over the course of their dismal World Cup campaign. British newspaper ‘I’ reported that the some of the England cricketers were forced to take inhalers, usually used by people suffering from Asthma. Test…

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Nitish echoes I.N.D.I.A’s discontent with Congress at CPI rally in Patna

Patna, 2/11: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday echoed the discontent within the I.N.D.I.A bloc against Congress, as he put the blame on its preoccupation with Assembly elections for the coalition’s inability to build on the momentum it gained in the the past few months. Nitish’s remarks were made at a CPI’s ‘Bhaajpa Hataao,…

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SC reserves verdict on pleas challenging validity of electoral bonds scheme

New Delhi, 2/11: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging the validity of the electoral bonds scheme for funding political parties. A five-judge constitution bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices Sanjiv Khanna, B R Gavai, J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra had on October 31…

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Cash-for-query case: Mahua Moitra appears before ethics panel

New Delhi, 2/11:Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member Mahua Moitra, who is at the centre of a bribe-for-query row, appeared before the Ethics Committee of the lower house on Thursday. The Committee is probing BJP Lok Sabha member Nishikant Dubey’s bribe-for-query allegations against Moitra. Dubey has accused Moitra of asking questions, which were keyed in through…

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Australia’s Marsh out of England game, back home for personal reasons

New Delhi, 11/2: Australia will be without Mitchell Marsh for their World Cup game against England this week after the all-rounder returned home to Perth for personal reasons, the country’s cricket board said on Thursday. Cricket Australia said a timeline on Marsh’s return to the squad “is to be confirmed” and it was not immediately…

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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal to skip ED summons in excise policy case today, says notice sent at behest of BJP

New Delhi, 2/11: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will not appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday. He has been summoned in connection with the alleged Delhi excise liquor scam. Instead, Kejriwal will hold a road show, along with Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann, in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh. Ahead of his slated appearance, Kejriwal had…

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