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CAA 'violates' Indian Constitution, international human rights law: Amnesty

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CAA 'violates' Indian Constitution, international human rights law: Amnesty The new citizenship law passed by Parliament in December 2019 offers citizenship to non-Muslim persecuted religious minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan Current Affairs :Reprieve International has told the US legislators that the as of late established Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) remains in “clear infringement” of the Constitution of India and global human rights law and “legitimizes segregation” based on religion. The new citizenship law passed by Parliament in December 2019 offers citizenship to non-Muslim abused strict minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. The Indian government has been underscoring that the new law won’t deny any citizenship rights, yet has been brought to secure the abused minorities of neighboring nations and give them citizenship. Reprieve International Asia Pacific Advocacy Manager Francisco Bencosme offered the comments during a ...

No Indian in China infected by coronavirus, embassy in touch with them: MEA

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No Indian in China infected by coronavirus, embassy in touch with them: MEA The death toll in the deadly new coronavirus in China rose to 56 on Sunday with confirmed cases of viral affliction reaching 2,008, including 23 from aborad Current Affairs : The External Affairs Ministry said on Sunday that starting at now no Indian in China has been influenced by the coronavirus episode and the consulate in Beijing is in close touch with all Indians, including college understudies, in Wuhan and somewhere else in Hubei region. The loss of life in the savage new coronavirus in China rose to 56 on Sunday with affirmed instances of viral tribulation arriving at 2,008, including 23 from aborad. The pneumonia flare-up was first announced in Wuhan City, focal China’s Hubei Province, in December 2019. The city of 11 million has been in isolate since Thursday – with no one permitted to leave as the administration attempts to contain its spread. Aside from Wuhan, 12 different urban are...

Pegasus snooping row: WhatsApp expresses regret, to ensure tight security

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Pegasus snooping row: WhatsApp expresses regret, to ensure tight security According to WhatsApp, the spyware was developed by Israel-based NSO Group and had been used to snoop on about 1,400 users globally, including 121 users from India Current Affairs :WhatsApp has kept in touch with the administration communicating “lament” over the Pegasus snooping line, and has guaranteed that it is taking all safety efforts to address concerns, top government sources said. The sources, who mentioned not to be named, said the legislature has asked WhatsApp to fortify its security divider, and that no more ruptures at the informing stage will be endured. A month ago, the Facebook-claimed organization had indicated that Indian writers and human rights activists were among those all inclusive spied upon by anonymous elements utilizing Pegasus spyware. As indicated by WhatsApp, the spyware was created by Israel-based NSO Group and had been utilized to snoop on around 1,400 clients uni...

PM Modi launches $4.2 mn redevelopment project of Hindu temple in Bahrain

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PM Modi launches $4.2 mn redevelopment project of Hindu temple in Bahrain Modi, the first Indian Prime Minister to visit the key Gulf nation, offered prayers at the Shreenathji Temple in Manama, the oldest temple in the region Current Affairs :- Head administrator Narendra Modi on Sunday propelled the $4.2 million redevelopment task of the 200-year-old Lord Sri Krishna sanctuary in the Bahraini capital. Modi, the main Indian Prime Minister to visit the key Gulf country, offered petitions at the Shreenathji Temple in Manama, the most established sanctuary in the locale, and furthermore the prasad’ that he purchased with the RuPay card in the wake of propelling it in the UAE on Saturday. Head administrator at that point disclosed the plaque, along these lines formally propelling the redevelopment task of the notorious sanctuary. Much obliged to you Bahrain for the glow and warmth. PM @narendramodi closes his noteworthy encounter with supplications at the 200 years of age...

Google contractors listening, recording your bedroom talks via Assistant

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Google contractors listening, recording your bedroom talks via Assistant VRT NWS, with the help of a whistleblower, was able to listen to more than 1,000 excerpts recorded via Google Assistant Technology :- Outsider temporary workers working for Google are recording and subtly tuning in to your room discussions through Google Assistant on cell phones, home speakers and surveillance cameras, another report has guaranteed, focusing on that such accounts bring up major issues about security of clients. As indicated by Belgian supporter VRT NWS, clients’ discussions with Google Home speakers are being recorded and sound clasps are being sent to sub-contractual workers who are “translating the sound documents for ensuing use in improving Google’s discourse acknowledgment”. VRT NWS, with the assistance of an informant, had the option to tune in to in excess of 1,000 selections recorded by means of Google Assistant. “In these chronicles, we could unmistakably hear addresses a...