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Photo: AI Image/ChatGPTGovt to summon Meta over Instagram ads promoting child sexual abuse material
New Delhi: IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has directed officials in his Ministry to summon Meta over Instagram ads promoting child sexual abuse material, sources said on Friday. The IT Ministry will seek an explanation from Meta on the issue, they added. This is the second instance this week when the government has turned up the…
Photo: IANSAustralian prime minister condemns delay of changes to child social media ban
Melbourne: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday condemned senators who blocked changes to a world-first social media ban for children, saying tech giants would use the delay to destroy incriminating documents that could be used as evidence against them. The government this week introduced amendments to Parliament aimed at increasing the powers of eSafety…
Photo: AI Image/ChatGPT21 Year Old Assault Victim Dies, Furious locals Vandalise Corporator’s Office
Thane: Tension erupted at Ambernath in Maharashtra’s Thane district after a 21-year-old man died following an assault over an alleged love affair, with his relatives and locals hurling stones at a corporator’s office, accusing her of shielding those involved. The corporator has denied the allegations. According to the police, tension gripped the Palegaon area of…
Photo: AI Image/ChatGPTIllegal warehouse busted in UP’s Bahraich, 8,000 codeine cough syrup bottles seized
Bahraich (UP): More than 8,000 bottles of regulated codeine-based cough syrup were seized from an illegal warehouse here, and a drug trader was arrested under the NDPS Act, officials said on Thursday. District Drug Inspector Vinay Krishn said the recovery was made during a joint raid conducted on Wednesday by the Drug Department and police…
Photo: PTIGen Dhiraj Seth takes charge as new Army Chief
New Delhi: Indian soldiers arrive to take part in a ceremony as Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth takes charge as the new Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), at the South Block, in New Delhi.
Photo: AI Image/ChatGPTWoman found dead at marital home
Thiruvananthapuram: A 27-year-old woman was found dead at her marital home near Vizhinjam, police said on Wednesday. The incident occurred two days after the couple celebrated their second wedding anniversary, police said. The woman’s father-in-law found her hanging in her room on Tuesday evening and called the police, an officer of the Vizhinjam police station…
Photo: AI Image/ChatGPTFour-year-old boy pulled out dead from borewell in Haryana
Ambala: A four-year-old boy who fell into a 220-foot-deep borewell in Haryana’s Ambala district was pulled out dead early Wednesday following a 21-hour rescue operation. Nirvair Singh was taken out of the borewell at around 3:40 am and shifted to the Civil Hospital in Ambala Cantonment. Dr. Rishipal Singh, a Medical Officer at the Civil…
Five of a family dead after consuming ‘adulterated’ edible oil
Five members of a family died over the past 10 days in Jharkhand’s Palamu district, allegedly after consuming adulterated edible oil that led to a toxic condition, officials said on Monday. Another family member is undergoing treatment at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Ranchi, they said. Spate of Fatalities: Five Family…
Photo: AI Image/ChatGPTUP Horror : Tanker Crushes Sleeping Family in Firozabad, 2 Dead
Firozabad: A man and his minor child were killed, while his teenage daughter was critically injured after a gas tanker ran over them when they were sleeping outside their house in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad district early Tuesday, police said. The accident occurred at Mohammadpur village under the Shikohabad police station area. Circle Officer Amrish Kumar…
Photo: AI Image/ChatGPTOver 20 injured in fire at naphtha pipeline in West Bengal’s Haldia
Haldia (WB): More than 20 people were injured after a major fire broke out in a naphtha-carrying pipeline of Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL) in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district in the early hours of Tuesday, police said. The fire was first spotted around 2:45 am, they said, adding that it quickly spread, engulfing several houses…
