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Ankhi Das, who through her own interpretation of her role as public policy director of Facebook in India gave a tinge of saffron to the social media giant’s blue colour scheme, has finally exited the India operations. She has been with Facebook since 2011, when Mark Zuckerberg’s outfit had not grown much beyond a start-up.

New Delhi: Putting behind dismal 2019-20 PGA Tour season, ace golfer Anirban Lahiri feels that he is back on the course and is in good form this season.

The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) that has taken shape in Jammu & Kashmir augurs well for democratic politics and the future fight for safeguarding the constitutional and democratic rights of the people of J&K.

In mid-September, the Bar Council of Delhi issued a notice to the Supreme Court advocate Prashant Bhushan asking him to explain why it should not initiate disciplinary proceedings against him under Sections 24A and 35 of the Advocates Act, 1961. The notice specified that it was concerned with his tweets on the judiciary and his conviction for contempt of the Supreme Court. By invoking Section 24A, the Bar Council seems to imply that Prashant Bhushan is guilty of an offence involving moral turpitude and the reference to Section 35 indicates that the Council finds it necessary to enquire into the alleged ‘professional or other misconduct’.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) which in recent times has suffered severe crisis of credibility and faith in the eyes of the people has suffered yet another shattering blow with the Maharashtra government withdrawing general consent for operations within its territory. Before Maharashtra four other states have also withdrawn consent. Obviously this should worry the CBI and the onus is on the agency, not its masters, to ensure its credibility.

The border dispute between Tripura and Mizoram refuses to die down. Early this year the Centre signed a pact with the stakeholders, which also included the two state governments, to permanently settle the 34,000 Bru refugees in Tripura. The Brus, known in Tripura as Reangs, are the second largest tribal community in the state after the Tripuri community. The pact was hailed by many — as it was viewed as an end of the 23 years old issue, which has been the cause of major dispute between Tripura and Mizoram.

With exactly a week until Election Day 2020, Trump’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, Amy Coney Barrett, has now been installed, taking the seat previously held by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. As voters nationwide line up hours in advance to cast a ballot or request a mail-in ballot in an unprecedented electoral uprising, Barrett’s confirmation by the U.S. Senate has tipped the scales of ‘justice,’ cementing a 6-3 conservative majority High Court. The Republican Party and Trump now possess a solid advantage, which could have an immediate impact on the hundreds of voting rights lawsuits still floating in legal limbo across the country.

A Wall Street Journal report published in August this year had accused Facebook of political bias in India. The report stated that Facebook India’s public policy head had intervened multiple times concerning the banning of several Bhartiya Janata Party leaders for posting ‘hate speech’ on the platform. Following these allegations, in September, Ajit Mohan, Managing Director Facebook, India, had deposed before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology. Additionally, Mohan was also summoned by the peace and harmony committee of the Delhi Government. The committee had expressed suspicion over Facebook’s probable role in the ‘orchestration’ of Delhi riots earlier this year.

New Delhi: World para badminton champion Manasi Joshi is living a dream to change perception about people with disability in India.

New Delhi: Ace hockey forward Navjot Kaur feels that peaking at the right time will be the most crucial thing for women hockey team's performance at the Olympics.