Regional, 25th May 2020, News & Stories from India

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25 May 2020

Regional, 25 May 2020

Madhuri Dixit talks about her latest debut and more

Talking about something ‘new’, when did singing happen to Madhuri, we enquire

25 May 2020 10:10 PM

, the majority of people in the informal sector who do not have a job anymore, suddenly have a lot more time and attention to spare. Inevitably, more than a significant part of this goes to streaming content.

Tech This Week | Advertising a tax on the poor, pandemic going to exacerbate it

Many don’t have jobs now but the book Poor Economics says they could trade off a little food for entertainment. So they’ll bear the brunt.

25 May 2020 7:52 PM

The US Commerce Department said that Qihoo 360 and seven other companies that supplied video and other surveillance technology and two government entities were added to the list for being complicit in human rights violations and abuses in the Muslim northwestern region of Xinjiang.

US ‘politicising business’, says Chinese anti-virus firm blacklisted from importing tech from America

President Donald Trump’s administration says Chinese tech is based at least in part on stealing foreign knowhow and is used to spy on the US

25 May 2020 6:57 PM

Massive film set vandalised by Hindu right wing group

The Perumbavoor police has registered an FIR and initiated an investigation into the incident

25 May 2020 6:53 PM

Women belonging to the tea-tribe community work at a garden during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Dibrugarh (PTI)

Tea industry suffers loss of Rs 2100 crores in WB and Assam

Production has dipped by 65 per cent in the past two months leading to further financial stress

25 May 2020 6:20 PM

Senior Kolkata police officers come to blows

Protests happened by group of local people demanding restoration of power supply which has been snapped due to Cyclone Amphan's strike

25 May 2020 5:52 PM

: Passengers, wearing masks, leave from Chaudhary Charan Singh airport after arriving by a domestic flight following its resumption, during the ongoing nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, in Lucknow. PTI Photo

AA Edit: Uncertainty as flights resume

Ideally, the civil aviation ministry should have consulted the states before taking its decision, but it went ahead on its own

25 May 2020 5:51 PM

A visit by Army chief General M.M. Naravane to XIV Corps headquarters in Leh on Friday appears to have helped, but there is still a ways to go. AFP Photo

AA Edit: Ignore China triggers, caving would be costly

This confrontation comes at an unfortunate moment when the world is combating the coronavirus pandemic

25 May 2020 5:36 PM

Migrants stand in a queue on a hot sunny day at Lalgarh Junction to board a special train to Bihar, during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Bikaner. PTI Photo

Manish Tewari: Locked down in India, a view from the ground

While the middle classes and the rich retreated under their beds the poor baulked and decided to get home to the safety of their villages

25 May 2020 5:14 PM

“There are now companies developing technology which make it possible for the employer ... to look at what's on your computer screen and to check your keystrokes and if you get up and walk away for a minute, they'll send you a warning. That's being installed right now.... It's not the future," Noam Chomsky said, highlighting a reality that the public doesn't seem to take cognisance of or care enough about.

Big technology firms should be stopped from turning the world into a China, Noam Chomsky says

He is referring to China's social credit system that tracks citizens to award/deduct points on a score determining one's access to services.

25 May 2020 5:08 PM

Pinjra Tod began as a women students’ collective against oppressive and unjust practices within universities. File Photo

So who’s afraid of Pinjra Tod?

To this government, peaceful protests by women are unlawful

25 May 2020 4:40 PM

Son, wife of JK Lt Governor's advisor test Covid19 positive

The officials said the advisor's wife and son had returned from Delhi a few days back and were staying at a guest house

25 May 2020 3:56 PM

CBSE to conduct class 10, 12 board exams at 15,000 centres across country

The exams, which were postponed in view of the coronavirus lockdown, will now be held from July 1 to July 15

25 May 2020 2:27 PM

Ready to deal with situation if there is spike in cases of novel coronavirus, says Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal. (PTI Photo)

Delhi records 13,418 covid cases, CM Kejriwal says situation still under control

Delhi government directed private hospitals with a capacity of 50 beds to reserve 20% of their total bed strength for coronavirus patients

25 May 2020 1:45 PM

SC allows Air India to fly for ten days with middle seats filled in scheduled aircraft. (PTI Photo)

SC allows Air India to operate flights with middle seats filled for next ten days

A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde conducted an urgent hearing on Eid holiday through video conferencing to hear the appeals

25 May 2020 1:20 PM

Vir Das sneezed on by neighbour for allegedly not following social distancing, actor films incident. (PTI Photo)

Vir Das sneezed on by neighbour for breaking social distancing rules

The man in the video also comes close to the actor to hit him, saying "Don't laugh I'll give you one blo**y slap"

25 May 2020 12:43 PM

Kerala health minister Shailaja interacts with her Karnataka counterpart on the Covid-19 situation. (DC Photo)

How Kerala flattened the curve, lowest death rates: Health minister Shailaja explains

Health department constituted 18 expert groups in training health care staff for detailed stock-taking of beds, equipment in each hospital

25 May 2020 11:47 AM

Debris falls from a row of damaged shops in Perth, Australia, Monday, May 25, 2020. (AP)

Thousands without power in Western Australia after once in a decade storm

Emergency services began cleaning up in Perth on Monday as wild weather downed trees and left around 50,000 citizens without power

25 May 2020 11:26 AM

Police fire tear gas on protesters during a planned protests against a proposal to enact a new security legislation in Hong Kong on May 24, 2020. (AFP)

Hong Kong security chief warns of growing 'terrorism'

More than 180 people were arrested on Sunday as authorities fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse pro-democracy protesters

25 May 2020 11:15 AM

More patients than beds in Mumbai as India faces surge in virus cases. (PTI Photo)

More patients than beds in Mumbai as coronavirus cases surge

More than a fifth of the country’s coronavirus cases are in Mumbai

25 May 2020 11:01 AM

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