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Naman Ramachandran In a landmark agreement that will have seismic repercussions across the Indian media landscape, the Times Group has affirmed that it will not publish or air anything defamatory to the Hindi language film industry, popularly known as Bollywood.After the death of popular actor Sushant Singh Rajput in June 2020, several Indian channels, including Times Now and Republic TV, had embarked upon blanket coverage of the event and its aftermath, largely hostile towards Bollywood.

Another week, another YouTuber arrested for doing something insanely stupid!

YouTuber who made a video of himself making his dog "fly" by tying a number of helium balloons to it has been arrested for animal cruelty.Gaurav Sharma, who made a video and shared it on his YouTube channel, is seen with his pet dog Dollar at a park in Delhi, India, in the horrifying clip.The poor pooch is then seen with several balloons tied to it before he lets go.

Naman Ramachandran Popular messaging service WhatsApp is suing the Indian government over privacy issues as draconian new rules governing social media come into effect from Wednesday.The lawsuit “asks the Delhi High Court to declare that one of the new rules is a violation of privacy rights in India’s constitution since it requires social media companies to identify the ‘first originator of information’ when authorities demand it,” according to news agency Reuters which first broke the news.“Civil society and technical experts around the world have consistently argued that a requirement to ‘trace’ private messages would break end-to-end encryption and lead to real abuse,” a WhatsApp spokesperson said.

Naman Ramachandran The ongoing battle between the Indian government and Twitter intensified on Monday with the Delhi Police raiding the social media outfit’s Delhi and Gurgaon offices over a tweet marked by the platform as “manipulated.”The tweet in question originated from Sambit Patra, national spokesperson of India’s ruling party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on May 18.

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After a posting a desperate plea for ICU beds on Twitter an assistant professor has tragically died from Covid-19 just 10 days after her mother.

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coronavirus patients in India. Doctors in Delhi have reported a killer infection sweeping Covid-19 hospital wards, halving the survival rate of those who contract it.Symptoms of the fungus known as mucormycosis, depend on where it infects the body but includes blindness, black lesion spots and blisters, leading in some cases to amputations.An outbreak of the black infection was first reported in coronavirus patients last year when 12 cases were recorded in the space of a fortnight.

LOVE Island finalist India Reynolds bares a bit of Delhi belly as she launches a new swimwear collection. The model, 30, who was on the ITV2 dating show in 2019 with Harley Brash, 22, right, posed in a “playful and sexy” one-piece from her range with Pour Moi.

Covid when they arrived in Hong Kong.At least 52 people on board the flight from Delhi recorded negative tests pre-flight, officials said.Rashida Fathima, who was on board with her husband and two children, believes she was infected on the plane – despite wearing a face mask for the majority of the journey on April 3.Speaking from her hospital bed, she told the Wall Street Journal how some passengers were coughing a lot during the six-hour trip, while others took off their masks to eat.India has been gripped by soaring numbers of coronavirus patients with international aid being flown in for hospitals buckling under the pressure.Covid patients have reportedly been dying on the pavements outside hospitals – with doctors fearing infections

An NHS director fears for her unvaccinated 82-year-old mother in India as Covid-19 cases in the country hit a terrifying one million in three days.

India is in the grips of a coronavirus disaster with families reduced to begging overwhelmed hospitals to treat their loved ones.

Prices for flights from India to the UK have gone through the roof as families rush to avoid a new hotel quarantine that comes in on Friday.

Speculation is mounting that India could be added to the UK's travel 'red list', with an announcement of some kind widely expected within days.

A Cabinet Minister was today forced to deny claims India has been left off the coronavirus red list because the Government does not want to jeopardise trade talks with Delhi.

Boris Johnson's trip to Delhi this month will still go ahead despite the Indian coronavirus variant and soaring cases in the country, No10 has said.

Writer-director Ramin Bahrani's The White Tiger journey began four years before the acclaimed 2008 novel hit stores. Author Aravind Adiga slipped early chapters to the filmmaker, his former classmate at Columbia University, and he was immediately hooked.

A PRIDE of Britain hero has told how he helped poor farmers in India as they protested against new agricultural laws.

The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxA Hindu man has been stabbed to death at a birthday party in what many outraged Indians are calling a hate crime. Rinku Sharma, 25, died on Wednesday in Mangolapuri, Outer Delhi during an altercation allegedly involving four other men armed with knives.Local media has reported that Rinku was "dragged from his home and lynched in front of his family", and there are also reports the killers may have followed him to hospital to continue the assault.

Naman Ramachandran The ongoing disagreement between social networking app Twitter and the Indian government over the ongoing farmers’ protests around Delhi is reaching a crescendo.Earlier this month, the government sought the suspension of several Twitter accounts that had tweeted about the protests, alleging the spread of misinformation. Twitter initially complied but reinstated them after a few hours, leading to a rebuke from the government.On Tuesday, Twitter, in a blog post, said that it had complied with the government’s requests and took action accounts violating their violence, abuse, threat and harm principles.