India Inc has come together to support the families of CRPF jawans killed and injured in the Pulwama terrorist attack by raising some funds.


India inc raises funds for Pulwama attack victims


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During its 18-month-long investigation into disinformation and "fake news", a committee of the UK Parliament invited Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to appear before it three times. Zuckerberg didn't show up once.


Why Facebook was labelled 'digital gangsters' by UK lawmakers


A product to stop bleeding, made by an Indian company with extract from shellfish, is poised to become a global brand with its widespread use by the defence forces and hospitals in various countries besides Indian forces.


Indian product designed to stop bleeding poised to go global


Lashing out at Facebook for behaving like "digital gangsters" in the online world, a UK parliamentary committee concluded that the social networking giant intentionally and knowingly violated both data privacy and anti-competition laws.


Facebook behaving like 'digital gangsters': UK parliamentary report


Angry scenes were witnessed in the Punjab Assembly in a war of words between state cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu and opposition Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MLAs, especially Bikram Singh Majithia, which forced adjournment before the budget could be presented in the House here on Monday.


Punjab Budget session heats up as Akalis protest against Sidhu


Amid heightened tensions between India and Pakistan following the deadly Pulwama attack on February 14, Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs website was not working in several countries including the US on Saturday, the media reported.


Pakistan foreign ministry website hacked, India blamed


A leading European arms manufacturer MBDA, which supplies missiles for the Rafale jets, has come under the scanner of probe agencies here for its suspected links with lobbyist Deepak Talwar, who was extradited from Dubai last month.


Dealings of European missile manufacture under scanner


Nepalese human trafficking victims numbering 179, including 147 girls, rescued in the past two weeks, were shifted to their home country from here on Sunday, authorities said.


179 Nepalese trafficking victims sent home


The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Sunday said some miscreants were putting up fake photographs of body parts of troopers, killed in the Pulwama attack, to spread "hatred", and appealed people to not share or 'like' such posts.


CRPF warns against fake photos of Pulwama martyrs


At the height of the Rafale jet controversy, dealings of a leading European manufacturer of missiles MBDA has come under the scanner of Indian investigating agencies. MBDA is a major missile supplier for the Rafale jets and is involved in the Rs 30,000 crore offset programme associated with the 36 warplanes.


Leading European maker of missiles under ED scanner


Bollywood actor Vicky Kaushal has condemned the February 14 Pulwama terror attack in which at least 49 CRPF troopers lost their lives. The actor described the episode as "sad".


It should not be forgiven and forgotten: Vicky Kaushal on Pulwama attack


The family of Shamima Begum, the British teenager of Bangladeshi descent who ran away from here in 2015 to become an Islamic State jihadi bride, have urged the UK government to bring back the heavily-pregnant girl "urgently".


Kin of pregnant British-Bangladeshi IS bride plead for her return


A day after withdrawing the Most Favoured Nation status to Pakistan, India on Saturday slapped a 200 per cent import duty on all goods originating or exported from Pakistan.


India imposes 200% import duty on Pak goods


Disturbed after the deadly Pulwama attack, filmmaker Hansal Mehta says Pakistan's complicity in the business of terrorism should come to an end.


Pakistan's complicity in business of terrorism must end: Hansal Mehta


A man who was terminated from his job fatally shot five people at a factory in the suburbs of the US metropolis of Chicago before being killed by the police, authorities said.


5 killed in US factory shooting


Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said that the government has "zero tolerance" towards terrorism and the security forces have been given a free hand to deal with terror groups.


Government has zero tolerance over terrorism, security forces given free hand: Rajnath


Curfew imposed here in Jammu and Kashmir was not relaxed on Saturday two days after 49 CRPF troopers were blown up in a suicide attack on the Jammu-Srinagar highway in Pulwama by a Jaish-e-Mohammad man, although authorities claimed the situation was under control.


Curfew to continue in Jammu


Celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan, Lata Mangeshkar and Rajinikanth have condemned the terror attack on the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.


Enough is enough: Celebrities express anger over Pulwama attack


In the wake of the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar and his wife actress Shabana Azmi have decided not to attend an event in Pakistan.


Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi cancel Pakistan visit


A Delhi court on Friday reserved for February 19 its order on lawyer Gautam Khaitan's bail plea, who was sent to judicial custody in a case of laundering of black money.


Court reserves order for February 19 on Gautam Khaitan's bail plea


India can stop exporting tea to Pakistan in the wake of escalating tensions between the two neighbours following the Pulwama terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir that claimed the lives of 45 paramilitary troopers, said the exporters body, which is ready to back the Centre in case of any retaliatory measures, even at the cost of incurring losses.

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