In yet another privacy goof-up, Facebook has admitted that over 800,000 users were affected by a bug on its platform and Messenger that unblocked some people these users had blocked.


Bug unblocked people from 800,000 users' list: Facebook


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A Thai soccer team of 12 boys and their coach who went missing more than a week back have been found alive. However, it may take months for them to come out, the country's army said on Tuesday.


Thai boys trapped in cave located, may remain stuck for months


The Supreme Court on Monday was of the view that National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) should be "actively involved" in investigation into the alleged extra-judicial killings and staged gunfights by the army, Assam Rifles and police in Manipur.


Manipur staged gunfights: SC wants NHRC's active involvement in probe


To address the growing needs of customers to combat the rampantly increasing cyber threats, software major Tech Mahindra on Monday partnered with US-based cybersecurity digital forensics and incident response firm LIFARS.


Tech Mahindra partners US-based firm on cyber security


The CBI has arrested an Army Engineer and five others in a Rs 1.21 crore bribery case, the agency said on Monday.


Army Engineer, five others held in bribery case; CBI raids 20 places


For nearly 71 per cent Indian enterprises, the European Union's Global Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR) will help bring a sense of privacy in business and innovation in ideas, a new survey said on Monday.


71% Indian firms upbeat on EU data privacy law: Survey


A controversial provincial city mayor in the Philippines known for parading drug suspects in public was shot dead during a flag-raising ceremony on Monday.


Philippines city mayor who shamed drug suspects shot dead


A Maoist commander has been killed in Chhattisgarh in a shootout with the police, officials said on Sunday.


Maoist leader killed in Chhattisgarh


North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited a region near his country's border with China in an apparent attempt to boost economic cooperation with Beijing, Pyongyang's state media reported on Saturday.


Kim Jong-un woos China with border visit


Four Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) troopers were killed and nine others seriously injured on Friday when a huge boulder rolled down from the hill crushing the minibus they were travelling in Arunachal Pradesh's Lower Siang district, police said.


Four ITBP troopers killed in Arunachal


In another massive leak, the private data of about 120 million users was compromised by a developer of Facebook quizzes called "NameTests", the media reported.


German quiz app leaked data of 120 mn Facebook users: Report


A team of police commandos has nabbed two foreign-based Manipuri insurgents in Moreh, located along India-Myanmar border, officials said on Friday.


Two insurgents held in Manipur


The first green Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Dhruv Mark-III, made by state-run HAL for the Indian Coast Guard, had a maiden ground run, the defence PSU said on Thursday.


Maiden ground run of HAL chopper for Coast Guard


Lt. Governor Anil Baijal on Thursday stressed upon a structured mechanism for interaction between police officers and principals of girls' colleges/schools, and deployment of more security guards in and around such institutions to generate a greater sense of security among them.


LG orders enhanced security at girls' schools


There were on average five new threat samples every second that resulted in a massive 629 per cent growth in cryptojacking and other cryptocurrency mining malware in the first quarter of 2018, a new report said on Thursday.


Cryptojacking surge a whopping 629% in Q1 2018: McAfee


A Sukhoi Su-30 MKI fighter jet engine caught fire mid-air and crashed on the outskirts of Nashik while on a test sortie but both pilots on board are safe, officials said on Tuesday.


Sukhoi jet catches fire, crashes in Maharashtra


Reliance Naval Engineering Ltd (RNEL) has appealed to Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman "to urgently review, streamline and fast-track all defence contracts to eliminate delays of years".


RNEL urges Def Min to put contracts on fast track


A Sukhoi Su-30 MKI fighter jet crashed on the outskirts of Nashik while on a test sortie but both pilots are safe, official sources said here on Wednesday.


Sukhoi jet crashes in Maharashtra, both pilots safe


A Sukhoi SU-31 fighter jet crashed near Nashik while on a sortie but both pilots on board ejected safely, official sources said.


Sukhoi jet crashes in Maharashtra, pilots survive


India ranked fourth in the list of top 10 target countries for Web Application Attacks as bot-driven abuse and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks continued to rise from November 2017 till April this year, Cloud delivery network provider Akamai Technologies said on Wednesday.


India 4th as web attacks on the rise globally: Report


A human rights body on Wednesday called for Myanmar military and security forces officials to face justice for their alleged crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya population.

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