The Indian government requested Facebook to provide data for 20,805 users (including 861 emergency requests) -- second only to the US government -- in the July-December 2018 period and the social networking giant provided some data in 53 per cent of the cases.


India 2nd in government requests for users' data on FB


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The Indian audience, in the 1996 film "Fire", saw Nandita Das and Shabana Azmi in a same-sex relationship on screen. But, representations of homosexuality on stage remain few and far in between. A Hindi play here will revisit playwright Vijay Tendulkar's 1981 "Mitrachi Goshta", which tagged a stark commentary on homosexual love.


After 377 decriminalised, Hindi play to question queer acceptance


The Sultan of Brunei has returned an honorary degree awarded by Oxford University after it raised concerns about the Asian nation's strict new anti-LGBT laws.


Brunei Sultan returns Oxford degree after LGBT backlash


The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar's plea seeking extension of the protection granted to him from arrest in the Saradha chit fund scam case. His protection from arrest ends today.


SC declines to hear ex-Kolkata top cop's plea in Saradha scam case


Attorneys in the Weinstein Co. bankruptcy case say they are getting close to reaching a settlement that would compensate disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinsteins sexual misconduct accusers.


Weinstein accusers near settlement in bankruptcy case


A court here on Thursday reserved order on the plea of former INX Media director Indrani Mukerjea seeking to become approver in the INX Media case.


Court reserves order on Indrani's plea to become approver


Former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn took part in the first pre-trial process at the Tokyo District Court on Thursday for allegedly transferring private investment losses to the carmaker.


Ex-Nissan chief Ghosn attends pre-trial talks


Cagliari (Italy), May 22 (IANS/AKI) A total 54 migrants reached Italy's Sardinia island overnight aboard two boats, sources said on Wednesday.


'Dozens of migrants land in Italy's Sardinia'


The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) has been granted a stay on SEBI orders in the co-location issue specifically pertaining to disgorgement order.


SAT grants interim stay on NSE's disgorgement order


Violence has become common in West Bengal with some people fighting without any issue and these people who indulge in arson and rioting do not belong to any political party, the Supreme Court said on Thursday.


Violence has become common in West Bengal, says SC


The CBI, in a status report on the NSE co-location scam, told the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that it has expanded the scope of its investigation beyond the FIR filed in May last year to unearth the "larger conspiracy", including how an accused, in the garb of research, gained access to NSE data.


Probing larger conspiracy in NSE scam, CBI tells Delhi HC


The bankruptcy framework of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) has instilled a credit culture in borrowers' minds and ensures value maximisation out of a distressed asset, which otherwise would have offered nothing, Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) Krishnamurthy Subramanian said on Wednesday.


IBC has ensured better credit culture in borrowers: CEA


The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday filed a fresh supplementary charge sheet naming an alleged middleman, Sushen Mohan Gupta, as an accused in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case.


AgustaWestland case: ED charge sheets Sushen Gupta


Prayer meetings were held amid tight security here on Wednesday to mark the first anniversary of the Thoothukudi police firing in which 13 people were killed. The protesters were demanding closure of Vedanta's Sterlite copper smelter plant for causing environmental pollution.


Thoothukudi 2018 police firing victims remembered


Five activists of the RSS/BJP were on Wednesday convicted for the murder of a CPI-M worker in Kerala's Kannur in 2006 and sentenced to life imprisonment, while nine others including a top state RSS leader were acquitted.


Life terms to 5 RSS/BJP workers for CPI-M worker's murder


The Adani Group is set to withdraw all defamation suits filed against news portal thewire.in and its editors in an Ahmedabad court for articles against its companies, highly placed sources said on Wednesday.


Adani Group to withdraw defamation cases against 'The Wire'


The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a status report on the NSE co-location scam, informed the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that its investigation was not restricted to the FIR which was initially registered.


NSE co-location scam: CBI may expand scope of probe beyond FIR


The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed till May 28 the arrest of Barrackpore BJP candidate Arjun Singh in several criminal cases, which he alleges the West Bengal Police filed against him motivated by political vindictiveness.


SC stays Bengal BJP candidate arrest till May 28


Rome, May 21 (IANS/AKI) Hunger and conflict are interlinked and sustaining impoverished rural communities can help break the cycle, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation chief Jose Graziano da Silva said here.


No food security without peace, says FAO chief


Rome, May 21 (IANS/AKI) Bangladeshi Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday called on countries to revolutionise the way they address the frequently interconnected issues of hunger and conflict, urging initiatives to foster social cohesion and rural entrepreneurship especially among the young.


Nobel Peace laureate Yunus calls for new approach to hunger, conflict


Rome, May 21 (IANS/AKI) Bangladeshi Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday called on nations to revolutionise the way they address the frequently interconnected issues of hunger and conflict, urging initiatives to foster social cohesion and rural entrepreneurship especially among the young.

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