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Smartphone maker Mi India has collaborated with philanthropist actor Sonu Sood to launch 'ShikshaHarHaath' campaign. Under the initiative, the company aims to donate smartphones to underprivileged students in order to support their education. The scheme also urges people to donate their used smartphones in working conditions so that Mi will refurbish them to distribute among the students. Besides, the smartphone maker has planned to tie-up … read-more

Twitter on January 27 suspended over 550 accounts over tweets related to the violence at the farmers' tractor rally on the Republic Day. It red-flagged the handles and labelled tweets violating its media policy. A Twitter spokesperson said, "Using a combination of technology and human review… [Twitter] suspended more than 550 accounts engaged in spam and platform manipulation.” The spokesperson added that Twitter is strongly monitoring the… read-more

The Supreme Court on January 27 stayed the exonerate order of the Bombay High Court which said that groping without ‘skin to skin contact’ does not qualify sexual assault. The apex court also allowed Attorney General, who put up the issue calling it “disturbing” and a bad precedent, to file a petition. Reportedly, the Bombay High Court had acquitted a 39-year-old man who is facing imprisonment charges for groping a 12-year-old girl.

TikTok India is planning to retrench its staff citing the Centre’s decision to extend the ban on the app. In the January 27 letter, TikTok interim chief Vanessa Pappas wrote "we simply cannot responsibly stay fully staffed" with no respite from the government. However, the letter did not mention about the number of people TikTok will shed. Meanwhile, reports have suggested that TikTok employees have started to look for possibilities in newly… read-more

Taking a step against the rising cybercrime in the city, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray on January 26 inaugurated five cyber police stations in Mumbai. Established in five different localities, each station will staff around 30-50 trained personnel and will be administered by the Mumbai Police. The stations aims to expand the scope of cyber-security and enhance the speed of solving cybercrime cases. Reportedly, around 2,200 cybercrimes were… read-more