'IT Rules make sense': Facebook backs new regulations

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American internet giant Facebook has thrown its weight behind India's new IT Rules, and has said that they "make sense" while empowering users and limiting their abuse on social media, India MD Ajit Mohan has told TOI. The fresh affirmation comes months after the company termed the government's move to formulate policy and rules around content moderation as "a legitimate scrutiny", where it also emphasised that respect for Indian laws is "non-negotiable". https://ift.tt/3w0iFyR

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Presence of SCs, STs in govt jobs still inadequate, Centre tells Supreme Court

India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India A day after being asked to submit data on representation of Scheduled and Scheduled Tribes in central government to justify reservation in promotion, the Centre on Wednesday placed data of 19 ministries and told the Supreme Court that SCs comprise 15.34%, STs 6.18% and OBCs 17.5% of a workforce of 1,23,155. https://ift.tt/3FrhAWq

Plan to split Pakistan began in 1965: Senior Navy officer

India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India Vice-Admiral Anil Kumar Chawla, flag officer commanding-in-chief, Southern Naval Command, said here on Saturday that India had begun thinking of separating East Pakistan from West Pakistan from 1965 though it actually happened in 1971. https://ift.tt/3E6OeLK

Steady fall in Covid cases halted in post-Diwali week

India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India While cases in Kerala and Tamil Nadu continued to drop, a number of states and Union territories registered small increases in numbers. Among these, the rise was significant in Jammu & Kashmir, which recorded a 34% spike in cases with the weekly count rising to 1,104 from 827 in the previous seven days. https://ift.tt/3CdWo3G

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