The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has issued advisory to all e-commerce platforms to take necessary steps to ensure that their platforms do not engage in deceptive and unfair trade practice which are in the nature of Dark Patterns.All e-commerce platforms have been advised to conduct self-audits to identify dark patterns, within 3 months of…
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has called for working with commitment towards environmental protection and promotion, on the occasion of World Environment Day.Stating the need for collective efforts towards environmental protection, the chief minister said that we have to unite and think towards the conservation of nature as well.Describing environmental conservation as a…
Mughal ‘heir’ appeals to UN for protection of Aurangzeb’s tomb in Maharashtra (Picture credit: ANI) Prince Yakub Habeebuddin Tucy, who claims descent from Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, has written to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urging intervention for the protection of Emperor Aurangzeb’s tomb located in Kuldabad, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, Maharashtra. The move follows…
Standup comedian Kunal Kamra (File Image) CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Monday extended the interim protection against arrest granted to stand-up comedian Kunal Kamara until April 17. This protection is in connection with FIRs registered against him for his alleged remarks against the Maharashtra deputy chief minister.“Interim protection granted will continue. In the meantime,…
President Donald Trump said on Monday he was ending “immediately” the Secret Service protection details assigned to Democrat Joe Biden’s adult children, which the former president had extended to July shortly before leaving office in January. The Republican president on social media objected to what he said were 18 agents assigned to Hunter Biden’s protective…
Actress Rashmika Mandanna (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Codava National Council has urged Union home minister Amit Shah and Karnataka home minister G Parameshwara to ensure the safety of actress Rashmika Mandanna after state-ruling Congress MLA Ravi Kumar Gowda (Ganiga) and Kannada activist TA Narayana Gowda targeted her for identifying herself as “being from Hyderabad…
Here’s a terrible thing that happens: Thieves pretend they’re you, file a tax return in your name very early in the year, claim a fat refund and run away with the money. When you try to file your own return, the Internal Revenue Service rejects it. After all, according to the agency’s system, your taxes…
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge (File Image) NEW DELHI: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday criticised the Centre, saying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government is weakening the RTI in the name of data protection. In a post on X, the Congress chief said that his party will not allow RTI to weaken and added that…
The Trump administration’s controversial buyout plan for federal employees including those in the Education Department, released in January, has ignited a widespread discourse across government agencies. The initiative, which offered eight months of salary to those who resigned by February 6, was framed as a cost-cutting measure to streamline the federal workforce. The unprecedented initiative…
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s administration is ending protections that shielded roughly 350,000 Venezuelans from deportation, leaving them with two months before they lose their right to work in the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s order affects 348,202 Venezuelans living in the U.S. with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) slated to expire in April. That’s about…