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Human dignity as important as free speech: SC

The Supreme Court on Friday said while it was duty bound to step in to protect the right to dignity of a community and stop a telecast which attempted to malign the Muslim community as a whole by insinuating that they were infiltrating the civil services, it could not act as a PIL-activated censor board for TV programmes.

'Log in & learn' enrolments see jump in India

Coursera added over 3.6 million learners in India since March compared to 1.4 million in all of 2019, EdX doubled its learner base to 3.2 million and LinkedIn reported an increase of 245% in the number of hours spent on learning from July 2019 to June 2020, compared to the same period a year before.

Covid effect: Over 1,000 schools up for sale

Over 1,000 KG-Class 12 schools in the country are up for sale, hoping to pool in an investment of close to Rs 7,500 crore (roughly $1 billion) in the next two-three years, with the Covid-19 wave hitting India’s education sector hard.

60% Indian kids go to school on foot: Survey

Around 60% of students in India go to their schools on foot with the number being significantly higher in rural areas and for primary and upper primary students. Overall, more girls walk to school (62%) than boys (57.9%).

Row erupts over Google dropping Paytm

High drama unfolded on Friday afternoon as search engine giant Google removed mobile payment application Paytm from its Play Store, citing breach of its gambling restrictions, before bringing it back again by evening. Paytm's fantasy gaming application was also removed ahead of the start of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Saturday, and was not back till the filing of this report.

PM goes on offensive against oppn, calls agri bills ‘pro-farmer’

A day after BJP’s oldest ally Shiromani Akali Dal pulled out of the Modi government to protest against the legislations meant to restructure agricultural trade, and amid continuing opposition from Congress and some other parties, PM Narendra Modi went on the offensive on Friday and called the bills a “historic” pro-farmer measure and dismissed the resistance as having been engineered by “middlemen”.

Pak rejects Queen's counsel for Jadhav

Pakistan on Friday rejected India's demand that an Indian lawyer or a Queen's counsel should be appointed for death-row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav to ensure a free and fair trial in this country.

GST Council to take call on funding shortfall: FM

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the GST Council will arrive at a common ground on ways to compensate states for loss of revenue, amid opposition charge that the Centre is reneging on its promise of paying compensation.

Bulk of spending for people-centric schemes: FM

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that bulk of the additional spending sought in the first batch of the supplementary demands for grants would be spend on people-centric schemes to help them amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Farm bills: Top developments & reactions

'Amshipora case investigations with fairness'

The investigations into the Amshipora case, where three Rajouri locals were killed, in an encounter, will be conducted with utmost fairness and will be taken to their logical conclusion, Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane said on Friday.

Analysis: Trump makes promises as 4 states start early voting

Voters got their first dose of a side-by-side between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden during separate town halls this week.

A city council member in North Dakota declares she's a proud lesbian during a heated debate over flying the Pride flag

One after another, disgruntled North Dakotans took the podium at a city council meeting in Minot to air their grievances.

Lyft sketches a future for city streets with fewer cars

As Lyft's core ridehail business is pummeled by the pandemic, the company has taken a seemingly surprising step, paying urban planners to sketch out how street space can be shifted from cars to buses, bikes and pedestrians.

Fog blankets parts of UAE, weather warning issued

The NCM is warning of poor visibility in certain areas until 9am today.

Your top 2020 election questions, answered

Alabama governor on Hurricane Sally damage: 'It's really, really bad'

Alabama governor Kay Ivey flew over the coastal areas of the state on Friday to view the destruction left by Hurricane Sally.

US sending armored vehicles into Syria as Trump says 'we are out'

The US military announced Friday that it is deploying armored vehicles and other military assets to Syria to protect US troops fighting ISIS amid tensions with Russia as President Donald Trump told a White House news conference that "we are out of Syria," saying the remaining US forces are there exclusively "guarding the oil."

Officer indicted in shooting death of woman struck when he fired shots at a dog

A grand jury indicted a former police officer in this week over the shooting death of a woman who was struck by his gunfire while he attempted to shoot an approaching dog.

USPS agrees to scrap confusing election mailers in Colorado

The US Postal Service on Friday agreed to terminate its controversial election mailer in Colorado, according to Secretary of State Jena Griswold, who had sued Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and other USPS officials over the pre-election mailer that she said includes information that would mislead voters in the state.