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Super User 31 July 2021

How long can Modi govt continue to maintain ambiguity over deployment of Pegasus spyware?

Modi govt ought to come clean on the issue since at some point, evidence is likely to emerge identifying the ‘Indian agency’ responsible for acquiring and using the cyber weapon.

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Super User 30 July 2021

In PM Modi’s Varanasi Speech, a Mix of False Claims, Half-Truths and Exaggerated Praises

On July 15, the prime minister inaugurated various development projects in UP and praised chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s governance.

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Super User 30 July 2021

Contempt plea in SC challenging Rakesh Asthana's appointment as Delhi police chief

The plea moved by advocate ML Sharma said Asthana's appointment to the post came just days before his superannuation on July 31, as a result he will have a tenure of one year as Delhi police chief.

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Super User 30 July 2021

For the BJP’s Failed Chanakyas, the Allure of Pegasus Was Irresistible

From its apprenticeship days in Gandhinagar, the Modi crowd has had a fascination for unorthodox policemen and their unconventional – and often unlawful – repertoire of tricks and treats.

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Super User 30 July 2021

Delhi Congress workers hold protest against city govt over poor Covid management, water crisis

The protesters marched to Sant Parmanand Hospital and then tried to move towards Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal's residence where they were stopped, the police said.

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Super User 29 July 2021

Around 8.72 lakh vacant posts in central govt departments: MoS Jitendra Singh

The sanctioned strength of all central government departments was 40,04,941 (as on March 1, 2020), of which 31,32,698 employees were in position then, he said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.

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Super User 29 July 2021

'He Was Killed in a Staged Encounter': Kashmiri Family Rejects Police Version After Son's Death

Imran Qayoom's family believes he had nothing to do with the militancy. The police, however, claim he was a militant and have buried his body in a far-off graveyard.

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Super User 29 July 2021

Make Govt Reveal if it Used Pegasus: Editors N. Ram, Sashi Kumar File Petition in Supreme Court

The plea has also sought a probe by a sitting or retired judge of the Supreme Court, to see how and to what extent government agencies in India may have used the spyware.

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Super User 29 July 2021

Pegasus: Over 500 Activists, Writers, Lawyers Appeal to CJI to Seek Answers From Govt

'We believe that the Supreme Court can only instil confidence in people’s, and particularly women’s minds by transparently demanding and making public all answers relating to the use of Pegasus in India.'

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Super User 29 July 2021

FIRs, Blockades: Assam-Mizoram Border Tensions Prevail Amidst Talks With Union Govt

People from Assam’s Barak Valley have enforced an ‘economic blockade’ of the National Highway that connects Assam with Mizoram, thus affecting supply of essential goods to Mizoram, according to reports.

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