The government’s stand came in response to a petition by Twitter, which opposed the Centre’s orders to block accounts 39 accounts last year.

Hasina will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Droupadi Murmu, and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar

Kerala, once known for its “well-knit family bondage”, seems to be caught with the present trend of breaking nuptial tie on “flimsy” or “selfish” reasons, or for “extra-marital” relationships, even unmindful of their children, a high court bench of justices A Muhamed Mustaque and Sopy Thomas observed while hearing a divorce petition.

The arrest came amid widespread protests over alleged police inaction for close to a week since a sexual assault case was registered against Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru.

The issues of both trade and humanitarian assistance have been in focus since Pakistan’s finance minister Miftah Ismail said earlier this week that Islamabad can consider importing vegetables and food items from India to cope with shortages due to the floods, which have killed more than 1,000 people and affected 33 million.

The total amount raked in from the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in August was ₹1.44 lakh crore, government data showed on Thursday, the sixth consecutive time when this number was above the ₹1.4 lakh crore mark, a threshold experts called the “new normal”.

Delivering the opening remarks at the G20 meeting in Bali, Pradhan highlighted India’s rapid strides towards building a more resilient and inclusive education and skilling ecosystem and realising the creative potential of each learner through the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.

Jharkhand’s ruling coalition met governor Ramesh Bais on Thursday and asked him to clear the air on a confidential Election Commission (EC) report on chief minister Hemant Soren’s assembly membership, a week after Raj Bhavan received the sealed envelope that triggered a political crisis in the state.

While the PIL raised the issue of Hindus being “singled out”, with the state governments managing temples and their earnings, the top court raised doubts over the necessity of revisiting the 1863 Religious Endowments Act when the legislation, it commented, has facilitated temples to cater to “larger needs of the society”.