‘NEET Has Taken So Many Lives’: MK Stalin Says ‘Kill-loot’ Test Must Be Banned
DMK President M K Stalin, who on Monday turned up at monsoon session of the Tamil Nadu Assembly wearing a ‘Ban NEET, Save TN Students’ face mask, appears to have unleashed a diatribe against medical entrance test and wants it scrapped. In an exclusive interview to CNN-News18, Stalin reasons why his party stands, and will continue to stand, in the way of the BJP Government on issues such as the National Education Policy and NEET, and continue to condemn other actions such as demonetisation and GST. READ MORE
Politically-sophisticated Network Tried to Influence 2020 Delhi Polls, Says Ex-Facebook Employee
A former employee of Facebook has claimed that the social media giant ignored or was slow to deal with fake accounts that influenced elections around the world, including in India. In a 6,600-word internal memo, former Facebook data scientist Sophie Zhang, said she worked to remove “a politically-sophisticated network of more than a thousand actors working to influence” the Delhi Assembly polls that were held on February 8. READ MORE
Rajnath Singh’s Statement on India-China Tension Today as PLA Lays Fibre Cables in Ladakh
Amid reports of Chinese troops laying network of optical fibre cables in Ladakh, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is set to make a statement in Parliament on Tuesday on the continuing standoff, sources said. Despite recent high-level talks, China has been moving ahead with its expansion plan as fibre cables have now been spotted to the south of Pangong Tso in the Himalayan region of Ladakh. READ MORE
In Indonesia’s Java, Punishment for Not Wearing Masks is Digging Graves for Covid-19 Victims
Local authorities in Indonesia’s East Java have devised an unconventional strategy to penalise people who refused to wear face masks and asked them to dig graves at a public cemetery in Ngabetan village. According to a report in The Jakarta Post, local administration instructed eight people in Gresik regency, East Java to dig graves for those who have succumbed to the disease caused by the novel coronavirus as punishment for refusing to wear face masks in public spaces. READ MORE
‘2020 Series Finale’: Venus May Have Alien Life and Humans Already Want to Migrate
Is Venus where E.T decided to phone home? Scientists Monday revealed that they have detected a gas called phosphine in the harshly acidic clouds of Venus. The presence of phosphine indicates that microbes may inhabit Earth’s inhospitable neighbour, a tantalising sign of potential life beyond Earth. The researchers did not discover actual life forms, but explained that on Earth phosphine is produced by bacteria thriving in oxygen-starved environments. Most people on Twitter couldn’t believe it, but then, it’s peak 2020. READ MORE
Chris Evans Wants Fans to Do This Since He Has Their ‘Attention’ Post Nude Leak
Captain America star Chris Evans became talk of the town after he appeared to post and delete an explicit picture. Evans had posted a video of him playing “Heads Up” with his friends but when the video ended and went back to his gallery, there appeared to be a closely cropped d**k pic on his phone. Evans quickly realised his mistake and deleted the Instagram story but not before netizens noticed it. Now, after the nude leak, Evans is back on social media with an important message since he has people’s ‘attention’ on him. READ MORE
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