Hoax threats to flights: Govt issues advisory for social media companies; warns punishment if they don’t act – Times of India

NEW DELHI: With almost 300-400 flights of Indian carriers getting threat messages in the last two weeks, Govt has issued an advisory for social media (SM) companies like X (former Twitter) and Meta to make “reasonable efforts to disallow such malicious acts including hoax bomb threats from being disseminated on their platforms.” The ministry of…

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No meetings, no rallies: Kolkata Police imposes Section 163 amid protests over doctor’s rape-murder at RG Kar Medical College | Kolkata News – Times of India

KOLKATA: Amid ongoing protests against the rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, the police have imposed Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. This measure, effective from Sunday, 18 August for seven days, restricts rallies, meetings, processions and the assembly of five…

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