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Rush Hour: Centre withdraws order on mandatory phone app, rupee sinks to low of 90 and more
The Union government has withdrawn its order that directed smartphone manufacturers to mandatorily preload a government cybersecurity app on all devices. The decision was taken “given Sanchar Saathi's increasing acceptance”, stated the Ministry of Communications.
The announcement came hours after Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia told Parliament that the app cannot be used for snooping. He had also said that the government is willing to make changes to the order based on public feedback.
Opposition leaders and technology policy experts had expressed concern about the directive, stating that it amounted to expanded surveillance without safeguards. Read on.
‘A permanent surveillance backdoor': Why Sanchar Saathi app order raises privacy fears
The Centre has told the Supreme Court that it will bring back to India a pregnant woman and her eight-year-old son who were “pushed” into Bangladesh. Sunali Khatun, her son Sabir and husband Danish Sk, who are residents of West Bengal, were forced into Bangladesh by the Indian authorities in June on claims that they are undocumented immigrants.
The Bangladeshi authorities arrested them on August 21 for illegal entry. They were released from the Chapainawabganj jail on Monday evening after a lower court granted them bail on humanitarian grounds.
This came on the same day that the Supreme Court asked the Union government if Khatun and her son could be returned to India on humanitarian grounds, taking note of her advanced pregnancy. Read on.
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The Indian rupee fell to an all-time low of 90.2 against the United States dollar. The currency has fallen about 5% this year, putting it on track to record the sharpest decline in a year since 2022.
The rupee is the worst-performing Asian currency this year. The plunge has been attributed to punitive tariffs by the United States and the weak inflow of capital. This was coupled with uncertainty about the trade deal between India and the US. Read on.
The Calcutta High Court has overturned an order that cancelled the appointment of about 32,000 primary school teachers in West Bengal in connection with an alleged cash-for-jobs recruitment scam. The bench set aside the 2023 order passed by Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who is now a Bharatiya Janata Party MP.
The High Court observed that the single-judge bench had “gone beyond the pleadings” by cancelling the appointments. The judges also noted that there had been no complaint regarding the effectiveness of the candidates appointed as teachers and set aside the order. Read on.
The Karnataka High Court has refused to suspend the life sentence handed to former Janata Dal (Secular) MP Prajwal Revanna in a rape case. The bench noted that several cases accusing Revanna of sexual abuse are pending trial.
Referring to the ongoing cases, the bench said there was “much force” in the prosecution's submission that suspending the sentence could lead to witness tampering.
The former MP from Karnataka's Hassan has been named in four separate sexual abuse cases, including one in which he was convicted on August 2. Read on.
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