On Tuesday, the Karnataka High Court directed the Indian government to block Proton Mail, a popular email service known for its enhanced security, following a legal complaint filed by New Delhi-based M Moser Design Associates. The local firm alleged that its employees had received emails containing obscene and vulgar content sent via Proton Mail.

While the Indian government has banned 16 Pakistani YouTube channels for “provocative content” and “misinformation” following the Pahalgam terror attack, Indian television news has been doing what it does best: rolling out the red carpet for such content, in studio lighting, with a splash of nationalistic graphics.

For example, on Poochta Hai Bharat, hosted by Aishwarya Kapoor on Republic Bharat, Pakistan strategic affairs expert Hamid Khan said, “The NYT ne kaha ki yeh saara Pahalgam drama hai aur Modi ne apne nakamiyon ko chupane ke liye yeh kiya hai. Aapke MPs, press, aue log pooch rahe hai ki Modi ne yeh drama kyun kiya. Jo aap Kashmiryon ke saath kar rahe hai, puri duniya apko Kashmiriyon ke genocide pe mujrim karar de rahi hai? (The NYT has written that Pahalgam was orchestrated by PM Narendra Modi to hide his failures. Your MPs, press, and citizens are asking why Modi had to do this drama. The whole world is terming India a criminal due to the genocide of Kashmiris.)

University of Lucknow assistant professor Madri Kakoti, known online as satirist Dr Medusa, has been booked under sedition and six other charges for her social media posts on the Pahalgam attack.

An FIR has been lodged at Hasanganj police station on the basis of a complaint from an ABVP member, who is enrolled in a postgraduate course at the university. The case has been filed under BNS sections 197(1), 152, 302, 352, 353(2) and 196(1)(a) apart from provisions of the IT Act.

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In the aftermath of the deadly terrorist attack in Jammu & Kashmir’s Pahalgam, hatred against Kashmiris and Kashmiri students in particular surged in at least four northern states and Jammu, fuelled by right-wing groups. We spoke with Kashmiri students who had exams to write but had no institutional support. Hiding in their rooms, hoping for the worst to pass without violence, they spoke of mental and emotional trauma.

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The NIA on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the proceeds of the 2,988-kg heroin consignment that was intercepted in Mundra port by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in September 2021 were “used…for funding terrorist activities of” the banned Pakistan-based “Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)”.

The agency also said a protected witness in the case had deposed that Lateef Rather, a slain operative of LeT proxy The Resistance Front (TRF), had told him that one “Md. Iqbal Awan and Afghanistan/Pakistan based drug smugglers in December 2021… discussed… Kashmir issue, Article 370” with him… “Lateef directed representative code name Malik to Delhi/Haryana border for collection of (`) 10 and 15 lakh” from one Haryana man… “the money was used for procuring weapons and ammunition for new recruits of Lashkar-e-Taiba”, the agency told the court.

Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati appearing for the NIA conveyed this to a bench of Justices Surya Kant and N K Singh while opposing the bail p

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Apple Inc. assembled $22 billion worth of iPhones in India in the 12 months ended March, increasing production by nearly 60% over the previous year in a sign of continued diversification away from China.

In a groundbreaking move to tackle climate change, 63 countries, including India, have voted in favour of the world’s first global carbon tax for the shipping industry.

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Former leaders of Overseas Friends of BJP Canada donated thousands to the Conservative leader and his party.

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