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Justice Gogoi will have a tenure of a little over 13 months and would retire on November 17, 2019   Justice  Ranjan Gogoi  was Wednesday sworn in as the 46th Chief Justice of India. He succeeds Justice Dipak Misra. President Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath to the 63-year-old Justice Gogoi at a brief ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan's Darbar Hall. Justice Gogoi will have a tenure of a little over 13 months and would retire on November 17, 2019. News Source :  BS  &  Business Standard  

Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of Aadhaar. Track all the LIVE updates on Business Standard   Business Standard  :  The Supreme Court Wednesday declared the Centre's flagship Aadhaar scheme as Constitutionally valid. The apex court's five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said Aadhaar is meant to help benefits reach the marginalised sections of the society and takes into account the dignity of people not only from personal but also from the community point of view. The top court said Aadhaar is serving much bigger public interest and Aadhaar means unique and it is better to be unique than being best. The verdict was pronounced on a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of Aadhaar scheme and its enabling 2016 law.  BS The bench had on May 10 reserved the verdict on the matter after a marathon hearing that went on for 38 days, spanning four-and-half months. ALSO READ:  Supreme Court...

The government is more concerned with Telegram, fast becoming the preferred medium for many people The government has said it expects popular social media applications such as WhatsApp and Facebook, which have large user bases in the country, to be responsible. In a bid to check the spread of fake news through social media and messaging platforms — leading to mob lynching in some cases — the government is exploring the possibility of blocking WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and Telegram. The government is also trying to curb child abuse and pornography spread through these platforms. The government has already issued notices on WhatsApp to keep a check on content. But, it is more concerned with Telegram, fast becoming the preferred medium for many people. Sources said the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) had expressed concerns about Telegram to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). Based on the letter from MeitY, DoT had asked the telecom an...

Actress Sonali Bendre says she has been diagnosed with a "high-grade cancer" and she is undergoing treatment in New York. The actress on Wednesday took to Twitter and Instagram to share the news about her health. She has thanked her family and friends for supporting her. In a long post, Sonali said: "Sometimes, when you least expect it, life throws you a curveball. I have recently been diagnosed with a high grade cancer that has metastised, which we frankly did not see coming. "A niggling pain led to some tests, which led to this unexpected diagnosis. My family and close friends have rallied around me, providing the best support system that anyone can ask for. I am very blessed and thankful for each of them," she added. The actress is undergoing treatment in New York. "There is no better way to tackle this, than to take swift and immediate action. And so, as advised by my doctors, I am currently undergoing a course of treatment in...

The controversy started a Twitter firestorm with many demanded the Ola to block his account. However, there were many who supported Mishra's 'right to choose' Taxi aggregator  Ola Cabs  on Sunday urged a person not to discriminate on religious lines after the latter cancelled his ride as the driver was a Muslim. Replying to one Abhishek Mishra, who is followed by some Union cabinet ministers on Twitter, the company said, "Ola, like our country, is a secular platform, and we don't discriminate our driver partners or customers basis their caste, religion, gender or creed. We urge all our customers and driver partners to treat each other with respect at all times." In a tweet on Friday, Mishra, whose verified Twitter account says Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Ideology First, Hindutva Thinker, Digital & Social Media Advisor (Views Personal), said, "Cancelled @Olacabs Booking because Driver was Muslim. I don't want to give my money to Jihadi...

Inter-operability to help players increase business To make the use of digital cash more prevalent and convenient, a digital wallet user would soon be able to accept cash from the user of another   Ewallet , because of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) tweaking its guidelines. Current Affairs News   : For example, a Paytm wallet user would soon be able to accept cash from a PhonePe wallet user. Opening up the strings of digital wallets, the RBI on Wednesday said it would issue revised directions by October 11 to allow “inter-operability” among prepaid payment instruments (PPIs). These include digital wallets, prepaid cash coupons and prepaid telephone top-up cards. PPIs are a substitute for paper currency. It is expected that PPIs can inter-operate within six months of the revised directions, the RBI said in its “Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies”. ALSO READ:   RBI pauses, revises growth forecast down sharply The RBI said the f...

On Wednesday, SIT teams searched the school premises for clues, while a CBSE panel looked into security loopholes Ryan International Group's northern zone head Francis Thomas was on Wednesday sent to three days police custody while the school's human resource head Jeyus Thomas   to five days judicial custody by a Sohna court in connection with the murder of a seven-year-old student. The Gurgaon Police had arrested Francis and Jeyus, under relevant sections of the IPC and Juvenile Justice Act, following the gruesome murder of Pradhuman on Friday last. ALSO READ:  Gurugram boy murder: Bombay HC grants interim relief to Ryan Group trustees The schoolboy's body was found in a washroom with the throat slit. Francis was sent to police custody till September 16 while Jeyus to judicial custody till September 18 by the court, an SIT officer said. ALSO READ:  Transfer Ryan murder case outside Sohna for 'fair' trial: School official Earlier in the day, ...

Safe email is plain-text email; showing only the plain words of the message exactly as they arrived It’s troubling to think that at any moment you might open an email that looks like it comes from your employer, a relative or your bank, only to fall for a phishing scam. Any one of the endless stream of innocent-looking emails you receive throughout the day could be trying to con you into handing over your login credentials and give criminals control of your confidential data or your identity. Most people tend to think that it’s users’ fault when they fall for phishing scams: Someone just clicked on the wrong thing. To fix it, then, users should just stop clicking on the wrong thing. But as security experts who study malware techniques, we believe that thinking chases the wrong problem. The real issue is that today’s web-based email systems are electronic minefields filled with demands and enticements to click and engage in an increasingly responsive and interactive online...

The train was running at a speed of about 40 km/hr which, officials say prevented any injuries Seven coaches of the Jabalpur- bound  Shaktipunj Express  derailed today in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh, a railway official said. "The accident occurred at around 6:25 AM and we have already cleared out the site," Railway ministry spokesperson Anil Saxena said. "All passengers were put on the remaining coaches and by 7:28 AM all of them had left the spot. All of them are safe and no one was injured in the accident," he said. Also Read :  Reliance Industries to turn ex-bonus on Thursday; stock extends gains The train was running at a speed of about 40 km/hr which, officials say prevented any injuries when the incident occurred. This is the third such derailment in the state in less than a month. On August 19, the Utkal Express had derailed in Muzaffarnagar district, killing 22 people and injuring 156. About 100 passengers were wounded when 10...

Best quality in Gauri was one could always argue with her, dispute her and tell her she was wrong “Be careful about what you post on social media. We live in dangerous times,” I told  Gauri Lankesh  last week. She replied saying “We can’t be so dead. It is human to express and react. What we feel impulsively is usually our most honest response.” On Tuesday night, she was shot and killed in cold blood. The killing was not impulsive. It was well thought and carefully planned, like the murders in Maharashtra and Karnataka of the rationalists and thinkers Narendra Dabholkar, Govind Pansare and M.M. Kalburgi that she had herself condemned and protested. I grew up in a family of writers. My father, K. Marulasiddappa, and P Lankesh, Gauri’s father, were colleagues and close friends. Lankesh was an English lecturer. My father taught Kannada. ALSO READ:  Right-wing critic, senior journalist Gauri Lankesh shot dead in Bengaluru We lived in the same neighbourhood. ...

This is the first major building collapse after Tuesday's Mumbai deluge Seven persons were killed, 15 others injured, while around 25 people are feared trapped after a five-storey residential building collapsed in Bhendi Bazaar area of south Mumbai on Thursday. The building, located at Pakmodia street near the J J Hospital, with 12 rooms and six godowns on the ground floor, crumbled at around 8:30 am. According to fire brigade sources present at the spot, "There were around nine families staying in the building. Thirty people are feared trapped". Also Read :  Last day to link PAN-Aadhaar? Decision on extending deadline today The disaster management cell of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) received a call about the collapse at 8.40 am. "We immediately rushed fire brigade personnel to the site to rescue the trapped people," a senior MCGM official said. A senior police official said seven persons, including an elderly couple,...

In 56 years, Indian income up 21 times, but progress slower than China, Malaysia Latest Current Affairs   : In the 70 years since independence, India has made most progress in improving life expectancy, literacy, but has been slower in improving the level of income, and reducing infant mortality rates when compared to five other nations. On the eve of   Independence Day 2017   , we compared the progress India has made in improving income, health, education, and in preserving its forests, to five countries–China, Pakistan, Malaysia, South Korea and Brazil. Why we chose these countries We chose China because it had roughly the same per capita income in 1960 as India did. Our analysis showed that even though China and India are constantly compared, until now, China has outperformed India across most wealth and health indicators. We looked at South Korea to get a sense of how India performed compared to a country that has gone from being a developing...