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Imran Khan govt faces backlash over new draconian cybercrime law
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 22 (ANI): Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government is facing heavy criticism from the opposition, journalists and judiciary alike over the recent amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), 2016.
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Pegasus snooping row: SC appointed expert committee submits interim report
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 21 (ANI): A technical committee set up to look into the allegations of government allegedly using Israeli software Pegasus to spy on politicians, activists, and journalists, has submitted its interim report in the Supreme Court.
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Pakistan: Opposition, media bodies slam 'draconian law' placing fetters on
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 21 (ANI): Imran Khan government's efforts to regulate social media through amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) has received flak from the opposition parties as well as various media and journalists' bodies in Pakistan for shackling the
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Journalists attacked, 20 people detained in Jajpur during 3rd phase of Odi
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Jajpur (Odisha) [India], February 21 (ANI): Poll violence intensified during the third phase of polling in the panchayat elections in Odisha's Jajpur with some journalists being attacked and as many as 20 people detained, informed the District Magistrate.
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Ukrainian Interior Minister Comes Under Fire in Donbas - Advisor
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 20 (ANI/Sputnik) Ukrainian Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky came under fire in southeastern Ukraine (Donbas) alongside Ukrainian lawmakers and foreign journalists during their visit to the frontlines on Saturday, Interior Minister's Advisor Anton Gerashchenko sai
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Pakistan most dangerous country for journalists, says Hamid Mir
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 19 (ANI): Pakistan has become the most dangerous country in the world for journalists, said a senior Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir on Friday and added that state machinery has failed to protect scribes for raising facts and highlighting public issues.
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Rohit Sharma's statement on Virat Kohli should have come sooner: Former In
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 15 (ANI): Former India cricketer Atul Wassan feels that India's white-ball captain Rohit Sharma should have come in support of Virat Kohli much earlier than the rumours of a rift between him and Kohli surfaced. India's white-ball captain Rohit Sharma on Tuesday
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Protests held in Pakistan's Larkana for arrest of 'blackmailers' in death
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Larkana [Pakistan], February 14 (ANI): Hundreds of people including journalists, writers and civil society activists held a sit-in protest outside the Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University (SMBBMU) in Larkana city in Pakistan's Sindh province over the failure of police in arr
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Taliban detained western journalists in Kabul: Reports
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 11 (ANI): Taliban have detained at least nine foreigners in Kabul, including one American and several British citizens, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing relatives of the detainees and sources familiar with the matter.
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Experts suspect China behind cyberattacks against US organisations
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 11 (ANI): A US media organisation is investigating a cyberattack that has accessed the organisation email and documents of some of its employees and journalists, according to a media report.
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Hong Kong: Civil servants required to undergo national security training t
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, February 10 (ANI): Hong Kong's Secretary for the Civil Service Patrick Nip has said that the territory's newly employed civil servants will be required to undergo training in the national security law -- a controversial law which critics say Beijing uses to target activists, journ
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Wall Street Journal hit by cyberattack linked to China: Report
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 5 (ANI): The Wall Street Journal was hit with a cyberattack that stole data of journalists and other employees of News Corp, the newspaper's parent company said hinting that the attack was meant to help China, according to the US media report.
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