TikTok caught spying on iPhone users in India and around the world
TikTok claimed in April that it would stop the ‘invasive practice’, but users testing Apple’s upcoming iOS 14 have caught it copying from clipboard functions, reports Regina Mihindukulasuriya.
Modi skips Eid in the line-up of Indian festivals. Act of omission or commission?
In his address to the nation Tuesday, PM Modi mentioned up to 12 upcoming festivals until the end of the year, but failed to mention Eid, which is next month, writes Bismee Taskin.
Modi govt now plans to hire 400 directors and deputy secretaries through lateral entry
A year after the Narendra Modi government recruited nine joint secretaries from the private sector, it is now planning to hire as many as 400 directors and deputy secretaries through the process of lateral entry, reports Sanya Dhingra.
The writing is on the wall: Pakistan’s Imran Khan govt is on the edge of collapse
The Indian Army has always wanted an increased role in managing politics in Pakistan. Imran Khan’s ministers are giving it just that, writes Vinay Kaura.
China ‘deploys’ S-400s, IAF has war gamed the scenario multiple times for air ops
The Indian Air Force has war gamed how it can successfully launch air operations in case China deployed its S-300 and S-400 air defence systems, as it has reportedly done in the Tibet region adjoining Ladakh amid the current stand-off, reports Snehesh Alex Philip.
RT-PCR, antigen, antibody, TrueNAT — all you need to know about the different Covid tests
Each kind of Covid-19 test has different processes, prices and also purposes — antigen tests can identify positive cases, while antibody tests can screen a wide area. Mohana Basu explains the differences between all these types of tests.
It’s time for China, Pakistan, even India to rethink the fantasy Modi called expansionism
India, China and Pakistan all want territory from another. But it’s a pursuit doomed to fail as they can’t get it without annihilating the other, writes Shekhar Gupta in this week’s ‘National Interest’.