SC stresses media freedom, criticises HC gag ordersThe Supreme Court underscored the protection of media freedom by opposing gag orders during the hearing of Wikimedia Foundation's plea. The...
18 Mar, 2025, 01.00 AM IST
Wikipedia faces legal challenge: Is it a publisher or an intermediary?The government has issued a notice to Wikipedia, questioning its intermediary status and suggesting it should be considered a publisher. Th...
07 Nov, 2024, 12.16 PM IST
Centre puts Wikipedia on notice for alleged bias amid ANI tussleThe Indian government has issued a notice to Wikipedia, questioning its intermediary status and suggesting it should be considered a publis...
06 Nov, 2024, 12.39 AM IST
Government puts Wikipedia on notice after complaints of bias and inaccuraciesThe government issued a notice to Wikipedia on Tuesday, expressing concerns over bias, inaccuracies, and the concentration of editorial con...
05 Nov, 2024, 11.56 AM IST
Delhi HC issues contempt notice to Wikipedia, warns of blocking website in countryThe Delhi High Court has warned Wikipedia that it could be blocked in India if it does not comply with local laws. The court issued a conte...
06 Sep, 2024, 11.54 AM IST
CCI nod to PayU-BillDesk $4.7B deal after a year; ONDC not a giant killer after allThis comes after a year-long wait for the Prosus-owned PayU which has had to answer several questions from the regulator over the past year...
26 Sep, 2022, 12.37 PM IST
Twitter says it will engage openly if government asks for tweet removalTo put the spotlight on credible conversation on the pandemic in India, Twitter has launched a dedicated Covid-19 hub that one can navigate...
30 Apr, 2021, 10.13 AM IST
Wikipedia working on getting more women editors, content on womenThe aim is to highlight the gender gap and bring more visibility to women—both in terms of the number of articles on women and the number o...
08 Apr, 2021, 04.49 PM IST
Government orders Wikipedia to remove link showing incorrect map of India: SourcesSources said taking cognizance of the matter, the ministry issued an order on November 27, 2020 directing Wikipedia to remove the map as it...
02 Dec, 2020, 11.11 PM IST
Turkey fines social media giants for breaching online lawOmer Fatih Sayan, chairman of the Information and Communication Technologies Authority, said Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Periscope, YouTu...
04 Nov, 2020, 07.01 PM IST
Online encyclopedia Wikipedia blocked in China ahead of Tiananmen anniversary"In April, the Wikimedia Foundation determined that Wikipedia was no longer accessible in China," Samantha Lien, spokeswoman for the Wikime...
15 May, 2019, 04.06 PM IST
BJP MP says Wikipedia showed her as 'dead'; government promises actionA BJP woman member today caused a flutter in Lok Sabha when she alleged that Wikipedia had shown her as dead, causing concern among members...
09 Mar, 2016, 02.38 PM IST
Six big discoveries and inventions that happened by accidentThe inventor of Coca-Cola was not a shrewd businessman but a pharmacist looking for a cure for headache!
08 Mar, 2015, 02.49 AM IST
The original Hyperlapse app is cashing in on Instagram's new, identical oneInstagram was not the first company to market an app with a timelapse feature called 'Hyperlapse'. That honour belongs to this app called H...
12 Sep, 2014, 01.17 PM IST
- Black money case: ED moves SC seeking Hasan's remand
Stung by a Mumbai court's rejection of its plea for custodial interrogation of Hasan Ali Khan, the Enforcement Directorate today moved the ...
17 Mar, 2011, 12.37 PM IST
- Copycats from IIT-Kanpur?
In one of the most blatant cases of plagiarism to hit the elite IITs, Bio-technology Advances, a review journal, has retracted two papers f...
09 Oct, 2010, 03.20 AM IST
- Wikipedia eases editing restrictions on controversial pages
Wikipedia says it has taken an "important step" towards making easier the editing of some its most controversial articles - the online ency...
16 Jun, 2010, 07.00 PM IST