Daily Republic News
- India
- August 6, 2026
Assam Flood Toll Climbs To 95, Over 1.6 Lakh Affected Across 14 Districts
Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam remains grim as six more individuals lost their lives in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll in this year’s monsoon season to 95.According to the latest report from the Disaster Reporting and Information Management System (DRIMS), Read More
- India
- August 5, 2026
Zepto, IndiGo, Physics Wallah Among 9 Platforms Fined by CCPA for Deceptive ‘Dark Patterns’
New Delhi: The Central customer Protection Authority (CCPA) has penalized nine digital sites, including IndiGo, Zepto, Physics Wallah, FirstCry, and SpiceJet, for adopting “dark patterns,” which are deceptive design practices that affect or control customer decisions online. The Read More
- India
- August 5, 2026
Centre Likely to Push FCRA Amendment Bill in Monsoon Session; Amit Shah May Lead Debate
The Monsoon Session of Parliament is unlikely to be extended and there is no government plan for a special session for a delimitation bill. Sources, however, said that the government is likely to seek the passing of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 dur Read More
- India
- August 5, 2026
APG Report Flags Alarming Rise of Cyber Scam Hubs Driven by Human Trafficking
New Delhi: The Asia-Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) has warned that organised criminal syndicates are operating sophisticated cyber scam hubs across Southeast Asia by trafficking thousands of people into forced criminality, generating billions of dollars in illicit profit Read More
- India
- August 5, 2026
Govt Aims To Keep India’s Internet Free From Unlawful, Obscene Content: I&B Ministry To Lok Sabha
New Delhi: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) on Wednesday informed the Lok Sabha that the government is committed to ensuring that the Internet in India is free from any form of unlawful content or information, particularly vulgar and obscene content.Minister of Read More
- India
- August 5, 2026
‘Stop Bloodshed in PoJK Instead of Peddling Falsehoods’: India Blasts Pakistan Over ‘Political Absurdity’ on Youm-e-Istehsal
New Delhi: India on Wednesday strongly rejected Pakistan’s observance of the so-called “Youm-e-Istehsal,” describing it as a political absurdity and a futile exercise aimed at spreading malicious propaganda against the country.Responding to media queries on comments made by Pakis Read More
- India
- August 5, 2026
NCP Protests ‘Gungi Gudiya’ Remark on Sunetra Pawar; Fadnavis Says Congress Has Stooped to a Low Level for ‘Publicity’
Mumbai, Maharashtra: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Wednesday staged a massive protest against Maharashtra Congress State President Harshvardhan Sapkal near the Congress headquarters, Tilak Bhavan, over his alleged derogatory “gungi gudiya” (mute doll) remarks aimed at D Read More
- India
- August 5, 2026
Ramesh Awasthi Demands Kanpur’s Inclusion in Delhi–Varanasi Bullet Train Project, Raises Issue in Lok Sabha
New Delhi/Kanpur: Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Kanpur, Ramesh Awasthi, has taken his constituency’s case directly to Parliament, demanding that Kanpur be included as a major station on the proposed Delhi–Varanasi bullet train corridor. Raising the matter under Rule 377 in the L Read More
- India
- August 5, 2026
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Apologises to Indian Government Over CSAM, Deepfakes And Platform Errors
New Delhi: Meta Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg has conveyed a formal apology to the Indian government regarding the prevalence of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), synthetically generated deepfake content, and operational errors across the company’s platforms, accordin Read More
- India
- August 5, 2026
WhatsApp, Telegram, Snapchat, Zangi, Signal Being Used For Concealment, Distribution of Narcotic Drugs: MHA
New Delhi: Organised drug trafficking syndicates are increasingly using digital platforms such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Snapchat, Zangi, Signal and social media to coordinate the procurement, transportation, concealment and distribution of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances Read More
