Bengaluru, June 6: Karnataka posted 12,209 new cases of Covid-19, taking the total number of infections in the state so far to 26.95 lakh while the toll surged to 31,580 with 320 more deaths. The day also saw 25,659 discharges, continuing to outnumber the fresh cases.
WhatsApp obtaining trick consent for new user policy: Indian govt
News Network
June 3, 2021
New Delhi, June 3: The government of India has filed a fresh affidavit and told the Delhi High Court that messaging application WhatsApp is engaging in anti-user practices by obtaining trick consent for its new, contentious privacy policy.
The WhatsApp-Centre row began on May 26, when the messaging giant moved the Delhi High Court over the Centre s new social media rules, contending that the rules would spell an end for user privacy. The US-based company has since submitted details of its grievance redressal officer as per the new rules norms.
Tehran, June 2: The largest ship in the Iranian navy caught fire and later sank Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman under unclear circumstances, semiofficial news agencies reported.
Weeks after beating covid, HS Doreswamy passes away
Weeks after beating covid, HS Doreswamy passes away
Bangalore Mirror Bureau / Updated: May 27, 2021, 06:00 IST
HS Doreswamy (10-04-1918 to 26-05-2021)
Freedom fighter had pledged body to medical college, but was cremated with state honours
On Wednesday, volunteers who have been helping out with cremations in the city, had the honour of giving the final farewell to the city’s most respected, feisty centenarian freedom fighter HS Doreswamy.
Though Doreswamy had wanted his body to be donated to a medical college and had willed it too, due to covid, they could not donate his body and decided to go with cremation where state honours were given. Tanveer Ahmed from Mercy Angels said that their team had the opportunity and honour to be part of the last rites and to be able to carry his body.
Bengeluru, May 26: Freedom fighter and activist HS Doreswamy, who was 103 years old, passed away in Bengaluru on Wednesday. He had recovered from COVID-19 on May 12 but was hospitalised at the Jayadeva Hospital in the city again, where he passed away after a cardiac arrest.