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What are Apple threat notifications on iPhones and how the company reacted to the row in India

In an incident yesterday, October 31, that rocked the Indian political establishment, at least nine political leaders from opposition parties received a shocking alert on their iPhones warning them of "state-sponsored attackers trying to remotely compromise” their device. It raised an alarm among leaders as they posted screenshots of the alerts on their X accounts, seeking clarification for the same. The government also raised a query with the iPhone maker to share more details about the alerts and to work closely as an investigation is conducted.The leaders who received the alert include Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor, Pawan Khera and Supriya Shrinate, the Samajwadi Party's Akhilesh Yadav, the Shiv Sena's Priyanka Chaturvedi, the CPI(M)'s Sitaram Yechury, the Trinamool Congress's Mah...
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INDIA Alliance blasts Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube for aiding communal hatred, urges CEOs to be neutral

The INDIA Alliance has written a scathing letter accusing the CEOs of Google and Meta Platforms, Sundar Pichai and Mark Zuckerberg respectively, that their platforms YouTube, Facebook, and WhatsApp are “aiding communal hatred”. The letter, which was signed by leaders from different political parties under the INDIA bloc also urged that the platforms should maintain neutrality in the upcoming elections. The letter came after the Washington Post newspaper highlighted the alleged bias of Facebook, WhatsApp, and YouTube towards the ruling BJP party and the current Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Sharing a digital copy of the letter on X, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said, “Letter by INDIA parties to @Facebook's Mr. Mark Zuckerberg (@finkd) citing the exhaustive investigations by the ...
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“Akhilesh Yadav Is A Sinking Ship,” Says UP Deputy Chief Minister

Akhilesh Yadav's party is a "party of goons", Brajesh Pathasaid. (File)Budaun (Uttar Pradesh): Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak on Thursday called Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav a "sinking ship" and his party a "party of goons" which has been "deleted" from the state."Akhilesh Yadav is a sinking ship. Samajwadi Party is a party of goons and loafers," Mr Pathak said in a press conference when asked his view on Yadav's apparent bait to defect to Keshav Prasad Maurya, the other deputy CM of the state.Mr Yadav reportedly had recently said to Mr Maurya that he will make him the CM if he brings 100 MLAs with him."We have defeated the Samajwadi Party in 2017, 2019, and 2022. Samajwadi Party has been deleted. Mafia and goons used to encroach over shops and houses in thei...
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“Fish Without Water”: BJP’s Keshav Maurya Slams Akhilesh Yadav’s Chief Minister Offer

Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya said Akhilesh Yadav is desperate without power.Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya has hit back at Akhilesh Yadav's advice to him to cross over on pattern of what happened in Bihar and said the Samajwadi Party (SP) chief was "desperate without power"."Without power, Akhilesh Yadav is desperate. He is like fish without water. The Samajwadi Party has become samaptwadi party," Mr Maurya said.Akhilesh Yadav had said if Mr Maurya comes with 100 BJP MLAs and takes a leaf out of what happened in Bihar, Samajwadi Party will support him.In Bihar, JD-U leader Nitish Kumar broke his alliance with BJP last month and joined hands again with RJD to form Mahagathbandhan government.Slamming Mr Yadav, Uttar Pradesh deputy CM said he was not ...
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UP BJP Chief Ridicules Akhilesh Yadav For Offer To Keshav Prasad Maurya

"He will control Akhilesh Yadav, he (Mr Yadav) won't be able to control him,"he said.Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh BJP president Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary ridiculed Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday on his offer to Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya to join his party with 100 MLAs to be made the Chief Minister, saying he should worry about his own party as his MLAs are in touch with the ruling party.At a television programme on Tuesday, Mr Yadav advised Mr Maurya to take a cue from the political developments in Bihar and offered him to join the Samajwadi Party (SP) with 100 MLAs, saying he will be made the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.In a tweet in Hindi, Mr Chaudhary said, "Keshavji is a proven worker of the organisation and dedicated to the BJP's ideology. He will ...
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In 2024 Drive, Nitish Kumar Meets Mulayam S Yadav, OP Chautala; Reconnects With Sharad Yadav

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with Mulayam S Yadav and his son Akhilesh, both former UP CMs.New Delhi/Gurgaon: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met another old "socialist" friend, Samajwadi Party's Mulayam Singh Yadav, at a hospital in Gurgaon today — a key stop in his Opposition unity drive against the BJP for a fight in 2024.The JDU leader also met former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala of the Indian National Lok Dal and fellow Bihar leader Sharad Yadav, who was once president of the JDU.This came on a day when the BJP, too, held a high-level meeting to discuss specific Lok Sabha seats, in Delhi.Nitish Kumar — so far denying that he's a contender for the PM's post to challenge Narendra Modi — has really dived into the unity drive ever since he dumped the BJP to re-form...
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“No Prime Ministerial Ambition”: Nitish Kumar After Meeting Rahul Gandhi

Nitish Kumar met Rahul Gandhi for the first time today since he quit the NDA alliance in BiharNew Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who came to Delhi with a longish "to-do" list for his 'Mission Opposition', checked off the first item this evening, meeting Congress's Rahul Gandhi at his Tughlaq Road residence. Sources said the discussion was entirely on 2024 and the means to unite the opposition, at the end of which Mr Kumar again told reporters that he has no ambition for the top post."There is a concerted effort to weaken regional parties. My effort is to unite the Opposition ahead of the General Elections. I have no intention of pitching myself as a prime ministerial candidate," Mr Kumar told reporters.  But the buzz about his eye on the Prime Minister's post had started imme...
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Why No Action Against Builders Of Noida Twin Towers: Akhilesh Yadav Asks BJP

Kannauj, UP: A day after the illegally built Supertech twin towers were demolished, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday asked the ruling BJP why it hasn't taken action against those responsible for their construction in Noida.Speaking to reporters after inspecting a cow milk plant and a vegetable plant here, Yadav alleged that no one is a bigger liar than the BJP and it did not read the Supreme Court order that called for action against the guilty.A series of controlled explosions reduced the 100-metre tall Supertech twin towers to a huge pile of rubble on Sunday in Noida. Apex (32 storeys) and Ceyane (29 storeys) were gone in 12 seconds in the carefully choreographed and meticulously executed demolition -- the biggest such exercise in the country so far.The Supreme Court...
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Akhilesh Yadav Blames Yogi Adityanath For Vrindavan Temple Stampede

Two devotees were killed and seven injured in the stampede at the Bankey Bihari temple. (File)Mathura: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday blamed Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who visited Mathura on Janmashtami, for the August 20 stampede, saying the police force meant to control the crowd was engaged for his security.Speaking to reporters in Mathura, Akhilesh Yadav said during the previous Samajwadi Party regime, Janmashtami used to be celebrated with pomp, but no such incidents took place. "The tragedy took place in the BJP government, and for this (incident), it is responsible," he said.Taking a dig at Adityanath over his visit to Mathura on Janmashtami, Mr Yadav said, "When he (Adityanath) knew that on Janmashtami, there is a sea of Krishna devotees (in Mathura), th...