In June 2020, India imposed a ban on TikTok and 58 other Chinese applications. Recently, the Canadian government has pointed to national security concerns as the reason for its latest action.
The recent findings by the Central Drug Standards Control Organisation (CDSCO) follow the agency’s August decision to ban 156 fixed-dose drug combinations. These combinations were deemed to pose significant risks to human health.
Brazilian Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes, who was engaged in a bitter feud with Elon Musk, ordered the suspension of X for failing to appoint a legal representative. Musk's satellite internet provider Starlink has refused to comply with his decision as its bank accounts remained frozen.
Sheikh Hasina had banned the Jamaat-e-Islami party last month for stoking violence through the student-led protests that culminated in her ouster. Jamaat was effectively banned from contesting elections by a 2013 court decision that revoked its registration as a political party.
The Health Ministry has banned 156 FDC drugs, including popular antibiotics, painkillers, and multivitamins, due to safety concerns. The ban aims to protect public health by eliminating potentially harmful drug combinations.
According to reports, the apex panel Drugs Technical Advisory Board also examined these FDCs and recommended that there is no therapeutic justification for the ingredients contained in these FDCs.
In another example of political persecution in Pakistan, the government announced the move to ban the PTI and is also pondering to file treason charges against Imran Khan. This came after PTI became the largest party in the Parliament as it was deemed eligible by the apex court for reserved seats.
WhatsApp India has reported that it banned over 6.6 million accounts in May 2024 for violating local laws. Of the 6,620,000 accounts banned, 1,255,000 were proactively blocked by WhatsApp before any user reports were received, according to a company statement.
Founded by deceased separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Tehreek-e-Hurriyat was outlawed for five years on December 31, 2023. The organisation was banned for fomenting terrorism and spreading anti-India propaganda in Jammu and Kashmir.
Israel had imposed a 35-day ban on Al Jazeera, accusing of promoting Hamas goals, by raiding a Jerusalem hotel room used by the Qatar-based network on May 5. Al Jazeera has been highly critical of Israel's operations in the war and one of its journalists was killed in Gaza when the war began.
In the latest development, Karnataka government has banned the release and broadcast of Annu Kapoor's latest offering Humare Baarah. More details below.
The US Senate passed legislation that would require Chinese owner ByteDance to divest TikTok's US operations within about nine months or face a ban.
Bharatiya Janata Party brought JD(S) into the NDA fold ahead of the Lok Sabha elections as the party expect a repeat of 2019 success in the state. This time, the BJP has fielded CN Manjunath who will take on sitting Congress MP DK Suresh.
Pakistan's interior ministry on Wednesday said the platform's failure to address misuse necessitated a ban on the microblogging site. The decision to ban X (Twitter) was met with widespread criticism from human rights organisations, press bodies and political parties.
Karnataka's decision to enforce a ban on hookah smoking followed a national trend, with other states like Haryana also taking similar steps to regulate hookah use. Last year, the Haryana government announced a ban on serving hookah to customers in various commercial establishments.
Paytm Payments Bank: The central bank has ordered Paytm Payments Bank Ltd to halt most of its business including taking further deposits, conducting credit transactions and carrying out top-ups on any customer accounts, prepaid instruments, wallets, and cards for paying road tolls after Feb 29
Paytm Payments Bank: Sources said RBI in 2021 detected serious KYC Anti Money Laundering violations and the bank was directed to address these deficiencies. However, they continued to persist. The compliances submitted by the bank were found to be incomplete and false on many occasions.
British Columbia's Post-Secondary Education Minister Selina Robinson said the step was required to improve the state of education in schools. This came after Canada imposed a temporary, two-year cap on student visas, which will result in the issue of about 3,64,000 visas in 2024.
Pakistan has repeatedly condemned Israeli aggression in Gaza, which left 21,000 Palestinians dead and the majority of the 2.3 million population displaced. Earlier, an emirate in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), one of few Arab states that has official ties with Israel, also banned such celebrations.
The court said that it would not hear an appeal from four voters in the state seeking to bar the former president from the primary votes scheduled on February 27. Earlier, the Colorado Supreme Court disqualified Trump citing his alleged role in the 2021 Capitol attack.
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