Tag: speech
Twitterati's Mixed Reaction To Modi's New Year Eve Address
Social media offered mixed reactions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's much awaited address to the nation on the eve of New Year with some hailing the sops announced by him while most of them criticised him for not announcing a way out of the cash crunch.....
B-Town Praises Meryl Streep's 'gutsy' Golden Globes Speech
Bollywood celebrities like Anurag Kashyap, Gauri Shinde and Hansal Mehta have lauded Hollywood veteran Meryl Streep's 74th Golden Globe Awards speech in which she slammed US President-elect Donald Trump.....
Facebook Lifts Ban, Allows RT To Post Content
After an "unexplained" 20-hour ban on Russian television network RT posting content on its Facebook page till Donald Trump takes oath as US President, the social networking giant on Friday lifted the restriction, allowing RT to go live.....
'America First', Trump Declares In Challenge To World, Taking Office
Donald Trump began his presidency on Friday with a challenge to the world, declaring "From this forward it is going to be only America first", and this will be "heard in every foreign capital".....
100% Penalty On Cash Transaction Above Rs 3 Lakh
Anyone transacting in cash above the newly imposed limit of Rs 3 lakh will have to pay a penalty of a similar amount, according to a top government official.....
Mann's Dig: Modi Speech Resembled 'pravachans'
AAP MP Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying his speech in the Lok Sabha a day ago was akin to a religious discourse by a well-known preacher.....
IS Leader Admits Defeat In Iraq's Mosul
Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has admitted defeat in Mosul, the terror group's biggest stronghold in Iraq, and has ordered militants to either flee or kill themselves in suicide attacks, media reported. ....
SFI Protests Against RSS-ABVP For 'curbing Free Speech'
The Students' Federation of India (SFI) on Friday held a protest here against the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) and its students body Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) for their bid to curb freedom of speech and expression in academic institutions.....
New German Law To Curb Hate Speech On Facebook, Twitter
The German Justice ministry is planning to frame a new law that will force social networking sites to curb fake news and hate speech.....
Protests, Ink Attacks And Trolls Have Become Lethal Weapons Against Writers, Intellectuals
A day after the BJPs thumping victory in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, a little-known progressive Kannada writer became the victim of an ink attack in Davangere town by a group of suspected right-wing activists. In gross defiance of the law and freedom of expression, his face was smeared with black ink in broad daylight. An isolated incident or the new order?....
