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“There are many firsts to cultural festival Anubhooti this year. Mahesh Elkunchwar’s play Mounraag is being staged in the city for the first time. The presentation of Odisi dance and saxophone recital by two Canadian brothers Andrew Mark William Kay and Jonathan David Kay will be at Balaji temple which too is a first for the city,” said Dr Anjali Bhandarkar, one of the coordinators of the event at a media interaction on Monday.

Around the world, fake news spread through social media has been blamed for distorting perceptions and political debate. UN special rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression david kaye recently flagged the problem of fake news and the “risk that efforts to counter it could lead to censorship, the suppression of critical thinking and other approaches contrary to human rights law.’’ A University of Oxford study revealed that nearly a quarter of web content shared on Twitter in the battleground state of Michigan, during the final days of the US election campaign, was so-called fake news. Researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) also found that users shared approximately as many fake news items as “professional news” over the same period. Here's a look at fake news that was busted in India.

Experts on free expression have condemned President Donald Trump's repeated "strategic" attacks on the press, warning that the US leader's rhetoric is eroding public trust in the media and could spark violence against journalists.

They also voiced concern against detentions of political figures and others saying such detentions constitute “serious human rights violations”. Warning against use of excessive force against protesters in Kashmir, the experts said such a move could amount to violation of the right to life.

WASHINGTON: US has named a new inspector for the search for Iraqi weapons of mass destruction after its veteran investigator expressed sceptism that Saddam Hussein's regime possessed the arms.

The month-long ban on social networking web sites in Jammu and Kashmir ended on Friday night. On April 26, the J&K government banned 22 social networking sites and applications saying they were being used to foment violence.

Terming the ban on social media networks in Jammu and Kashmir as "collective punishment", two United Nations human rights experts on Thursday demanded that it be immediately lifted.

Loitongbam also submitted a formal complaint on the issue during the 'Regional Consultation on Trends and Trajectory of the Shrinking Civil Space in Asia', a three-day symposium which ended in Bangkok on Saturday.

The film's director Chloe Zhao revealed that she never considered casting anyone other than Harry Styles to portray Thanos' brother Eros in a bonus scene from the Disney/Marvel film, which hit US theatres on Thursday.

WASHINGTON: President George W Bush said Friday that a search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq made clear that Saddam Hussein had deceived the international community and was ''a danger to the world.''

WASHINGTON: Deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussain used Indian and Pakistani nuclear tests to justify his pursuit of WMD, the chief US weapons inspector, Charles Duelfer, told a US Senate committee on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON: The United States and India, despite their famed strategic partnership of late, are disagreeing publicly on Pakistan.

Three young heroes called the "Iron Friends" will base out of a hip beachfront location called Iron Quarters-IQ. They will be aided by the super-sentient android, Vision, as well as by their dog Gamma, who even has her own Iron Pup suit to join them on missions.

The third edition of cultural festival Anubhuti will begin on February 4 this year. The four-day festival will feature a fine bouquet of performing arts and literary interaction. To be held at three venues, the festival will feature vocal, dance and a saxophone performances and two plays by city based playwright Mahesh Elkunchwar.

WASHINGTON: Colin Powell says that if he knew that Saddam had no stockpiles of WMD, he does not know whether he would have recommended war against Iraq.

The crown prince — better known by acronym MBS — and Bezos were exchanging regular messages via WhatsApp on May 1, 2018, when an "unsolicited file" was sent.

Under section 112 of Thailand's penal code, anyone convicted of defaming, insulting or threatening the king, queen, heir or regent faces between three and 15 years in prison on each count.

After police arrested a number of prominent political activists Thursday, a government spokesman said charges will be pressed against those who obstructed a royal motorcade a day earlier and anyone who had acted "in a way that defames the monarchy".