The Ministry of Information Technology has sought a detailed response from WhatsApp on the issue of an Israeli spyware Pegasus that was allegedly used to target Indian journalists and human rights activists through the platform. WhatsApp has been asked to submit its reply by November 4. Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in a statement posted on Twitter, that the govt is concerned at the breach of privacy of Indian citizens, adding that the govt is committed to protecting privacy of all Indian citizens. WhatsApp said it was suing NSO Group, the Israeli surveillance firm, that is reportedly behind the technology that helped spies hack into phones of roughly 1,400 users.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday termed the death of the&nbsp;Unnao gangrape victim "extremely sad" and conveyed his condolences to the family.&nbsp;"All the accused persons have been arrested. The case will be taken to a fast-track court, and punishment will be given," he said in a statement.&nbsp;The rape victim who airlifted to the Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi after she was set on fire allegedly by five persons, died on Friday night.

The 23-year-old Unnao woman who was set on fire by men accused of raping her, died in a Delhi hospital on Thursday night. The woman has suffered 90% burns and died of cardiac arrest in Safdarjung hospital after being airlifted from UP the evening before. The woman had earlier told the police that she was thrashed and stabbed before being set on fire by five men near her village in Unnao. She was on her way to a court hearing on her rape complaint.&nbsp; All five attackers who she managed to identify have been arrested.

The Telangana High Court on&nbsp;Friday directed the state government to preserve the bodies of the four accused in the rape and murder of a young veterinarian&nbsp;till 8 PM on December 9.&nbsp;It had also ordered that the video of the post-mortem&nbsp;to be handed over to the Principal&nbsp;District Judge of&nbsp;Mahabubnagar. Police said the post-mortem was done in the Government&nbsp;District Hospital at Mahabubnagar under the supervision of the&nbsp;Superintendent and a forensic team of doctors from state-run&nbsp;Gandhi Hospital.&nbsp;All the four accused were shot dead by police on Friday&nbsp;during a pre-dawn exchange of fire near Hyderabad.&nbsp;The four were arrested on November 29 for allegedly&nbsp;raping and killing the 25-year-old woman by smothering her and&nbsp;later burning her body.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav&nbsp;Thackeray received Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Pune&nbsp;airport on Friday evening.&nbsp;It was the two leaders' first meeting after Thackeray broke away from ally BJP and formed a Shiv Sena-led government&nbsp;in Maharashtra with the support of the Congress and NCP last&nbsp;month.&nbsp;The prime minister is attending the national conference of director generals and inspector generals of&nbsp;police which is being held in Pune. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Maharashtra Governor&nbsp;Bhagat Singh Koshyari and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis also&nbsp;greeted Modi at the airport.

The second phase of polling began on Saturday in 20 constituencies in Jharkhand, which votes in five phases. While the voting exercise in 18 seats will end at 3 pm, voters in Jamshedpur (East) and Jamshedpur (West) constituencies can vote till 5 pm. There is tight security cover in this phase of polling as several constituencies are Naxal-affected. Among the high profile candidates in this phase is&nbsp;BJP&nbsp; Chief Minister Raghubar Das&nbsp;who is facing a challenge from his former cabinet colleague and independent candidate Saryu Roy from Jamshedpur (East) seat. The rest of the three phases will be held on December 12, 16 and 20.&nbsp;Counting will take place on December 23.

Union Minister Smriti&nbsp;Irani&nbsp;on Friday said that she was chastised by Congress MPs&nbsp;for raising women's issue in the Parliament. A&nbsp;heated exchange of words took place between the Union Minister and the opposition leaders&nbsp;in the&nbsp;Lok Sabha. According to her, two Congress lawmakers left their seats and charged towards the treasury benches when she was speaking.
"Today, I had a Congress MP chastise me for he said I spoke aggressively. In the House, some male MPs came towards me rolling up their sleeves, following which a young MP said, Why did Smriti Irani even speak?", Irani said.

Bihar Chief&nbsp;Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday blamed porn sites for the&nbsp;rising incidence of sexual crimes against women. He went on to say that he will write&nbsp;to the Centre to ban all&nbsp;internet platforms which proffered voyeuristic pleasure&nbsp;through video clips of rapes purportedly filmed by the&nbsp;perpetrators themselves.&nbsp;
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Showing no signs of cooling down, retail onion prices have continued to spiral, touching as high as ₹165/kg. This as the government in Parliament said that imported onions will arrive by January 20. Retail onion prices were ruling high at ₹165/kg in Panaji&nbsp;in Goa, and ₹ 150/kg in Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode, Thrissur and Wayanad in Kerala. The government has approved import of up to 1.2 lakh tonnes of onions to check the ongoing price rise. State-owned MMTC has been directed to import up to 1 lakh tonne onions through global and country-specific import tenders.

Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar's remark on Friday that there was no Indian study to show pollution impacts people's life and health has drawn a sharp reaction from environmental experts.&nbsp;
Experts say several studies conducted by organisations like the WHO, Lancet, Centre for Science and Environment have blamed pollution for causing deaths in the country. According to a study conducted by Lancet last year, one in eight deaths were attributable to pollution in India in 2017. Another study by CSE revealed that one lakh children under 5 years of age die from respiratory problems arising from air pollution in India every year.

The CBI is carrying out searches at multiple locations in Delhi and Lucknow in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in giving admission to students in a private medical college. The CBI team, which is carrying out searches at eight locations, has also visited the residence of a high court judge.&nbsp;The agency has so far registered cases against seven people.

The elderly may soon be legally entitled to receive more money from their children if the Parliament passes the changes to the 2007&nbsp;Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act. The proposed bill recommends removal of&nbsp;₹10,000 cap on the maximum maintenance amount the elderly can receive from their children. As a result people earning more can be asked to give more money for their parents.&nbsp;

In a chilling video, a 22-year-old dancer at a wedding function was shot in the face when she stopped dancing. The incident took place on November 30 in UP's&nbsp;Tikra&nbsp;village at the wedding of the village headman's daughter. In the video, a person can even be heard threating to fire if the woman doesn't&nbsp;continue dancing.&nbsp;The dancer, Hina, sustained a bullet injury in her jaw and two others sustained pellet injuries.&nbsp;Hina was rushed to a hospital and is now believed to be out of danger.&nbsp;Two people have been arrested on Friday for firing the shots.

Ecuador has denied reports that fugitive godman&nbsp;Nithyanand has been granted asylum in their country. A statement issued by their embassy also says that the Nithyanand&nbsp;has also not been allowed to buy any land or island in South America near or far from Ecuador. But Ecuador has confirmed that the Godman&nbsp;had applied for refuge but the request was denied. The statement comes after multiple reports claimed that the self-styled godman&nbsp;who is wanted in multiple cases, including for rape, has fled to Ecuador. Meanwhile, the Indian&nbsp;government on Friday said that they&nbsp;have cancelled Nithyanand's&nbsp;passport&nbsp;and rejected his application for a fresh one. When quizzed about reports that the godman has founded his own country this is what the MEA&nbsp;had to say.

The National Human Rights Commission or&nbsp;NHRC&nbsp;on Friday took cognisance of the killing of four men accused of raping and murdering a woman veterinarian in Hyderabad and has ordered an inquiry into it.&nbsp;The human rights body also said the Friday's encounter&nbsp;is a matter of concern.&nbsp;The gangrape&nbsp;and murder of a 27-yr-old Hyderabad vet last week&nbsp;in the outskirts of Hyderabad had sent shockwaves across the country. According to the police, the accused were killed in an encounter when they were taken to the crime spot to recreate the crime scene and tried to escape.

The Telangana Police on Friday&nbsp;said its personnel resorted to "retaliatory" firing after two of the accused in the rape and murder of a woman veterinarian&nbsp;opened fire at police after snatching weapons from them this&nbsp;morning.&nbsp;Cyberabad Police Commissioner CV Sajjanar told&nbsp;reporters here that one of the accused, Mohammed Arif, was the&nbsp;first to open fire, even as the police team that took them to&nbsp;the crime scene were attacked with stones and sticks. He finally added that law had done its duty and they were open to an enquiry by any authority.

The Union Home Ministry has sent to President Ram Nath Kovind the recommendation of the Delhi government rejecting the mercy plea of one of the convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape case.&nbsp;The move came two days after the file rejecting the mercy plea was sent by Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal to the Home Ministry.&nbsp;The file has now been forwarded to the President for consideration and final decision. Vinay Sharma, is one of the convicts facing the death sentence for the rape-and-murder of a 23-year-old paramedic student and had filed the mercy petition before the President.&nbsp;Nirbhaya was gang-raped on December 16, 2012 and she later succumbed to her injuries.

President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday said "demonic" attacks on women have shaken the conscience of the country and much remains to be done on this subject. Speaking at an event in Sirohi&nbsp;in Rajasthan, President Kovind&nbsp;went&nbsp;on to add that those convicted under the stringent&nbsp;POCSO&nbsp;Act should not have the right to file a mercy petition. The comment comes on the same day the Centre recommended to the President to reject the mercy petition of Nirbhaya&nbsp;convict who is facing the death sentence.

Here are all the reactions coming in on the killing of Hyderabad gangrape and murder accused in a police encounter. While many politicians are happy that the citizens&nbsp;of the country are happy and feeling justified in the outcome of the encounter, they are also lamenting the lack of faith that the people have displayed in the judicial system of India. Take a look.&nbsp;

Reiterating his vision to make India a $5 trillion economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that his govt is working towards the goal. Speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, the PM said that his govt's motto is reform and perform. He added that his govt will be enabler and promoter to enhance the ease of living the people. The Prime Minister said, "Today, India, with full confidence, is working towards turning itself in a $5 trillion economy. It is directly linked with the income of middle class and a better tomorrow. In order to achieve this goal, our government is working as an enabler, promoter and facilitator. We are moving forward with the idea of reform and perform."&nbsp;

BJP MP Maneka Gandhi, reacting to Telangana encounter, has cautioned against celebrating the killings. Terming the encounter a dangerous thing, she said that people can;t be killed like this. The MP added that the accused would have been hanged by the courts anyway and no one can take the law into their hands. The BJP&nbsp;MP said, "It's not good. I am totally against it. They should have been punished through the dual process of law. This is a very dangerous thing which has happened. Those people in any case were going to be hanged as a punishment for the heinousness of their crime. But you cannot kill people because you want to."

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