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This Japan Hotel Offers Room For Rs 66 A Night. Here's The Catch

Offbeat | Wednesday November 20, 2019

A hotel in Japan is offering affordable rooms for 100 yen (approximately Rs 66) a night - for the small cost of privacy.

Former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Dies At 66

Business | Thomson Reuters | Saturday August 24, 2019

Mr Jaitley, 66, a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), stepped down as finance minister in January due to ill health, just months before elections.

"Officials Will Be Jailed": Top Court On 'Arrests' Under Scrapped IT Law

India News | Edited By Debanish Achom | Monday January 7, 2019

The Supreme Court today strongly criticised the government for not preventing arrests under a scrapped section of a law that deals with cybercrime and e-commerce. It warned that those who ordered the arrests would face severe action.

Arun Jaitley Hints At No Reduction In Oil Excise Duty

Business | Press Trust of India | Monday June 18, 2018

As per estimates, every rupee cut in excise duty on petrol and diesel will result in a revenue loss of about Rs 13,000 crore.

RBI Marginally Revises Upwards Inflation Forecast For FY19

Business | Press Trust of India | Wednesday June 6, 2018

Since the MPC's meeting in early April, the price of Indian basket of crude surged from $66 a barrel to $74.

Petrol, Diesel Prices Hiked After A Gap Of 19 Days: 10 Things To Know

Business | NDTV Profit Team | Monday May 14, 2018

Petrol and diesel prices were hiked today after a 19-day hiatus and two days after the Karnataka election. Petrol in Delhi is at a 56-month peak and the price of diesel has crossed Rs. 66 a litre for the first time, to a new all-time high. Petrol prices are up by 17 paise a litre in Delhi and Mumbai, and 18 paise a litre in Kolkata and Chennai, acc...

Opinion: Dear Government, Social Media Needs No New Laws

Opinion | Shivam Vij | Tuesday August 18, 2015

Why do we need any new law for social media when we already have a defamation law? What we need is speedier justice.

Blog: Why I, Shreya Singhal, Challenged Section 66(A)

Blog | Shreya Singhal | Wednesday March 25, 2015

I filed the petition challenging Section 66(A) of the IT Act, 2010, in 2012 after the arrests of the two young girls in Maharashtra, I was so shocked as to why they were arrested and even more so when I read the section 66(A) under which they were arrested

Kamal Haasan on Section 66(A): Such Guidelines Stifle Freedom of Filmmakers

Press Trust of India | Tuesday March 24, 2015

"I feel information technology's growth should not be stopped, cannot be stopped," said Kamal Haasan

Section 66(A) Scrapped: Congress Admits Flaw in its Law on Offensive Online Content

India News | Edited by Shailaja Neelakantan (with inputs from PTI) | Tuesday March 24, 2015

New Delhi, March 24 (PTI) After the Supreme Court today struck down Section 66 (A) of the Information Technology Act, which allowed arrests for offensive online content, the Congress acknowledged that the law enacted by its government in 2008 was poorly drafted and vulnerable to misuse.

Section 66 (A) Scrapped: On Online Freedom, Government's Balancing Act

India News | Reported by Rahul Shrivastava and A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday March 24, 2015

Hours after the Supreme Court struck down the Section 66A of the Information and Technology Act, 2000, agreeing it infringed on free speech, the government said it was ready to amend the law if needed, "objectively" after "widest consultation".

Supreme Court Scraps Section 66(A), Bollywood Cheers

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday March 24, 2015

"Landmark judgement by Hon Supreme Court as it strikes down Sec 66(A) of IT Act. Freedom of thought & expression rightly upheld in a democracy," Madhur Bhandarkar tweeted

What was Section 66(A)?

India News | Edited by Shyam Balasubramanian | Tuesday March 24, 2015

The Supreme Court has quashed Section 66(A) of the Information Technology Act on Tuesday, terming it "vague" and "unconstitutional". The controversial section has long been decried by activists, freedom of speech and internet freedom campaigners as being aimed solely at muzzling dissent and differences of opinion on the internet.

Section 66(A) Scrapped: Meet Shreya Singhal, Petitioner Who Fought for Net Freedom

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday March 24, 2015

The end of a controversial law seen as an infringement of freedom of speech online marks a big victory for Shreya Singhal, the young law student who first challenged it in the Supreme Court.

Opinion: Our Politicians Loved Section 66(A)

Opinion | Siddharth Varadarajan | Tuesday March 24, 2015

What do Narendra Modi and Azam Khan, Karti Chidambaram and Mamata Banerjee have in common? The law will no longer allow someone to be arrested for writing an online comment that offends or annoys them.