The big news: BJP says NaMo app shares data to improve user experience, and nine other top stories
Other headlines: Zuckerberg apologised for the Cambridge Analytica fiasco in ads, and the Delhi Police suspended two officers for mishandling the JNU protests.
A look at the headlines right now:
- NaMo app data is shared with third party companies to improve user experience, says BJP: The party and government officials dismissed a cyber security expert’s allegation that the app shares private information of its users without their consent.
- ‘I’m sorry we didn’t do more at the time’, Mark Zuckerberg apologises in full-page newspaper ads: The advertisement made no mention of Cambridge Analytica, the British firm accused of using the private data of more than five crore Facebook users.
- Delhi Police suspend two officers for snatching journalist’s camera during JNU protests: After eight students accused a JNU professor of sexual misconduct, 165 scientists called for action against harassment in Indian labs.
- I am not absconding, why should I surrender, asks minister’s son accused in Bhagalpur clashes: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and the BJP’s Subramanian Swamy asked why Arijit Shashwat, the son of Ashwini Kumar Choubey, has not been arrested yet.
- One dead, at least 8 injured in clashes during Ram Navami celebrations in West Bengal: The BJP alleged that the Trinamool Congress was behind the attack on a pandal in Bardhaman district.
- Toll in Siberia shopping mall fire climbs to 40: The fire started in the children’s entertainment room in the building after a trampoline caught fire, an official said.
- Heatwave expected to continue in Mumbai, surrounding areas on Monday: The city on Sunday recorded a maximum temperature of 41 degrees Celsius, which is the hottest day in March since 2011.
- Rahul Gandhi in Karnataka asks JD(S) if it is with BJP, accuses the party of not having any ideology: Seven former JD(S) MLAs joined the Congress in Mysuru on Sunday.
- Bhopal Police arrest four men, parade them through the streets for allegedly raping a 20-year-old: Inspector General of Police Jaideep Kumar said this practice has instilled fear in offenders and also boosted women’s confidence to lodge complaints.
- Today’s Google Doodle celebrates 45 years of the Chipko Movement: As part of the 1973 campaign, local women hugged trees in the forests of Chamoli district to protect them from being cut.