After WhatsApp, Now Twitter Hits Out At New Rules, Other Top Stories

Twitter on Thursday said it was concerned about the "potential threat to freedom of expression" and "core elements" of new digital rules. Hours later, the government retorted that the social media giant should "stop beating around the bush and comply with the laws of the land" instead of "dictating terms" to the world's largest democracy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Odisha and West Bengal today to review the damage caused by Cyclone Yaas in the two states. The Prime Minister will land in Bhubaneswar and hold a review meeting there. Thereafter, he will conduct an aerial survey of Balasore and Bhadrak districts in Odisha and Purba Medinipur district of West Bengal. He will hold another review meeting in Bengal with Chief Minster Mamata Banerjee. On Thursday, the Prime Minister chaired a meeting to review the impact of the cyclone. The Supreme Court will today hear the plea seeking cancellation of Class 12 board examinations. The plea seeking directions to the Centre, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) to cancel the CBSE and ICSE Class 12 examinations has been filed by advocate Mamta Sharma. Advocate Sharma has requested the Supreme Court to direct the concerned authoritie to declare the Class 12 result on the basis of objective methodology within the specific time frame.