Middle-aged farmer from Chamarajanagar dies after sudden collapse en route to Bengaluru protest
Bengaluru: A middle-aged farmer from Chamarajanagar, identified as Eshwar, died after collapsing while on his way to participate in the farmers' protest at Freedom Park in Bengaluru on Friday.
The deceased, believed to be between 50 and 55 years old, hailed from Kurubarahundi village near Gundlupete taluk, as reported by Deccan Herald. He had travelled from Mysuru to Bengaluru by train along with other farmers to join the protest.
According to police, he collapsed suddenly near Sangolli Rayanna Circle while walking toward the protest site.
Preliminary police information indicate that Eshwar had a history of high blood pressure and diabetes, though the exact cause of death is yet to be confirmed.
“He was shifted to a nearby private hospital in central Bengaluru’s Seshadripuram, but he died in the hospital,” DH quoted a police officer as saying.
Police have not registered an unnatural death case at this stage and are awaiting the doctor’s report to determine the exact cause of death.
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SC slams WhatsApp, Meta over privacy policy, says will pass interim order on Feb 9
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday came down heavily on Meta Platforms Inc and WhatsApp while hearing their appeals against a Competition Commission of India order imposing a penalty of Rs 213.14 crore over the privacy policy, saying tech giants cannot “play with the right to privacy of citizens in the name of data sharing”.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi said that it will pass an interim order on February 9. The top court ordered that the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology be made a party to the petitions.
It was hearing appeals filed by Meta and WhatsApp against a National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) judgment that upheld the CCI’s findings of abuse of dominance, while granting limited relief on advertising-related data sharing.
"You can't play with the right of privacy of this country in the name of data sharing. We will not allow you to share a single word of the data, either you give an undertaking...you cannot violate the right of privacy of citizens,” the CJI said.
The bench said the right to privacy is zealously guarded in the country and noted that the privacy terms are “so cleverly crafted” that a common person cannot understand them.
“This is a decent way of committing theft of private information, we will not allow you to do that... You have to give an undertaking otherwise, we have to pass an order,” the CJI said.
