X will make govt content takedown requests more transparent: Elon Musk

IANS | August 16, 2026 4:15 PM

New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Elon Musk has announced that social media platform X will make government requests to remove or restrict content more visible to users, as part of a broader effort to increase transparency around content moderation, recommendation algorithms and official intervention in online speech.

What Africa’s home delivery apps can learn from India’s startups

IANS | August 16, 2026 2:05 PM

New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Africa’s home delivery apps which are currently facing a major problem of not being able to deliver because of a lack of a proper address in various cities, can learn from Indian startups which have solved this very problem to operate an efficient fast delivery system to the doorstep of the consumer, a report has said.

DRI busts major areca nut import racket, detects over Rs 2,500 crore revenue loss

IANS | August 16, 2026 11:52 AM

New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has dismantled a major network allegedly involved in illegally importing South-East Asian areca nuts into India by falsely declaring them as Bangladeshi-origin goods to fraudulently avail concessional duty benefits under the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA), the Ministry of Finance said on Sunday.