The deadline to comply with the new legal rules meant for big social media platforms, which were issued by the government three months ago, is ending on Tuesday, threatening the operations of the likes of Twitter in India.

According to top official sources, social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and others, which were required to abide by the rules notified in the gazette of India on February 25 under Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules, 2021, have failed to comply on many accounts till date.

Shares of Amara Raja Batteries declined 6 per cent to Rs 736.70 on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) in intra-day trade on Tuesday after nearly 30 million equity shares of the battery maker changed hands on the counter.

At 09:48 am, the stock was trading 5 per cent lower at Rs 743.95, as compared to a 0.37 per cent rise in the Nifty 50 index. Around 29.6 million equity shares, representing 17 per cent of the total equity of Amara Raja Batteries have changed hands on the NSE.

Shares of Panacea Biotech were frozen at 5 per cent upper circuit at Rs 406.10 on the BSE on Tuesday after the company and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund), announced the launch of production of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus.

The stock of the biotechnology company was trading close to its 52-week high level of Rs 407.20, touched on April 28, 2021.

The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 167.1 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.46 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

In its latest update on Tuesday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 167,112,793 and 3,469,530, respectively.

Twenty-five dengue cases have been recorded in Delhi till May 22 this year, the highest in the January-May period since 2013, according to a report released by the south civic body on Monday.

Eight cases of malaria and four of chikungunya were also registered during the same period, the report stated.

Cyclonic storm 'Yaas' has intensified into a 'Severe Cyclonic storm and is very likely to make landfall near Balasore in north Odisha with a speed of 155 kmph to 165 kmph, gusting to 185 kmph, around noon on May 26, the Met department said.

The Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘Yaas’ over East-central Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards with a speed of about 09 kmph during past 6 hours, and lay centred at over East-central Bay of Bengal, about 360 km south-southeast of Paradip (Odisha), 460 km south-southeast of Balasore (Odisha), 450 km south-southeast of Digha (West Bengal) and 480 kms south-southwest of Khepupara (Bangladesh), the IMD said in a statement.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has instructed the revenue department and ACB vigilance department to conduct a comprehensive probe and submit a report to the government as another complaint was received against former minister Etela Rajender in land grabbing issue, said an official release from Telangana Chief Minister's Office (CMO) on Sunday.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) before the Supreme Court challenging the Calcutta High Court's order which allowed the house arrest of four Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders, who are accused in the Narada case.

The probe agency, CBI, in its appeal, filed before the Apex Court, sought deferment of the larger Bench hearing, fixed for today before the five-Judge Bench of the Calcutta High Court.

Smartphone brand POCO India on Monday said it has registered a massive 300 per cent growth in the first quarter (Q1 2021), becoming the fastest growing brand in the country.

The brand is now among the top 3 online smartphone players in the country in just 10 months.

India recorded 2,22,315 new coronavirus infections in a single day, the lowest in round 38 days, pushing the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 2,67,52,447, while the death toll crossed the 3-lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.

The death toll climbed to 3,03,720 with 4,454 daily deaths, the data updated at 8 am showed.

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