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Indiana announced two lawsuits against TikTok accusing it of misrepresenting its approach to age-appropriate content and data security. It has also been alleged that the platform 'lured children' into content on the app that contained sexual content.

Last week, during a press conference in Jaipur, Gandhi had claimed that China is preparing for "a war" and accused the Centre of trying to "ignore" the threat, saying it is "asleep" and not ready to accept the situation.

Dalai Lama is said to be "the present incarnation of the previous thirteen Dalai Lamas of Tibet (the first having been born in 1391 CE), who are in turn considered to be manifestations of Avalokiteshvara, or Chenrezig, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, holder of the White Lotus".

The defence minister also took an indirect dig at Rahul Gandhi for "doubting" the government's intention in the handling of the border row with China and said politics can not be done on the basis of "falsehood".

Former Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad took to Twitter to say, "Mr Rahul Gandhi how long will you continue to question the Army and make false allegations? The heroic courage of our armed forces on the border is evident even in the media, yet you continue to question that."

Intercontinental ballistic missiles are systems that can carry nuclear warheads at a range of over 5,500km. Currently, there are five countries that have land-based ICBMs.

Nearly a fortnight after China lifted the much-despised 'zero-Covid' restrictions following a spate of protests, the country is reeling under a massive coronavirus wave, with a Chinese diplomat blaming "foreign forces" for the anti-government demonstrations.

On December 2, five main servers of the hospital came under a cyber attack, thus compromising the personal data of millions of patients. According to reports, the cyber attack was suspected to be carried out by Chinese hackers.

The report by Reporters Without Borders notes that surveillance and censorship and reached extreme levels in China where currently 110 journalists are behind bars. Myanmar, with 62 journalists behind bars, Iran with 47, Vietnam with 39 and Belarus with 31 occupy the top five positions as the world's biggest jailer of journalists.

The Narendra Modi government has, time and again, made it clear that India will take back Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir. Besides, Indian Armed Forces have openly stated that they are ready to take back PoK if the government gives the go-ahead. But the biggest question is, can it really be done? Air Vice Marshal BK Murali (Retd) responds