India

Twitter representatives on Friday appeared before a parliamentary panel that had called the social media giant to discuss the issue of safeguarding citizens' rights and preventing misuse of online platforms. The parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, heard their views on the subject. Top officials of Twitter are being called at a time when the government has clashed with the American social media giant over a range of issues including its stand on the new IT rules. “We appreciate opportunity to share our views before Standing Committee on IT. Twitter stands prepared to work…

Billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani loses the seat of Asia’s second richest person. Thebusiness tycoon’s net worth fell by almost $14 billion in the last four days after the market capitalisation of Adani Group’s six listed firms fell sharply. Shares of Adani Enterprises, Adani Power, Adani Total Gas, Adani Transmission, Adani Ports and Adani Green Energy started falling on Monday after a report indicated that accounts of three foreign funds with major stakes in the group’s four listed firms had been frozen by the National Securities Depository Limited. Adani’s net worth fell to $62.3 billion, according to the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires…