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Hacktivist team Ghost Squad Hackers recently hijacked the Telangana government’s Rural Development Human Resource Management (RDHRMS) website, leaving a message which read, “Hacked by S1ege. Greetz (sic) to all #GSHmembers.” | @KashmirukSuhailhttps://livewire.thewire.in/politics/interview-ghost-squad-hackers-kashmir-govt-sites/ …

Mukhtar Ahmad, a shopkeeper whose house was partially damaged, said he had been used as a “human shield” by the security forces to track down the militants. This claim has not been independently verified.https://thewire.in/rights/srinagar-nawa-kadal-encounter-damaged-houses …

At least five workers died and more than 50 received severe burns on Wednesday in a huge fire caused by a blast in the boiler of a factory at Dahej in Bharuch district of Gujarat, district collector said.https://thewire.in/labour/gujarat-bharuch-chemical-factory-explosion-kills …

West Bengal registered the highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases on Tuesday with 396 people testing positive for the disease in the last 24 hours, the state health department said.https://science.thewire.in/health/coronavirus-daily-updates-covid-19/ …

Humans know of 112 FRBs (at least officially). Some of them are never observed a second time. Others exhibit short, intense bursts separated by long breaks, and are called repeating FRBs.https://science.thewire.in/the-sciences/fast-radio-bursts-magnetars-sgr-1935-2154/ …

Alphabet Inc’s Google has taken down an Indian mobile application from its app store that allowed users to remove other Chinese apps from their phones as it violated certain company policies.https://thewire.in/tech/google-takes-down-indian-app-that-removed-chinese-ones …

The Delhi police chargesheet accuses him and Khalid Saifi of United Against Hate of conspiring with former AAP Councillor Tahir Husain in orchestrating the violence.https://thewire.in/rights/umar-khalid-delhi-police-charge-delhi-riots …

After protests by several organisations and criticism by experts, the Chhattisgarh government has withdrawn its earlier order making the forest department the nodal agency for the implementation of community forest resource rights (CFRR) under the FRA.https://thewire.in/rights/chhattisgarh-forest-rights-act-notice …

"If we are, according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to become an atmanirbhar or self-reliant, self-sufficient nation, should we not, as a society, be evaluating the knowledge we receive/impart?" | Poonam Arorahttps://thewire.in/education/the-pandemic-as-an-opportunity-to-educate-on-what-it-means-to-be-a-citizen …

China’s decision to impose national security laws on Hong Kong has exacerbated public and international concerns over the erosion of freedoms in the city and has rekindled anti-government protests in the financial center.https://thewire.in/world/as-china-imposes-national-security-laws-on-hong-kong-a-timeline-of-the-protests …

"First they should complete transplantation in our village and then they are free to work elsewhere,” the man said after announcing a decrease in wages. Tarsem Peter, the president of a worker's union called it 'naked faced bonded labour'.https://thewire.in/agriculture/punjab-paddy-farmers-labourers …

The South Korean company LG Polymers India has absolute liability for the loss of life and public health in the gas leak incident at its plant in Visakhapatnam, the NGT said on June 3.https://thewire.in/law/vizag-gas-leak-lg-polymers-ngt …

Mercy Mission has cooked more than 1 million rotis for more than 1 lakh labourers. While the good work continues, the volunteers engaged with relief work had to double their efforts due to the initial communalisation of the spread of the virus.https://thewire.in/communalism/watch-mercy-mission-communal-hatred-shramik-special …

Why is it that the Centre has not put money in their hands? One view is that after reaching their villages in a half-dead state, they should face enough starvation to be propelled back to the urban centres to sell their labour cheaper than before.https://thewire.in/political-economy/old-deal-covid-19-economic-crisis …

"What Anubhav Sinha had unwittingly admitted was that Bollywood’s lead actors are not yet ready to play a Dalit. This is such an entrenched tradition in the industry that even a director who is ready to make “off-beat themes” could not challenge it."https://thewire.in/film/pataal-lok-hathiram-dalit-representation …

The NIA chose to rush to the Supreme Court for a stay rather than comply with an order by the Delhi high court asking for the complete record of the process it had followed in moving Gautam Navlakha to Mumbai in a “frantic hurry”.https://thewire.in/law/unwilling-to-give-delhi-high-court-details-of-navlakhas-hasty-transfer-nia-gets-sc-stay …

Guinea is in mourning. Mory Kanté, who passed away from chronic health problems at 70, was one of Africa’s most influential and legendary artists of the late 20th century.https://thewire.in/the-arts/remembering-legendary-guinean-musician-mory-kante-master-of-reworking-traditional-tunes …

The state vigilance and anti-corruption bureau is already probing a health scam related to the procuring of healthcare equipment and sanitiser at excessive price for the state secretariat.https://thewire.in/government/himachal-govt-sets-up-committee-to-look-into-irregularities-in-ventilator-purchase …

PIB Fact Check had stated that the woman's family had claimed she had been ill before passing away in the Shramik Special train. Alt News found that was doubtful.https://thewire.in/rights/did-the-deceased-mother-in-the-bihar-video-die-of-prior-illness-a-fact-check-of-pib-fact-check …

The Jammu and Kashmir govt on Wednesday revoked the Public Safety Act (PSA) against former IAS officer turned politician @shahfaesal and two Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders Sartaj Madani and Peer Mansoor. The trio is likely to be released soon.https://thewire.in/government/shah-faesal-psa-revoked-sartaj0madani-peer-mansoor …