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  The Supreme Court on Monday (July 15, 2025) said the right to free speech was increasingly being abused, especially on social media, and called for self-restraint and regulation. A Bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and K.V. Viswanathan said the right to freedom of speech and expression carried with it reasonable restrictions. Using free speech to instigate divisive tendencies, at least on social media, needed to be curbed. The Supreme Court on Monday (July 15, 2025) said the right to free speech was increasingly being abused, especially on social media, and called for self-restraint and regulation. A Bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and K.V. Viswanathan said the right to freedom of speech and expression carried with it reasonable restrictions. Using free speech to instigate divisive tendencies, at least on social media, needed to be curbed. The court mulled framing guidelines to regulate abusive and divisive social media posts. Advertisement “We are not speaking about censorship...

  Priya Nair is commerce graduate from Sydenham College, Mumbai, MBA from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune and has also completed executive education at Harvard Business School. (Credit: HUL website) Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) , the Indian arm of global FMCG giant Unilever, has announced that Priya Nair will be taking over as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company. Her appointment will be effective from August 1, 2025 , for a period of five years. Priya Nair currently serves as the Business Group President for Beauty and Well-being at Unilever . With this move, she becomes the first woman CEO of HUL — a historic milestone for the company. She will also be joining the HUL Board , subject to necessary approvals, and will continue to remain a part of the Unilever Leadership Executive (ULE) . This leadership transition comes as Rohit Jawa , the current MD & CEO, has decided to step down from his role on July 31, 2025 . In a letter to...

  Two Indian Air Force (IAF) pilots were killed on Wednesday (July 9, 2025) morning when their Jaguar trainer aircraft crashed into a field near Churu in Rajasthan. A court of inquiry has been set up to investigate the cause of the accident, the IAF said. This is the third crash involving an IAF Jaguar fighter jet this year. “An IAF Jaguar Trainer aircraft met with an accident during a routine training mission and crashed near Churu in Rajasthan, today. Both pilots sustained fatal injuries in the accident. No damage to any civil property has been reported,” the IAF said in a post on X. uar fighter jet crashed near Churu in Rajasthan, on July 9, 2025.  IAF Jaguar fighter jet crashes in Rajasthan’s Churu district | Video Credit: The Hindu Two Indian Air Force (IAF) pilots were killed on Wednesday (July 9, 2025) morning when their Jaguar trainer aircraft crashed into a field near Churu in Rajasthan.  A court of inquiry has been set up to investigate the cause of the accident...