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Trudeau government for the third time

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Trudeau government for the third time: The Liberal Party became the largest party but lost the majority, winning 17 Indians in Canada;  NDP's Jagmeet Singh will be the kingmaker Justin Trudeau will become prime minister for the third time after a lead in Canada's election results.  Trudeau's Liberal Party has become the largest party.  But missed the majority.  Trudeau got 156 seats in the 338-seat lower house.  Trudeau needs the support of 14 more seats to form the government.  In such a situation, Jagmeet Singh of the New Democratic Party (NDP) will be the kingmaker in government formation.  NDP has 27 seats. Canada's main opposition party, the Conservative Party, has got 122 seats.  This time 17 Indians have won the Canadian elections.  Defense Minister Harjit Singh defeated Sukhbir Gill of the Conservative Party from Vancouver South.  Trudeau had also played a gamble of holding early elections this time, but it did not prove to be ef...

Freedom House report released: Increasing restrictions on Internet freedom; Situation worst in China and Pakistan

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Online freedom is on the decline around the world, including in the US.  According to the Freedom House report, internet freedom has declined globally for the 11th year in a row.  The democracy advocacy group said governments are cracking down on online freedom more than ever before.  China tops the list where internet freedom has declined.  At the same time, Pakistan is also in the top-10 countries. Washington-based Freedom House report “Freedom on the Net 2021 The Global Drive to Control Big Tech has expressed concern over the proposed rules in Pakistan.  These rules are being said to be more dangerous for cyber freedom.  There is a provision in this that social media companies will have to hand over the personal data of more than 5 lakh users to the government. At the same time, social media companies will have to set up one or more data servers in the country.  The report said that global Internet freedom has declined for the 11th year in a row....