The US also targeted Israeli company Candiru, Singapore-based Computer Security Initiative Consultancy PTE and Russian firm Positive Technologies
Pegasus can also be deleted remotely. It's very hard to detect and once it's deleted, leaves few traces
Former apex court judge R V Raveendran, 75, will monitor the probe by the technical panel whose members are experts in cyber security and digital forensics
Mr Levy and Ms Scott-Clark are known for their detailing and their latest book will not disappoint their readers
The top court said it was not going into the facts of each case and if some people claimed that their phones were intercepted then there is the Telegraph Act under which complaints can be filed
The top court agreed to hear the petitioners next week and asked them
Attacking the Congress which has been protesting in Parliament demanding a discussion on the Pegasus snooping allegations, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the party was "James Bond of spying" when in power
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on August 5 the pleas, including the one filed by journalists N Ram and Sashi Kumar, who have sought an independent probe into the alleged Pegasus snooping case
Israeli cybersecurity company NSO Group is at the centre of the Pegasus snooping scandal
Ex-top bureaucrats here have underlined that authorised phone-tapping is permissible in the country and West Bengal is no exception
Asked about reports of BJP MP Nishikant Dubey moving a "privilege motion" against him, Tharoor told reporters that it has no "validity"
The letter has been signed by various activists including Aruna Roy, Anjali Bhardwaj, Harsh Mander; scholars and eminent lawyers like Vrinda Grover, Jhuma Sen among others.
The West Bengal Chief Minister termed the meeting as positive, saying that the results will be seen in the coming days.
Lack of quorum was the reason
The government has been denying all Opposition allegations in the matter.
Veteran journalists N Ram and Sashi Kumar have moved the Supreme Court
He indicated that opposition parties would continue to disrupt Parliament's proceedings until the government agrees to a debate
Emerging technology is being deployed not just by government agencies but also by the corporate world to get information on competitors
United States has said it is against the use of spying technology on civil society, regime critics, and journalists, even as it maintained that the US has no particular insight into the Pegasus issue
The records also showed the phone numbers of the head of the then Tibetan government in exile, Lobsang Sangay, and several other Tibetan activists in India