Two leading fact-checking agencies have ended their partnerships with Facebook, striking a significant blow to the network’s efforts to fight fake news, media reports said. The social network had paid the Associated Press and Snopes to combat its misinformation crisis. But both confirmed they stopped checking articles at the end of 2018, and will not […]
Libyan security forces have arrested a senior Islamic State (IS) leader in the city of Sirte, said an official on conditions of anonymity. Khalifa Barq was taken from his home by a special security force, the official of Sirte security department told Xinhua news agency on Friday. “The operation was based on intelligence information about […]
Washington, Jan 31 A Hindu temple has been vandalized in the US state of Kentucky, with officials calling the incident as “hate crime”. At a press conference on Wednesday, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said vandals broke windows at Swaminarayan Temple, located in the state capital’s Bardstown Road, and wrote hateful words on temple walls, reports […]
Film: “Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga”; Director: Shelley Chopra Dhar; Starring: Anil Kapoor, Sonam K. Ahuja, Juhi Chawla, Rajkummar Rao; Rating: ****(4 stars) At the end of this tender and supple saga of segregation and acceptance I was surprised to see an end-credit line that declared the film to be inspired by a […]
Veteran actress Waheeda Rehman is proud of actress-turned-director Kangana Ranaut for directing a film like “Manikarnika – The Queen of Jhansi” and also giving a great performance. Waheeda Rehman, 80, was interacting with the media at its special screening along with another veteran Asha Parekh, 76, on Wednesday here. In fact, she said: “I called […]
Praising the upcoming generation of kabaddi players, veteran star and national captain Ajay Thakur has asserted that the ‘desi’ sport will be the most popular game in the country within a decade. On Friday, Thakur, who hails from Himachal Pradesh, was named for the Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian award, on the occasion of […]
Facebook is currently working towards integrating its chat services — WhatsApp, Messenger, and photo-sharing app Instagram — to let their users to message each other across platforms. All of the three apps will support end-to-end encryption but Facebook is yet to provide a timeline for when this will happen, The New York Times reported late […]
Kamala Harris, a Senator of Indian descent, announced on Monday that she is running for President in the 2020 elections branding herself a “fighter” for the American people. As the daughter of an Indian mother and an African-Jamaican father, she claims both heritages and chose to declare her candidacy on the day that is observed […]
Two prime accused in the murder case of Canadian-born Jassi Sidhu have been extradited from Canada and are being brought to Punjab, state police sources confirmed on Thursday. The extradition has taken place over 18 years and six months after the murder took place. Those extradited are Jassi’s mother Malkit Kaur Sidhu and maternal uncle […]
Paris, Jan 27 A mural painted by the British anonymous street artist Banksy on a fire door at the Bataclan theatre in Paris, has been stolen, the media reported. “It’s a deep sadness that moves us today,” the theatre said in a tweet on Saturday. “Banksy’s work, a symbol of remembrance and belonging to everyone […]