Facebook on Friday rolled out end-to-end encryption for voice and video calls on Messenger, adding another layer of privacy to its widely used communications platform. Facebook’s WhatsApp and Messenger services already have end-to-end encryption on personal texts messages sent by users. The social media giant has gradually been adding audio and video features to its […]
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Female NHM employee allegedly commits suicide in Rafiabad
SOPORE — A 24-year-old National Health Mission (NHM) employee, posted at Sub District Hospital Sopore, has allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at her home in Hib Dangerpore area of Rafiabad in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Reports said that the family of the girl found their beloved hanging inside her room following which police was […]
24-year-old UP man arrested for hacking into ECI website, creating over 10,000 fake voter IDs
NEW DELHI — The Uttar Police Police has arrested a 24-year-old man from the state’s Saharanpur district for allegedly hacking into the Election Commission of India (ECI) website and creating over 10,000 fake voter IDs, officials said on Friday. Reacting to the developments, the poll panel said its database is “absolutely safe and secure”. The […]
How August 15 is changing colours in centrally-run Kashmir
SRINAGAR — On August 8, Jammu and Kashmir government issued a weekly order detailing Covid-19 containment measures in the union territory. Like previous orders that have been issued periodically since the second wave of the pandemic in the summer, it talked about the need to follow social distancing norms, intensify vaccination drives, keep schools closed […]
Afghan women fear return to ‘dark days’ amid Taliban sweep
KABUL — It was early evening and Zahra, her mother and three sisters were on their way to dinner at another sister’s home when they saw people running and heard gunshots on the street. “The Taliban are here!” people screamed. In just a few minutes, everything changed for the 26-year-old resident of Herat, Afghanistan’s third-largest […]
‘Corrupt local police officers’ facilitated Jaish militants’ entry into Pathankot airbase: Spy Stories Book
NEW DELHI— “Corrupt local police officers” were suspected to have scouted the Pathankot airbase before the terror attack at the IAF facility in 2016 and one of them identified a no-surveillance spot which was used by the raiders to heave ammunition, grenades, mortars, and AK-47s, a new book has claimed. This claim has been made by journalists Adrian […]
‘Two gentlemen’ of BJP will lock down Parliament if they have their way: Chidambaram
NEW DELHI — With a tumultuous Parliament session ending with unruly scenes, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday said the Chair in both Houses was “not as neutral as it should be” and asserted that the last-day pandemonium in Rajya Sabha started because the government tried to pass a legislation by “stealth” by going […]
India, 11 other countries decide not to recognise any Afghanistan govt imposed by force
WASHINGTON — Twelve nations, including the US, India and China, along with representatives of the UN and EU have decided that they would not recognise any government in Afghanistan that seeks to take control through the barrel of a gun, the State Department has said, amid the continued Taliban offensive across the war-torn country. Representatives […]
J&K doctors, healthcare workers set new benchmark for entire country: LG Sinha
SRINAGAR — Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has handled the Covid-19 pandemic with great professionalism and used all possible resources to provide Care and Cure to the patients suffering from Covid-19 in both waves. Sufficient measures were taken by the Health & Medical Education Department, J&K, which included increasing the bed capacity, oxygen generation […]
Justice Ayesha Malik to become first woman chief justice of Pakistan
NRW DELHI — Justice Ayesha Malik is set to become the first woman chief justice of Pakistan after outgoing CJP Mushir Alam recommended her for the elevation in the Supreme court. Justice Alam is set to retire on August 17 and a judicial committee is considering Malik as a judge for the top court. She […]









