NEW DELHI – India’s COVID-19 infection tally climbed to 2,73,69,093 as 2,11,298 more people tested positive for the disease in a day, while the country’s recovery went up to 90 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry on Thursday. The death toll due to the disease rose to 3,15,235 with 3,847 fresh fatalities being […]
NEW DELHI – Social networking giant Facebook on Wednesday said it will now allow users on its platform as well as those on Instagram to hide their public ‘like’ counts. This is part of the company’s efforts to give people control over their experience, a statement said. “We tested hiding like counts to see if […]
BENGALURU – Google is committed to complying with India’s revised IT rules that came into effect Wednesday, Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai said on Thursday. “It’s obviously early days and our local teams are very engaged. You know we comply with local laws and we will approach it with the same framework,” Pichai said in […]
NEW DELHI – Responding to WhatsApp’s petition in the Delhi High Court, the Centre on Wednesday said it respects the citizens’ right to privacy and that it has no intention to violate it when seeking the origin of a particular message. “Such requirements are only in case when a particular message is required for prevention, […]
SRINAGAR – In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the authorities yesterday said that the decision about the number of pilgrims to be allowed to perform Haj pilgrimage this year was expected within a week amid reports about the cap on the number of Haj pilgrims by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Executive […]
Facebook has announced it will take “stronger” action against users repeatedly sharing misinformation on the social media platform. Facebook will reduce the distribution of all posts in its news feed from a user account if it frequently shares content that has been flagged as false by one of the company’s fact-checking partners, the social media […]
JAMMU – Maruti Suzuki India Ltd the largest Automobile Manufacturer of the country has agreed to install two Oxygen PSA Generator Plants of 500 litres per minute capacity each in Jammu and Kashmir under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Responding to the appeal of the Lt. Governor, J&K UT, Mr. Manoj Sinha to the corporates to […]
GAZA CITY — Hamas’ leader in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday said 80 militants were killed during the 11-day war with Israel that ended last week, providing the group’s first official tally for losses sustained in the fighting. Gaza’s Hamas-run Health Ministry has put the number of Palestinians killed in the Israeli offensive this month […]
SRINAGAR – Amid spike in Covid-19 cases and prevailing global pandemic situation, the Government of Jammu and Kashmir has categorized the media persons under ‘High Risk Group’, after keeping in view the nature of their duties. A top official while confirming the development said the government recently took a decision to keep media persons in […]
SINDH – Pakistani lawmaker has sought to bring a law making it compulsory for parents to wed off their children once they turn 18 years old. Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) MPA Syed Abdul Rasheed submitted a draft of “The Sindh Compulsory Marriage Act, 2021” to the Sindh Assembly Secretariat on Wednesday which seeks to make marriage […]