An employee of the company went rogue on Thursday evening and deactivated Donald Trump’s Twitter account, leading to alarming questions about the integrity of the platform that the U.S President routinely uses to announce policy and even threaten war. Mr. Trump’s account, @realdonaldtrump disappeared at around 6:45 p.m. in Washington on Thursday, and visitors to the page could only see […]
» Read moreFacebook Inc’s WhatsApp messenger was down for many users in India and other countries, according to reports from multiple users on Facebook and Twitter on Friday afternoon. Users in countries from Myanmar to Russia and Vietnam to Brazil reported that WhatsApp was down in their countries too on social media. The extent of the outage was not immediately known, but […]
» Read moreIt seems potholes have suddenly taken centre stage in the national discourse. The latest to join the bandwagon of critics of civic apathy is Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP from Baramati of Maharashtra Supriya Sule. The NCP MP took to Twitter to express her displeasure over the prevailing situation of potholes in her state. Sule was on her way to […]
» Read moreReliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani on Wednesday overtook China’s Hui Ka Yan to become Asia’s richest person with a total wealth of $42.1 billion. According to Forbes’ real time billionaire’s list, Ambani’s personal wealth rose by $466 million, thanks to 1.22 per cent rise in shares of Reliance Industries to Rs 952.30 on Wednesday.
» Read moreAt least 18 persons died and around 50 injured after a boiler tube exploded at the National Thermal Power Corporation unit in Unchahar in Rae Bareli district of Uttar Pradesh. According to U.P. ADGP Anand Kumar, police have recovered 10 bodies so far. The toll could go up, he added. Around 22 victims with severe burn injuries have been referred […]
» Read moreAn event at the Congress headquarters to introduce Telangana lawmaker Revanth Reddy’s joining the Congress party virtually turned into a show of strength. Mr. Reddy, who was the working president of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Telangana, joined the Congress soon after meeting the party vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday afternoon. At the regular press briefing, the Congress also […]
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