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 morePresident Donald Trump tapped Jerome Powell on Thursday to replace Janet Yellen as Fed chair when her term ends in February, choosing a moderate member of the Fed’s board who has backed Yellen’s cautious approach to interest rate hikes. Mr. Powell, 64, is seen as a safe pick whose selection will likely assure investors hoping for continuity at the Central […]
» Read moreThree people were killed in a shooting inside a Walmart store on Wednesday in suburban Denver. Police said they were yet to take anyone into custody. Police in Thornton, Colorado, did not immediately release any information about the circumstances of the shooting or who was responsible for the gunfire. Two men were killed in the shooting and an injured women […]
» 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.
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