Islamabad, Oct 8 (IANS) The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has claimed to have registered 4.5 million new female voters mostly from areas where societal values have been barring women from coming to the fore. “We have been launching awareness campaigns in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s tribal districts for the last two years to motivate … Read more
San Francisco, Oct 8 (IANS) Instagram is introducing a new way for its users to help them identify phishing emails and safeguard themselves against hackers. According to a report in CNET on Monday, the new feature by Facebook-owned photo-sharing service will display genuine emails the company sent you. “Bad actors are getting better at imitating … Read more
San Francisco, Oct 8 (IANS) Nearly 40 state attorneys general are set to join probe against Facebook’s anti-competitive business practices. They met officials from the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in Washington, DC, on Monday, reports Market Watch. “We held bipartisan conversations with attorneys general from around the country and key officials at … Read more
BY VISHAL GULATI Chandigarh, Oct 8 (IANS) For the third and fourth generations of Indias former Deputy Prime Minister Chaudhary Devi Lal, its a battle to save the ‘sinking ship of the once prominent regional political outfit the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) in the rough storm of Haryana. The Chautala clan in the poll … Read more
BY VISHAL GULATI Chandigarh, Oct 8 (IANS) Factionalism within the Congress and corruption charges against the party leadership are the main stumbling blocks that the two-time Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda is facing in his seemingly last ‘do-or-die battle in Haryana, according to political observers. Hooda, a de-facto Chief Ministerial candidate, feels his party has … Read more
BY VISHAL GULATI Chandigarh, Oct 8 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Haryana has decided to count for glamour and popularity by fielding a social media actress, wrestler and a foreign returned fashion designer to win the war of votes in the poll arena. But the saffron party, which in its poll manifesto … Read more
San Francisco, Oct 8 (IANS) Facebook will pay $40 million to settle a class-action lawsuit for incorrectly calculating average viewing time for video ads on its platform. Advertisers sued the social networking platform for overstating video-viewing metrics over an 18-month period from 2015-16, which led the advertisers paying extra for video ads based on the … Read more
