Miscellaneous

Washington, Nov 25: Facebook allegedly made a change in its News Feed algorithm immediately after the US presidential election, to favour top news publishers so that trustworthy and quality content can be pushed ahead on its platform, The New York Times reported.

Organised movements to counteract hate speech on social media are more effective than individuals striking out on their own, suggests new research that analysed huge swathes of Twitter data with the help of a machine learning algorithm. The rise of online hate speech is a disturbing, growing trend in countries around the world, with serious psychological consequences and the potential to impact

New Delhi, Nov 20: The Supreme Court Friday said it would hear on November 23 the plea filed by Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswam seeking direction to the RBI for framing regulation to ensure that data collected on UPI platforms is not exploited or used in any manner other than for processing payments.

Mumbai, Nov 19: The Indian equity benchmark indices was trading in the red on Thursday afternoon. The 30-scrip BSE Sensex opened at 43,902.24 and was trading at 44,109.29 (at 1:15 pm), down by 70.76 points or 0.16 per cent. BSE Sensex was trading at a high of 44,230 points and low of 43,821.39 points so far in the trading session. Similarly, 50-scrip NSE Nifty was trading at 12,921.25 points (at 1

World renowned Quran reciter Noreen Muhammad Siddiqi, was killed in a traffic accident in the city of Halfa in the Northern State in Sudan. The 38-year-old was imam of several mosques in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. Noreen began memorizing the Qur’an at the hands of Khalawi’s sheikhs in Bara district in North Kordofan state in 1996, and became involved in advocacy work at the beginning of the

New Delhi, Nov 7: The Supreme Court on Friday directed Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea to disclose details sought by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in connection with segmented offers.

California, Nov 7: Facebook has removed 1,196 accounts and 994 malicious accounts from Instagram, along with 7,947 Pages and 110 Groups involved in coordinated inauthentic behaviour.

New Delhi, Nov 1: Indian security forces have issued advisories as well as started preparing contents to educate jawans against being trapped by enemy nations to give away strategic information. Cloning of Facebook profiles is one such tactic to retrieve information that has been rampant of late.

New Delhi, Oct 30: The Sensex and Nifty retreated for the third session on the trot on Friday amid continued weakness in global markets due to rising COVID-19 cases in Europe and uncertainty ahead of US elections.

Mumbai, Oct 28: Equity benchmark Sensex plunged 600 points on Wednesday, tracking heavy losses in index majors Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank amid a massive selloff in European markets.