WASHINGTON — American micro-blogging and social networking service Twitter has halted its account verification program. The company said it needs to work on the application and review process that lets people into the blue checkmark club. This change, where Twitter will not be letting new people apply for verification, is coming after the platform admitted that several fake accounts were incorrectly verified. The fake accounts were reportedly part of a botnet. “We’ve temporarily hit pause on rolling out access to apply for Verification so that we can make improvements to the application and review process,” tweeted Twitter. “For those who have been waiting, we know…
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NEW DELHI — Microblogging site Twitter on Aug. 14 unlocked the accounts of the members of India’s leading opposition political party, the Indian National Congress. The social media platform unlocked the account of party leader Rahul Gandhi and his party a few days after it was temporarily suspended for sharing pictures of the family of a minor victim of alleged rape and murder in Delhi. The Twitter accounts of various other Congress leaders like Pawan Khera and Manickam Tagore have also been unlocked. The move comes a day after Rahul Gandhi criticized the microblogging site and called it “biased.” “Twitter unlocked all accounts…
NEW DELHI — Press Secretary to Afghan Embassy in India, Abdulhaq Azad, on Aug. 16 said that the official Twitter handle of the embassy “seems to be hacked” and he has “lost access.” Azad’s remarks came just after the tweet, which has now been taken down, expressing “strongly” displeasure over the “fleeing” of the country’s President Ashraf Ghani from the war-torn country to avoid “bloodshed.” “I have lost access to the Twitter handle of Afghanistan in India; a friend sent a screenshot of this tweet (this tweet is hidden from me.) I have tried to log in but can’t access it.…
NEW DELHI — The deal activity in India during the first half of 2021 amounted to $40.7 billion across 710 deals, including both private equity and strategic acquisitions, as per a report by consulting major PricewaterhouseCoopers. “The deal activity displayed a decline owing to the pandemic,” the report said. The second wave of infections resulted in lockdowns across states, thereby hampering ongoing deal activities, it said in the report titled ‘Deals in India: Mid-year review and outlook for 2021 — resilience and recovery.’ However, various timely policy and credit measures announced by the government to revive the economy and make it more resilient, and…
NEW DELHI — The Indian government has granted conditional exemption from Unmanned Aircraft System, 2021, to 10 organizations in different parts of the country. The permission was granted by the Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation). The Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation granted permission for drone use to the government of the southern Indian state, Karnataka, for the drone-based aerial survey for creating urban property ownership records in the state capital, Bengaluru, as per the official press release. “These exemptions are valid for a period of one year from the date of approval or until further orders,…
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean tech giant company Samsung has been preparing to launch a new mid-range smartphone, “Galaxy A52,” and recent developments suggest that the phone might be rolled out to the public soon. The upcoming smartphone Galaxy A52s, an update to the Galaxy A52 5G phone launched back in March, is scheduled for a late August release. Reportedly, the new gadget will have a 6.5-inch Super AMOLED FHD+ panel. While the leak does not specify the refresh rate, this should be a 120 Hertz panel since the vanilla A52 5G also featured that. The smartphone may also have the system-on-a-chip under the hood. However,…
NEW DELHI — Restrictions on the export of Covid-19 rapid antigen testing kits have been imposed by the Government of India when there has been a possibility of third-wave across the country, as per experts. “Amendment in Export Policy of Covid-19 Rapid Antigen Testing – Reg. For details may pls refer to Notification No.18 dated 16.08.2021,” tweeted the Directorate General of foreign trade. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade is the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of the Government of India, responsible for administering laws regarding foreign trade. “The export of Covid-19 rapid antigen testing kits has been put under the restricted category with immediate…
NEW DELHI — The Union of India, on Aug. 16, has been granted four weeks more time by the Supreme Court of the nation to frame the guidelines on ex-gratia assistance and compensation to the families of people who died due to Covid-19. Headed by Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, a division bench of the Apex Court comprising Justice M. R. Shah directed the Centre to submit any action report on the other guidelines as referred to in the earlier judgment authored by Justice Shah and comprising Justice Ashok Bhushan (now retired), on June 30, 2021. The Central Government had filed an application…
JAIPUR, India – A northern Indian city — Jaipur — based organization, is creating design furniture through upcycling, recycling, and reusing the old parts of a car and automotive waste to create a sustainable culture by recycling waste. “Inspired by elements of nature, crafted by hand, we aspire to create a sustainable auto-art ecosystem through leasing a second life to your old automobile,” said Himanshu Jangid, Founder, Sustain by Cartist . “We adopt upcycling automobile parts to create sustainable furniture and bring them into the mainstream by reducing costs of recycling / scraping, ultimately reducing waste, carbon footprint, and protecting…
A Huntsville, Alabama, resident aims to inspire boys and girls across the country to help others one lawn at a time. Rodney Smith Jr.’s “50 Yard Challenge” asks kids to help the elderly, disabled, single parents and veterans by cutting their grass for free. It falls under the umbrella of Smith’s Raising Men & Women Lawn Care Service as a way of giving back to the community and bridging the gap between youth and the elderly. The challenge encourages kids to find 50 yards of qualifying people and mow their lawns for free. The kids earn T-shirts along the way,…