Tag: Social Media
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Bridging the gap
There is a huge demand for individuals with foreign language skills by recruitment agencies.
September 21, 2018 -
Is social media driving pregnancy phobia
Tokophobia is a mental condition defined as a severe fear or dread of childbirth.
September 17, 2018 -
Tokophobia | Social media might be the factor behind pregnancy fear, abortions
According to Professor Louise Kenny of the University of Liverpool, tokophobia was seriously under-researched and there was little literature available on the condition.
September 16, 2018 -
Parties bet big on social media, data analytics for 2019 poll campaign
Last week, Congress president Rahul Gandhi put out a Facebook post inviting people to fill out a customised form to improve the party's communications.
September 16, 2018 -
The Angry Indian
Indians never had it so good. Prosperity is at its peak. After decades of rationing and shortages, stores are chocka-block with the fanciest goods. Democracy has made everyone equal, the era of nawabs and rajas is over; no foreign tyrant can stymie our ambitions. Economically and militarily, we are one of the strongest nations in …
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September 11, 2018 -
Omar refutes social media reports of NC forming coalition govt with BJP
The National Conference on Monday refuted “fake news” on the social media suggesting that the party was in the process of forming a coalition government under the chief minister of the Bharatiya Janata Party. The NC demanded time bound police investigation into the mischief. Reacting to such report on the social media, former chief minister …
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September 11, 2018 -
Goldie Behl urges people ‘to use social media more responsibly’
Behl, husband of Bollywood actor Sonali Bendre, asked the users to not spread or believe in rumours.
September 9, 2018 -
We must leverage social media to our advantage: Army Chief
General Rawat said that soldiers should be allowed to use smartphones within a line of controlled discipline since they cannot be denied access to the social media.
September 4, 2018 -
Govt mulls action against India heads of social media on failure to check fake news
Abide by law or face prosecution – this is the tough message likely to be sent to the India heads of social media platforms if the recommendations of a high-level government panel, which discussed steps to curb fake news and misinformation besides child pornography, are accepted.
August 29, 2018 -
1-in-6 people check emails while watching TV
Despite the increased intrusion of social media in our lives, love for emails remains strong with 60 per cent people checking their mail inbox even while watching TV.
August 27, 2018 -
Social media won’t be allowed to abuse election process: Prasad
At the G-20 event, Prasad also proposed that a part of the revenue generated by digital platforms needs to be reinvested in the host markets.
August 26, 2018 -
UP: 2 booked for sharing obscene audio about Vajpayee, 1 held
Two persons were booked for allegedly sharing an obscene audio clip about former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on social media.
August 20, 2018 -
The Korea Herald pushing the envelope on video news
The Korea Herald amplifies its daily news through all the conventional social media, namely Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube
August 14, 2018 -
Checking suicides in the army
In a newspaper report in December last year, it was said that the army loses 1,600 personnel every year without going to war. The figures, obtained from the Ministry of Defence, indicate that at an average 350 soldiers, sailors and airmen die in accidents, while 120 commit suicide. Other causes remain health and training accidents. …
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August 14, 2018 -
Choking dissent
The information Czars of the government appear unrelenting in their effort to curb a free flow of information, particularly news they do not deem favourable to Raisina Hill. Not too long ago it required the Prime Minister’s Office to junk a bid by Smriti Irani to use government-accreditation as a cane with which to discipline …
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August 10, 2018 -
Celebrating 5 years of Chennai Express
Director of the film Rohit Shetty took to social media to express his feelings about it
August 9, 2018 -
Don’t shoot the messenger
Since it was introduced to the world in 2009, WhatsApp has become one of the more popular messaging apps with an estimated 1.5 billion users worldwide. It was acquired by Facebook in 2014, an event which seems to have resulted in a massive spurt in the number of users in India. Currently, there are around …
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August 9, 2018