Police around the world including in the United States are warning parents of a disturbing, violent internet challenge that could be encouraging children to take their own lives. According to the Daily Mail, the so-called “Momo Challenge” began appearing all over the world in recent weeks and follows the same style every time. The challenge asks the user to add and contact someone called “Momo” on an app such as WhatsApp or Facebook. That user then sends a barrage of frightening images and violent messages encouraging violence or suicide as shown in the photo with this story. The image of a woman…
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In a further twist to the story, he is six foot seven to her diminutive five foot one. It sounds like the start of a quirky Hollywood rom com. But 12 years later, Andrew May and his wife Jessica McDonald have a flourishing internet travel marketing company off the High Street in Sidmouth and a baby son, Arlo. Voyage Travel Marketing runs Facebook, Twitter and Instagram campaigns for 27 hotels across the United States, anything from encouraging reporters to review a hotel reopening after hurricane damage to dealing with room service requests for towels. Because it is an internet company…
astrostocktips.in Today’s planetary position: Moon will be transiting in Pisces. Jupiter in Taurus. Lord Saturn in Sagittarius. Ketu and Mars in Capricorn. Lord Rahu, Sun and Mercury in Cancer. Venus in Virgo, Pluto in Sagittarius. Neptune in Aquarius and Uranus in Pisces. RAHUKAL TIME: – 15.00 – 16.30 Planet Mercury, which controls our mind (Buddhi) is transiting in Cancer and is in retrograde position from July 26, 2018 to August 19, 2018. Be cautious, as one is likely to take wrong decisions, resulting in financial losses, depending on its position in individual horoscope. Technical analysts/researchers can be worst affected (since planet Mercury…
As the date for Britain’s exit from the European Union inches closer, the U.K. is in turmoil over how exactly that withdrawal will look. Since July, two high-profile pro-Brexit leaders, David Davis and Boris Johnson, have quit the cabinet and British Prime Minister Theresa May released a white paper outlining the government’s vision for its post-Brexit relationship with the European Union. The renewed risk of a “no-deal Brexit,” in which Britain would leave the EU without having reached an agreement on its ties to the rest of Europe, has become “uncomfortably high,” Bank of England Governor Mark Carney told the BBC on Friday.…
WhatsApp is reportedly working on a picture-in-picture video feature for Android. The messaging app has had an eventful 2018 as it has been launching and testing new features with high frequency. To recall, WhatsApp for iOS received PiP support earlier this year. The new feature that will arrive on Android devices, will let WhatsApp users play videos from Instagram and YouTube in a small window within the messaging app itself. It essentially means you will not need to go to Instagram or YouTubeapps to view a video sent by a contact. As per a WABetaInfo report, WhatsApp is working on the picture-in-picture mode for videos in the Android app. The…
The proposed data protection bill, making offences cognisable and non-bailable, is a deterrent for businesses who willfully do wrong as giant corporations can otherwise get away with flagrant breaches ‘merely by throwing the fine monies,’ Justice B Srikrishna has said. “Every modern statute has a criminal liability clause. That is a deterrent for those who will do wrong intentionally or grossly negligently. Without such provision, merely imposing civil liabilities will make the law a toothless tiger as giant corporations can and will get away with flagrant breaches merely by throwing the fine monies,” he told PTI. Data privacy is a fundamental…
WhatsApp has informed the government that it is building a local team, including India head, as part of steps to check fake news circulation but has not met the key demand of identifying message originators, according to official sources. The popular messaging app is under fire over abuse of its platform for circulation of fake news that have incited mob fury. The IT Ministry official said that WhatsApp has responded to the government last notice, outlining initiatives being taken to curb fake news circulation including education and advocacy efforts. It is also building an India-based team, the official said but noted…
The award of the prestigious Fields medal to a Stanford University mathematician of Indian origin, Akshay Venkatesh, four years after Manjul Bhargava won the coveted award has once again led to the familiar lament about India’s lack of academic talent and its scarcity of world-class institutions. Shortly after gaining independence, India saw the birth of a number of exemplary institutions such as the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). The initiative and ambition of India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was pivotal in building these world-class institutes. The…
Gone are the days when universities and other higher educational institutions under MHRD would, beside maintenance grants, receive every five year development grants for creating physical facilities, infrastructure development and for starting new courses and programmes. Beginning from the current financial year, they would instead have to approach the Higher Education Funding Agency (HEFA) for loans. Established as a joint venture of MHRD and Canara Bank, HEFA is a not-for-profit non-banking finance company. With an equity base of Rs 10,000 crore, the agency targets to mobilise Rs 1,00,000 crore through a mix of government guaranteed bonds and commercial borrowings to…
Shares of SREI Infrastructure Finance fell more than 2 percent intraday on Monday after sources told CNBC-TV18 that its IPO of equipment finance business is likely to be postponed or called off. The initial public offering was planned for Q4FY18, which was rescheduled to Q1FY19 and again to Q2FY19. Sources said investors see Srei Equipment IPO impacting wealth of SREI Infrastructure Finance’s shareholders. Investors said turning Srei Infra into a holding company will impact stock discounting. Post Srei Equipment IPO, Srei Infrastructure will be left with no strong business of its own but merger of Srei Infrastructure & Srei Equipment will create…