Day: November 14, 2019

India tightens regulatory grip on Facebook, WhatsApp with new rules

Facebook says it removed 5.4 billion fake, abusive accounts this year

8:14 pm November 14, 2019

San Francisco: Facebook on Wednesday said it has nixed 5.4 billion fake accounts already this year, many within moments of being created at the leading social network. “We have improved our ability to detect and block attempts to create fake, abusive accounts,” the internet firm said in its latest transparency report. “We can estimate that every […]

Trump hosting Turkey’s Erdogan, ‘too busy’ to watch impeachment hearing

8:12 pm November 14, 2019

Washington: President Donald Trump greeted his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House for a high-stakes meeting Wednesday that underlined his claim to be ignoring the impeachment drama unfolding simultaneously in Congress. The two leaders were to hold several hours of meetings, including lunch, before giving a joint news conference. While Congress listened to evidence against Trump from two […]

US proposes to bring tougher work permit rules for immigrant workers

8:06 pm November 14, 2019

Washington : The Trump administration is proposing to make it tougher for asylum-seekers to obtain permission to work in the United States while their immigration cases are pending. US Citizenship and Immigration Services said Wednesday that a proposed rule would double the time asylum-seekers must wait for a work permit to a year and bar […]

Vodafone Idea shares tumble over 21 pc; hit record low

7:38 pm November 14, 2019

New Delhi: Shares of Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel tumbled up to 21.6 per cent on Thursday amid reports that the the DoT has issued notice to telecom operators to pay their revenue share dues within three months as directed by the Supreme Court. Vodafone Idea plunged 21.62 per cent to Rs 2.90 — its […]

Want to push the character as far as possible: Pattinson on 'The Batman'

Method acting is crazy, says Robert Pattinson

7:36 pm November 14, 2019

Los Angeles: Robert Pattinson believes artistes resort to method acting only when they are not playing “lovely” characters on-screen. Pattinson, who went the method way to pull off his character in Robert Eggers’ “The Lighthouse”, said the role pushed him to the edge. “It was a kind of no limit part, which I always really […]