community
- Telangana
BRS, Cong, BJP, AIMIM, are all playing caste, community cards to woo voters in Telangana
Hyderabad: Caste, which is the hallmark of Indian politics, is back to the fore in the Telangana assembly polls. All major parties—Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), Indian National Congress (INC), Bharatiya Janata Party…
- India
FIR against popular Manipur singer as song triggers row
Imphal: The Zomi Students’ Federation (ZSF) has lodged an FIR against singer Jayenta Loukrakpam, popularly known as Tapta, for his “controversial song” that triggered a row in ethnic strife-hit Manipur. According to…
- Bangalore
Panchamasali community will stand with Yatnal: Lingayat seer
Bengaluru: Kudalasangama Panchamasali Peeth seer Basava Jaya Mruthyunjaya Swami said on Saturday that the Panchamasali community will stand with Vijayapura MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal if the BJP expels him. On December 29…
- India
LS passes bill to give tribal status to Betta-Karuba community in Karnataka
New Delhi: Lok Sabha on Friday passed a bill to include ‘Betta-Kuruba’ along with ‘Kadu Kuruba’ in the list of Scheduled Tribes in Karnataka. Piloting the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Fourth Amendment)…
- Technology
Twitter rolls out update to better identify ‘low quality’ Community Notes
New Delhi: Twitter has rolled out an algorithm update that identifies more low-quality Community Notes, which will result in the suspension of contributor status for those who write unhelpful annotations to provide…
- Technology
YouTube starts beta testing quiz feature for community posts
San Francisco: YouTube has started testing a new feature which will allow creators to add quizzes to their community posts. The new feature is in beta and only available to a small…
- India
Irula tribal girl in TN becomes first ever to get admission to MBBS
Chennai: When S. Sreemathy got admission to Tirunelveli Government Medical College for a MBBS course, she scripted history as she is the first from her Irula tribal community to study medicine to…
- Middle East
Lebanon calls on int’l community to aid Syrian refugees home return
Beirut: Around 500,000 Syrian refugees have registered for their voluntary return from Lebanon to their homeland, and Beirut has called on the international community and donors to facilitate their forthcoming return. Abbas…
- World
This Diwali is special: Fiji PM to Indian community
Suva: Wishing the Indian community in Fiji on Diwali, Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama said that this year’s celebration is special as the world has won over the Covid pandemic. “I thank God…
- India
Man killed in Bokaro for affair with woman of another community, 11 arrested
Ranchi: A 45-year-old man was allegedly murdered in Jharkhand’s Bokaro district for his relationship with a woman of another community, police said on Friday. Some people of Dhawaiya village in Mahuatand were…
- Technology
Twitter expands its community-based fact-checking programme ‘Birdwatch’
San Francisco: After launching its community-driven content moderation programme Birdwatch, microblogging site Twitter is now rolling out an updated Birdwatch onboarding process that better incentivises contributors to write and rate notes in…
- Technology
Spotify ‘Community’ feature to let users see friends’ real-time activity
San Francisco: Music streaming platform Spotify has confirmed that it is developing a new feature called Community that would allow mobile users to see what sort of music their friends are streaming…
- India
Serve sherbet, drinking water for a week: Allahabad HC to rioter
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has directed a man to serve drinking water and sherbet (sweet drink) for one week in order to create goodwill and amity while granting bail to an…
- Technology
WhatsApp reportedly working on ‘Community’ feature
San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly working towards releasing the ‘Community’ feature in a future update. According to WhatsApp beta tracker WABetaInfo, Community is a private place where group admins…
