Miscellaneous

New Delhi, Jul 13: The Supreme Court on Friday took a strong note of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry's decision to set up a social media hub for monitoring online data, observing that it will be "like creating a surveillance state". The top court said the government wants to tap citizens' WhatsApp messages and sought its response within two weeks. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and

Pune, July 12: Shridhar Chillal, the Pune-based man, who holds the Guinness World Record for having the longest fingernails, has cut them after 66 years. Chillal clipped his nails, which had a combined length of 909.6 cm during a nail clipping ceremony in Times Square. Meet the extraordinary Shridhar Chillal - Longest fingernails on a single hand ever http://t.co/4SxWtxU7WJ #GWR2016 pic.twitter

Jul 9: Nissan admitted today that data on exhaust emissions and fuel economy had been deliberately "altered", dealing a blow to the Japanese car giant's efforts to recover trust after an inspection scandal last year. The company did not say how many cars were affected by the falsifications, which were uncovered during voluntary tests of all parts of Nissan's operations conducted in the wake of

New Delhi, Jul 8: Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara on Saturday hinted strengthening of grievances redressal mechanism in the police department for effective disposal of complaints by subordinate staff related to service matters. He was reacting to a news report about the letter written by a Deputy Superintendent of Police to Director General and Inspector General of Police Neelmani N Raju

Mumbai, Jul 5: After shaking the mobile telephony market with free voice calls and dirt cheap data, richest Indian Mukesh Ambani today announced plans to launch ultra high speed fixed line broadband services for homes and enterprises. Speaking at the company's 41st annual general meeting, Ambani said the service will provide ultra high definition entertainment on TV, voice-activated assistance

Bengaluru, Jul 5: Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy will present the Congress-JD(S) coalition government's maiden budget on Thursday, amid high expectations of farm loan waiver. In the run-up to the recent assembly polls, the Kumaraswamy-led JD(S) had promised to waive farm loans borrowed both from cooperative and nationalised banks within 24 hours of coming to power. Kumaraswamy, who also

Seoul, Jul 3: For those using a Samsung smartphone, this may be unnerving. It has been discovered that some devices are sending the owner's photos from the camera roll without consent. The issue appears to be affecting the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ devices. However, it is not limited to these two models, The Verge reported. The photos are being sent via Samsung's default texting app. What makes the

Berlin, Jul 2: Scientists have invented a smartphone case that acts like an airbag, deploying small spider-like legs that can absorb the impact when the device is dropped. The protective shell appears no different from the normal phone cases. However, when the phone is in free fall shock-absorbers shoot out from the four corners to protect it from damage. The case, built by Philip Frenzel from

Jammu, Jul 1: In a bid to curb the spread of rumours via social media platforms, the Kishtwar district administration near here has asked the netizens having WhatsApp groups and Facebook pages to get their antecedents verified by police and seek their permission within ten days to continue running them. In a stern measure, the netizens have also been asked to give an undertaking to the authorities

Oslo, Jun 27: Facebook and Google are pushing users to share private information by offering "invasive" and limited default options despite new EU data protection laws aimed at giving users more control and choice, a government study said today. The Norwegian Consumer Council found that the US tech giants' privacy updates clash with the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which forces