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San Francisco, Jun 27: Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube has announced the launch of an anti-terror partnership aimed at thwarting the spread of extremist content online. The "Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism" intends to share engineering, research and knowledge to help "continue to make our hosted consumer services hostile to terrorists and violent extremists," the companies said...

Kasaragod, Jun 23: The police have intensified their efforts to trace the 23 people who allegedly celebrated Pakistan’s victory over India in the Champions Trophy cricket final last Sunday. The Badiadukka police have filed cases on a complaint filed by BJP Kumbadaje panchayat committee president Rajesh Shetty. The Vidyanagar Circle Inspector and Badiadukka station Sub-Inspector K.R. Ambadi were...

New Delhi, Jun 23: India, on Thursday, created history after NASA launched the world"s smallest satellite, built by 18-year old Tamil Nadu student Rifath Sharook and his team. Named as Kalamsat, after former President APJ Abdul Kalam, the tiny satellite weighs around 64 grams. According to news agency, the satellite was flown into the space in a NASA sounding rocket from a NASA facility in Wallops...

Los Angeles, Jun 22: Facebook has introduced new tools in India that will allow users to protect their profile pictures from being downloaded and shared, a move that may help reduce misuse of images on the popular social networking site. Profile pictures are an important part of building community on Facebook because they help people easily find friends make connections. However, not everyone...

Kasaragod, Jun 22: The police are on the lookout for Sreejith, an accused in a murder attempt case at the communally sensitive Choori locality in the district. The police have spread a dragnet to nab Sreejith and the arrest is expected to be made shortly, a senior police official here said on Wednesday. The police are also keeping a close watch on Sandeep, who is being treated at a hospital here...

Kochi, Jun 19: Customs air intelligence officials at the Nedumbassery airport on Sunday foiled yet another attempt to smuggle gold and seized the metal worth Rs. 34 lakh from an international passenger. The Thrissur native, who had arrived here from Sharjah in the morning, was intercepted at the exit gate. Crude gold granules weighing 1172.9 g, concealed in the top portion of 10 perfume bottles in...

Mangaluru, Jun 19: Poor visibility owing to adverse weather forced the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to divert four flights from landing at Mangaluru International Airport on Sunday. The flights were diverted to Bengaluru and Kozhikode since early hours on Sunday. But all flights landed here after 8.30 a.m. once the visibility was clear. No flights were cancelled, according to V.V. Rao...

San Francisco, Jun 17: : A report on Friday alleged that Facebook had put the safety of its content moderators at risk after accidentally exposing their personal details to suspected terrorist users of the social network. As per The Guardian, a bug in the software, identified in late 2016, affected more than 1,000 workers across 22 departments at Facebook, who used the company"s moderation...

Kasaragod, Jun 16: The police have registered a suo motu case in connection with an alleged murder attempt on a youth by an unidentified four-member group at Chowki here on Wednesday night. The police said Rajesh alias Raju, 35, a resident of Mogral-Puthur village who was riding a scooter, along with a friend as pillion, was waylaid by a four-member group and attacked with weapons. The Kasaragod...

Bengaluru, Jun 15: Campus Front of India will be conducting a national level seminar on ‘Saffron in Education and the Students Resistance” on June 17 at 2 p.m. at SCM Hall, SCMI near Mission Road, Bengaluru. The aim of the seminar is to bring a healthy discussion on swiftly progressing saffronisation of the educational system and the extreme oppression and alienation being faced by students...