Tag: Social Media

Bhadrak: Despite running from pillar to post and requesting the State government for almost a year to provide her a ration card, 49-year-old Panchali Jena’s pleas had fallen on deaf ears. But little did she know that one tweet will change her life. Panchali, a resident of Anharpur village under Dhamnagar block of Bhadrak, had […]

Rayagada: Police today arrested a youth on charges spreading misinformation about the ruling party on social media by opening accounts in fictitious names. The accused, Manas Mohanty of Durgi village had been disseminating wrong information about the party for the past few years with the help of accounts opened on different social media platforms in […]

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan is not known to be someone who stays in limelight for his comments. But it seems he has an extrovert side as well. Recently, he called Katrina Kaif a “mazdoor” (labourer). He insists it is a “well-intentioned compliment” but she takes it as a kind of “insult”. Social media is […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: When technology turns a blessing, the world seems to be a far beautiful place to live in. With great power comes great responsibility and that is what social media has turned out to be if we see how a simple tweet changes the lives of many in recent past, the latest being an […]

Mumbai: Actress Katrina Kaif has a doppelganger, and fans on social media can’t stop talking about the uncanny resemblance between the two. Katrina’s lookalike identifies as Alina Rai. Reportedly, she was spotted by Katrina fans on the video application TikTok. Alina is apparently a popular star on TikTok and her resemblance to the “Bharat” actress […]

New Delhi: Expressing its concerns over issues like trolling, character assassination, spreading lies and fake news, the Supreme Court on Tuesday emphasised that social media should be regulated. The observation by a bench headed by Justice Deepak Gupta came while asking the Centre to file an affidavit within three weeks detailing the timeline when the […]

New York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that social media has become a powerful instrument of democracy and it can be used as a “weapon” for good governance. During a question-answer session after addressing the Bloomberg Global Business Forum here, Prime Minister Modi said he was active on social media. Responding to a […]

San Francisco: Advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) which is beyond mere chat bots will soon be used to manipulate social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has warned. In a tweet, the staunch AI critic said that day is not far. “If advanced AI (beyond basic bots) hasn’t been applied to […]

New Delhi: The Central government has asked the law enforcement agencies to penetrate suspect social media groups which may indulge in subversive or any other anti-national activities, to access information about them. The personnel of police and other law enforcement agencies have been asked to breach the closely-guarded WhatsApp groups, Facebook pages, telegram, signal and […]

London: Rather than being victims of online harms, such as an unhealthy body image obsession, teenage boys are able to use humour, irony and banter to navigate social media content, a new research found. “The evidence from teenage boys indicated that you can be a gymlad if you’re ‘ripped’, with a toned gym body, but […]

Bhubaneswar: Rajasthan CID Crime Branch arrested two jawans including one from Odisha on the charges of sharing crucial information with a Pakistan-based woman ISI agent. The Odia jawan Bichitra Behera reportedly hails from Ganjam district and was allegedly found to be honey trapped by Pakistan-based ISI operatives on social media. Official sources said Behera, who […]

Toronto: Researchers have found that social media use, television viewing and computer use, but not video gaming, are linked to an increase in anxiety symptoms among adolescents. The study, published by Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, shows that a higher than average frequency of social media use, television viewing and computer use over four years predicts […]

Sydney: Parents, take a note. Researchers have found that excessive use of social media, particularly platforms with a strong focus on image posting and viewing such as Snapchat and Instagram, is associated with eating disorder in young adolescents. For the study, published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders, researchers examined data on 996 grade […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when rising number of rape cases has posed safety concerns among people not only in Odisha but across the country, a few youngsters in the State were seen sharing numbers on social media platforms pledging their support to women and girls in distress. Reportedly, some Facebook account holders shared locations and […]

Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone are the big superstars of Bollywood. Despite both being in the Hindi film industry for long years fans are yet to see them together on the screen. Of course, everyone wants them to share the screen space and enjoy their sizzling chemistry together. Even Deepika has voiced about her “Death […]