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From Meta To Metaverse, Will This Be The Future Of Facebook?

Pooja YadavJanuary 5, 20220

Facebook to change its name to META. One thing one should be clear about is that the name of Facebook’s parent company will be META just like the parent company of Google is ALPHABET but people know Google as a brand. Few people know the parent name of the company is ALPHABET. Facebook in an official statement that renaming is a part of their rebranding policies and they are going to enter into other areas than just being limited to social media platforms. Facebook has used a word called METAVERSE here where it is an evolving concept. Still at the evolution process. Facebook stand Every company expects that the name of its brand will represent the working mechanism of the company. Therefore branding is so important to compete with the existing companies. Facebook to expand its ro...

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FCRA Renewal: 5968 NGOs Including Jamia, IMA, IIT-Delhi License Expires; No Relief For MoC Too

Sonia SolankiJanuary 3, 20220

FCRA [Foreign Contribution Regulation Act] Renewal is making headlines across the nation. As the renewal process includes the names that has set a benchmark in our society like IIT-Delhi, Indian Medical Association and OxFam to name a few. As per sources these institutions have failed to submit for the renewal of their FCRA license. Ministry of Home Affairs have rejected license of 179 NGOs or associations including MoC [Missionaries of Charity]. That means that these 6000 NGO will not receive any foreign donations from 1st Jan 2022. FCRA Renewal Details: All NGOs have to apply for the renewal of their FCRA registration before the expiry of five year validity. The renewal executes in accordance under the Rule 12 of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Rules 2011. For the renewal al...

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Check Out The India’s GDP Forecast For The Year 2022!

Sayani ChakrabortyDecember 31, 20210

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates that India's GDP will rise by 9.5 percent in 2021 and 8.5 percent in 2022, making it the world's fastest-growing economy in both years. Deepak Parekh, the chairman and CEO of HDFC, believes he is in a more optimistic frame of mind than in the previous 50 years. According to the International Monetary Fund, Covid's impact on growth in 2021 will not be a one-time occurrence but rather a continuing trend (IMF). On the other hand, the International Monetary Fund anticipates that India's economic expansion will continue at a rapid pace in the foreseeable future. As former Chief Economic Advisor, Shankar Acharya has earned a reputation for being one of the country's most doomsday economic forecasters. He mentioned that even though he is confide...

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Bank Bachao Desh Bachao, Another Countrywide Protest Against Modi’s Sarkar

Sonia SolankiDecember 18, 20210

Bank Bachao Desh Bachao is the protest by the Bank employees across the country goes for a two days strike on 16th and 17th December. Over Nine lakh employees are participating in this two day strike against the decision of the center government to privatise the two PSBs [Public Sector Bank]. The bank employees are against this decision of the center government as it could risk their jobs. The United Forum of Bank Unions decided on 30th November, to protest across the country on 16 and 17th of December. Body of the United Forum consists of Nine Unions including the All India Bank Officer's Confederation, All India Bank Employees Association and National Organisation Of Bank Workers. Due to the protest banking services suffered at a large scale. Bank Bachao Desh Bachao led by the UFBU ...

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Dubai Government Goes Paperless, First Of Its Kind In The Whole World

Sonia SolankiDecember 15, 20210

Dubai Government goes paperless and this is the first of its kind initiative in the world. Recently the officials announced that Dubai has become the first paperless government. This could happen because of the paperless Strategy launched in 2018. With the Paperless Strategy fully employed in Dubai, now no employee or customer of the Dubai will need to print any documents or transactions. Printing is available on demand or at service/ typing centers. Vision for creating Dubai completely Digital has been achieved with all 45 government entities in the emirate are now paperless and provide 1,800 digital services covering 10,500 transactions. Dubai government goes paperless Dubai Paperless strategy: The Dubai Paperless Strategy started in 2018 in 5 phases , with an initial group of ...

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Pegasus: The Political Disrupter

Sonia SolankiNovember 26, 20210

Just a few months back millions of people heard the name Pegasus and most of them were not even aware of what it is and what it can do and how?? Soon all were googling the word and it was a surprise for most of us that it’s a spyware developed by Israeli cyberarms firm NSO group which can sneak and steal information from any device running on iOS and Android. It cashes on the weakness in the system. Once it enters your device it can reach to your photo apps, clicking links, messages, emails, Facebook, whatsapp, Skype, call logs, browsing preferences and many other applications. In short it can take away any kind of information from your device without your knowledge. It can also self abolish itself on command or if it is unable to connect with its control server. It was discovered in Augu...

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IRCTC Share Prices Recover After 30% Fall As Railway Ministry Withdraws Decision To Share ‘Convenience Fee’

Divya SinghOctober 30, 20210

Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) faced 30% fall in the share prices. After the reports stating that the company must share revenues earned from convenience fees with the Railway Ministry in 50:50 ratio, this fall in share prices sufficed. Railway Ministry withdraws decision to share convenience fee The company’s shares were down as much as 30% to an intraday low of Rs 639.45. The loss was recovered after the Railway Ministry decided to withdraw its decision to share convenience fee charged by the company to passengers for ticket booking. This resulted in recovery of the loss as IRCTC share prices were down 4.87% at Rs 867 apiece, afterwards. DIPAM Secretary also confirmed this in a tweet that reads as, "Ministry of Railways has decided to ...

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Small Crash For Facebook: Big Fall For The World!

Aayushi KumariOctober 21, 20210

Hangover weekend and Monday blues, the evil twins, are made better by connecting with loved ones at the end of the day. If not that, then scrolling through social media provides a brief reprieve. However, this stress outlet was nowhere to be found on October 5, 2021. On Monday the world had to suffer through the temporary shutdown of the social media giant, Facebook, and its subsidiaries, WhatsApp, Messenger, Oculus, and Instagram. Unable to access the websites and apps, people first blamed their internet and WIFI connection. It was later realized that the applications mentioned were facing a global outage. It turned out that a configuration change in the routers caused the services to crash. Competitor’s Heyday Users worldwide and many Facebook employees were inconvenienced. But...