Smartphone makers celebrate Diwali in advance amid bumper sales

New Delhi, Oct 7 (udaipur kiran) Amid economic slowdown fears, smartphone makers in India are busy celebrating Diwali in advance, raking in millions on both online and offline platforms during the festive sales as Indians make a beeline to make most of the exciting offers and discounts. In the smartphone category, there has been 15 … Read more

Facebook to pay $40mn for inflating data on video ads

San Francisco, Oct 8 (udaipur kiran) Facebook will pay $40 million to settle a class-action lawsuit for incorrectly calculating average viewing time for video ads on its platform. Advertisers sued the social networking platform for overstating video-viewing metrics over an 18-month period from 2015-16, which led the advertisers paying extra for video ads based on … Read more

Tens of thousands of civilians flee Turkish offensive in Syria

Turkish troops have encircled the border towns of Ras al-Ain and Tal Abyad and aid agencies fear the exodus could reach hundreds of thousands.  The International Rescue Committee aid organisation said that 64,000 people had already fled their homes. The UK-based monitoring group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, gave a similar figure. The UN … Read more

Govt launches Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan

The initiative was launched during the 13th Conference of Central Council of Health and Family Welfare.   The initiative aims at assuring dignified, respectful and quality health care at no cost and zero tolerance for denial of services for every woman and newborn visiting the public health facility in order to end all preventable maternal … Read more