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Amidst the ongoing protests by farmers along the Haryana-Delhi border, a video of Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu has gone viral on the social media leaving netizens in splits. On Thursday, the Congress MP from Ludhiana – Punjab Ravneet Singh Bittu spoke to NDTV India in connection with the ongoing farmer protests along the Delhi border. Speaking to NDTV India, the Congress MP emphasised on how the three laws passed by the Modi government was anti-farmer in nature. Bittu continuing to explain about the farm bills to the viewers, however, ended up goofing-up in a big way after he claimed that it is not the farmers who will benefit from the laws but the tech-giants such as Google and WhatsApp. According to Bittu, the agitation against the Modi government is not just a farmer protest but was a “movement of more than 80 per cent people of the country”. The recently passed farm laws will not only cause harm to farm sector but also the retail sector of the country as it enables big ‘industrialists’ such as Reliance, Google, WhatsApp to buy wheat and rice in large quantities and to hoard it causing massive exploitation of farmers, the Congress MP…

In its aim to stay competitive among social platforms, Snapchat has launched a new string of high profile-fashion partnerships. Snapchat worked with Ralph Lauren in November and Jordan Brand in September on a number of initiatives, both on the main Snapchat app and with the platform’s subsidiary company Bitmoji. And on Thursday afternoon, Snapchat will roll out a third fashion partnership in three months with Levi’s, which includes releasing a collection of Levi’s products that people can use to dress their virtual Bitmoji avatars or buy in real life to dress themselves. Snap is aiming to link with fashion partners using both time-tested tactics and new ones — last week with Ralph Lauren, it introduced the ability to scan a fabric logo on clothing using its app and be directed to online content. Snapchat has lagged behind other social platforms, with 46 million monthly active U.S. users as of October 2020, while Instagram has more than 120 million monthly active users in the U.S. But the increase in brand partnerships and the advertising dollars they brought in over the last year have helped the platform monetize the audience it does have. Snap ads typically start at around $3,000 per month,…

Shaheed Khudiram Bose was only 18 years of age when he was sentenced to death for attacking and killing three Britishers in Bihar's Muzaffarpur. In 1908, he gave up his life for the country's freedom. On his 131st birth anniversary, on the young freedom fighter, we bring to you Khudiram Bose HD Images and quotes. Festivals & Events Kabir| Dec 03, 2020 02:22 PM IST Shaheed Khudiram Bose was only 18 years of age when he was sentenced to death for attacking and killing three Britishers in Bihar's Muzaffarpur. In 1908, he gave up his life for the country's freedom. Khudiram Bose was born on December 3, 1889, in Habibpur situated under the Keshpur Police Station in the Midnapore district of West Bengal. He was the son of a Tehsildar who joined a group named Anushilan Samiti and became a volunteer at the age of 15. At 16, Khudiram took part in planting bombs near the police stations and targeted British officials. On his 131st birth anniversary, on the young freedom fighter, we bring to you Khudiram Bose HD Images and quotes. You can share these as messages on social media to pay tributes to Shaheed Khudiram Bose. You can send these as…

When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time.Invalid EmailA student has described how her email account was hacked in a university lab and a naked picture of her was revealed to thousands of subscribers to her YouTube channel. The 21-year-old student described how the incident caused her huge embarrassment and had caused a rift in her family because of her deeply religious mother's views on her nudity. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said the incident arose after she left her computer logged on in Abertay University's Ethical Hacking Laboratory. The case was heard at Dundee Sheriff Court She told Dundee Sheriff Court that later the same day she was alerted to the private topless photo being widely distributed through her Google account. She said that when she tried to remove the image she was unable to do so because Gmail and YouTube had blocked her from accessing her account due to the nature of the material which had been…

CCP to stream films on human rights The CCP announced in a Facebook post on Wednesday that a selection of 17 films on human rights from the European Union, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, Cinemalaya, Gawad Alternatibo, and other local filmmakers will be streamed for free starting Dec. 4 to 13 via CCP Vimeo Channel. This, in celebration of International Human Rights Day.   Earlier, CCP also streamed films on mental health issues in celebration of the Mental Health Awareness month. SIGN UP TO DAILY NEWSLETTER CLICK HERE TO SIGN-UP YOU MAY ALSO LIKE 2020-12-03 13:18:32

ReutersVictims of Bhopal gas tragedy say pandemic has worsened their plightProtesters in the central Indian city of Bhopal formed a human chain on Thursday to demand justice for people suffering cancer, blindness, respiratory, immune and neurological problems from the world's worst industrial disaster 36 years ago. Thousands of survivors have said they, their children and grandchildren are struggling with chronic health problems as a result of the leak and toxic waste left behind and face hefty medical bills at a time when the pandemic is making their health even more fragile. Dow Chemical, which now owns Union Carbide, has denied liability, saying it bought the company a decade after Union Carbide settled its liabilities to the Indian government in 1989 by paying $470 million.Business WireSCHOTT Joins the NKBA Global Connect Program to Accelerate North American GrowthSCHOTT, the inventor of specialty glass, has joined the National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) Global Connect Subscription program to accelerate growth in North America. SCHOTT will tap into the NKBA’s 50,000 strong membership to gain a stronger foothold in the kitchen and bath industry, leverage the program’s expertise, and expand the company’s opportunity to equip manufacturers with glass materials for current and future designs.In…

Published 13 hours ago Sasha Obama is out here on social media, looking gorgeous and living her best life with her friends, and usually that's a cue for haters and racists to try to steal her joy. Sasha and her older sister Malia Obama are routinely scrutinized by right wing pundits and Twitter trolls for doing everyday, normal young adult things like wearing a bikini at the beach or cuddling with a boyfriend. But this time, Black Twitter is ready and on the defense. After Sasha appeared in a TikTok video dancing and acting goofy with a group of friends (while also looking extremely fly in a set of long acrylic nails), hundreds of people on social media jumped out with a warning for anyone fixing their fingers to malign the 19-year-old daughter of Barack and Michelle Obama. "Let me see one post slandering Sasha Obama because she’s living her life...," one Twitter user wrote, while another added, "Our Sasha Obama looks happy, has a group of normal looking friends, and is simply beautiful. We’re good over here." See some hilarious tweets leaping to Sasha's defense, below: Photo: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images

A few hours after arriving in the United Arab Emirates, Maeva Ghennam made a few confidences on Snapchat. And she seems in better shape than yesterday! Following her assault in Marseille, Maeva Ghennam decided to move to Dubai. But then, the candidate’s trip was one of the most nightmarish. And for good reason, when she had planned to leave with her dog Hermès, Maeva was forced to disembark her son a few seconds before takeoff. Yesterday on Snapchat, she was in tears telling the scene to her followers. However today, it looks like things have turned around for Maeva! Indeed, in the afternoon, the star of Marseillais confided in a long story on Snapchat. She said: “It is true that I was sad because I had only misfortunes. Akram had to come he couldn’t, Hermès they took him from me on the plane. But there, because I am well installed, that this evening I see Manon, Julien… I feel too good and I am too happy. I couldn’t stop thinking that night, I couldn’t sleep. I slept very late, around five in the morning. (…) But I thought about it, I tell myself that this is a new adventure. I…

Reuters This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Snap's head of editorial content, Rachel Richardson, is leaving the company at the beginning of 2021, Business Insider has learned. Richardson is the third manager-level employee on the content side to leave in the last six months, as well as the most senior — head of news Xana O'Neill departed in June, and the head of the entertainment vertical quietly left in November. The significant departures coincide with increased scrutiny of Snapchat's editorial team after former employees accused the company of racist content policies and discrimination. Snap conducted a five-month internal investigation into the complaints, and concluded it "did not find a widespread pattern" of problematic behavior. Are you a Snap insider with insight to share? Contact this reporter at pleskin@businessinsider.com or via Twitter DM @PaigeLeskin using a non-work device. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Snap's head of editorial is leaving, becoming the third high-level employee on the content team to leave the company in the months after former employees came forward with accusations of racist editorial practices and company culture.The head of editorial, Rachel Richardson, will be leaving Snap in January 2021, the…

Discussion platform Reddit, based in San Francisco, was launched in 2005. — Picture courtesy of Reddit SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 3 — How popular is the online forum Reddit? For the first time, the platform has revealed the number of its active users. Some 52 million users go on Reddit everyday. That’s less than social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat, but Reddit is claiming growth of 44 per cent compared to 2019. “We’re sharing for the first time as a more accurate reflection of our user growth and to be more in-line with industry reporting,” said Jen Wong, chief operating officer of Reddit, to the Wall Street Journal. She added that her firm claimed an average of 52 million daily users. It is far less than Facebook (1.82 billion daily active users in September), Twitter (187 million users during the third quarter) and Snapchat (249 million of active members). At one time Reddit used to communicate its monthly number of users. During the same period last year, the platform recorded 430 million users a month. Reddit claims 44 per cent growth compared to October 2019, while Twitter’s is 29 per cent, Snapchat’s 18 per cent and Facebook’s…