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THE Health Ministry has warned of a fake Whatsapp message being circulated on social media networks warning of a nationwide lockdown. The viral message warns of a confinement starting on November 7 and lasting until November 30.“They’re locking down next week. From the 7th confined until the 30th November,” the text claims.FAKE: Whatsapp message falsely warning of second nationwide lockdown from November 7 to 30“They will tell us on the 5th, it will appear in the BOE on the 6th and 7th. I get the information from health sources.“Instructions have already reached them. Home confinement.” It is a classic fake message which quickly spreads like wild fire and comes from some distant friend’s relative’s cousin who works in a hospital.“Be warned! Hoax!” the Health Ministry made it clear, addressing the ‘fake news.’“If this message reaches you by Whatsapp or your social networks, it is a hoax without any basis.”Head of the coronavirus task force Fernando Simon revealed yesterday that a second nationwide lockdown is not currently deemed ‘necessary’.“We must be restrained, we cannot put all the measures in place when the situation does not yet require it,” Simon said.

Written by Sakshi Dayal | Gurgaon | November 4, 2020 1:44:22 am Family and friends of the victim Nikita Tomar (left) staged a protest on the Ballabhgarh-Sohna road, Tuesday. (ANI)Several of the 32 accused arrested by Faridabad Police — after a protest seeking justice for the 20-year-old woman shot dead outside her college last week turned violent — were members of WhatsApp groups where “inflammatory messages” were being sent. “Phone data of the accused showed they were part of some WhatsApp groups where hate speech was being spread and inflammatory messages that instigated violence were being sent. We are identifying all anti-social elements who have indulged in these groups and are preparing a list. Action will be taken against them as per law,” said Adarshdeep Singh, ACP (Old Faridabad). “We are also keeping an eye on other social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram. Action will be taken against anyone spreading hate speech or sending inflammatory messages on these as well,” he said. Police said all 32 men arrested are “misguided youth” who came to the protests after seeing posts on social media. No links have emerged between them and any political parties so far, said officials. The protest took place on Sunday when a group of people who were part of a mahapanchayat being held to seek justice for the victim, Nikita Tomar, attempted to block NH-2. “Around 200” people from the crowd allegedly pelted stones at police officials who tried to stop them, leaving 10 personnel injured. Thirty-two people were arrested following the incident, of whom 29 have been produced in court and remanded to judicial custody. The remaining three have been placed in isolation after they tested positive for Covid Monday. An advisory was also issued for all those involved in the mahapanchayat and protest to follow…

    04-Nov-2020 | By Our Staff ReporterIMPHAL, Nov 3 : The members of the WhatsApp group named 'Punshinlashi Eikhoi' today extended financial assistance of Rs 50,000 to the mother of one Koijam Dhirajit from Langthabal Kunja Awang Leikai.Dhirajit,  a journalist by profession has been bed ridden for months after he was diagnosed with a kidney disease last year.He was flown to Delhi for treatment but due to lack of funds despite selling most of the families possessions and properties, his treatment was discontinued and both of his kidneys are failing.The members of the group also drew the attention of the State Government and all sections of the society to consider his condition and assist him in getting treatment.

By: Express News Service | Surat | November 3, 2020 1:18:12 am No official police complaint has been registered in the matter so far.A computer teacher at a Hindi-medium school in Ankleshwar was beaten up Monday and later handed over to the police by parents for allegedly uploading nude photographs on the school’s WhatsApp group for Class X students, police said. No official police complaint has been registered in the matter so far. The teacher claimed to have mistakenly uploaded the photograph and submitted a written apology. He was later dismissed from services by the school management. According to police, the teacher of a school at Padmavati Nagar in Ankleshwar town in Bharuch, took online classes Saturday – the school is holding online classes due to the coronavirus pandemic. After the classes ended, he allegedly uploaded nude photographs on the school’s WhatsApp group for Class X students. Though the teacher removed photographs from the group soon after, they had already been shared on the other such groups of the school. On Monday, several parents and students reached the school and beat up the teacher for alleged obscenity. The school management also reached the school on learning about the incident and assured to initiate strict actions against the teacher. The school authorities later called the police control room. A team from Ankleshwar GIDC police station reached the spot and took the teacher to the police station. “We have taken the statements of the teacher and the school trustees. It has been found that the teacher had taken an online class and later shared his nude photographs on a school’s WhatsApp group for students. In his statement, the teacher claimed he accidentally shared the pictures and had deleted them from the group on realising his mistake,” Ankleshwar GIDC police inspector Rahgu Karmatiya…

WhatsApp’s long-awaited disappearing messages feature will roll out for all users soon, but you should make sure you’re comfortable with how the feature works before using it.Disappearing messages add an extra layer of privacy to your conversations. Let’s say you want to let someone know your home address, but don’t want that information forever accessible in your chat history. Send the address as a disappearing message and it will self-delete itself after a set amount of time.The appeal of disappearing messages is obvious, but it seems like WhatsApp’s disappearing messages will be less secure than similar features found in other apps.Based on the company’s explanation for how the feature will work on its platform, disappearing messages will stick around for seven days. You can’t edit that window, which may frustrate users hoping for customizable self-delete times—something many other messaging apps include.Seven days is a long time for potentially sensitive information to be sitting in a message thread. Worse, these messages are potentially accessible even after those seven days are up if:G/O Media may get a commissionThe message preview is still displayed from a device’s notification screenThe message is quoted/replied to.The message is forwarded to other chat threads or groups.The receiver takes a screenshot before it’s deleted.Media sent through disappearing messages will also be saved permanently and needs to be manually deleted if you want to remove it.Apps with better disappearing messages than WhatsAppTo be fair, disappearing messages can be compromised in other apps, including Signal, but it’s harder to do so, and few are impacted by WhatsApp loopholes listed above. As long as you know how WhatsApp’s disappearing messages work and use them appropriately, the feature is entirely fine. Still, WhatsApp’s disappearing messages are not as secure as similar features in other apps. You should seek out an alternative if…

(Image: WhatsApp)Popular instant messaging app WhatsApp is handling and delivering around 100 billion messages daily. This news comes by way of Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, who confirmed as such during the company's recent quarterly earnings call. This is exponential growth, at least in terms of WhatsApp's use over the past six years. In just 2014, the messaging app was being used for about 50 billion texts daily, according to former chief executive Jan Koum. Tweet "We are proud that WhatsApp is able to deliver roughly 100B messages every day and we’re excited about the road ahead," tweeted Will Cathcart, head of WhatsApp. "This year we’ve all relied on messaging more than ever to keep up with our loved ones and get business done.WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger continue to be some of the most popular chat apps available. In just 2019 alone, users sent around 100 billion messages on WhatsApp on News Year's Eve 2019. While the service also does suffer from some glitches on that day, it didn't have problems in 2019. It remains to be seen whether 2020 will pose the same sort of potential problem. It's likely that WhatsApp is likely going to continue this massive growth for the foreseeable future. Further Reading Facebook Brings Dark Mode Testing to iOS Apps Sony Launches a New PlayStation App Dreading the Winter? Poolside FM Music Streams Keep the Summer Vibes Alive Are You Spending Too Much on App Subscriptions? More in Mobile Apps Mobile App Reviews Adobe Illustrator on the iPad Webtoon Google Android 11 Duet Display VSCO Mobile App Best Picks The Best iPad Apps for 2020 The Best iPad Games for 2020 The Best Weather Apps for 2020 The 50 Best iPhone Games 26 iOS Apps Worth Paying For

Angus Taylor was told almost immediately after his office disseminated figures about the Sydney lord mayor Clover Moore’s spending on travel last year that the numbers were wrong, new documents obtained by Guardian Australia reveal. But despite that, the federal energy minister and the Daily Telegraph, which reported the figures on 30 September 2019, did nothing to correct the record until Moore wrote a formal letter of complaint on 22 October. Guardian Australia revealed the mistake soon afterwards, prompting questions in parliament. The Guardian has now obtained more documents and been informed by Taylor’s office that the two staff referred to in the documents have left his employment. The documents were released by the minister in settlement of a case the Guardian brought in the administrative appeals tribunal under the Freedom of Information Act. They include a series of WhatsApp messages between Taylor and his staff that cast light on the saga surrounding the original dodgy document. The WhatsApp messages begin on 29 September 2019, the night before the Telegraph published a story by Anna Caldwell under the headline “City of Sydney Council’s outlay on flights outstrips that of Australian foreign ministers”. The story quoted from the letter Taylor had sent to Moore on that day, including the incorrect information that “your council spent $1.7m on international travel and $14.2m on domestic travel”. The Telegraph sought comment from Moore’s office just before publication. It strongly disputed the figures as being grossly inflated. Someone at the Telegraph then queried the figures with the minister’s office. What followed was a series of frantic communications between two staff members in Taylor’s office referred to only as MS1 and MS2 (their names remain redacted) from just before 6pm until 7.30pm, as they realised something was amiss. Josh Manuatu is a former staff member named…

WhatsApp recently introduced a new feature that lets you mute a chat forever and it is available on both android and IOs.  The new ‘Always’ mute option that would allow you to mute the notifications of a WhatsApp chat or a group forever. Earlier the messaging platform used to provide three mute options – 8 Hours, 1 Week and 1 Year, but now instead of a year, you can mute a chat permanently. This feature is available for everyone on both Android and iOS devices as well as the web version.  This would be a welcome addition for WhatsApp users, at least in our book. I mute notifications from every group due to the sheer number of messages stemming from them, but the “one year” option felt like a band-aid rather than a permanent solution. After all, I have to mute those groups all over again in 365 days. The only other option right now is to simply leave those groups — not ideal for the likes of family chats and work groups. There’s no word on an exact timeline for this tweak to roll out to WhatsApp users at large, and the latest beta doesn’t seem to offer it yet. But we’ll update the article as soon as the change is pushed out to devices. Moreover, another feature was introduced as well, that allows WhatsApp Business users to sell products directly from the platform. The feature will allow purchases to be made directly from a WhatsApp chat with a business. The company will also provide hosting services to small businesses through Facebook’s partners in the country.

OnePlus has been fine-tuning the OxygenOS 11 (Android 11) update for quite some time as there are several bugs and issues. The OnePlus 8 series bagged the latest OS update earlier in October while other eligible devices are still in line to get the same. Those on the OxygenOS 11 update have been reporting about a bug that seems to be affecting some functionality in WhatsApp. When users are opening to the emoji section on WhatsApp, the send button gets disabled and appears as a blank teal dot. There are a lot of reports about this issues on the OnePlus Community as well as other online platforms like Twitter. Also, it was being speculated that the bug might be in WhatsApp itself and is not related to OxygenOS 11. However, a OnePlus staff member has stated that the bug has been reported and development team is working to fix the issue. This indicates that the problem lies within OxygenOS itself and there have been no such reports about other Android devices. We’ve made a note of it and our DEV team is currently working on this. We’ll keep you posted regarding any further updates. Moreover, it is unclear how is the an OS update is affecting the functionality on an emoji platform in a particular app. Nevertheless, it is good to see that the OEM promptly addressed the issue and has already started working to fix it. That said, we will keep tracking this for further development and will provide more details once new information becomes available. In the meantime, you can check out our OnePlus Android 11 (OxygenOS 11) update tracker to get the latest updates on the topic. We also have a dedicated OxygenOS 11 bug tracker that you can go through to know about the bugs and…

Representational image (Express Illustrations) By Express News Service HYDERABAD: A photograph posted as the WhatsApp status of a woman helped Rachakonda police detect a 15-month-old theft case reported at Malkajgiri and nab the accused Ponnugoti Jitender. On July 12 last year, Angidi Ravikiran, a resident of Saipuri colony, Malkajgiri, had gone to a temple. When he returned home, he noticed that the key was hanging from the lock. He assumed that he had forgotten to lock the house. But a few days later, he realised that gold jewellery was missing from his almirah and approached the police.  Meanwhile, Ravikiran's neighbour shared her picture on her WhatsApp status. Ravikiran who saw the status, realised that she was wearing the jewellery stolen from his home. He then informed the police. The accused, Ponnugoti Jitender, was found to be the neighbour’s son. Jitender was arrested, while police served notices to his mother as she was aware of the jewellery theft.