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Research - Digital Media causing ADHD

It’s no surprise to find out our kids and youth getting addicted to the mobile phones. They keep spending a lot of time with mobiles even before their bed. The scientists are warning that being addicted to information to gadgets would decrease the brain’s grey matter density, which is responsible for cognition and emotional control. “With the growing popularity of smartphones, one is addicted to the Internet — Facebook, Twitter and other such applications. These can cause insomnia, fragmented sleep, etc. Smartphone is a cause for parent-child conflict in 30% of the cases,” says K.K. Agarwal of Indian Medical Association. A recent research has also revealed that frequent digital media use is causing the risk of having symptoms of ADHD by about 10%. ADHD would lead to symptoms such as hyperactivity and inattentiveness. Beware!

App that helped Imran to win

  These are the days of digital revolution and one can achieve miracles if he can utilise the digital weapons properly. The US elections have proved that even elections can be won by using digital platform. Here is the latest example. The Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party of Imran Khan has created an app called Constituency Management System. This has helped almost 50 million supporters of PTI to easily locate their polling booths. While the government system has drastically failed to show respective polling booths, Imran’s APP has helped the supporters to easily reach the booths. This is the reason why many constituencies were won win a very tight margin... which could have otherwise slipped away from the hands of PTI.

Plane crashes into shopping mall

  It’s a weird world and anything can happen anywhere. Some people of California had to be an example for such situation. A twin engine aircraft has crashed into a shopping mall. Though it was not clear of casualties on ground, five people on board are reported to be dead. The aircraft on Sunday crashed near the South Coast Plaza shopping centre in Santa Ana city, according to the Orange County Fire Authority. The plane was registered to a San Francisco company and was flying from the East bay suburb. According to the authorities, the crew of the plane has declared an emergency landing and crashed in a mall parking lot of the mall.

WhatsApp to charge for messages

  The instant messaging application WhatsApp has become a part of our day to day lives. With over 1.5 billion users to the application- its popularity has reached to such an extent that it’s estimated that almost two billion minutes of calls are being made per day through WhatsApp. Sensing the popularity of WhatsApp, business concerns are using this platform to develop their business. But now, WhatsApp has declared that it would be charging for the commercial messages. These include services such as booking confirmations and shopping reminders. However these charges are said to be varying from country to country.

Don’t get involved in KIKI Challenge – Police

  You might not have heard of KIKI Challenge! But it’s the latest trend that’s rocking the nation. Well this is what you have to do in KIKI Challenge. You have to step out of a moving car, walk along with it while making some dance moves and get back into the car. Though this challenge has given instant fame to some people, a few others are left with severe injuries. This has forced the Gujarat Police to issue a warning to get involved in the challenge. `Please don’t get involved or become part of kiki challenge as it is harmful to yourself. Inform and aware your wards and colleagues about not to perform or accept kiki solo steps,’’ warned the police through the twitter. It further issued a circular that such people would be penalised under traffic rules.

Censored version of Google in China

  Google might have won the world, but it couldn’t find place in China. China has banned the search engine of Google along with its video platform You Tube. Reason! Chinese government views Google as a potential harm to its culture and administration. But Google doesn’t seem to step back. It has determined to make a tailor made engine suitable for China. Search terms such as democracy, protests, religion and human rights would be censored in such engine. This means that you won’t be obtaining any results if you search for those key words. The project with the code `Dragonfly’ is already said to have been completed and is submitted to the Chinese government.

Ex CM to pay 10 lakhs for damaging bungalow

  Chief Minister of a state is often granted a luxurious house to live in during their tenure in office. However the lure of free residence is so strong that the ministers reject to vacate the bungalow even after they step down from the cabinet. Here is another example for that. The Supreme Court had to step in to order Ex Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Mr. Akhilesh Yadav to vacate the official residence. The government’s committee has also found that severe damages worth at least 10 lakhs were done to the residence allotted to him.  UP government is getting prepared to charge the amount from Akhilesh. However Akhilesh claims that the government is trying to tarnish his image with petty issues and divert the concentration of public.

Minor raped by stepfather over 5 months

Well... this is the reason why the social activists fear about the safety of women in our society. A 14 year old girl was continuously raped by her step father for 5 long months. The gruesome act came to light only when the girl was diagnosed as three months pregnant. The step father threatened to kill the girl if she disclosed her ordeal to others. It’s ironic to note that the girl’s mother knew about the happenings but has kept silent all along. The accused, Vijay Bairagi, was charged under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code and other relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. The district administration is thinking of sending the child to a rescue home after she completes her treatment. 

Maratha quota - Maharashtra on fire

  Maratha Kranti Morcha (MKM)- a local outfit that was demanding reservations for their community has placed the state in a tense situation. Apart from reservation, the organisation has placed several demands before the state government. Lifting the cases against the protestors, compensation for those who died in agitation, complete loan waivers for the farmers are some of the demands in the long list. To create much pressure on the government, MKM has even announced `Jail Bharo’ (filling of the prisons) today. This has of course kept the police on their heels as the previous agitation of MKM has resulted in huge violence. Huge loss to public as well as private property was reported during the protest of MKM on July 25th. And today, Maharashtra might witness much ackward scenes!

Police case against Mamata Banerjee

  Three BJP workers of Assam’s youth wing have filed a case against Mamata Banerjee for spreading `hate and tension’. It all started with the publishing of National Register of Citizens in Assam. This register has identified that at least 40 lakh people as illegal immigrants raising uncertainty over their fate. This has provoked Mamta Banerjee to make volatile comments regarding the Bengalis being listed as illegal immigrants- "The NRC is being done with a political motive. We will not let this happen. They (BJP) are trying to divide the people. The situation cannot be tolerated. There will be a civil war, blood bath in the country," said the chief minister of West Bengal. Her call of civil war and blood bath is now stirring controversy.

Warning- Don’t make your Aadhar number public

  R.S. Sharma- The chairman of Telephone Regulatory Authority of India has challenged the public to access his personal details through his Aadhar number. This challenge has pathetically backfired causing severe embarrassment to the government. Every detail associated with the Aadhar number of R.S. Sharma were soon could be seen everywhere. These included his banks accounts and pictures as well. UIDAI, the institution responsible for the issuing of Aadhar had to step in to put an end to the circus. It has issued a statement warning not to disclose your Aadhar number- "Aadhaar is a unique identity which can be authenticated to prove one's identity for various services, benefits and subsidies. UIDAI in its regular media campaigns has been consistently making people aware not to display or publish or share their Aadhaar number in public domain," said the statement issued by UIDAI.

2000 people watch live suicide

  This pathetic news is from a small village in Gurgaon district. Amit Chauhan- a 27 year old young man was so disturbed after having an altercation with his wife that he has decided to commit suicide. He started a live video streaming on Facebook and notified his viewers about his suicide. For another hour he prepared making arrangements for his suicide. Ironically, not even a single person from the 2000 viewers has alerted the police over the act. Finally Amit has tied a rope to the fan and hanged himself. The body was removed and cremated by the time police has received the news. “When the wife returned, she informed the neighbours who saw that the incident was recorded on mobile and he had placed the mobile phone on a table in his room. Later, it was found that victim had gone live on Facebook while taking the extreme step,” said the police.

Now- Group calling from Whatsapp

  There is no need to reiterate the importance of Whatsapp. We Indians are almost addicted to this instant messaging App. However Whatsapp is now being widely used even to make voice and video calls. It’s interesting to find that calls amounting to almost two billion minutes were made through Whatsapp daily. Sensing huge potential in such areas... Whatsapp is now adding a new feature to the App. From hereby you could make a group call using Whatapp. For this you have to- “Start a one-on-one voice or video call and tap the new ‘add participant’ button in the top right corner to add more contacts to the call,” revealed the blog maintained by the company.

Fish taking treatment in ICU

Here is some weird news from Bihar. The government hospital in Nalanda has witnessed some unwanted guests. After some heavy rains, fish began to swim in the ICU of Patna's Nalanda Medical College Hospital (NMCH). The hospital has utterly failed to prevent the rain water flooding the hospital and the fish too came along with the floods. The prestigious college which is expected to act as a role model has become a laughing stock after the incident. Locals blame that the incident has occurred due to pure negligence of hospital administration which is not at all prepared for floods. The fish swimming merrily in the ICU has become viral on the social media. Though it seems `fishy’ for the common man, local people blame that such incidents take place every year during the rainy season!

40 lakh illegal immigrants in Assam

Setting off strong political debate... the National Register of Citizens has found at least 40 lakh people were pronounced as illegal immigrants. These people have to prove their citizenship between August 30 and September 28. Assam has been facing the problem of being flooded with migrants especially from the bordering Bangladesh. Over the decades these migrants have completely changed the demographics of the state. This has prompted the government to take up a National Register of Citizens to enrol the legal citizens. However it is not clear about the kind of action that would be taken against those migrants who were found illegal. It’s almost sure that their voting rights would be cancelled and they might be prompted to leave the country.

Girls Shelter home turned into brothel house

  Balika Ghar- A shelter home in Muzaffarpur of Bihar is shocking the nation with some brutal facts. The testimonials emerging from the victims of the house are heart wrenching. The shelter home has shown them a hell on earth. Girls in the shelter home are forced to offer their bodies for flesh trade. They are tortured and kicked in their private parts when they refused to indulge in such acts. Further 67 kinds of drugs were identified which were used to sedate the girls. A charge sheet was filed by the Bihar police in which, the statements of at least 32 girls were mentioned. In a shocking revelation an operation theatre was also found in the shelter house to conduct abortions for the girls that were conceived. The police have arrested the owner of shelter house- Brajesh Thakur. But who could return their childhood.

Jagan faces heat on Kapu reservation

  Did Y.S. Jagan make a self goal by denying the demand for the Kapu community? Certainly! While speaking at a recent rally Jagan has commented that it’s not possible to provide reservations for Kapu community, as the matter lies with the central government. His statement has received huge wrath from the Kapu community and its leaders. Jagan has faced severe protests during his visit in East Godavari. Leaders like Mudragada Padmanabham has criticised Jagan for taking a U turn in the issue. It’s interesting to note that YSRCP has supported the rally taken at Tuni last year. The meeting organised to demand reservations for Kapu has set the Godawari districts on fire. Isn’t it truly a U turn for Jagan.

Supreme Court to ban Genital Mutilation

Supreme court is likely to impose strict prohibition on genital mutilation. The custom is normally followed by the members of Bohra community where female members are forced to cut off their genitals. The Supreme Court has yesterday observed that such custom would result in huge health hazards and is against the rights of women. Senior advocates have pleaded the court to bring this custom under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The government has also urged the court to impose a punishment of seven years of imprisonment for those who try to impose this violent custom. However the lawyer representing the Bohra community argued that the custom should be considered as a part of religious freedom. The court will continue to hear the case today.

Cinema halls to sell food at MRP

You might have planned to enjoy your weekend by watching a movie with your family. But your plan would soon turn out to be a nightmare during the interval. A family of four member have to spend at least 500 Rs/- for just having some snacks in the cinema halls. Now the Telangana government has started cracking down this system. The government has made it clear that all kinds of brands should be made available in the movie halls and not even one rupee should charged extra on the MRP. Even the unpacked foods should be sold according to the price list displayed on the board. Severe penalties would be imposed ranging up to one lakh and the defaulter might even be facing jail for his offense.