Clarification

The minister of state for electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar has issued a clarification over the outcry over a YouTube ad. The minister called all social media platforms to excercise caution while using government logos. He was referring to a public interest campaign issued by Google-owned video streaming platform YouTube, depicting a popular social media personality who offers stock market courses. The YouTube ad featured the logos of the IT ministry and India’s G20 presidency, the body copy stated, “There are real…

Twitter has been firing thousands of employees after Elon Musk took over the social media platform last year. Recently, the company sacked around 200 employees in a fresh round of layoffs. However, some employees are still unsure about their employment status. Haraldur Thorleifsson, who claims to work at Twitter since February 2021, took to the microblogging platform to know about his employee status, saying he could no longer access his work computer. He added that the head of HR at the company is unable to confirm…

Food delivery apps Swiggy and Zomato have complained to the Delhi government against challans being issued to their two-wheeler riders in the name of a ban on bike taxi services in the national capital.The food delivery platforms have also sought clarification from the government on the directive while claiming that there has been misinterpretation of the notice as the ban is applicable on bike taxi service providers.Swiggy in a letter to the government has said that food delivery riders are being fined up to Rs. 15,000…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeJames Gunn has issued a clarification to Ray Fisher after the actor accused him of “using fake grace” on Twitter.In 2020, Fisher, who appeared in Whedon’s Justice League, alleged that the director had engaged in “gross, abusive, unprofessional and completely unacceptable” behaviour on the set of the 2017 film.Two years later, Whedon described the claims as “false and unjust” and said…

Police department across all Indian states have started relying on technolgies to keep a track on crimes and rule violations. There are CCTV cameras installed in various parts of the city to keep a check on such violations. Along with this, they are also active on social media platforms as well. Usually, cops issue challans on the basis of pictures videos of a traffic rule violation. This time around tweet has surfaced online were a person has posted an screenshot where it shows that Telangana DGP (Director General of…

The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) issued a clarification on Friday after being called out for announcing the dress code for the cabin crew and air hostesses, media reports said. “Despite the fact that the spirit behind the advisory was to ensure proper dress code, the standard bulletin, inadvertently, came out with an inappropriate selection of words,” the chief human resource officer of PIA said in a written clarification, Geo News reported. The national carrier had told its aircrew that wearing undergarments…

Singer-songwriter Britney Spears has spoken out after she recently faced backlash for `body shaming` Christina Aguilera and her dancers in a social media post. According to EW, in a new Instagram post, Spears wrote alongside an illustration of two fairies that she did not intend to be critical about Aguilera`s "beautiful body." The singer also acknowledged that her original comments were a "projection of the insecurities I deal with all the time as a result of how my parents and the media have treated me." Also…

Recently, Union Home Minister Amit Shah was on a visit to Mumbai, Maharashtra. During his visit, a video went viral showing that the home minister’s convoy held up an ambulance that had its siren wailing and lights flashing. This prompted outrage on social media outlets with many internet users calling for a probe into this incident. Union home minister Amit Shah’s car convoy that allegedly held up an ambulance in Mumbai The Mumbai Traffic Police has put out a clarification explaining that there was no patient in the…

Chris Evans has stepped in after a report suggested he might return as Captain America.The actor left the Marvel Cinemaic Universe (MCU) as Steve Rogers in Avengers: Endgame, and has repeatedly spoke about his hesitance to return as he felt like his character’s ending had the perfect send off.Furthermore, in Disney Plus series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, it’s revealed that Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson would pick up Rogers’ shield as the new Captain America.Despite this, the news that Marvel was proceeding with a new…

UPDATE (May 31): DuckDuckGo says LinkedIn and Bing tracking applies to some, but not all trackers. The company is “doing a lot to block MSFT tracking”, that includes blocking third party cookies. DuckDuckGo wants everyone to know that “only one part of multiple privacy protections we offer is impacted by the agreement”.It is also noted that the agreement is a search syndication contract and this is a requirement within that contract, not a separate partnership as initially reported. The company’s founder and CEO said the…