On December 22, prime minister Narendra Modi kicked off Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) election campaign in the national capital. Adressing a gathering at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan, the PM claimed that there are no detention centres in the country. He accused rivals and “urban naxals” of stoking fears among the people and misleading Muslims about the Citizenship …
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December, 2019
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25 December
Carpet Booking? UP Police File Cases Against 21000 People For 'Violence' During CAA Protests
The Uttar Pradesh police has booked 21,500 people in 15 FIRs lodged at different police stations across the city for the violence that erupted over the weekend. The violence happened during the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Kanpur Anant Deo said: “At least 15 FIRs have been lodged against 21,500 people in various …
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25 December
Jadavpur University Gold Medalist Tears Copy Of CAA, Pledges ‘Hum Kagaz Nahin Dikhaenge’
People are finding different ways to protests against the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act. There are some who opt for street protests, while some are pretty much active of social media to debate the relevance of the newly formed Act by the Modi government. And then, there are some who are bravely making strong statement by choosing university convocations as the cite …
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25 December
While India Boils Over CAA, There Is No End To Gruesome Rape Cases
Over the past couple of weeks, the entire attention and collective imagination of the nation have been drawn to the outrage against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act as protests and demonstrations are mounting across the country. But that has not put a full stop to sexual violence and rape cases that continue to surface in equal numbers. This is happening at …
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24 December
Christmas carols get butchered by AI
Computers may be replacing a whole lot of human jobs, but we don’t think they’re quite ready for writing songs for the holidays. A research scientist trained her neural network on 240 different Christmas carols to see what the artificial intelligence system could learn about the song Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. She asked it what comes after the line “Rudolph …
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24 December
Don’t believe everything you read on social media and 7 other tough lessons of the decade
This story is part of The 2010s: A Decade in Review, a series on the memes, people, products, movies and so much more that have influenced the 2010s. It’s been a decade overflowing with tough lessons: who to trust, when to speak out and how to stream big events online after you’ve broken up with your cable company. Looking back …
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24 December
Fortnite Chapter 2: How to download and install it on Android phones with less headaches
If you want to play Fortnite Chapter 2, the battle-royale shooter game that follows the wildly popular Fortnite Season 10 (which ended with a devastating black hole that destroyed everything and left the game in flux), you won’t find it in the Google Play Store. The only way to access the game’s new map, mechanics like weapon upgrades and a wealth …
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24 December
Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick leaves company’s board of directors
Travis Kalanick, the co-founder and former CEO of Uber, will resign from the company’s board of directors by the end of the year. This comes after he sold more than $2.5 billion of company stock since early November. His departure will be effective Dec. 31. “Uber has been a part of my life for the past 10 years,” Kalanick said in a …
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24 December
In the 5G race of 2019, consumers were the real losers
It’s the beginning of 2019, and the hype for 5G is immense. Verizon talks about all of the different applications at a keynote at CES. A few next-generation networks had already turned on in December 2018, and after years of big promises and anticipation, it looks like the game-changing technology is finally going to show up in a big way. Then …
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24 December
How to get the most out of your tech
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