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Crowdfunding raises Rs 5 lakh for family of Uri martyr

Edit The Times of India 07 Nov 2016
An initiative by a Chandigarh-based documentary filmmaker and social activist has led to crowdfunding of around Rs 5 lakh for the family of Uri terror attack victim Gangadhar Dalui ... "Many people reached out to me on social media, expressing their interest to do something for Gangadhar's family and hence decided to begin this campaign....

EC worried over media calling election results

Edit Graphic 07 Nov 2016
Additionally, the EC was worried over the use of social media to publish untrue stories that had the potential of causing chaos during the elections, she said ... “So we are worried over the media declaring results; we are worried over the abuse of social media ... Mrs Osei said the second recommendation which was rejected by the EC was to make biometric verification a condition for potential voters to exercise their franchise....

Sohrabuddin encounter: SC rejects review plea against Amit Shah

Edit The Times of India 07 Nov 2016
The apex court had on August 1 upheld the clean chit given by the high court and the trial court to the BJP president in the encounter case and rejected the plea for its revival. While rejecting the appeal, the bench had questioned the locus standi of Mander, a former bureaucrat and social activist, in pursuing the case in which the victim's brother Rubabuddin Sheikh had preferred to withdraw the petition....

Older Than Ireland tipped for Oscar nomination

Edit Belfast Telegraph 07 Nov 2016
Directed by Alex Fegan, Older Than Ireland looks back at each centenarians life and reflects on key events throughout political and social changes ... Michael Fassbender rejects playing 007 and suggests a 'Jane Bond' for the films Film review....

Pauline Hanson damages Australia's standing in Asia, Penny Wong to warn

Edit The Guardian 07 Nov 2016
The shadow foreign minister will use a speech to say that One Nation’s ‘monocultural myth’ must be rejected ... “If not, we further push those that feel alienation and disaffection by economic and social exclusion into the arms of the One Nations of this country.”. The interventions come as Labor appears poised to reject a controversial proposal from the Turnbull government that would ban asylum seekers from ever entering Australia....

UK austerity policies 'amount to violations of disabled people's rights'

Edit The Guardian 07 Nov 2016
Austerity policies introduced into welfare and social care by the UK government amount to “systematic violations” of the rights of people with disabilities, a UN inquiry has concluded. It says a range of measures aimed at reducing public spending since 2010, including controversial changes such as the bedroom tax, and cuts to disability benefits and social care budgets have disproportionately and adversely affected disabled people....

SC dismisses review plea challenging Amit Shah’s discharge in Sohrabuddin case

Edit Deccan Chronicle 07 Nov 2016
In a huge relief to Amit Shah, the Supreme Court on Monday rejected a review petition that challenged the discharge of BJP's National President in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case ... Former bureaucrat and social activist, Harsh Mander, in the petition had sought quashing of ......

German prosecutors probe Facebook hate incitement claim

Edit Business Insider 07 Nov 2016
Berlin (AFP) - German prosecutors said Monday they have launched a preliminary investigation after receiving a complaint alleging that top Facebook bosses including founder Mark Zuckerberg are condoning hate speech on the online social network ... Jun last year filed a similar challenge in the northern city of Hamburg but prosecutors there rejected the claim, saying that Facebook managers did not fall under German jurisdiction....

This so-so pitcher refusing $17M is ultimate free agency peek

Edit New York Post 07 Nov 2016
An even stronger indicator of how weak the free-agent class is this offseason is Hellickson is almost certainly going to reject it ... Monday, and then players have a week to accept or reject it ... If he rejects, he is a free agent, and the team losing the free agent gets a ......

KSA: An exceptional court unjustly sentences media worker Fadel Al-Shoala to four years of imprisonment (ANHRI - Arabic Network for Human Rights Information)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Nov 2016
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) condemned the ruling issued yesterday (November 6) by the Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh (an exceptional court) to imprison media worker and social activist for four years in addition to placing a travel ban on him for a similar period ... Shoala produced several movies that shed the light on the social issues....

On Being Denied Opportunities Because Of Being 'A White Man'

Edit Huffington Post 07 Nov 2016
And it is the perfect reason to accompany a rejection of broadcast work because the comedian and their agent cannot negotiate or push back or complain. Because as social liberals we all believe in diversity ... Something you say, you put on social media ... excuse is a card lazy producers play to avoid the ickiness of rejecting people, I would say this....

German prosecutors investigate Facebook over hate postings

Edit China Daily 07 Nov 2016
Facebook's rules forbid bullying, harassment and threatening language, but critics say it does not do enough to enforce them and has failed to staunch a tide of racist and threatening posts on the social network during an influx of migrants into Europe. Prosecutors in Hamburg earlier this year rejected a similar complaint by Jun on the grounds that ......

Alphabet Reveals It Has Invested in Snapchat and Airbnb

Edit The Street 07 Nov 2016
Alphabet (GOOGL) has invested in two of Silicon Valley's hottest start-ups -- Snap Inc., the parent company of social media app Snapchat, and home-sharing app Airbnb ...  . Snapchat and Alphabet already have some history. In 2013, Snapchat reportedly turned down a $4 billion buyout bid from Google after rejecting a similar $3 billion offer from Facebook (FB) , according to the Verge ... ....
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