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Who's going to protect us from Facebook, US Senators ask Mark Zuckerberg

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Mark Zuckerberg was confronted Wednesday by lawmakers scoffing at his apologies over lapses in protecting user privacy and pledges to do better, with one member asking, “Who’s going to protect us from Facebook?”  The question by Representative Janice Schakowsky, an Illinois Democrat, was echoed by members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee from both parties as the founder of Facebook Inc. was questioned on Capitol Hill for a second consecutive day.  While the criticism was bipartisan, members of the Democratic minority were more assertive in saying expanded government regulation is the answer.  Representative Mike Doyle, a Pennsylvania Democrat, said, “The only way we’re going to close this trust gap is through legislation that creates and empowers a sufficiently resourced expert oversight agency with rule-making authority to protect the digital privacy and ensure our companies protect their users’ data.” 
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Arranged Marriages in India

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Elephant safari in Kaziranga National Park

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IPL 2017: Hyderabad to host first game on April 5 against RCB

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Here is the full list of matches of IPL 2017. April 5: Sunrisers Hyderabad v Royal Challengers Bangalore, Rajiv Gandhi Intlernational Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad April 6: Rising Pune Supergiants v Mumbai Indians, Maharashtra Cricket Association's International Stadium, Pune April 7: Gujarat Lions v Kolkata Knight Riders, Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot April 8: Kings XI Punjab v RPSG, Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore April 8: RCB v Delhi Daredevils, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru April 9: SRH v GL, Rajiv Gandhi Intl. Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad April 9: MI v KKR, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai April 10: KXIP v RCB, Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore April 11: RPSG v DD, Maharashtra Cricket Association's International Stadium, Pune April 12: MI v SRH, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai April 13: KKR v KXIP, Eden Gardens, Kolkata April 14: RCB v MI, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru April 14: GL v RPSG, Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot April ...
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IPL 2017 Player Auction to be Held on February 20

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The players auction for the 10th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will be held on February 20 in Bengaluru. "The 2017 IPL player auction will be held on February 20 at the Ritz-Carlton in Bengaluru," a statement from the IPL read. "The IPL franchises will go into the player auction with a maximum of Rs 143.33 crore purse for 2017 season," it added. The teams can have a maximum of 27 players including nine overseas players. A maximum of 76 players, including 28 overseas, can be bought at the auction. The auction was delayed from the originally proposed date of February 4 due to the administrative changes in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) following the directions of the Supreme Court. BCCI's Committee of Administrators (COA) has already finalised the dates for the tournament with the league starting on April 5 and the final slated for May 21. The team that goes into the auction with the biggest purse is Kings XI Punjab, ...
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Serial explosions rock Upper Assam on Republic Day

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A series of seven bomb explosions by suspected ULFA-Independent militants rocked upper Assam’s Sivasagar, Charaideo, Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts this morning as the nation celebrated the country’s 68th Republic Day.   In Charaideo district, three explosions were triggered by insurgent outfit.   In Sivasagar district, two explosions were triggered by the insurgent outfit at Bihubar area near Nazira.   This was followed by another blast at Convoy road in Dibrugarh.   The seventh one exploded at Tinsukia near Saikhuwa bridge.   There was no casualty or injury in any of the explosions, police said.
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History of 26th Jan

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi struggled through decades of passive resistance before Britain finally accepted Indian independence. Self-rule had been promised during World War II, but after the war triangular negotiations between Gandhi, the British, and the Muslim League stalled over whether to partition India along religious lines. Eventually, Lord Mountbatten, the viceroy of India, forced through a compromise plan. On August 15, 1947, the former Mogul Empire was divided into the independent nations of India and Pakistan. Gandhi called the agreement the “noblest act of the British nation,” but religious strife between Hindus and Muslims soon marred his exhilaration. Hundreds of thousands died, including Gandhi, who was assassinated by a Hindu fanatic in January 1948 during a prayer vigil to an area of Muslim-Hindu violence. Of Gandhi’s death, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru said, “The light has gone out of our lives, and there is darkness everywhere.” However, Nehru, a leader...
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