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Don’t want decryption but location, identity of WhatsApp users spreading provocative messages: IT Minister After meeting with WhatsApp Vice President Chris Daniels, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said: “On the issue of traceability, I emphasised that when we talk of traceability, we don’t talk of decrypting messages”. The government Wednesday said it is not seeking decryption of messages on WhatsApp but rather the location and identity of those spreading misinformation that provokes violence and heinous offences. After meeting with WhatsApp Vice President Chris Daniels, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said: “On the issue of traceability, I emphasised that when we talk of traceability, we don’t talk of decrypting messages”. “We insist rather on location and identification of the sender of WhatsApp messages when such messages lead to provocation of violence, heinous offences and other serious crimes,” he said. Prasad added that he has been assured by the WhatsApp team that they will...

Bank Fincastle reports Q3 results [unable to retrieve full-text content]

Marathon Petroleum declares $0.46 dividend [unable to retrieve full-text content]

Yobe State University Academic Calendar For 2018/2019 Session Published The Yobe State University (YSU) Academic Calendar for the 2018/2019 academic session has been published by the University management. The Calendar show the break down of academic activities for first and 2nd semester of Yobe State University for 2018/2019 academic session. Check the full details of the Academic Calendar on the table below; Yobe State University 1st Semester Academic Calendar ACTIVITY FROM TO DURATION Commencement and Ending of Central Registration Exercise Monday 19th November, 2018 Saturday, 8th December, 2018 3 Weeks ETTC Meets and Approves Lecture Time-table Thursday, 29th November, 2018 Thursday, 29th November, 2018 1 Day Commencement and Ending of Lectures Monday, 10th December, 2018 Friday,15th March, 2019 14 Weeks Add and Drop of Courses Monday, 17th December, 2018 Friday, 4th January, 2019 3 Weeks Matriculation Exercise for the newly admitted students Wednesday...

UK: Chancellor’s budget speech does not address damage to children’s education of austerity Education unions in the United Kingdom have expressed their deep disappointment at the Chancellor’s budget speech, which, by only proposing ‘little extras’, does not end austerity measures that have been in effect for years, undermining schools and educators’ financial means as well as quality education for all. NASUWT: budget adds insult to injury for schools “To suggest that what all schools need is a nominal sum to fund the ‘little extras’ when schools have faced years of real terms cuts to their budgets and teachers are thousands of pounds worse off from years of real terms pay cuts is deeply insulting and disingenuous,”  reacted National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) General Secretary Chris Keates on the 29 October announcement of the budget by the Chancellor. “A modest one-off capital payment to schools will not help schools continue to meet ...

Tata Tele, IDFC to sell stake worth ₹2,940 crore in ATC’s tower arm Tata Teleservices Ltd (TTSL) has offered to sell 50 per cent of its total stake and IDFC its entire stake in American Tower Corporation’s (ATC) tower unit for ₹ 2,940 crore. The companies, redeeming their put options, will offload the stakes to ATC. Separately, TTSL, which merged its consumer mobile businesses with Bharti Airtel in a cashless deal last year, will pay ATC $320 million (₹2,368 crore) as one-time settlement for closing down nearly 30,000 telecom towers. ATC expects this money to come into its coffers by the fourth quarter of 2018. After the stake sale by TTSL and IDFC, ATC will own 79 per cent in its India operations. In October 2015, ATC bought a 51 per cent stake in Viom Networks from TTSL and SREI Infrastructure Finance for ₹7,635 crore and later renamed the company ATC TIPL. Now, ATC TIPL is India’s second-largest independent tower firm with a portfolio of about 78,000 towers. ATC holds 63 per cent ...

Littelfuse up 10% post Q3 results [unable to retrieve full-text content]

Trump rips Paul Ryan over birthright citizenship comments, with days to go before midterms President Donald Trump on Wednesday ripped Speaker of the House Paul Ryan , R-Wis., a day after Ryan said the president could not eliminate birthright citizenship with an executive order. The comments come just six days before the midterm elections. "Paul Ryan should be focusing on holding the Majority rather than giving his opinions on Birthright Citizenship, something he knows nothing about!" the president said. "Our new Republican Majority will work on this, Closing the Immigration Loopholes and Securing our Border!" Trump tweet Ryan, a prolific party fundraiser, is retiring and not seeking re-election. On Tuesday, the president said that he was preparing an executive order that would eliminate birthright citizenship for children of noncitizens and undocumented immigrants. The comments, which represent a legal view at odds with mainstream scholars , drew rebukes fr...

Don’t want decryption but location, identity of WhatsApp users spreading provocative messages: IT Minister After meeting with WhatsApp Vice President Chris Daniels, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said: “On the issue of traceability, I emphasised that when we talk of traceability, we don’t talk of decrypting messages”. The government Wednesday said it is not seeking decryption of messages on WhatsApp but rather the location and identity of those spreading misinformation that provokes violence and heinous offences. After meeting with WhatsApp Vice President Chris Daniels, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said: “On the issue of traceability, I emphasised that when we talk of traceability, we don’t talk of decrypting messages”. “We insist rather on location and identification of the sender of WhatsApp messages when such messages lead to provocation of violence, heinous offences and other serious crimes,” he said. Prasad added that he has been assured by the WhatsApp team that they will...

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