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TikTok can become bigger than Instagram: Snap CEO Spiegel Snap Inc. Chief Executive Officer Evan Spiegel says TikTok could become bigger than rival Instagram. Chinese giant ByteDance Inc. has emerged as the world’s most valuable startup on the explosive popularity of TikTok, known as Douyin locally, where users share short clips of lip-syncing and dance videos. The short-form video service has about 400 million active users daily, a Niko Partners analyst estimates. “I love TikTok,” Spiegel said Sunday on the “Bavaria” stage at the annual Digital Life Design Conference in Munich. “I’m a big fan.” Source: Livemint

Difficult to predict war scenario with Pakistan, but we’re prepared, says CDS Bipin Rawat Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat on Monday said it was very difficult to predict if a scenario of a war with Pakistan would emerge or not but all the defence services were prepared to take on any challenge. The top general, who inducted the Sukhoi-30 MKI squadron here, was responding to a question about any possibility of a war emerging between India and Pakistan. “All the defence services are tasked to be prepared for any option that may emerge. It is very difficult to predict a...

After a bruising trade war, Donald Trump says Sino-US deal is ‘momentous’ US President Donald Trump signed Wednesday a partial, Phase I deal with China which, he said before the signing, was a “momentous step” towards a future of fair and reciprocal trade between the two countries. Signed by Vice-Premier Liu He for the Chinese, the deal will put on pause a two-year-long trade war between the world’s two largest economies that had shaken up the global economy. The agreement includes a “major commitment” by China to make “significant reforms” in a wide range of critical areas and to make...

Nitin Gadkari on $5 trillion economy: Goal difficult, not impossible; here’s what he said on slowdown Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Saturday that the goalof making India a USD 5 trillion economy by 2024 was “difficult but not impossible”. It can be achieved by increasing domestic production and reducing dependence on imports, he said at the 29th International Management Conclave of the Indore Management Association here. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other BJP leaders have often spoken about the goal of turning India into a USD 5 trillion economy by 2024. “Strong political will is very important to achieve any...

Meet NITI Aayog member VK Saraswat, the Padma Shri awardee who claimed J&K only uses internet to watch ‘dirty films’ NITI Aayog member VK Saraswat, who created a controversy on Saturday by claiming that internet in Kashmir is only used to watch “dirty films,” has worn many hats — not only is he the chancellor of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), he is also a former chief of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and a Padma Shri recipient. On Saturday, in a response to a question by a reporter, Saraswat had said, “What difference does it make if there is no...

Pariksha Pe Charcha 2020 HIGHLIGHTS: Don’t pressure, let students pursue, PM Modi’s mantra for parents Pariksha Pe Charcha 2020 HIGHLIGHTS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is having a ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’ with 2,000 students and teachers from across the country. Ahead of the event, being held at the Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi, PM Modi said he enjoyed ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’ the most among all his programmes. Encouraging students to have a frank conversation, PM Modi said, “I thought I should share the burden your parents have to bear. Today’s fashion is ‘#withoutfilter’. Just like you speak to your friends, we will talk today.”...

JP Nadda, Old Party Warhorse & Trusted Modi-Shah Lieutenant, is New BJP President New Delhi: BJP working president Jagat Prakash Nadda, who has long been seen as the choice of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Shah for the job, on Monday officially took over the reins of the BJP from Amit Shah. Top party leaders, including Union ministers and those from states, were present at the BJP headquarters to file nominations in support of Nadda. Senior BJP leader Radha Mohan Singh, who is in charge of the organisational election process, had announced the schedule after the party’s internal poll exercise was...

No doubt MS Dhoni will be retained by Chennai Super Kings for IPL 2021: N Srinivasan Whether he is playing or not former India captain MS Dhoni continues to make headlines with each passing day. After rumours of his retirement started circulating following his removal from the BCCI list of contracted players, Dhoni was seen back to training in Ranchi. The Chennai Super Kings captain is expected to play the IPL 2020 edition which starts in March. Amongst all this, former BCCI president and the current vice-chairman and managing director of India Cements (owners of CSK), N Srinivasan has confirmed...

Pratap Chandra Sarangi on Saturday said the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was a way to “atone for the sin of Partition” committed by the Congress Union Minister of State for MSME Pratap Chandra Sarangi on Saturday said the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was a way to “atone for the sin of Partition” committed by the Congress. He said the Act, which seeks to give citizenship to non-Muslim minorities when entered India before December 31, 2014 from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, should have been passed 70 years ago. “CAA should have happened 70 years ago. CAA is a way to atone...

All Afghans have been persecuted, says Hamid Karzai India should treat all Afghans equally, former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai said, taking exception to the stipulation in the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019, that only Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Christians and Parsis from that country would be eligible for fast-tracked naturalisation in India. “We don’t have persecuted minorities in Afghanistan… the whole country is persecuted. We have been in war and conflict for a long time. All religions in Afghanistan — Muslims and Hindus and Sikhs — which are our three main religions, have suffered,” Mr. Karzai said. He was speaking exclusively to The...