Thursday, November 10, 2016

US election 2016 result: Trump protesters flock to the streets


Thousands of people have flooded the streets of New York, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Seattle, Washington DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland and Austin – mostly Democratic cities who voted for Hillary Clinton in Wednesday’s shock election result.
Republican Donald Trump claimed the victory in an upset that will see him become the 45th US President.
In New York, thousands of demonstrators took to the streets chanting “not my President” and “no racist USA” on the march to Trump Tower on 5th Avenue.
While there was no violence involved in the New York rally, police made four arrests.
Behind the rallies are Trump’s contentious plans to cut immigration and build a wall with Mexico.
In LA protesters burnt an effigy of Trump outside city hall.







Dubai has agreed a deal with US startup Hyperloop One to evaluate the construction of a near-supersonic transport link that could slash travel times to Emirati capital Abu Dhabi to minutes.



The cash-flush city state, which has recently hosted other hi-tech transport pilots, said it would conduct a "feasibility study" with Hyperloop One to sound out the scheme. 
The California-based firm hailed Tuesday's "historic" agreement. "We begin to evaluate the delivery of the world's first hyperloop system across the country," chief executive Rob Lloyd told reporters.

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Here's what you can do with your Rs 500, Rs 1000 notes

In a move to curb down on black money, Modi government pulls out Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes from circulation, effective midnight of November 08, 2016.

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Deposit old notes of Rs 500 and 1000 in banks or post offices between November 10 and December 30, 2016.

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Those who are unable to, can exchange notes till March 31, 2017 at specified RBI offices after furnishing proper declaration.

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There will be an initial limit of Rs 10,000 per day and Rs 20,000 per week on withdrawal of money. This limit is to be increased soon.

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ATM withdrawal limit of Rs 2000 per day per card initially and this will be later raised to Rs 4000 per day

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Exchange of old notes for cash upto a limit of Rs 4000 possible at any bank or post office by producing valid ID proof.

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Rs 500, Rs 1000 notes will be accepted at hospitals, drug stores till November 12.

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Arrangements have been made at airports so that travellers entering/leaving the country are not inconvenienced.

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The notes can also be used at designated fuelling stations till November 12.

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Petrol pumps and retail outlets will have to keep every single entry of cash transaction with Rs 500 and 1000 notes till November 11.

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ATMs will not function on November 09 and at some places on November 10 as well.

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No restriction on non-cash payments including transactions by cheques, demand drafts, electronic fund transfers, debit and credit cards.

Thursday, November 3, 2016

Exclusive: White House Readies to Fight Election Day Cyber Mayhem

The U.S. government believes hackers from Russia or elsewhere may try to undermine next week's presidential election and is mounting an unprecedented effort to counter their cyber meddling, American officials told NBC News.

The effort is being coordinated by the White House and the Department of Homeland Security, but reaches across the government to include the CIA, the National Security Agency and other elements of the Defense Department, current and former officials say.

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Russia has been warned that any effort to manipulate the actual voting or vote counting would be viewed as a serious breach, intelligence officials say.

"The Russians are in an offensive mode and [the U.S. is] working on strategies to respond to that, and at the highest levels," said Michael McFaul, the U.S. ambassador to Russia from 2012 to 2014.

Officials are alert for any attempts to create Election Day chaos, and say steps are being taken to prepare for worst-case scenarios, including a cyber-attack that shuts down part of the power grid or the internet.

But what is more likely, multiple U.S. officials say, is a lower-level effort by hackers from Russia or elsewhere to peddle misinformation by manipulating Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms.

For example, officials fear an 11th hour release of fake documents implicating one of the candidates in an explosive scandal without time for the news media to fact check it. So far, document dumps attributed to the Russians have damaged Democrats and favored Trump.
""The Russians are in an offensive mode and [the U.S. is] working on strategies to respond.""

The Russians "want to sow as much confusion as possible and undermine our process in ways they've done elsewhere," said a senior Obama administration official. "So this is to make sure that we have all the tools at our disposal and that we're prepared to respond to whatever it is that they do."

"We need to be prepared on every front, not just technical but messaging, and so on," the official added, saying the details were classified. "Because any reporting irregularity could be incredibly disruptive. … They can cause tremendous chaos, and by the time we are able to attribute, the damage may have already been done."

Officials were reluctant to discuss how they might be respond to such "influence operations," other than to say they will make efforts to counter misinformation and keep open communication nodes.

The U.S. intelligence community and the Department of Homeland Security assess that it would be extremely difficult for even a nation-state actor to alter actual ballot counts or election results by cyber-attack, a second senior administration official told NBC News.
Source: NBC News

10 years after Borat, here's why you should visit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

Once banned in Kazakhstan, Sacha Baron Cohen’s movie Borat - released 10 years ago today - ridiculed "the land of the great steppe", but it also put the country on the map for many cinemagoers. So, what does Kazakhstan offer the traveller today? 
1. Stones with signs

One of Kazakhstan’s most curious sights is the Buddhist rock carvings and paintings of bodhisattvas at Tamgaly Tas, (literally, ‘stones with signs’) found on the banks of the Ili River, 100 miles north of Almaty.
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Bigg Boss 10 November 3, episode 18 update: Lopamudra Raut and Mona Lisa’s bikinis cause stir in the house

The Bigg Boss 10 house is known to get stressful for its contestants. The one respite for them is the swimming pool. Tired after a long and exhausting luxury budget task, celebrity contestants Lopamudra Raut and Mona Lisa decided to take a break from the game and jumped into the pool for some fun and frolic.