Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 6 (ANI): Ahead of Navratri, Durga Puja, the idol makers of Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur expressed their apprehension about the sale of idols of Goddess Durga this year since they faced a heavy dip in the sale of due to COVID-19.
Washington [US] October 6 (ANI): Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen on Tuesday (local time) argued at a Senate hearing that Congress needs to require more transparency from the social networking giant.
Washington [US], October 5 (ANI): Facebook services are back online after the operations were disrupted by configuration changes on backbone routers, the company said.
Washington [US], October 5 (ANI): Apologising for the disruption in the services of Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram, tech giant's CEO Mark Zuckerberg has stated that services are returning online on Tuesday.
Washington [US], October 5 (ANI): Facebook apps and services including Instagram and Whatsapp are returning to normal operations online, with users reporting that they are able to access the sites after more than six hours of worldwide outages, reported Sputnik.
Washington [US], October 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Downdetector, a site that monitors reports of outages across the internet, said the Facebook service outage is the largest it has ever seen.
New Delhi [India], October 4 (ANI): Social media platforms Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram hopped on to Twitter to share updates after their services went down globally on Monday.
New Delhi [India], October 4 (ANI): Social media platform Facebook along with its subsidiaries WhatsApp and Instagram suffered an outage on Monday evening with users across the world, including those in India reporting that they were unable to send or receive messages.
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 4 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is facing flak after he said that his government started talks with some groups of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) with the aim of having the group lay down their weapons, local media said.
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 4 (ANI): Ahead of the harsh winter season in Afghanistan, the country's capital city Kabul could dive into darkness due to non-payment of dues of Central Asian electricity suppliers by new Taliban rulers.