Whatsapp is down globally and WhatsApp back online after global outage of ‘a few hours’ And than again the Idiots from Can do Land

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WhatsApp, the renowned encrypted messaging service is currently down globally and according to a spokesperson, “WhatsApp is aware of the issue and working to fix it as soon as possible.”

Users are reporting problems with sending and receiving messages, logging in or loading the app at all.

Whatsapp, is hugely popular and Facebook purchased the service and its 450 million registered users back in 2014 for $19 billion and has since grown to over 1 billion monthly users in February 2016.

So if your WhatsApp is not working now, please hang tight, we are sure the team is working around the clock to get the service up soon.

And now up and running



WhatsApp users in all parts of the world were unable to access the online for a few hours
whatsappSAN FRANCISCO: WhatsApp, a popular messaging service owned by Facebook Inc, suffered a widespread global outage yesterday that lasted for several hours before being resolved, the company said.

“Earlier today, WhatsApp users in all parts of the world were unable to access WhatsApp for a few hours. We have now fixed the issue and apologize for the inconvenience,” WhatsApp said in an email late Wednesday afternoon.

WhatsApp was down in parts of India, Canada, the United States and Brazil, according to Reuters journalists. It affected people who use the service on Apple Inc’s iOS operating system, Alphabet Inc’s Android and Microsoft Corp’s Windows mobile OS.

In Brazil, where the professional class relies heavily on the messaging service, WhatsApp was down for about two and a half hours. Many users switched to rival system Telegram, which has picked up millions of customers in Brazil after two previous WhatsApp outages resulting from court orders.


WhatsApp’s is used by more than 1.2 billion people around the world and is a key tool for communications and commerce in many countries. The service was acquired by Facebook in 2014 for US$19 billion.

And than again the Idiots from Malaysia

Recent court ruling says online admins not liable for messages
V Anbalagan | May 4, 2017

In light of MCMC's guidelines for locals on managing social media platforms, ruling in Indian court states with no filtering powers given, admins cannot be blamed.

whatapp-courtPETALING JAYA: An Indian High Court has ruled that administrators of WhatsApp and other social networking services cannot be held guilty of defamation if the members of the group post libellous and obscene messages.

Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, who dismissed a defamation suit, said he was unable to understand how the administrator of a group could be held liable over the statements made by a member of the group, the Business Insider reported recently.

“To make an administrator of an online platform liable for defamation would be like making the manufacturer of a newsprint on which defamatory statements are published to be also liable for defamation.

“When an online platform is created, the creator thereof cannot expect any of the members thereof to indulge in defamation, and defamatory statements made by any member of the group cannot make the administrator liable,” the report quoted the Delhi High Court judge as saying.
The judge also said the group administrators were neither required nor empowered to filter all the messages before they were posted.

“It is not as if without the administrator’s approval of each of the statements, the statements cannot be posted by any of the members of the group on the said platform,” said the court.
The suit was filed by Ashish Bhalla against the administrator of a chat group, Vishal Dubey.
Various agitated buyers of a housing project in Gurgaon district had posted messages on the group, voicing out their grievances in delay in getting possession of their flats. Gurgaon, which is also known as Gurugram, is a city southwest of New Delhi in northern India.
Some of these messages targeted Bhalla, who was earlier associated with a real estate firm that had launched the project.

Bhalla then filed a defamation suit, accusing members of the groups of defaming him and maligning his image, especially when he was not associated with the housing project anymore.

The significance of this ruling in India could have some bearing in Malaysia with the internet regulatory body issuing a document yesterday on responsibility over messages on the various social media and instant messaging platforms, such as WhatsApp, WeChat, Viber, Telegram and Facebook.

Yesterday, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) uploaded a list of dos and don’ts on its official Facebook page for administrators of social media networks.
It reminded administrators of these groups to inform members the reason for setting up the group and to consider setting basic ground rules.

It also advised administrators not to be absent.

Elaborating on the do’s, MCMC reminded administrators to be mindful of the conditions of use set by the platform providers and to not breach the community standards set by these providers.

“Administrators must also comment on posts to ensure that discussions stay on track, check posts regularly, in order to avoid encouraging, inciting or abetting inappropriate posts,” MCMC said.


It also advised administrators to remove or even block those who persist in making inappropriate posts, including “trolls” or individuals who continuously breach the ground rules.

DAMN! US Dollar Is So Powerful Right Now, Even The Dead Prefer It In The Afterlife

There seems to be no respite in sight for the Malaysian ringgit, which is already among Asia’s worst performing currencies. With exchange rates fluctuating so much in the real world, it only stands to reason that those in the afterlife could get affected too.

According to Mashable Asia, Malaysian papers are reporting that people are starting to turn to foreign currencies such as the U.S. dollar, when it comes to selecting paper money to burn as offerings.

With the Chinese Qing Ming festival coming, where people are expected to burn “money” for their ancestors in the afterlife, stores are selling replicas of U.S., Singapore and Japanese banknotes.

As a woman named Chong, told The Star: “I know that the U.S. dollar is at its strongest right now since around 10 years ago.”

“I thought it would be more prosperous to buy this for my family’s departed ones instead, so that hopefully, they bless us with good health and wealth in return.”

Ang Siew Siew, who manages a joss paper store in the Malaysian state of Penang, said customers say they perceive the U.S. dollar as stable and strong in value.

“[The customers] claim U.S. dollars would be useful if their ancestors need to go on a holiday in the afterlife,” Ang said. 

WHAT DO THE BANKNOTES LOOK LIKE?





The Qing Ming banknotes look similar to the real thing, only that the usual image of the president is swapped out for that of Yanluo, the god of death in Chinese mythology.

The change in afterlife currency is being fanned by the Malaysian ringgit’s fluctuations. 

The ringgit dropped to a 12-year-low last year, triggered by fears that Trump’s presidency would set off more investors pulling out of emerging markets in the region.

Cruel Chinese Parents Locked Their Son In A Dark Cage For 30 Years!

A family in China is under fire after it was revealed that they kept their son locked in a cage for the last thirty years because they thought he was possessed!

The man’s harrowing ordeal began when he was only six years old and briefly disappeared from home.  During his absence, the boy was discovered by villagers who mistook his mental illness for possession and performed an exorcism to free him from ‘evil spirits.’

The man’s mum reportedly said she locked him away because he was possessed

When the child returned home, his parents became convinced that a ghost had taken hold of their son, since his behavior seemed extremely strange. Rather than take him to a doctor, they opted for a horrifying version of holistic medicine by simply locking him in a cage!

It was in that nightmare-inducing location that the boy grew into a man over the next three decades until concerned neighbors recently filmed the man with his hand grasping through the bars of his cage. Then they sent the footage to medical professionals, who then arranged for him to be freed. 

The 39-year-old is now being treated for malnourishment as well as examined by doctors attempting to discern his mental state.

Whether the parents end up being punished for the astounding imprisonment remains to be seen, but it would certainly be poetic justice if they eventually wind up being bars.

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Appropriators cut $20M from B-21 program in omnibus spending bill

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By: Valerie Insinna, May 3, 2017 

WASHINGTON — The Air Force’s secretive B-21 bomber took a hit in the fiscal 2017 omnibus spending bill, with congressional appropriators stripping about $20 million from the program, budget documents show.

Although the service requested $1.358 billion to fund research and development activities related to the B-21 Raider, the omnibus funding bill would only fund $1.338 billion. Budget documents attribute that cut to “forward financing.”

The documents cited only spell out publicly releasable changes between the president’s 2017 request and the omnibus spending bill, which was agreed to Monday by a bipartisan group of appropriators but has not yet been passed by Congress. It does not contain information on classified Pentagon budget items, which likely also includes spending for the bomber.

The omnibus incorporates several provisions meant to give Congress further oversight over the program. First, it calls for the Defense Department’s inspector general to evaluate the program, formerly known as the Long Range Strike Bomber. In addition, it designates the B-21 a “congressional special interest item,” which gives lawmakers more control over “transfer of funds and prior approval reprogramming procedures.”

B-21 Raider covertly completes preliminary design review   Read More here

Defense News

Air Force Digs Its Heels In On Bomber Cost Secrecy

Northrop Grumman was chosen in 2015 to manufacture the B-21, defeating a Boeing-Lockheed Martin team. The Air Force has not disclosed the total value of the contract, maintaining that the information would give adversaries too much insight into the program. However, the service has projected the B-21 will cost that $550 million per plane.


Defense News . Read here more

B-21 Raider covertly completes preliminary design review
Although the service has kept details about the program under wraps, it disclosed in March that the Raider had recently wrapped up its preliminary design review.

“It's making great progress, and we’re pleased with the way it’s headed,” Gen. Stephen Wilson, the Air Force’s vice chief of staff, told a House panel then.

. to see the most regional growth in the global drone market.

Malaysian Government Multi Media Ministry advisory on Government censorship of internet Anti-Government News

The Malaysia government Multi Media Internet Censorship Ministry have issued another their set of guidelines to further restrict And control of news contents deemed unfavourable to be publish on the Internet subject to criminal penalties. This is outright censorship and their are guidelines in the pipeline for phone providers to pre install software on all new and existing phones to prevent these phones from accessing banned sites and  time after time forced updates will be provided to include updated list of websites deemed critical of government and out of bounds for the Malaysian Internet users

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The Dhaba festival at Soaltee Crowne Plaza, Kathmandu caters to all taste

Being fulfilled
Smriti Basnet

The entire sundeck of the Garden restaurant at Soaltee Crowne Plaza has been transformed into a dhaba, the popular roadside eateries that dot the highways in India, for the annual Punjabi-flavoured Dhaba festival.

Visitors are greeted with the stage set straight out of Chandigarh: a mock garage with a cardboard truck that reads ‘Happy Singh Da Dhaba’, a paan stall, posters of Bollywood oldies, cooking smoke spiralling up and out of the stalls and tent names that remind you of Jallandar. Punjabi music plays in the background.

The festival caters to all tastes: meat lovers, vegetarians and those among both groups with a sweet tooth. We scanned the stalls and decided to go for drinks first. Arranged in a pyramid format, on offer were lassi, chas (butter milk) and lichee juice.

Both the lassi and chas were rich and frothy: the first a thick blend of curd and the other with a sharp taste, and both whet our appetites for the snacks. (Fresh seasonal juices are also available.)

Next: the food. We started with two varieties of Aloo Tikka, Bitter Gourd Tikka and Paneer Tikka. The crunchy Aloo Tikka, dipped in a green paste made from mint, green chili, raw mango and other spices, compensated for the bitterness of the gourd.

Having done the round of the veggies, we moved on to the carnivore carnival: Mahi Lahori (fish), Mutton Sheikh Kebab and Chicken Tikka. The meticulously prepared chicken (first soaked in spices then in curd) cooked in the tandoor was a delight. The first bite of the piping hot chicken was juicy and the spices seeped out.

The vegetarian spread had well known Punjabi items like Chole Bhature, Dal Makhani, Sarso da Saag, Paneer Lababdar, Methi Aloo, and more. An ample variety of rotis, parathas and kulchas provided an alternative to rice. The savory gravy paneer dish, flavoured with hints of cashews and spices, paired well with the deepfried bread (Chole). The bhature's taste, however, was overpowered by the black pepper.

A sumptuous range of dishes greeted meat lovers as well. Be it Murg Kali Mirch (mutton), or Ghos Achari Korma (chicken) the variety of flavours and textures triggered the Pavlov Effect in us.

Dipped in gravy, the subtle flavours of the Murg Kali Mirch (mutton) blended well with the no-nonsense biryani and accompanying raita. The chicken was equally succulent, with the fish finishing a distant third. We are a long way from the sea here.

As they say in Punjab, by end of it we were "fulfilled" (or even perhaps "fed up"). But there was still the dessert to sample. After a heavy meal of spicy snacks and mains, we were delighted to taste hot Jalebis and Rasmalai, rounded off with a cup of chai.

As the guests shuffled and wobbled out, it seemed somehow appropriate that we were all humming snippets of Daler Mehendi that was the staple background music of the Soaltee Dhaba Night.

Smriti Basnet

British doctor, 69, arrested 'for abusing girls as young as 12' is found with a suitcase packed with children's clothes and Barbie dolls in Cambodia and 'had a stash of lubricant and sex toys'

Clive Cressy arrested at a cafe in Cambodian capital Phnom Penh on Thursday

The doctor, 69, is accused of paying for sex with four girls aged 12, 13, 14 and 15

Pictures of his suitcase show it contained children's clothes and Barbie dolls

Company papers show Brighton, East Sussex, as his correspondence address

See Video of Arrest

Clive Cressy (left), from Hove, East Sussex, was arrested at a cafe in the capital Phnom Penh last Thursday after a police investigation and charged yesterday. The 69-year-old doctor is accused of paying for sex with four girls aged 12, 13, 14 and 15. Police claim he paid up to £2,300 to have sex with a virgin. Images of his suitcase (top right) show how it was packed with children's clothes and dolls (centre). After raiding his address (bottom right), officers are alleged to have found a stash of lubricants and sex toys. His Vietnamese girlfriend Chea Sokthy, 27, was also arrested at his apartment after being accused of procuring the youngsters.