Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Quick notes: Fake accounts | Visa's angst...

  • N Ram has company: Twitter ran paid ads from China's state news media criticizing the Hong Kong protests . . . . . China also ran a covert disinformation campaign using fake social media accounts to target Hong Kong protests. Twitter, Facebook are blocked in the mainland, but not in Hong Kong.


  • Chinese telecom firms are security risk: “China today controls a significant section of India’s telecom networks even though information dominance is at the core of China’s military strategy, posing an unacceptable security risk”.


  • Sydney think tank: China missiles could overwhelm U.S. military in Asia in ‘hours’, says think tank


  • Entrenched and entitled: Card payments group Visa is critical of the India’s move towards no-fee debit card transactions


  • Lifestyle disease: Bengaluru’s waste chokes villages on outskirts


  • Hindu Nectar: Spiritual wanderings in India



  • Why Schools Are Banning Yoga: They promote non-Christian belief system


  • And now, plant-based eggs: Mung bean based liquid egg product, JUST Egg, is the second-best performing in the category. 


  • Fermented rice or Pazhaya saadam: Increase healthy gut bacteria. High in vitamins like B12 lacking in other vegetarian sources... Use only organic milk free of antibiotics


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