Maharashtra CM Fadnavis helps Indian youth coming homeland

January 22, 2016

Mumbai: Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of Maharashtra helped Indian youth in returning back from Malaysia.

Yogesh Tiwari, 25, was duped by a recruitment agent who lured him to Malaysia with a lucrative job offer. After he ran out of money, he tweeted last week to Fadnavis seeking help to return to India.

@PMOIndia @narendramodi please help me sir….. pic.twitter.com/oXubiGI0tX

— yogesh tiwari (@yogeshbarbeen1) January 16, 2016

@CMOMaharashtra I am very much thankful to Hon'ble CM Shri Devendra Fadnavis sir. We r felling proud that we have politician and CM like u.

— yogesh tiwari (@yogeshbarbeen1) January 21, 2016

Fadnavis took up the matter with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.

Tiwari reached Mumbai on Friday, and will proceed to his hometown Yavatmal, the officials said.(IANS)

In recent times, the Indian government has used the means of social media to provide the help to those in need. Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu was the first to do that. A number of Indian youth who wish to go foreign countries in the hope of better opportunities, get misled and cheated by the agents.(IANS)(Picture Courtesy:foundation.moneylife.in)

Facebook Alerts People to Vote on Maharashtra, Haryana Poll Day

Google has also introduced a series of steps to urge the netizens and first-time users in the country to register to vote in the country

NewsGram Desk

October 21, 2019

Facebook on Monday activated its election notification feature for India, requesting people to go out and vote for their candidates in the Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly polls and post that they have voted.

Voting started in Maharashtra for the 288-Assembly constituencies, while over 1.83 crore voters in BJP-ruled Haryana are to cast their votes to elect the 90-member legislative Assembly.

Facebook began sending notifications from the morning to its over 300 million users in India, saying “get information about voting and share that you’ve voted.”

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The social networking giant in April joined other social media companies in a voluntary code of ethics for the elections with the Election Commission of India (ECI).

It included measures like a dedicated communications channel for notice and take down after receiving valid legal order, processing of valid requests in the blackout period ahead of voting and voter education efforts.

Fake, News, WhatsApp, Facebook, India — The Facebook mobile app on an Android smartphone. Wikimedia Commons

“Facebook recently launched two new products in India to help people learn about issues they care about and engage with candidates and elected officials in meaningful ways,” Facebook India Vice President and Managing Director Ajit Mohan said in a blog post.

“Candidate Connect” is designed to give voters accurate information and help people learn more about different candidates.

“Share You Voted” lets people share with friends that they’ve cast their ballots in the elections.

“The products have been customised, based on what we’ve learned from local research, including the community’s desire to hear directly from their candidates,” said Mohan.

Google has also introduced a series of steps to urge the netizens and first-time users in the country to register to vote in the country. (IANS)