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Issah Fuseini, former Member of Parliament for Okaikoi North Constituency has urged Ghanaians to continue to retain the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to govern to transform the country. He explained that it would enable the party to implement policies that would be in their interest and also instil proper attitude in the citizenry before they exited power for another party to continue governance. "I am optimistic the governing party will 'break the 8' and keep the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in opposition for a long period, despite the current economic hardships facing the citizenry and should they give NPP at least 40 years to govern, the NDC will be dead and buried before it has any opportunity to win any election to also govern," Mr Fuseini contended. Mr Fuseini noted that the NDC is a public institution and citizens should be interested because at least they had held the reins of power in the country before and currently seen as the biggest op...

As protests in Iran began in mid-September, the government blocked Instagram, the only international social media platform people were allowed to use. Other platforms including Facebook, Twitter and Telegram were banned after the 2009 Presidential election and in the aftermath of the November 2019 protests. Despite the bans, Iranian officials, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei are present on social media and some have more than one account on every platform. Other Iranians also continue to use social media apps by paying for VPNs [Virtual Private Networks] that allow them to circumvent the ban. Social media has revolutionized the authoritarian information space in Iran. The government has lost its monopoly on information and desperately tries to control the Internet. Social media has become a town square where citizens gather to criticize and berate the clerical regime. Abbas Abdi, a reformist pundit who is allowed to express mild criticism of the regime has written to urge the gov...

Conservatism is in the midst of profound change. At least, what passes for conservative intellectualism and its application to public policy is in the midst of change. As a man who embraced most of Reagan-era conservatism, I watch this with considerable interest and worry. It is early enough to think through some of the developing parts and what they mean. There's more to the National Conservatism movement, as they call themselves, than economic policy. Still, I should provide some definitions of conservatism, as well as a critical review of the influence of the many political ideas that form this economic policy. Most of the intellectual roots of conservatism in the United States were derived from enlightenment ideals. These can be expressed in just a few principles; each individual has value and dignity, human dignity is ensured by individual rights bestowed by our creator, and government exists to protect individual rights. Many readers will nod and ask, "...

Trenton IMAGE BY: Google One California and one Florida ticket matched all five of the five white balls and the Gold Mega Ball drawn splitting the $494 million Mega Millions jackpot. One New Jersey ticket matched all five of the five white balls drawn winning the $1,000,000 second-tier prize. That ticket was sold at One Stop Shoppe, 300 Parksville Station Rd., Mantua in Gloucester County. There was also one third-tier prizewinning ticket sold for the Friday, October 14, drawing that matched four of the five white balls and the Gold Mega Ball drawn winning the $10,000 prize. That ticket was sold at Shoprite #631, 4594 Route 9 South, Howell in Monmouth County. In addition to the second and third-tier prizes won, 41 players ma...

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After launching on the cheaper HD model earlier this month, Android 12 is now rolling out to the Chromecast with Google TV 4K released in 2020. The update — build number STTE.220621.019.A2.9082754 —  comes in at 722MB and "upgrades Android TV OS from 10 to 12." It also brings the Chromecast with Google TV (4K) to the July 2022 security patch level from May 2022, which rolled out in mid-July as the first update of the year. However, the big privacy updates here are the camera and microphone toggles that "let you disable or enable camera/mic access for all apps" since video calling is ideal on the biggest screen in your home.  Google also touts "additional user settings lets you control HDR format and surround sound," while the ability to "match content frame rate" is particularly highlighted. The full release notes are below:  Upgrades Android TV OS from 10 to 12 Additional user settings lets you control HD...

DB Corp Limited (DBCL) home to flagship newspapers - Dainik Bhaskar, Divya Bhaskar, Divya Marathi and Saurashtra Samachar, today announced its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2022.  "Dainik Bhaskar Group reports yet another quarter of strong results driven by a robust revival of economic sentiment in the markets that it operates in and on the back of well-established editorial prowess and proven circulation strategy. The omnichannel approach to reach readers, innovations in print through special editions as well as renewed vigour to deepen and expand its leadership position in key markets have yielded positive results," said the publication.  In H1 of FY2023, the ad revenue of the group shot up 51% to Rs 718.1 crore as against Rs 474.2 crore in H1 FY2022. The circulation revenue grew by 2% o Rs 231.2 core as against Rs 226.5 crore. Total revenue grew by 38% to Rs 1046.4 croe as against Rs 759.2 crore. EBI...