Young Minds - December 19 2014

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RS. 2 CRORE PACKAGE OFFERED TO UN DECLARES JUNE 21 AS ‘WORLD YOGA DAY’
IIT MUMBAI GIRL
FACEBOOK CONSIDERING A
‘DISLIKE’ BUTTON
Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg has revealed
that the social media giant is actually thinking about
adding a way to “dislike” posts on its site. Facebook’s
Like button has been criticised as being a method by
which the social network collects data on its users’
browsing habits. He said the site would need to find a
way to make sure it did not become a way to demean
people’s posts. According to Facebook’s own figures,
4.5 billion “likes” are generated every day.
SCOTLAND YARD HEADQUARTERS
SOLD TO ABU DHABI GROUP
London’s New Scotland Yard, the world’s most
famous police headquarters, has been sold to Gulf
investors who plan to develop luxury apartments.
The site has been bought for 370 million pounds
($580 million).The Metropolitan Police is moving to a
smaller headquarters as it tries to cut more than 500
million pounds ($800 million) in spending. It says it
will invest proceeds from the sale in new technology
for police officers, including tablet computers and
body cameras.
Bombay student Aastha
Agarwal’s Facebook job
offer with Rs two crore
package is perhaps
the highest offered
to an undergrad. The
20-year-old Jaipur girl
is a third-year computer
science student. Aastha
was earlier selected
to represent India
at the Junior Science
International Olympiad
in 2009