Excess use of social media such as Facebook, Instagram or YouTube may lead to disordered eating and body image concerns among young adults, suggests new research.


Frequent social media use may lead to eating disorder


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Propaganda over social media that is contributing to the global spread of terrorism has to be monitored and countered, India has appealed to the international community while expressing concern that the fight against terror was being hobbled by a lack of cooperation.


Monitor and counter terrorist propaganda on social media: India 


A fire broke out at the Times of India building in central Delhi's ITO area on Wednesday, and 21 fire tenders were sent to douse the flames, fire officials said.


Fire at Times of India building in Delhi


Shivani Sharma is angry and she is mincing no words about it. After her three-year-old daughter Myra lost her thumb on April 28 at a daycare centre here, Sharma has now taken to the social networking site Facebook to target the creche.


Mother targets creche owner on Facebook after daughter loses thumb


A BBC crew was expelled from North Korea after being detained over what the state's leadership called "distorted" reporting that spoke "ill of the system".


Pyongyang expels BBC crew for 'distorted' coverage


Photo-journalist Ravi Kanaujia was on Monday electrocuted at the Jhansi railway station while clicking photos during a professional assignment, police said.


Photo-journalist electrocuted in UP


BBC correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes has been detained in North Korea and will be expelled over his reporting.


BBC reporter detained, to be expelled from North Korea


BBC correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes has been detained in North Korea and is to be expelled from the country over reporting.


BBC reporter detained in North Korea


Unidentified assailants gunned down social media campaigner and civil society activist Khurram Zaki on Saturday night in Pakistan's Karachi city.


Rights activist killed in Karachi


An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced to death six people, including two Al Jazeera journalists, who were accused of leaking state secrets to Qatar.


Egypt sentences six to death in espionage case


The anonymous whistleblower who revealed millions of documents belonging to Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, causing a worldwide stir, has denied working for any government or intelligence agency, and said the decision to share the data was not for any political purpose.


Source who leaked Panama papers says 'I 'don't work for any government'


She had lost all hope and was living a life of despair. Bed-ridden since 2011, R.K. Tamphasana felt abandoned by the world, with no money and no land to bank upon. But things changed overnight on Monday when her story was flashed on a local television channel, ISTV, and the state government stepped in with help.


Manipur CM ensures medical aid for desitute woman


Can Dundar and Erdem Gul, journalists from Turkey's Cumhuriyet newspaper, have been convicted on charges of "revealing state secrets" and sentenced to over five years in prison by an Istanbul court.


Turkish court sentences two journalists to jail


Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday alleged that some media houses were asked "not to touch" the controversy over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's degree.


Media asked not to touch Modi degree row: Kejriwal


The Turkish government is shutting down Zaman newspaper, previously a strong critic of President Erdogan, of which it seized control in March, according to CNN Turk.


Turkish government shuts down Zaman newspaper


Chinese and Indian academics and media professionals discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in counter-terrorism and new media at a conference held in Inner Mongolia region.


Chinese, Indian media discuss greater cooperation


Several legal luminaries and media personalities on Wednesday advocated an end to the defamation law in India.


Do away with defamation law, say legal and media luminaries


Palermo (Italy), May 4 (IANS/AKI) Pino Maniaci, the owner and presenter of a TV station renowned for fighting the Sicilian mafia, is under investigation for extorting money and employment from local officials, police said on Wednesday.


Sicilian TV host probed for extortion


Bangladeshi authorities have placed an embargo on the use of stickers on vehicles identifying various professions, like journalism, a media report said on Wednesday.


Embargo on vehicle stickers identifying professions in Bangladesh


Nepal's Commission for the Investigation of the Abuse of Authority (CIAA) should scrupulously follow the Supreme Court order to abide by procedures while probing prominent journalist Kanak Mani Dixit, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.


Nepal anti-graft body urged to follow procedures


Indian Information Service (IIS) officer Bhupendra Kainthola on Tuesday assumed charge as the new director of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) at Pune.

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