Omar Abdullah Says He Won’t Raise J&K’s Internal Issues With US Ambassador Sergio Gor Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Wednesday that he would discuss the situation in the Union Territory with visiting US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor, but would not raise its internal political issues with him. Gor arrived in Srinagar on August 19 for his first official visit to Jammu and Kashmir. The visit is significant as it is the first by a US Ambassador to the region since the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019. Abdullah: J&K’s Issues Must Be Resolved in India Speaking ahead of his meeting with Gor, Omar Abdullah said that problems concerning Jammu and Kashmir should be addressed by the Government of India rather than Washington. He said he did not want to use the meeting as an opportunity to complain about the country's internal matters to a foreign diplomat. Instead, Abdullah said he expected to listen to the ambassador and understand Washington's pe...
YouTube Changes How Video Views Are Counted Starting August 24, 2026 YouTube is updating the way views are counted for regular videos, with the new system set to begin on August 24, 2026. Under the updated system, a view will be counted when a video starts playing. YouTube says the change is intended to make view measurement more consistent across different video formats. What Is Changing? Historically, YouTube has used different view-counting systems across its video formats. With the upcoming change, regular video views will be counted when playback begins. This means creators may notice their public view counts increasing more quickly after the new system takes effect. The previous measurement is not disappearing. YouTube will continue providing the older measurement through “engaged views” in YouTube Analytics, giving creators another way to understand meaningful viewer activity. Why Is YouTube Making This Change? YouTube says creators have asked for greater consiste...