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Senior living firm Columbia Pacific Communites is being merged with Kites Senior Care. This merger is expected to create one of the largest senior living firms in India. “The merger is under process for the India business of Columbia and is unlikely to impact the existing joint ventures. Columbia Pacific Communities has a net worth of over Rs 25 crore and is likely to be valued in the same,” said multiple people aware of the development. The latter has undergone a leadership change, with Mohit Nirula resigning in July 2023 to join Oberoi Hotels. V Siva Kumar was appointed interim director at Columbia Pacific Communities and is now the CFO.

Standard Chartered, agreeing that Ethereum will receive the green light for spot ETFs soon, has updated its price target for the leading altcoin. Geoff Kendrick, Standard Chartered’s Head of FX Research and Digital Assets Research, believes ETH could peak at $8,000 by the end of the year. According to Geoff Kendrick, spot Ethereum ETFs will drive inflows of $15 billion to $45 billion within the first 12 months. This inflow of capital is what is expected to be the driving force behind the next major move in the crypto market.

tribal population was decreasing in the Santhal Parganas because of infiltration, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday accused the JMM-led ruling alliance in Jharkhand of «patronising» infiltrators, who he said were grabbing land and putting women at risk. Addressing an election rally in Dumka, he alleged that the JMM and Congress were indulging in «rampant loot» and vowed that action against corruption would be intensified in the country after June 4. «A big crisis looms over Jharkhand and that is infiltration. The Santhal Parganas is facing the challenge of infiltration. In many areas, the population of tribals is declining fast and the number of infiltrators is on the rise. The infiltrators are grabbing tribal lands. Tribal daughters are the target of infiltrators. Their security and safety are at risk. Their lives are also at risk,» he said. Apparently referring to two incidents that happened in 2022, Modi said, «Tribal daughters are being chopped into 50 pieces… Being burnt alive… Someone's tongue was pulled out. Who are these people who are targeting tribal daughters? Why is the JMM government patronising them?»

Anime Foundation is launching with Animoca Brands, MyAnimeList, and San FranTokyo as partners.

The families of a group of victims of the Uvalde school shooting have announced new lawsuits against Instagram parent company Meta Platforms, the maker of the video game Call of Duty and the gun company that made the assault rifle used in the shooting

Nigeria’s government is cracking down on illegal mining, making dozens of arrests of unlicensed miners since April for allegedly stealing the country’s lithium, a critical mineral used in batteries for electric vehicles, smartphones and power systems

The Mexican president offered to buy its property on the Caribbean coast.

As climate change makes storms more frequent and intense, Florida community foundations are looking for new ways to make sure they have resources on hand to support the public before, during and after a disaster

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis used a highly derogatory term towards the LGBT community as he reiterated in a closed-door meeting with Italian bishops that gay people should not be allowed to become priests, Italian media reported on Monday. La Repubblica and Corriere della Sera, Italy's largest circulation dailies, both quoted the pope as saying seminaries, or priesthood colleges, are already too full of "frociaggine", a vulgar Italian term roughly translating as «faggotness».

storms swept over the central and southern U.S. over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, killing at least 22 people and leaving a wide trail of destroyed homes, businesses and power outages. The destructive storms caused deaths in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kentucky and were just north of an oppressive, early season heat wave setting records from south Texas to Florida.

Interoperability in Digital Economy (FIDE), which powers ecommerce networks like the government-backed Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), has unveiled a multi-network AI agent that can carry out commercial transactions on the user's behalf. The AI agent, Beckn Generative Pre-trained Transformer or BecknGPT, is an open-source demonstration app over Open AI’s ChatGPT.

Altcoin interest may be the driving factor as South Korean interest in alternative cryptoassets continues to rise, a new report has claimed.

Karakat in south Bihar has pitted one Kushwaha against another. The area in also known for its Leftist leanings, and was once the stronghold of the Triveni Sangh, a grouping of Yadavs, Kurmis and Kushwahas in the early 1930s. In pre-Independence days, Triveni Sangh was a symbol of growing political ambition among the three backward castes. Almost a century later, and after waves of social engineering, Yadavs are now with the RJD, while the Kushwaha-Kurmi combination traditionally favour NDA, especially its ally JDU, headed by Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. The Triveni Sangh has become history. This time around, the Mahagathbandhan, an alliance of RJD, Congress and Left parties, has kept its eye on the Kushwaha vote by giving seven members of the community tickets in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

Lucia and Jason, a keychain, a map, a magnet, a miniature replica of the getaway car, fake money, chips, and a polaroid of the main characters.Moreover, the creative and detailed proposal has received high praise from Reddit users. One commenter remarked, "Solid artwork bro," while others expressed their support and contributed additional suggestions.

PTI, "And what does Modi do? Play the tabla?"Rabri Devi, RJD's founding president and Lalu Prasad Yadav wife, stated that citing defeat in the Lok Sabha polls, the BJP-led NDA had ‘gone crazy and taken to blabbering’.ALSO READ: Modi says INDIA bloc performing 'mujra' for vote bank; Priyanka Gandhi quips 'no PM ever used such words'On being asked to comment by PM Modi who alleged the INDIA bloc was receiving support from 'jihadis' sponsored by Pakistan, She said, "If it is indeed so, what are the intelligence agencies doing? And before indulging in the dog whistle over Pakistan, they should remember one of their tallest leaders Lal Krishna Advani, who went on to become the deputy prime minister, was born in that country."Slamming the PM from making such comments, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi said the PM was doing disco dance with China when the latter's troops reportedly captured around 2,000 square kilometres of the Indian territory.He took to X and wrote, "@narendramodi Ji, you talked about Mujra, so Asaduddin Owaisi wants to ask you that for the last 3 years, China has occupied 2 thousand square kilometers of Indian land, Modi ji, you are not removing China, so were you doing Disco Dancing with China?"ALSO READ: Tejashwi Yadav, TMC, other opposition leaders condemn PM Modi's 'mujra' remarks: 'Take him to the doctor'"Is this the type of language the prime minister should use? Does Modi think we do not have mouth to speak? (humaare munh mein zabaan nahin hai kya)," Owaisi said.

Monday, May 27, 2024 – The community for Sponge ($SPONGE), a popular meme coin that brought its early supporters returns of up to 10,000%, has voted to receive the project’s lucrative staking rewards instantly.

The Arbitrum community is showing strong support for a governance proposal that aims to allocate 200 million ARB tokens towards the development of web3 games on the Ethereum Layer 2.

Monday, May 27, 2024 – The countdown has begun for the presale of GODLEN , a unique Solana utility-based token. With the presale ending in just one day, the buzz is building for what promises to be an epic launch and a generous airdrop event, being compared to the digital gold rush no one has ever seen before.

Elon Musk's X activates 'Community Notes' program in India. Here's how it works. Researchers who study social media worry about rampant hate speech and incitements to violence; in 2023 it became prohibitively expensive for researchers to get data to study these problems.

Maldives Ministry of Foreign Affairs co-chaired the India Maldives Review meeting. The two officials took stock of Indian grant-funded high-impact community development projects in Maldives. According to the Indian High Commission in Maldives, India is supporting the implementation of 65 community development projects worth MVR 360 million in Maldives. In a post shared on X, the Indian High Commission in Maldives stated, «India Maldives Review meeting co-chaired by HE Ahmed Naseer, Amb-at-large @MoFAmv and @AmbMunu to take stock of Indian grant-funded high impact community development projects #HICDP. India is supporting implementation of 65 community development projects worth MVR 360 million in Maldives.»

Maldives, Munu Mahawar, and Ahmed Naseer, Ambassador at Large for the Maldives Ministry of Foreign Affairs, co-chaired the India-Maldives Review meeting. The officials reviewed Indian grant-funded high-impact community development projects in the Maldives.According to the Indian High Commission in the Maldives, India is supporting 65 community development projects in the Maldives, valued at MVR 360 million.In a post shared on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), the Indian High Commission stated, “India Maldives Review meeting co-chaired by HE Ahmed Naseer, Amb-at-large @MoFAmv and @AmbMunu to take stock of Indian grant-funded high impact community development projects #HICDP.