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Instagram is expanding its Close Friends feature beyond Stories and Notes to feed posts and Reels. Now, users will be able to share Reels and feed posts with a smaller, more trusted group instead of everyone who follows them, according to Engadget.

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Gaza bombardment. Taking to X, she said, “We demanded accountability and it is saddening that the best the White House could come up with is, 'Everyone has their opinion, we respect folks' opinion, and that is her opinion.'" Also Read: Canadian poet Rupi Kaur rejects Biden's Diwali invitation over Israel support, says 'Govt's actions dehumanize people' Kaur further added, “'Everyone has their opinion...and that is her opinion' is a disingenuousness, gaslighting response to ‘Your government is helping to enable a Genocide with American tax dollars and we are asking you to stop.'" Kaur slammed the Biden administration and noted, “Shame that this administration does not have compassion for both Palestinian and Israeli lives lost.

₹3,19,400 crore in FY22. By FY26, this is expected to touch ₹4,88,300 crore.

Tony Evers has invited schoolchildren statewide to join in the holiday cheer by crafting ornaments for this year's State Capitol Holiday Tree. Governor Evers tweeted, «Help us decorate the 2023 Capitol Holiday Tree with ornaments celebrating the 175 years of dreamers, creators, innovators, leaders, and hardworking folks that made us the state we are today!» The theme not only commemorates the state's 175 years of existence but also pays tribute to the diverse array of Wisconsinites who have played pivotal roles in shaping its identity. On Nov 7, he unveiled the theme for this year's Capitol Holiday Tree as '175 Years of Wisconsinites.' Although the theme is decided, Wisconsinites will have to wait until the day before Thanksgiving for the tree to be erected in the State Capitol.

David Chepauskas, a senior wealth planner at Summit Financial in Red Bank, New Jersey, embodies the spirit of service in multiple ways. Early in his life, he felt called to volunteer for the military during the Cold War. After all, it runs in the family.

Vivian Richards lavished praise on India's talismanic batter Virat Kohli, calling him one 'all-time greats' of the game alongside 'Master Blaster' Sachin Tendulkar. Further retrenching himself in cricketing folklore and adding another feather to his cap, the batting superstar brought up his 49th ODI century in an earlier World Cup clash with South Africa at the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The ton also saw Kohli equal his childhood idol Tendulkar's world record for most hundreds in the 50-over format. The batting talisman has amassed a total of 543 runs in the ongoing World Cup 2023 at an average of 108.60.

But, now, tongue-twisters like this may be used to detect, no, not just the suppleness of your tongue, but also whether you've had a bit too much to drink. Move over Breathalysers, alliterative analysers are here.

Pratik Gupta, CEO & Co-Head, Kotak Institutional Equities, says what the market is liking is the fact that new age tech companies are turning profitable or staying profitable in some cases and the profit margins, EBITDA margins, contribution margins are improving. So that's actually a positive. We think structurally over the next three to five years, this is a good theme. In a couple of cases, unfortunately, these stocks have gone up very sharply. So there could be a near-term pause, but by and large, we are quite constructive on most of the new age companies, the listed ones.” The best could be behind at least for the near term in spaces like defence and railways, which did get pretty frothy about two months back. Yes, I would agree. I think you have got to be a bit careful in those spaces. The stocks have had a very nice run up. They are extrapolating whatever has happened in the last one or two quarters. And that I think is a bit dangerous.

'Permanent Distortion' author Nomi Prins argues Fed policy is adversely affecting everyone on 'Making Money.'

Outrage over the price of basic housing is spurring calls for a tax on mansions in a Southwestern city cherished by tourists and second-home owners for its adobe architecture and Rocky Mountain vistas

Narendra Modi had struck a chord with the same demographic bulge by drawing a distinction between “hard work" and “Harvard." It was a point of political rhetoric, with the latter meant as a stand-in for privilege. In a country of multitudes aspiring to lifestyles the internet had begun exposing them to, it held a special appeal among those who saw themselves on the hard-work side of that split. The actual hours they worked wasn’t relevant—nor its intensity, let alone productivity.

NEW DELHI : Karnataka information technology minister Priyank Kharge said the state aims to corner investments worth $2.8-3 billion in the semiconductor-related electronics manufacturing sector, converting at least 50% of them by March 2024. He said the state is willing to tweak incentive and labour policies to attract major players along with their supply chains.

Halloween costumes.While regular folks around the world are crafting their costumes from cardboard or visiting their local Spirit Halloween for a last-minute outfit, the rich and famous have always taken the holiday to the next level.Every year, pop culture enthusiasts eagerly await news of what their favourite celebrities wore for Halloween.Fortunately, a number of film, TV and music’s biggest stars really turned out for 2023. Some, like actor Keke Palmer, even opted to host their own high-budget photo shoots to best show off their costumes.It may not be the Met Gala, but it was still an opportunity for some celebrities to cause a fashion scene.Bob Ross may be dead, but his spirit lives on.

Tata Motors to set up a factory, but a frenzied agitation against the project forced the company to relocate it to Gujarat in 2008 after it had invested a claimed ₹1,800 crore there and was on the verge of rolling out its Nano cars. In 2016, the Singur acquisition was quashed by India’s apex court, but, given the losses borne, news that Tata Motors has won an arbitral award of ₹766 crore (plus interest) as compensation should not surprise us. Nor should the fact that the state’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) government may contest this order, given the key role this party played in the project’s ejection before it achieved power.

₹1.5 crore to ₹2 crore. The video of the same became viral on social media. According to the tweet, the long lines were seen in the Wakad area, situated 15 km away from Pune main city.

On Oct. 20, Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie came back from her temporary leave to overrule a previous rejection by city council and allow the building of four-unit housing on low-rise residential lots.

In fact, we respect Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy so much that we really do want to emulate his highly determined, highly hardworking and highly disciplined model of success. We really do.

₹221 crore in his bank account. Interestingly, he learnt about this bounty only after receiving an income tax (I-T) notice. He learnt about this when he received a tax notice informing him about the huge inflow in his bank account.

Palestine culminated into a war. Prices disregarded the robust US economic release boosting bets of higher-for-longer interest rates which end up lifting the US currency and bond yields. Geopolitical tensions often have a significant impact on the performance of gold.

scientific proof that humans are hardwired to take it easy — if someone is ready to pitch in a bit more, or if they think that person to do so. Researchers at the Technical University of Berlin have found 'social loafing', the tendency for individuals to expend less effort when working collectively rather than individually, to be standard behaviour in offices.