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TMC and BJP on Monday engaged in a war of words after TMC MP Saket Gokhale shared an alleged video of a girl dancing in a 'protest for RG Kar'. Taking to social media platform X, Gokhale shared a video of a girl dancing in the backdrop of posters that read 'justice for our sister'. He accused the BJP of hijacking a protest for political agendas. «Sickening! This is allegedly from a “protest for RG Kar” organized by BJP in Bengal. Is THIS BJP’s idea of “respecting women”? Creepy BJP misogynists hijacked a protest for political agendas with ZERO concern for the victim or any woman,» Gokhale stated.

Masters of Albion is an upcoming game from Peter Molyneux's studio, 22Cans. While a release date is not yet confirmed, players can Wishlist the game on Steam. The game promises a blend of strategy, moral choices and God-like powers set in a fictional UK town.

₹1,338 crores and ₹936 crores on Google for abuse of its dominant position in the Android mobile devices ecosystem and its play store and in-app payments, respectively. These penalties reflect growing concerns about Big Tech’s market power and its impact on competition and consumer choice. The draft digital competition law sets specific criteria for determining which enterprises qualify as SSDEs.

Cricketers, both past and present, are making equity investments or even turning founders of various new ventures, joining a growing cohort of celebrities looking beyond traditional endorsements. MS Dhoni has acquired a stake in IPO-bound jewellery maker Bluestone, while venture fund Peak XV Partners is set to back star batsman Sachin Tendulkar’s sports shoe startup, said people briefed on the matter. According to filings, former cricketer Yuvraj Singh has taken a stake in sports athleisure firm Agilitas Sports, founded by Abhishek Ganguly, who was managing director of Puma India. “From focusing on endorsement deals, athletes are now taking greater interest in equity deals, as well as deeper roles in company operations – especially for the ones who have retired from international cricket but built a large brand value,” said one person aware of the deals. “This is becoming a much bigger area of interest–similar to global celebrity deals.”

Pavel Durov, billionaire founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at the Bourget airport outside Paris on Saturday evening, TF1 TV and BFM TV said, citing unnamed sources. TF1 and BFM both said the investigation was focused on a lack of moderators on Telegram, and that police considered that this situation allowed criminal activity to go on undeterred on the messaging app. Telegram did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. The French Interior Ministry and police had no comment. Russia's Foreign Ministry said it was taking steps to «clarify» the situation and questioned whether Western non-governmental organizations (NGOs) would seek his release…

Telegram messaging app, Paul Durov, who had an arrest warrant issued against him, was detained by the French authorities at an airport outside Paris, CNN reported. Officers from France's anti-fraud office, attached to French customs, took the French-Russian billionaire into custody on Saturday evening after he arrived at Bourget Airport on a flight from Azerbaijan, according to CNN affiliate BFMTV. Durov, 39, was wanted under a French arrest warrant due to the lack of moderation on Telegram, which allegedly led to the platform being used for money laundering, drug trafficking and sharing pedophilic content.

When the next wave of artificial intelligence arrives, autonomous bots will be able to complete nearly any task humans carry out on their devices. These AI “agents," as they are known, won’t need to interact much with people to get things done. The bots will be able to figure out how to accomplish tasks on their own—booking a flight, ordering groceries online or even playing Cupid—all without you lifting a finger.

India and the United States agreed to press forward with the acquisition of anti-submarine equipment and the co-production of crucial systems such as fighter jet engines and unmanned platforms. Coinciding with the visit, the US Secretary of State approved a Foreign Military Sale of Anti-Submarine Warfare Sonobuoys and Related Equipment for an estimated $52.8 million. The High Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare (HAASW) sonobuoys will be launched by Indian Navy MH-60R helicopters stationed aboard frontline warships. In his meeting with Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Singh discussed bilateral defense initiatives, including efforts to increase supply chain security and enhance maritime security in the Indian Ocean Region.

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Singapore — WEEX Exchange, a top-tier cryptocurrency exchange known for pushing the boundaries of digital asset innovation, proudly presents the latest chapter in its WEEX WE-Launch series: the launch of Bad Idea AI (BAD). This exciting event offers participants the chance to engage with one of the most provocative projects in the crypto space, featuring an 840,000,000,000 BAD token airdrop and a “Share 2 Earn” campaign with a 2,000 USDT prize pool.

₹800 crore as salary advances, or loans against salaries, in the latest April-June quarter. Such fintech startups typically partner with non-banking financial companies for capital to disburse as advance salaries. A majority of their clients tend to be companies with a large number of contract employees or gig workers.

Consumers may face disruptions in getting service and transactional messages from banks, financial institutions and ecommerce firms on their mobile phones from next month following a telecom regulator move aimed at curbing spam, specifically phishing attempts. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has asked telcos to stop transmitting messages containing URLs, OTT links, APKs (Android application packages) or call-back numbers that are not whitelisted--or registered with telcos--by senders from September 1. The regulator's ultimatum means banks, financial institutions and online platforms must get their templates and content registered with operators by the August 31 deadline, failing which messages containing these elements will be blocked.

ecommerce platforms like Amazon and Flipkart by matching their prices across groceries and fast-selling general merchandise, triggering a price war in the home delivery space. This is a departure from the earlier pricing strategy of quick-commerce players who typically charged 10-15% premium over average ecommerce marketplace prices for instant deliveries, industry executives said. The strategy now is to win consumers from large ecommerce at a time when urban shoppers increasingly prefer faster and scheduled deliveries, they said.

Longlegs" is set to become available for digital purchase. The film, which has earned over $100 million globally, will also have physical copies available for pre-order.

Tron ($TRX) holders are counting their lucky stars this week. Their token is up 18.4% from its price this time seven days ago as it trades at $0.156 as of this writing.

Employment and Consumer Welfare’ released on Wednesday. The report’s findings are principally based on a panIndia survey of 2,062 online vendors, 2,031 brick-and-mortar vendors, and 8,209 consumers of products from ecommerce websites. It was conducted across 35 cities in 20 states and UTs. The survey itself was guided by a robust methodology and conducted by PRICE (People Research on India’s Consumer Economy). Given the veracity of the survey findings, it would be most useful for policymakers to take cognisance of these empirical findings. One of the most striking takeaway is that the apocalypse narrative of large-scale destruction of kirana stores is rejected by brick-and-mortar vendors themselves. The survey asked vendors if they were aware of any physical stores that had shut down in their vicinity since 2020, and what they thought the contributing reasons were. Less than 20% reported a physical store closure in their neighbourhood since 2020 when the pandemic drove an ecommerce boom. Only 6% of offline vendors attributed these store closures to consumers shifting to online shopping. A slightly higher proportion — 8% — attributed physical store closures to the growth of large organised retail.

Sanctuary Wealth has strengthened its advisory network in the eastern US as a four-person breakaway team makes a leap for independence.

X’s self-proclaimed role as a guarantor of free speech means that we should know which outside entities and which foreign governments may be able to exert influence on the company. After Elon Musk formally rebranded Twitter as X in 2023, the names of the shareholders who helped finance the enormous $44 billion acquisition have been made public more than a year later by a federal court order. These names include music mogul Sean Diddy Combs and the founder and former CEO of the social media platform, Jack Dorsey. Also Read :Musk's own AI system creates video of him and Trump committing armed robbery

Union telecom minister Jyotiraditya Scindia in second advisory committee meeting with telecom operators on Friday asked them to take lead in the development of 6G technology. According to sources, who were present in the meeting, telecom operators reiterated their old demand of easing right of way permits, rationalisation of power tariffs and lowering of levies in the meeting. «Had a productive meeting with the Advisory Group of Telecom Service providers. Discussed issues pertaining to quality of services, India's 6G vision and promoting research and development to take our sector to new heights of development,» Scindia said on social media platform X. Minister of State for Communications, Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar, Telecom Secretary Neeraj Mittal, Digital Communications Commission member (Finance) Manish Sinha and other senior officials from the Department of Telecom were present at the meeting.