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G20 summit in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The G20 Health Ministers’ meeting under G20 India Presidency is being held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat from 17-19 August. Earlier on Friday, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the WHO praised India for advancing health coverage and schemes.

Elon Musk has announced the removal of block feature on the social media platform. Musk was responding to a question from the Tesla Owners Silicon Valley account asking users about their preference between mute and the block feature. Musk noted via an X (formerly Twitter) post that blocking will be deleted as a feature expected for direct messages but users will still possess the ability to mute others.

Also read: Hawai Wildfires: US President Joe Biden to visit Maui disaster site with aid in hand Ollie Williams, the operator of Yellowknife's Cabin Radio digital station, reported that individuals had resorted to sharing screenshots of information on Facebook since they couldn't share news feed links. In response, a Meta spokesperson communicated via email that the company had activated the "Safety Check" feature on Facebook, allowing users to inform others of their safety during natural disasters or crises.

Bitcoin (BTC), the largest cryptocurrency globally, has experienced a downward trajectory in recent months, with its price sliding from $28,000 to approximately $26,220 today. 

Percy Jackson and the Olympians" books will arrive on Disney+ this December 20. The show's first season, based on the initial book, «The Lightning Thief,» will premiere with two episodes and follow with weekly releases. A teaser for the series disclosed the premiere date and introduced the main cast. Walker Scobell, Leah Sava Jeffries and Aryan Simhadri play the lead roles of Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase and Grover Underwood. The teaser commences with Virginia Kull's voiceover as Sally Jackson, Percy's mother, confirming the existence of Greek gods and half-bloods. Images of Camp Half-Blood, Olympus, Ares (Adam Copeland) and confrontations with monsters accompany her words. The trailer concludes with Glynn Turman, embodying Mr. Brunner or Chiron, welcoming Percy.

Lies of P" is a Pinocchio-themed souls-like game, deviating from Disney's portrayal with a darker approach. Drawing from the original Pinocchio book, it emphasizes action-adventure elements to craft a challenging gaming experience. A recent gameplay trailer has unveiled the game's intense darkness and difficulty as players navigate Pinocchio through an unforgiving world. With its launch on Xbox Game Pass, anticipation is growing. Here's a breakdown of what we know about "Lies of P."

Netflix is set to release "One Piece Film: Gold" and several TV specials in September 2023. This adds to the expanding One Piece content available on the platform. Over the last decade, a number of notable One Piece movies and TV specials have been produced, offering reimagined versions of the pre-time skip storyline. In recent times, Netflix has steadily included multiple seasons of One Piece in its streaming library. Furthermore, at the close of August 2023, the first-ever live-action adaptation of the One Piece series will exclusively debut on Netflix. The upcoming releases, «One Piece Film: Gold» and the assorted TV specials, are scheduled for release on Friday, September 1, 2023. Here's what's in store:

Investing.com — The conviction that gold has found a secure home at above $1,900 is being challenged by lower monthly milestones in the yellow metal’s price. And a fourth weekly loss.

BRICS Summit in South Africa between August 22-24 will see the largest gathering so far at an event of the bloc, with the hosts inviting more than 60 countries, enabling Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold a series of meetings including with some of the African leaders on the sidelines of the Summit. Prospective new members of BRICS have been invited to the summit that will focus on BRICS expansion among other issues, ET has learnt. The PM's presence will give a major push to India's Global South agenda and its African outreach.

Netflix has recently introduced a substantial influx of 23 fresh movies, series, and games to its platform. Among the latest additions are noteworthy selections for August 18. Meanwhile, it's worth noting that today is the final opportunity to catch the Netflix Original film «Bleach» and Nickelodeon's offering «Santiago of the Seas.» Additionally, be aware that «Septembers of Shiraz» and «Take My Brother Away» are slated for removal from Netflix in the forthcoming days. Among the newly added on Netflix, viewers can certainly watch «Boy Erased», «Mask Girl Season 1», «LEGO® Legacy: Heroes Unboxed», «10 Days of a Bad Man», «A Life Too Short: The Isabella Nardoni Case», «Buya Hamka Vol. 1», 'Carancho', 'Crane World', «Elefante blanco», «Long Live the Bonus Family», «Love You Long Time», «Love, Sex and 30 Candles», «OMG! Oh My Girl», «The Monkey King». Meanwhile, the striking Writers Guild of America (WGA) on Thursday urged federal regulators to increase their oversight of the streaming media business, saying Walt Disney, Amazon.com and Netflix had amassed too much power. The guild, which has been on strike since May 2, issued a report arguing that the three companies were poised to become «the new gatekeepers of media» and have abused their positions «to further disadvantage competitors, raise prices for consumers, and push down wages for the creative workforce.» The union urged regulators to block any further consolidation in the industry, «proactively investigate anti-competitive issues and outcomes» and increase regulation and oversight of the streaming business.

The ongoing bitcoin bear market has been difficult for cryptocurrency entrepreneurs like Tyrone Ross, but it hasn’t been enough to slow him down.

The major non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea has implemented changes that makes creator fees optional for new collections.

RRR, Pushpa, and KGF: Chapter 2, which initially found favour with north Indian audiences, is waning. According to a recent report by multiplex operator PVR Inox, the share of Hindi (dubbed) content has fallen from 28% in Q1 FY23 to just 7% in Q1 FY24. This shift is attributed to a mix of audience fatigue with Hollywood movies, including the Marvel series, as well as fewer south Indian films having nationwide popularity compared to FY23, said industry experts.

New Delhi: Premium grocery retail chain Namdhari’s Agro Fresh Pvt. Ltd is looking to raise between $20 million and $30 million as it looks to scale beyond South India. Meanwhile, increasing competition from quick-commerce firms and online grocery delivery platforms is also prompting retailers like Bengaluru-based Namdhari’s to boost investments in their brand and scale operations.

Here is your Pro Recap of the biggest analyst cuts you may have missed since yesterday: Downgrades at Farfetch, Cigna, Keysight Technologies, and XPO.

BBC Presenter Stephen Nolan has issued an apology in response to allegations that he sent unsolicited explicit photos to colleagues, a controversy that has recently garnered significant media attention.

US Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said on Friday. A top official of his country will be visiting India very soon to address the issue of shortage of some crucial drugs including those for cancer in the US, he said. «We have a very strong and dependent relationship with India when it comes to pharmaceuticals.

Twitter’ to ‘X’ but the underlying rules remains the same. You can’t last long on the microblogging platform if you are disfavoured by ‘Chief Twit’ Elon Musk! An NYU professor just learned this the hard way. Scott Galloway, a marketing professor and public speaker found himself locked out of X after a spat with the billionaire. Taking to Threads the professor revealed the whole saga. A mutual acquaintance had reportedly reached out to him and claimed that the entrepreneur felt “unfairly attacked” by him and wanted a meeting. Galloway denied. The next day he found himself unable to log in to Twitter. He remained banned for over 17 days. “A mutual friend reached out and said Elon feels “unfairly attacked,” by me, and wants to meet. I declined. 2 days later I was locked out of “X,” reads the post. In an interview with the Insider, Galloway revealed he had tried to log back in, but all his efforts went in vain. “Filled out the form on the site, but no word back,” he told the news portal.

Also read: Unacademy educator suggests to vote for politicians 'jo padha likha ho’, stirs controversy The edtech company justified this decision by stating that the classroom is not an appropriate platform for sharing personal opinions and perspectives. Co-founder of Unacademy, Roman Saini, cited a breach of contract as the reason for Sangwan's dismissal, leading to their parting ways. Also read: Unacademy trims perks, pay to boost profitability Saini conveyed in a tweet that Unacademy is dedicated to providing high-quality education and maintains a strict Code of Conduct for its educators to ensure unbiased knowledge dissemination.

Vodafone Idea later this year. The two companies had entered into a term sheet in November 2021 for a term of two years. The company explained in a regulatory filing on Friday that the deal to providing secure and encrypted international messaging traffic would not be extended.

Despite broader anxieties in the market, Toncoin (TON) is on the climb, after a +10% bounce off the 20DMA leaves price poised for technical rally.