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Melania Trump recently tweeted her appreciation for New York City, which caused both confusion and laughter. Her sentimental post about the city was in stark contrast to her husband's recent disparaging and belittling remarks, sparking speculation and jokes on social media. Social media users laughed and ridiculed Melania Trump's reflection on New York City. «Today is 28 years ago, and from the moment I arrived, New York City captured my heart. This vibrant town is more than just where I live; it's a vibrant canvas where dreams are realized. The iconic skyline and vibrant culture of New York inspire me every day,» the former first lady wrote on X on Tuesday. Also Read: Democrats are leading the Republicans by double digits in Arizona and Nevada Senate polls

special session of the West Bengal assembly will be held from Monday to pass an anti-rape legislation in the wake of the rape and murder of a PG medical student in RG Kar hospital on August 9. The special session will start on Monday and the proposed bill will be tabled on Tuesday in all likelihood, sources said. Ahead of the special session, the state cabinet already passed the proposal and has set up a committee comprising state law minister Moloy Ghatak, finance minister-MoS (independent charge) Chandrima Bhattacharya, and state chief secretary, finance secretary and law secretary, sources said. The committee will frame the new legislation with emphasis on time-bound completion of trial and death penalty for the culprit.

The Canadian economy grew at a faster-than-expected annualized pace of 2.1 per cent in the second quarter of the year, but early indications point to a loss of momentum going into the third quarter.

B Navyashree lying dead next to her with her throat slit. The incident occurred at Navyashree's house in Vishweshwaraiah Layout, Kengeri. Police suspect Navyashree's husband, A Kiran, a cab driver, of committing the murder after a night of conflict, and he has been detained. Navyashree, originally from Bhadravati in Shivamogga district, had invited her childhood friend Aishwarya over to share details of her troubled marriage with Kiran. According to the police, the couple had been facing issues for the past year, with Kiran feeling increasingly insecure due to Navyashree's social status as a choreographer. The police described the tension in the marriage, noting that Kiran wanted Navyashree to change her profession and often suspected her fidelity. «Differences cropped up between the couple over the last one year,» an officer explained, adding that Kiran frequently checked Navyashree's mobile phone, which annoyed her.

demolition of his brother's sports venture here was carried out without notice and consideration of prior permissions, former Union HRD Minister M M Pallam Raju has said the demolition was extremely painful. Raju, senior Congress leader from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, also said he is feeling the pain of the vilification of a clean record of three generations of public life. The demolition was part of the drive initiated by the HYDRA (Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Monitoring and Protection Agency), recently set up by the Telangana government, against alleged encroachments on government properties like lakes and other violations of rules. «Extremely pained by the demolition of ORO Sports Village, a passionate sports venture by my brother Anand, in 7 acres of leased land. ⁠Demolition done without notice and without consideration of prior permissions and clearances,» Raju said in a post on the social media platform 'X'.

Quess Corp's global headcount has topped 600,000, putting it in the same league with global staffing behemoths Adecco, Randstad and Manpower, and software services giant Tata Consultancy Services in terms of number of employees. The Bengaluru-headquartered firm, which offers staffing, workforce management and technology outsourcing services, ended the June quarter with an employee count of 597,000. Since then, it has added at least 6,000 workers, chairman Ajit Isaac told ET. “We are among the largest globally in headcount and perhaps the youngest to achieve this in a span of 17 years,” he said.

Mint explains. Durov, 39, was detained in France and later released from police custody under conditions that he can’t leave the country. He was accused of failing to take action against harmful posts by users of the encrypted messaging app.

Kamala Harris recently donned a attractive tan suit, that has caught the eye of her followers, but what's surprising is that Barack Obama took the opportunity to celebrate a ten-year anniversary of a controversial incident by linking it to her suit. Interestingly, Barack Obama had donned a tan suit on August 28, 2014, during a press conference on the subject of ISIS back then.

Caste census was the predominant issue raised by the Opposition members at the first meeting of the parliamentary panel on the welfare of OBCs, with BJP ally JDU supporting their demand to call Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) officials to gather more information on OBCs, sources said. Incidentally, Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India is the head of the census organisation, which operates under MHA — necessitating the presence of ministry officials at the meet. At the first meeting of the panel, which was reconstituted earlier this month and headed by BJP MP Ganesh Singh, DMK floor leader in the Lok Sabha, TR Baalu, raised the caste census issue. He was supported by Congress Manickam Tagore and Trinamool Congress' Kalyan Banerjee. JDU's Giridhari Yadav also supported the demand.

reading — by which we mean book-size, long-form, anything lengthier than your 4-5 thumb scrolldowns — is not for everyone. While at any earlier age, reading beyond mashed-up info and opinions formed a bulk of the literate person's entertainment and information-gathering, now we have other far-quicker, more effective modes of uptake.

Beyoncé backed Biden in 2020, this decision was divisive. Beyoncé's music was played by the Trump campaign at rallies in addition to social media posts. After allegedly threatening legal action, Beyoncé's team took down the offending video. But there was still controversy about her song's usage at a rally. The possibility of legal action was explored, even though her representatives remained silent, as per the reports of MSN.

Meta's Llama artificial intelligence models are being used by companies including Goldman Sachs and AT&T for business functions like customer service, document review and computer code generation, the social media giant said in a statement on Thursday. The mostly free-of-charge Llama models have been downloaded almost 350 million times since Meta began releasing them publicly last year, an increase from the 300 million downloads the company announced when it released the biggest version of its latest Llama 3 model in late July. Usage via cloud providers like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure has also increased, more than doubling between May and July this year, Meta said.

Donald Trump's airy comments around the state of California and how he could have won there, has created a frenzy on social media. In a TV interview with popular host and personality Dr. Phil, Trump claimed that if the mail-in ballots were replaced with Jesus Christ for doing the vote counting, the former President could have easily won the elections there.

The Fountain, produced by Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel, about a man searching for everlasting youth, had this chilling dialogue: “Death is a disease, it’s like any other. And there’s a cure. A cure—and I will find it." No other words are more apt than this film dialogue to describe this moment in human endeavour when Death is the unparalleled villain.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said credible media is important for the qualitative transformation of democracy and socio-economic development of the country. Addressing an event here, Gadkari said every politician expects media support, but the media should support what is good for democracy and the country. He noted that once upon a time, people were only dependent on print media and electronic media, now they are dependent on social media. «In media, what we need is credibility, goodwill...people are expecting information from the media by which they can make the qualitative transformation of our democracy,» the minister said.

Nifty hit a fresh record high. The pessimism in the SME market comes after Sebi issued a warning to investors against blindly investing in SME stocks, where promoters of some companies paint an unrealistic picture of their operations.

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice is threatening to shut down the local activities of X, formerly Twitter, unless its billionaire owner Elon Musk names an in-country legal representative within 24 hours

The recent arrest of Telegram founder and Chief Executive Officer Pavel Durov near Paris has sent shockwaves through the tech world. Elon Musk called on France to “free Pavel" to avert a threat to democracy; Paul Graham, the co-founder of leading Silicon Valley accelerator Y Combinator, suggested it would hurt the country’s chances of being “a major startup hub." Yet, while some are citing a French-led assault on free speech and innovation, the reality is more nuanced.

The U.S. Postal Service is abandoning a plan to reroute Reno-area mail processing to Sacramento

Ford Motor Co. has joined the ranks of companies that have pulled back on diversity, equity and inclusion policies while facing pressure from conservative groups

The Platform 2," directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, is set to premiere at the San Sebastián Film Festival this September. The film is a follow-up to the popular Netflix movie «The Platform.»