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in-app purchases, adds the publication. The platform's design is reminiscent of Instagram, complete with familiar tabs such as Home, Search (which also serves as a recommendation tool), Direct Messages (DMs), and Profile, all conveniently located at the bottom of the interface.As per the publication, upon signing up, users are guided through a comprehensive process to create their own Butterfly.

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Thursday vowed to challenge the Patna High Court order setting aside a hike in reservation for deprived castes from 50 per cent to 65 per cent. Choudhary, who is also the state BJP president, asserted his party was «fully in support» of reservations and the state government will move the Supreme Court «after due consultations with legal experts». «It was with the BJP's full support that the Nitish Kumar government ordered the caste survey and raised quotas for Dalits, tribals and backward classes,» said Choudhary, who became deputy CM in January this year after the return of Kumar to the NDA. «We believe that the reservation laws in Bihar were amended in accordance with provisions of the Constitution… states like Tamil Nadu, too, have 69 per cent quotas,» he said.

CoCo Coin ($CoCo) offers community members the unique opportunity to get rewarded for their social interactions on Twitter. This meme-driven ecosystem is inspired by the popular ‘Pepe the Frog’ meme, combining meme culture with unique earning opportunities.

According to a report by the Climate Bonds Initiative, Q1 2024 has been the «most prolific» quarter for sustainable finance volumes, up 15% from the $237.2bn recorded in Q1 2023 and 41% higher than the $193bn of Q4 2023. Green bonds alone contributed $195.9bn, another quarterly record, with lifetime green bond volume crossing the $3trn mark since its market inception in 2006. The quarterly figure marked a 25% increase from Q1 2023 and was 43% higher than the last quarter of 2023. Social bonds followed suit at $42.3bn, while sustainability and sustainability-related bonds added $31.4bn...

Officials say at least 34 people have died and dozens are hospitalized after drinking illegally brewed liquor tainted with methanol in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu

One of the founders of OpenAI who was involved in a failed effort to push out CEO Sam Altman says he’s starting a safety-focused artificial intelligence company

Rahul Gandhi on Thursday launched a string of attacks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing the media on the issue of NEET, and said that the BJP leader has been unable to plug alleged paper leaks in competitive exams. Gandhi said that following the recent Lok Sabha disappointment, PM Modi has “psychologically collapsed, someone even threw chappal at his car.” The Congress leader was making a reference to a video that has been circulating on social media where a footwear was allegedly hurled at PM Modi’s car in his constituency Varanasi.

Allahabad High Court has dismissed a petition filed by Ayushi Patel, a NEET-UG aspirant, who alleged that the National Testing Agency (NTA) had failed to declare her result and that her OMR answer sheet was torn. The court found that Patel had submitted forged documents in her petition. Patel claimed that the NTA had informed her that her result would not be declared due to the torn OMR sheet. She demanded a manual evaluation of her OMR sheet, an inquiry against the NTA, and a halt to the admission counselling process. However, upon a court order, the NTA presented the original OMR sheet, which was found to be intact. «NTA can take legal action in the matter,» Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan said in his order. NTA told the court the decision to initiate legal action against the student, Ayushi Patel of Lucknow, had already been taken.

McCourt, a US real estate billionaire, aims to buy TikTok to rescue the internet from the clutches of major platforms that he firmly believes are destroying society and endangering children. In the United States, McCourt is best known as the former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, while in Europe he is the current proprietor of storied football club Olympique de Marseille that counts French President Emmanuel Macron among its fans.

social media user, on Reddit shared a small anecdote on how he is just like a 'walking dad joke', with a name that can be easily made fun of.

Swizz Beatz and Timbaland are bringing the “Verzuz” series back with a new major platform for viewers to watch musicians face off in a song-against-song battle

London Private Members' Clubs, seem to be moping about the incoming British PM — in opinion polls we still trust — lacking one credential: being a member of a club in the city he lives-works in. Thevoz mentions in an X post: 'As far as I can tell, Keir Starmer will be the first British Prime Minister since 1763 to not be (or have been) a member of one or more London private members' clubs....' Conservative and Labour PMs alike have been, we are told, members of social watering holes like the Athenaeum and Carlton, Churchill apparently finding time and energy to be a member of nine clubs.

NEW DELHI:The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) added 1.64 million new members in April, payroll data released on Wednesday said.The ministry of labour and employment, which released the data, said that of the new additions, 784,000 were young employees under the age of 25.The month also saw the inclusion of around 18,490 new establishments under the ESIC's social security scheme, expanding coverage to more workers.A gender analysis of the payroll data revealed that women accounted for 338,000 of the net enrolments in April, with 53 transgender employees also registering under ESI.Read Also: India's employment challenge: 20 million jobs need to be created each year"Through the data, it is noticeable that more jobs have been generated for the youth of the nation as out of the total 1.64 million employees added during the month, 784,000 employees amounting to around 47.60% of the total registrations belong to the age group of up to 25 years," the labour ministry said.Also Read: ESIC adds 1.59 mn new employees in November"Also, the gender-wise analysis of the payroll data indicates that the net enrolment of female members was 338,000 in April 2024.

orange paint on Stonehenge, the prehistoric megalithic structure on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. In a video going viral on social media platforms, two people wearing white shirts with Just Stop Oil on can be seen running up to the monoliths with canisters spraying paint. People present there tried to stop those activists by dragging them away. This is significant because the act of vandalism has taken place just a few days ahead of the summer solstice. Some of the stones, dating back to neolithic period, were seen covered in orange paint. One of the protesters sat on the grass and the other was detained by a member of the public.

Formal job creation under the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) fell by 7.8% to 1.64 million in April 2024 as against 1.78 million in the corresponding month last year, shows the provisional payroll data released by the ministry of labour and employment on Wednesday. As per the data, around 18,490 new establishments have been brought under the social security ambit of the ESI Scheme in the month of April, 2024 thus ensuring social security to more workers. “Out of the total 1.64 million employees added during the month, 0.78 million employees or 47.6% of the total employees added to ESIC were up to 25 years of age, suggesting more jobs have been generated for the youth of the nation,” it said in a statement.

Baby Reindeer. You’ve either devoured the Netflix hit already or have been warned to steer clear of it because it may be too triggering, but you’re aware of the show itself, and of its part confessional, part true-crime nature.

William Lewis set out in 2020 to build a modern newsroom. His plan: Don’t resist the power of social media. Embrace it.

HD Kumaraswamy on Wednesday met Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and initiated discussions on implementing the 260-km railway line between Bengaluru and Sathyamangalam (Sathy) in Tamil Nadu. Kumaraswamy, who met Vaishnaw in Delhi, mentioned that the project was sanctioned when his father, HD Deve Gowda was the Prime Minister in 1996. According to a map put out by the Indian Railways, the new line, as proposed earlier, branches off at Hejjala on the Mysuru-Bengaluru sector and reaches Chamarajanagar via the industrial hub of Harohalli, Kanakapura, Sathanur, Halaguru, Malavalli, Kollegal and Yelandur covering a length of 142-km. A further extension from here is needed to reach Sathyamangalam.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has said he wants to restrict students' usage of smartphones during the school day

The central conceit of colleges such as Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) is that they are the best. The oxygen that gives life to this conceit is that they get the ‘best’ students. ‘Best’ here has a specific meaning, referring to students who are hard-working and focused, and who adapt well to certain kinds of testing.

cricket player is heard saying in the video, "Indian hoga (Must be an Indian)". The fan, however, said, "Pakistani hoon (I am a Pakistani)."Rauf posted a statement on X (formerly Twitter) with the video going viral."I decided not to bring this on social media, But now that the video is out, I feel it is necessary to address the situation.