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climate change is only making it worse. Now, a newly developed quantitative approach may help raise its prominence as an environmental, social and governance issue. The AI-driven tool, known as the Child Labor Index, scores companies in three areas: disclosure levels, public perception and the commodity-level exposure of the supply chain to child labor. Fund managers can use the scores to pinpoint high-risk companies and identify others that need to confront the issue. Among investors, “the level of awareness of child labor is incredibly low,” said Eleanor Harry, chief executive and founder of HACE, the UK-based startup that developed the index. “This will help them monitor risk in their portfolio.”

investors on Wednesday with forecasts of higher expenses and lighter-than-expected revenue, knocking nearly $200 billion off its stock market value and raising fears the surging cost of AI is outpacing its benefits. Shares of the Facebook and Instagram parent dropped about 15% in extended trade following the report, its market capitalization plunging to about $1 trillion.

Meta Q1 Results: Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of social media majors Facebook and Instagram announced its first quarter results on April 24. The tech giant reported a significant surge — more than doubling numbers — in its Q1 profit, AP reported. The profit increase was driven by increased advertising revenue and a 6 percent rise in average ad prices on its platforms, it added.

Railways Ministry has joined the viral keyboard trend. The multiple versions of the viral meme trend asking users to look between two letters on their keyboard has amazed the netizens. The ministry used the keyboard trend to spread awareness among people about the customer care number for railway enquiry-139.

The Democratic governor in Kansas has vetoed a broad package of tax cuts for the second time in three months

A select few BJP office-bearers are active in the old party office on Ashoka Road which is functioning as a war room. A team of BJP functionaries have shifted base to the old office. Key campaign strategies — based on feedback from social media, newspaper reports and programmes on news channels — are collated and discussed before being moved to the higher ups. Those preparing ads and dealing with campaign material and logistics also meet the concerned teams here. The campus is out of bounds for the neutral media. Bengali actor’s person

Donald Trump’s social media startup publicized a letter to the heads of various US House of Representatives committees, doubling down on claims that an illegal form of short selling may be hitting its stock.

TikTok is halting a feature on its new app rewarding users in Europe for watching videos, after facing pressure from regulators worried about its addictive features

About one-quarter of U.S. adults over age 50 who aren't yet retired say they expect to never retire and 70% are concerned about prices rising faster than their income

Also Read: From ‘Hua to Hua’ to ‘Inheritance Tax’: 6 remarks by Sam Pitroda that put Congress on the back foot Explaining his take on ‘tax politics’ amid the tax inheritance row, Grover said in a post on social media platform ‘X’, ‘’You need to understand ‘Tax Politics’ in India. 8/140 crore file IT Return. 2/140 crore Indians pay Income Tax.

So.Social has released groundbreaking Web3 social protocols, designed to disrupt centralized Web2 social platforms, creating a new frontier for social interaction. The So.Social Protocols are a decentralized, modular, and human-centric approach to social activity.

WWE 2K24 video game, which has been launched very recently, has already found its place in the top ranking gaming shelves for some time, after being developed by 2K Games. The game allows players to explore countless creative aspects along with creating custom wrestlers, arenas and some handy in-game content creation tools, according to a Dexerto report. WWE is a very popular fighting-based reality show based in America with its popularity extending to all parts of the globe. The show has already seen a ready adaption of it into video games earlier with this latest WWE 2K24 edition boasting of all the state-of-the-art feels around this epic fighting-based game.

Bikaner BJP Minority Morcha district president Usman Ghani, who expressed displeasure with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent remarks in Rajasthan, was on Wednesday expelled from the party for «tarnishing» its image. Ghani, while talking to a news channel, said that the party was going to lose three-four Lok Sabha seats out of 25 seats. He also condemned Modi's remarks made regarding Muslims during election rallies in the state. BJP state disciplinary committee chairman Onkar Singh Lakhawat said here that an attempt was made by Usman Ghani to «tarnish» the image of BJP in the media.

Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) ran a quiz for its social media followers on ‘X’ platform and tempted them into participating by offering a certificate of appreciation. Some subscribers — instead of answering the questions — queried the agency when the interest for FY 2023-24 be credited.

Indian Overseas Congress chairman Sam Pitroda's recent comments on 'inheritance tax' in India have stirred up a debate. There are differing opinions on whether introducing such a tax could lead to fairer wealth distribution. Conversely, some argue that implementing an inheritance tax in India may not be justified, citing various economic and social factors such as its potential impact on family businesses and concerns about double taxation.

Swing-state voters are open to several ideas to keep Social Security benefits flowing for decades — as long as it’s the wealthy footing the bill, according to the latest Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll.

Overnight, cryptocurrency has been known to turn small investments into vast fortunes. This exciting possibility continues with meme coins, which combine comedy with the latest trends in digital assets and have been winning over the internet community left and right. One of the contenders that has made a splash is BEFE Coin – better known as the coin that can turn regular people into millionaires overnight. Let’s take a look at what sets BEFE apart.

Inflation, although not the only factor influencing voter behaviour, has historically triggered considerable concern ahead of elections—whether it was the skyrocketing onion prices before the 1998 polls or the double-digit inflation prior to 2014. The recent price pinch has forced the current government, too, to announce measures such as the reduction in petrol and diesel prices. “If you see the nature of inflation shocks in India, they tend to be more on the supply side, which is food and fuel, and the levers to contain those happen to be in the hands of the governments," said Renu Kohli, senior fellow at Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP).

NEW DELHI : Amid the Supreme Court's teardown on misleading advertisements by Patanjali and other consumer goods companies, a more sinister issue of problematic ads has emerged, this time involving illegal betting apps and India's biggest sporting extravaganza, the Indian Premier League. Some of these betting platforms are also accepting punts on the world's largest democratic exercise: India's national election. The Advertising Standards Council of India has in the past few weeks flagged more than 500 such violative online advertisements by such illegal betting platforms.

fraudulent advertising practices on social media platforms by misusing the image of senior officials and the brand name and logo of the company. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), LIC asked its policyholders and the public to exercise caution and verify the authenticity of any such advertisements. «It has come to our attention that certain individuals and/or entities are engaging in fraudulent advertising practices on various social media platforms by misusing the image of our senior official/s or ex-officials, our brand logo, and our brand name without our consent in an unauthorised manner. We wish to alert the public in regard to such deceptive activities,» LIC said in a public caution notice. It asked the public to report URL links of such fraudulent advertisements on LIC's official social media accounts.

BJP has sidelined incumbent Lok Sabha member from Ladakh, Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, and announced Tashi Gyalson as its candidate from the lone Lok Sabha seat in Ladakh. The BJP has won the last two Lok Sabha elections in Ladakh but this time, the ongoing protest campaign led by the Apex Body Leh (ABL)and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA), a grouping of political, social, religious and business organisations in Leh and Kargil, has put a formidable challenge before the ruling party. Although Gyalson, who is also the chief executive councillor of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council in Leh, has expressed willingness to engage in a dialogue with ABL and KDA, the two bodies are thinking of fielding their own candidate against the BJP.