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Aadhaar card holders to update Aadhaar details for continues accuracy of demographic information. To update it, upload your proof of identity and proof of address documents. To encourage the same, it is offering uploading of documents online free of cost from 15 March – September 14, 2023. Earlier the last date was June 14, 2023. Individual uploading physically at Aadhaar Centre will be charges Rs 25 as usual. According to the UIDAI website, “Please update Aadhaar for continues accuracy of demographic Information. To update it, upload your proof of identity and proof of address documents."

International Monetary Fund warned that emerging markets must grapple with post-pandemic risks from tougher global financial conditions, the fragmentation of world trade into rival blocs and the impact of climate change. Those forces are “transforming the economic landscape and making the world more volatile and uncertain,” Gita Gopinath, the fund’s No. 2 official, said at a central banking conference in Cape Town, South Africa on Friday. Addressing those interconnected challenges will require an array of tools, she said, including more efficiently raising revenue and spending, diversifying trade, accelerating reforms to attract more investment, and implementing fiscally and socially sustainable climate strategies. Global interest rates could remain high “for quite some time” amid the fight against inflation, she said, adding that average long-term yields on emerging market dollar bonds have risen about 200 basis points — meaning their borrowing costs are higher — since the Federal Reserve began tightening policy.

G20 Summit: US President Joe Biden is scheduled to travel to New Delhi from September 7 to 10 to participate in the G20 summit. A White House statement released recently announced that US President Joe Biden will have bilateral meeting with PM Modi on September 8.

Jakub Menšík, the tennis sensation from the Czech Republic, has been creating ripples in the tennis world with his remarkable ascent in the ATP rankings. His commanding serve and masterful drop-shot have caught the attention of tennis enthusiasts worldwide. Despite his youth, Menšík is already leaving a significant mark at the 2023 US Open, demonstrating his prowess on the court. This article delves into the promising career of this young tennis prodigy.

Biden will travel to India on Thursday to attend the G20 summit on the sidelines of which he will also have a bilateral meeting with PM Modi, the White House announced today. India, the current president of the G20, will host global leaders for the Summit scheduled between September 9 and 10 in New Delhi. Biden will travel to New Delhi on Thursday to attend the G20 Leaders' Summit, the White House said in a statement on Friday.

tribal woman was allegedly stripped naked and paraded in a village in Rajasthan's Pratapgarh district by her husband, police said after a video of the incident surfaced online. Initial investigation revealed that the woman was in a relationship with another man, Dhariyawad SHO Peshawar Khan said on Friday, adding that the incident took place on Thursday. Director General of Police (DGP) Umesh Mishra said the in-laws of the woman kidnapped her and took her to their village where the incident took place.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who had been planning to announce the acceptance of crypto contributions for his 2024 presidential campaign, was forced to delay the initiative due to the approach of Hurricane Idalia.

INDIA bloc grouping that met in Mumbai passed three resolutions that involved seat sharing as well as holding joint rallies and forming a joint social media campaign. The bloc set up a 14-member coordination committee, which will be the top decision-making body of the alliance. It will begin work on seat sharing soon.

Vladimir Putin will host his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday, the Kremlin said, amid hopes the two can restore a deal ensuring safe passage for grain shipments. Russia pulled out from the UN-backed grain agreement that Turkey helped broker in July, effectively revoking safe navigation for civilian ships sailing through the Black Sea. «Negotiations will indeed take place in Sochi on Monday,» Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday. Moscow's announcement came shortly after Ukraine said two more ships were sailing through a temporary corridor Kyiv had set up to ensure safe navigation. «Two vessels are sailing through a temporary corridor from Ukraine's Black Sea ports to the Bosphorus,» Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said on social media.

Each month Tina Marie Porter pays about $1,000 out of pocket for Mounjaro. To make up for the extra monthly expense, the 49-year-old director of operations takes on more assignments and seeks odd jobs. Porter belongs to a growing population of people taking extra measures to cover the full or almost-full price of popular drugs used for weight loss, after their insurance denied them coverage.

NEW DELHI : In a marked departure from the traditional ways of marketing a movie, filmmakers and studios are increasingly turning to influencers to woo audiences to the theatres. According to entertainment industry experts, social media influencers like Kusha Kapila, Ashish Chanchlani and Bhuvan Bam, who regularly collaborate with movie projects, command 40-60% of overall social media budgets. Prominent influencers who produce sketches leading up to the release of a movie, often featuring lead actors, charge ₹2-3 lakh for a post and ₹5-15 lakh per reel, they added.

(Reuters) -Meta Platforms is considering paid versions of Facebook (NASDAQ:META) and Instagram with no advertisements for users residing in the European Union (EU) as a response to scrutiny from regulators, the New York Times reported on Friday.

The entire Bolshoi Ussursky Island in Russia's Amur region has been displayed as Chinese territory in the new map and this could be a cause of tensions between Moscow and Beijing. The island is situated at the confluence of Amur and Ussuri rivers and located close to the Russian city of Khabarovsk making it strategically important, according to experts on Sino-Russian ties. While Russia ceded part of the island to China in 2004 under the border pact, China has a centuries-old grievance from the 19th century when it was forced to cede the territory to Tsarist Russia under two treaties of 1858 and 1860. But the cracks appearing in the Sino-Russian ties are not new.

Meta is considering paid versions of Facebook and Instagram that would have no advertising for users in the European Union, three people with knowledge of the company’s plans said, a response to regulatory scrutiny and a sign that how people experience technology in the United States and Europe may diverge because of government policy. Those who pay for Facebook and Instagram subscriptions would not see ads in the apps, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the plans are confidential. That may help Meta fend off privacy concerns and other scrutiny from EU regulators by giving users an alternative to the company’s ad-based services, which rely on analyzing people’s data, the people said.

Lok Sabha polls by convening a special session of the Parliament. The JD(U) leader made the remark here while replying to queries from journalists after returning from Mumbai where the opposition coalition INDIA held the latest round of talks. «You need to understand that this special session is a sign that they are thinking of early polls, the possibility of which I have been seeing and sharing with you all for quite some time,» he told reporters. The Parliament, which was last month adjourned sine die after the monsoon session, will meet from September 18 to 22 for a special session of which the Centre has not made public the agenda. The JD(U) leader, whose party has 16 MPs in the Lok Sabha, did not respond to queries about 'one nation one election', but added «there are issues which will be strongly raised during the upcoming session». «This government is dragging its feet on the issue of caste census.

AI likely to play a role in the next general elections? The technology is just about rolling out in local languages and may not acquire the sophistication over the next few months to influence voter behaviour significantly. Distribution channels for information such as social media platforms have put in place internal controls and have established a level of engagement with regulators over disinformation. Two-thirds of the country's population is still not on Facebook or WhatsApp, thereby limiting their broadcast strength.

E-recruitment activities in India fell by 5% in August compared to the same month last year as companies are cautious following challenges posed by inflation and the slow growth of other major economies such as the US, a report said on Friday. Sequentially also, the e-recruitment activities witnessed a 3% decline in August, foundit's (formerly Monster APAC and ME) 'foundit Insights Tracker (fit)' revealed. «While hiring has slowed down overall in several sectors in the country, our nation's economy maintains its resilience amidst global uncertainties. A large contributing factor to this stability is the government's emphasis on nurturing sectors such as shipping, finance, and travel,» foundit, a Quess company, CEO Sekhar Garisa said.

displaced children living in relief camps across the state, and out of them 100 are severely traumatized needing professional counselling. According to the data made available by the department of Social Welfare, government of Manipur, there are 12,694 displaced children living in relief camps across the state, and out of them 100 are severely traumatized needing professional counselling. “A Child may not be traumatized immediately. But that trauma can come up after one week or a month. What we’ve been doing is — initially our counsellors will visit the relief camps.

Criticising live-in relationships, the Allahabad High Court observed that there is a “systematic design to destroy the institution of marriage,” reports The Indian Express.