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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged that Threads, the company's recently launched social media platform, has experienced a significant drop in users, losing more than half of its initial sign-ups. Despite achieving a remarkable milestone of registering 100 million users within just five days of its release, the app's retention rate has been lower than anticipated.

Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed his gratitude to the US government for returning over 100 rare and ancient artefacts to India. «A few days ago, social media was abuzz with the news that America had returned over 100 rare and ancient artefacts to India. These artefacts are anywhere between 250 and 2500 years old.

On July 19, India’s premier natural gas company GAIL entered into a joint venture with Nasdaq-listed LanzaTech to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) and convert it into useful organic chemicals. This must be recognised as a paradigm-setting initiative to combat climate change. So far, the global discourse on combating climate change has been about reducing additional emissions of heat-trapping gases such as CO2, called greenhouse gases, rather than on taking out what has already been injected into the atmosphere.

A shocking incident happened in Kerala's Kochi wherein a five-year-old girl was brutally raped and strangled to death after she was abducted by a migrant worker from her house on Friday. After recovering the body of the girl, dumped in a sack in a marshy area behind a local market in the nearby Aluva today, they sent it for autopsy. The autopsy report confirmed that the minor girl was brutally raped and strangled to death The girl went missing on Friday and the man was arrested later in the day.

Elon Musk, who had acquired the platform just weeks before, to suspend the artist from X. Musk, in that period, categorized West's post as an "incitement to violence." The rapper, now professionally known as Ye, reportedly reassured the platform that he would refrain from sharing any antisemitic content or using harmful language on his account, according to the Journal.

Bank employees trying to persuade visiting customers to buy an insurance policy has become common these days. Even though services offered by banks do not require the mandatory buying of insurance policies, many times ignorant customers are fooled to buy the insurance trap even when it is not necessary for him/her.

By Jalandhar D. Giri

Income Tax Return e-Filing on http://www.incometax.gov.in, ITR Due Date for AY 2023-24 Latest News Updates on July 29: There are only three days left before the July 31 deadline for ITR filing. It is now clear that the due date will not be extended this year. Therefore, there is no point in waiting for an extension of the due date for taxpayers.

Shivakumari Vigneshwari from Sri Lanka traveled to India to tie the knot with her Facebook friend of six years, 28-year-old Laxman from Chittoor district. Their love story unfolded when Laxman, a mason from Arimakulapalle, V Kota mandal, connected with Vigneshwari on Facebook back in 2017. After years of friendship, they decided to take their relationship to the next level, and on July 20, they exchanged vows at a serene temple in V Kota, Chittoor district.

San Francisco has opened a complaint and launched an investigation into a giant «X» sign that was installed Friday on top of the downtown building formerly known as Twitter headquarters as owner Elon Musk continues his rebrand of the social media platform. City officials say replacing letters or symbols on buildings, or erecting a sign on top of one, requires a permit for design and safety reasons. The X appeared after San Francisco police stopped workers on Monday from removing the brand's iconic bird and logo from the side of the building, saying they hadn't taped off the sidewalk to keep pedestrians safe if anything fell.

A large explosion at a fireworks warehouse in southern Thailand has killed at least 10 people and wounded scores

Booksellers in Hungary must decide whether to comply with a law requiring books that depict homosexuality to be placed in closed packaging on their shelves

Under fire this week for an investigative story on former CNN chief Jeff Zucker, the entertainment publication Variety made changes to the piece on Friday

Two taxi drivers have been arrested in the Mexican city of Cancun for assaulting a van carrying foreign tourists

The accused was arrested on Friday itself, but could not be interrogated as he was in an inebriated state, police had said. Several women, including mothers of the victim's playmates and classmates, broke down and said that keeping the accused in jail and feeding him would not be justice. «He should be killed in the same manner he killed the child. If the government cannot do it, hand him over to the public,» they said. Congress MLA Anwar Sadath said he wants the government and the police to ensure that the accused get the highest punishment of death penalty.

Market Volatility and Exogenous Factors:Market volatility primarily stemmed from exogenous factors. Global monetary and fiscal tightening measures were implemented across countries (with few exceptions) to manage persistent inflation. The shocks caused by the Russia-Ukraine war and China's Covid restrictions also contributed to volatility.

Kanye West, on Saturday, after it was suspended nearly eight months ago because the rapper had violated the platform's rules prohibiting incitement to violence. Ye's account now shows his last post from Dec. 1, a day prior to when his account was suspended on platform X, the new name owner Elon Musk has given Twitter.

Manipur government has warned that no person will be immune to prosecution under the laws of the country if he/she is found to be generating or spreading fake news, lies, rumours or misinformation, the state’s chief secretary said. The state government shall not hesitate to act as per law, against those persons found to be generating or sharing or publishing any wrong information which can worsen the current law and order situation in Manipur. “Whereas, a number of individuals in responsible positions with large followings on social media have been observed to be directly involved in generating and/or sharing information in connection with the ongoing law & order situation in the State of Manipur, whereas, many of such information have been found to be fake news, lies, rumours or misinformation,” Dr. Vineet Joshi, Chief Secretary, Manipur stated. The generation of such wrong information has the potential to worsen the current situation in the state by misguiding public opinion, instigating violence and rebelling against the authority of the state with or without the use of arms, leading to death of human lives, casualties on bodies and destruction and damage of properties will amount to sedition, Joshi said an order statement. It said no person will be immune to prosecution under the laws of the country if he/she is found to be generating or spreading fake news, lies, rumours or misinformation, it said.

India Today, per the details mentioned in the FIR, which India Today had access to, the complaint against Badri Seshadri was lodged by advocate Kaviyarasu. In his complaint, the advocate reported that he came across a YouTube interview clip on July 22, in which Seshadri made critical remarks about the Supreme Court and Chief Justice of India (CJI) Chandrachud. Meanwhile, BJP state president Annamalai condemned Seshadri's arrest and said the DMK government is relying only on arrests.

skipper Hardik Pandya suffered a humiliating six-wicket loss against the West Indies on Saturday. Until this match, India had not lost a single ODI game against the West Indies in over 4 years. The loss against the West Indies coming when ODI World Cup 2023 is just months away led the fans to question the Indian team's preparation ahead of the mega event.

Our fascination with celebrity breakups has stood the test of time. Last week, actors Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello announced their divorce after seven years of marriage. Ariana Grande and her husband, Dalton Gomez, also appeared to be on the outs.