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ConcernedApe" Barone, initially kept all the information related to upcoming update 1.6 under the wraps. However, a recent social media post has indicated that the upcoming 1.6 update for Stardew Valley might have more surprises in store than the creator initially revealed. In a VGKami interview in late 2021, he mentioned not having any further update plans for the beloved farming sim. However, much to the surprise of fans, he later hinted at a 1.6 update earlier this year. During the initial teaser, creator Barone mentioned that the update would primarily focus on providing improvements for modders and would only include a modest amount of new in-game content compared to the substantial changes in update 1.5.

Vikram Misri visited Egypt this week to meet Egyptian National Security Council and Prof. Ahmad At-Tayyeb, grand imam of Al-Azhar University, to discuss deradicalisation and counter-extremism strategies and initiate inter-faith dialogue.

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New Delhi: New formal sector workers added under the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) fell to about 1.63 million in May, down from 1.72 million recorded during the previous months, according to the latest payroll data released by the government.  About 1.68 million new workers were added to the formal sector during May 2022.  "The data indicates that around 8.83 lakh new members enrolled during May, 2023 are highest during the last six months. Among the newly joined members, the age-group of 18-25 years constitutes 56.42% of total new members added during the month," said a statement from the Ministry of Labour and Employment. "Around 11.41 lakh members exited but rejoined EPFO who may have switched their jobs and re-joined the establishments covered under EPFO and opted to transfer their accumulations instead of applying for final settlement thus extending their social security protection," it added.

The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday took suo motu cognizance of a video depicting women being sexually assaulted in violence-hit Manipur, terming it “deeply disturbing" and the “grossest violation of constitutional rights". It sought explanations from the central and the state governments and directed them to ensure that such incidents do not recur, threatening to “step in" if action isn’t taken. Fixing the next hearing on 28 July, a bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dhananjaya Y.

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Banerjee on Thursday said that she was in talks with CMs of states ruled by parties in the opposition coalition INDIA to send a delegation to the Northeastern state. Speaking to reporters, she said «mothers and daughters» of the country are crying after seeing the May 4 video from Manipur that showed two women being paraded naked by a mob. «Today, I am extremely troubled.

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SVANidhi) scheme. He further urged banks to devise the strategy and step up efforts to increase the digital onboarding of street vendors and scale up their digital payments, the finance ministry said in a statement on Thursday. PM SVANidhi scheme envisages empowerment of street vendors through hassle free access to affordable credit and their digital onboarding for their economic development.

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Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation in May fell marginally to 1.63 million compared to 1.68 million added in May last year, though the number of new employees added to EPFO were highest in the last six months at 0.88 million. The social security organisation also witnessed a month-on-month decline of 5.2% in May when compared to 1.72 million net new subscriber addition registered in April, shows the provisional payroll data released by the labour ministry on Thursday.

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In early May, the northeastern state of Manipur descended into ethnic violence, wedged in agony between warring Kuki and Meitei groups. What began as a protest against Scheduled Tribe status for the latter morphed into bloodshed, spurts of which have been reported on and off since. It took a viral video of women paraded naked by a mob to jolt the country’s establishment into an overdue recognition: Not only does the state need urgent intervention, we would fail the most basic of our national promises if we do not put a definitive end to all forms of mass violence, the brunt of which is mostly borne by women.

Elon Musk tried everything. He first dared Mark Zuckerberg to a one-on-one ‘cage match’; Zuckerberg called his bluff and accepted. He then threatened to sue Zuckerberg’s company, Meta, for violating Twitter’s intellectual property rights.

The finance ministry has asked public sector banks to achieve the targets allocated to them under the various schemes for financial inclusion for the current financial year at the earliest. The call came on Thursday during a review meeting chaired by Department of Financial Services (DFS) secretary Vivek Joshi with heads of public sector banks (PSBs).

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Thursday allowed mutual funds to introduce five new categories under ESG (environmental, social and governance) scheme. According to the capital markets regulator, the mutual funds will also have to put in place a disclosure framework.

New Delhi: The electric vehicle industry’s growth in India is expected to create around five million jobs by the end of next decade, an official statement from NITI Aayog said on Thursday. The statement quoted Vice Chairman Suman Bery speaking at a conference in Goa highlighting the growth prospects of the emerging sector.

AI tech support startup Saarthi.ai has fired some employees buckling under «investor pressure» to become profitable, and has allegedly withheld salaries of several employees since March 2023. While an employee took to a social media platform to claim that withholding of salaries has affected a substantial chunk of staff, the numbers could not be independently verified. Responding to queries, founder and CEO Vishwa Nath Jha said the company has «let go» of employees in batches owing to «investor pressure» to become profitable, but declined to divulge the number of employees affected by the move.

Sebi has decided to introduce a separate sub-category for ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) investments under thematic category of equity schemes. Any scheme under the ESG category can be launched with one of the strategies such as Exclusion, Integration, Best-in-class & Positive Screening, Impact investing, Sustainable objectives, and Transition or transition related investments. Presently, mutual funds are permitted to launch only one ESG scheme under the thematic category for equity schemes. In view of the industry representations for allowing multiple schemes with different ESG strategies and considering the increasing need for green financing, Sebi has decided to permit launch of multiple ESG schemes with different strategies by mutual funds. Mutual funds should ensure that the schemes launched are clearly distinct in terms of asset allocation, investment strategy etc.