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Prime Minister Narendra Modi established the life of Shri Ram in Ayodhya

Prime Minister Narendra Modi established the life of Shri Ram in Ayodhya

That circle was completed on Monday with the 'Pranapratishtha' ritual of Ramlala's idol in the sanctum sanctorum of the Ram temple in Ayodhya. Prime Minister Narendra Modi played the role of priest. Photos and videos of Ramlala's idol adorned with gold, emerald jewelry, and flowers were the first to go public. The statue was covered till now. There has been a controversy in the last few days about this picture being released earlier. All controversies ended on Monday. The world got a glimpse of Ramlala's full body image. That circle was completed on Monday with the 'Pranapratishtha' ritual of Ramlala's…
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WhatsApp upgrades chat menu with new icons

WhatsApp upgrades chat menu with new icons

WhatsApp is reportedly all set to introduce an AI chatbot to its instant messaging platform, and the latest beta version of the app includes a special button for convenient access to the feature. As noted in the WABetaInfo report, the Chat tab now has a button above the icon to start a new chat. This button facilitates quick opening of AI-powered chats, increasing speed and convenience for users. The AI ​​chatbot powered by Meta AI was unveiled by Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of WhatsApp's parent company Meta, in September. He revealed that the company is testing AI-powered chatbots for a specific…
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Elon Musk starts charging new users to create account on X

Elon Musk starts charging new users to create account on X

X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, has begun testing $1-per-year subscription fees for new accounts on the web that want to post or interact with other users, saying this measure can reduce spam, automated bot accounts, and manipulation of its services. The test, called "Not a Bot," has been launched in New Zealand and the Philippines, X said in a blog post on Tuesday. New users who do not pay a fee cannot take certain actions, including writing, liking, replying or bookmarking posts on the site. "This will evaluate a potentially robust measure to help us combat bots…
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Former Miss World Uruguay Sherika De Armas dies at 26

Former Miss World Uruguay Sherika De Armas dies at 26

Former Miss World contestant Sherica de Armas, who represented Uruguay in the Miss World pageant in 2015, died on October 13 at the age of 26 after a battle with cervical cancer, the New York Post reported. Mrs. De Armas underwent chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments. Her death sent shock waves through Uruguay and around the world."Fly high, little sister. Always and forever," her brother Mayk De Armas said on social media. Carla Romero, Miss Universe Uruguay 2022, lamented that Ms De Armas was "too evolved for this world. One of the most beautiful women I've ever seen in my life."…
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Nasa capsule returns to Earth with largest asteroid sample ever collected

Nasa capsule returns to Earth with largest asteroid sample ever collected

The largest sample collected from an asteroid in space, and the first for NASA, landed in the Utah desert on Sunday after a fiery final descent through Earth's atmosphere, seven years after the mission's launch."Touchdown of the Osiris-Rex sample return capsule. The one-billion-mile journey to asteroid Bennu and back is complete," a commentator said on NASA's live video webcast of the landing. The sample collected from Bennu in 2020 is estimated by the US space agency to contain about 250 grams (nine ounces) of the material, much more than the previous two asteroid samples brought back by the Japanese mission.
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Google parent Alphabet lays off hundreds of employees

Google parent Alphabet lays off hundreds of employees

Google parent Alphabet Inc. on Wednesday laid off hundreds of employees from its global hiring team. This comes as an attempt by the tech giant to slow down the hiring process. Notably, Alphabet Inc. was the first "tech giant" to lay off employees this quarter, while others, such as Meta Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Amazon Inc., aggressively laid off in early 2023. It cut staff by about 6 percent in January, amounting to 12,000 jobs. The move in January marked Google's first "major" layoff in the company's history. The NY Times reported that as of June 30, the company had…
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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 safely returns to Earth after 186 days

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 safely returns to Earth after 186 days

Four astronauts aboard the SpaceX Dragon Endeavor spacecraft that splashed off the coast of Florida on Monday morning have successfully returned to Earth after completing their Crew-6 mission from the International Space Station. US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoberg, United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Alneyadi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedayev landed safely aboard the SpaceX Dragon Endeavor in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, at 12:17 am EDT after 186 days in space, the space agency informed. According to NASA, crew students have contributed to hundreds of experiments and technology demonstrations,…
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Woman steals iPhone 14 from store cutting anti-theft cable with her teeth

Woman steals iPhone 14 from store cutting anti-theft cable with her teeth

A woman has been arrested for allegedly chewing on an anti-theft cable for stealing an iPhone 14 Plus worth $960 (Rs 79,414) from an Apple store in southern China's Fujian province, the South China Morning Post reported. The woman, identified as Qiu, was caught by police half an hour after leaving the store with the device. In a CCTV camera video that has gone viral on Chinese social media platforms, Ms Qiu is seen standing in front of a smartphone display stand. Then he leans on the counter and puts his right hand on a phone. After a brief test…
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“India is the centre of universe…”: US Ambassador Eric Garcetti

“India is the centre of universe…”: US Ambassador Eric Garcetti

US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti on Tuesday highlighted the close cooperation between his country and India in various fields including technology, trade, environment and space. He said President Joe Biden told him that India was the most important country in the world to him. Delivering the keynote address at the Indiaspora G20 forum, Garcetti said that Indian Americans constitute six percent of the taxpayers in the United States. "He (President Biden) told me, when he asked me to come here to serve, he said, this is the most important country in the world to me, something that I think…
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Elon Musk announces removal of block feature on X

Elon Musk announces removal of block feature on X

Elon Musk, the owner of X (formerly known as Twitter), has announced that the platform will remove the blocking feature for its users, saying it "doesn't make sense." However, users will still have the ability to block others from sending direct messages. Musk's move is just one of many changes since the site was acquired in a $44 billion deal last year. Currently, when a user blocks an account, it prevents that account's posts from appearing in the blocker's timeline, and vice versa. In addition, a blocked account loses the ability to send messages to the blocker and view their…
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