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Luna-25 took off atop a Soyuz-2.1b rocket from the Vostochny launch facility in Russia at 2:10 a.m. Moscow time (4:40 am IST) on Friday, TASS news agency reported.Russia’s last lunar mission, Luna-24 was launched in 1976, during the former Soviet Union period.It successfully delivered about 170 grams of moon samples to Earth.Luna-25 is expected to reach the Moon’s orbit on August 16 before landing on August 21.The spacecraft will spend between three and seven days about 100 km above the lunar surface before touching down in the area of the Boguslawsky crater.Manzinus and Pentland-A craters have been named as alternative landing…

On the final day of the competition on Thursday, Asha Kiran Barla won silver in girls’ 800m while the bronze medals were bagged by Pooja in girls’ high jump, while Arjun finished third in boys’ javelin throw.Earlier, swimmer Shoan Ganguly won silver in the boys’ 400m individual medley while Sasi Anupriya claimed bronze in the girls’ shot put, both medals coming on August 7 as the contingent comprising 12 boys and 12 girls finished with five medals in all.Asha Kiran Barla finished second in the girls’ 800m in 2 minutes 04.99 seconds, ending behind England’s Phoebe Gill who set a…

The KNPA said it has detected 315 online murder threats and nabbed 119 suspects on charges of writing those threats as of 9 a.m. Friday, reports Yonhap News agency.Online murder threats began to surface after a 33-year-old man wielding a knife killed one person and injured three others near a subway station in Seoul on July 21 and spiked after another man killed one and wounded 13 others in a rampage at a department store in Seongnam, south of Seoul, on August 3.The police agency said the number of online murder threats and relevant detainees surged by 121 and 52,…

The X Corp owner said that this essentially means that X Premium (formerly known as Twitter Blue) is free for accounts that generate above 5 million views.“Note, only views from verified handles count, as scammers will otherwise use bots to spam views to infinity,” said the tech billionaire.Earlier, X Support tweeted that they have lowered the eligibility threshold for ads revenue sharing from 15 million to 5 million impressions within the last 3 months.“We’ve also lowered the minimum payout threshold from $50 to $10,” the company added.As Musk rolled out its ads revenue programme for creators globally, including in India,…

Jerusalem, Aug 11 (IANS) Israeli side Hapoel Beer Sheva drew 0-0 at home against Bulgaria’s Levski Sofia in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Conference League.In the presence of 9,000 spectators at the Toto Turner Stadium in Beer Sheva, Levski narrowly missed taking the lead twice in the first half on Thursday evening. Brazilian Ricardinho’s shot in the 30th minute was thwarted by goalkeeper Ofir Marciano, and ten minutes later, another Brazilian, Welton, missed a seemingly certain goal.Marciano showcased his goalkeeping prowess again in the 54th minute, denying a header by Brazilian Ronaldo, reports Xinhua. Late efforts from Beer…

San Francisco, Aug 11 (IANS) Meta-owned Instagram is testing a new group mention feature that will allow users to tag more than one person in a story using a single mention.In a post on his broadcast channel on Friday, Instagram head Adam Mosseri said: “We’re testing a way to tag a group of people in a story using a single mention. Once you create a group mention, it can be reused by anyone in the group to automatically tag everyone in any new stories.”So if you’re on a summer trip with friends, you can more easily include everyone without needing…

San Francisco, Aug 11 (IANS) Tech billionaire Elon Musk has put up signs and things from the Twitter building for an auction, just a few weeks after the company rebranded to X.The bidding for the auction named ‘Twitter Rebranding: Online Auction Featuring Memorabilia, Art, Office Assets & More!’ will start on September 12 and is planned to finish in two days later, the BBC reported.According to auction house Heritage Global Partners, the minimum bid for each item is $25.Coffee tables, large bird cages and oil paintings of pictures that went viral are among the 584 pieces up for auction.Other listed…

This feature provides users more control over how ChatGPT responds, reports TechCrunch.The ‘custom instructions’ feature was first introduced last month as a beta for ChatGPT Plus subscribers, allowing them to add preferences and requirements that they want the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot to consider when responding.The feature helps users save time, by eliminating the need to rewrite the same instruction prompts every time they interact with the AI chatbot.Users can edit or delete custom instructions at any time for new conversations.Moreover, the users’ instructions won’t be shared with shared link viewers.If users delete their OpenAI accounts, custom instructions that are…

Zuckerberg heads the philanthropic organisation with his wife, Priscilla Chan.The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative handed pink slips to about 48 staffers this week, according to reports.Thenon-profit organisation had a workforce of 450 in 2020, according to the Washington Post. Current staffing levels were not available.The impacted employees were offered a severance package which includes 16 weeks of base pay, continued health insurance and a $10,000 stipend, according to a report in The 74, a nonprofit news site co-founded by Meta’s vice president of media partnerships, Campbell Brown.Several affected employees took to Blind, a leading anonymous forum for verified employees, discussing their…

The Congress MP in his adjournment motion notice wrote, “It is a matter of deep concern that Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, a dedicated member of this House, was suspended without any proper reason yesterday as he spoke about ‘nirav’ which means silence in Hindi and compared it with the silence of Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi. This incident raises serious questions about the essence of our democratic principles, which prioritize freedom of speech and the right to express genuine concerns.””In a thriving democracy like India, open dialogue and constructive criticism play a pivotal role in shaping the governance process. It’s for the…