Author: Starvision Desk

San Francisco, July 6 (IANS) Decentralised social media platform Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko has said that Meta’s new microblogging platform Threads intends to become part of the decentralised social web by using the same standard ‘ActivityPub’ protocol as Mastodon.In a blogpost on Wednesday, Meta said that it is planning to make Threads compatible with ActivityPub, which would make Threads interoperable with other apps that also support the protocol, such as Mastodon and WordPress — allowing new types of connections that are simply not possible on most social apps today.”Our plan is to work with ActivityPub to provide you the option…

San Francisco, July 6 (IANS) Google has added 12 new video effects to the editing suite of the photo sharing and storage service ‘Google Photos’.The new effects include Dust Max, Black and White Film, Light Leak and more, reports Android Police.These effects add a personal touch to the users’ videos.The Poster effect makes the video appear like folded paper, while the Layouts effect offers a neat block-by-block look to the selfie videos.Moreover, the company has made video playback controls easier to use.Along with the play and pause buttons, there are now buttons to skip forward and backward.Also, the company has…

The news of the actress featuring in the second season is a special gift from the actress to her fans. When asked about her birthday plans this year and what makes it so special, Elnaaz shared, “I love Birthdays, I think they are so special and I always try and make my friends birthdays special for them – for me the greatest gift I could get is success and I feel being part of ‘Made in Heaven season 2’ this year (which by the way I totally manifested) I have all reasons to celebrate.”Looking back at her journey ahead of…

Production company Zee Studios took to Twitter to announce the release date.The tweet read: “Inspired by a true story and the real stories of millions of Indians, ’12th Fail’ is based on the best-selling book of the same name. For the first time, Zee Studios and producer-director Vidhu Vinod Chopra have come together to present this film worldwide.”The tweet mentioned that it is one of the most important films ever made in India. “Transformative”, “hard-hitting” and “deeply moving” – ’12th Fail’ is being described as one of the most important films ever made in India. An absolute must watch! ’12th…

Sources said that the matter is likely to come up for hearing at the apex court next week.It is learnt that in the petition she had argued that despite the investigation in the coal case in West Bengal being on for some time, never before the central agency had objected to her overseas trip.However, on June 5, she was stopped by the immigration department at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata before boarding a Dubai- bound flight.She was informed by the immigration department that she was stopped following a “lookout notice” issued against her by ED.On the…

Heli seeks inspiration from the iconic actress Madhuri Dixit especially for this song.Ecstatic about her classical dance moves in the music video, she shared: “Madhuri Dixit Ji has been a tremendous influence on my journey as an actor and dancer. Like all the other girls, I have grown up watching her on the screen, and during my childhood days, I started my journey into dance and drama with her as my source of inspiration.””I wanted to capture some of that magic that Madhuri ji brings to the screen and infuse it with my own artistic expression.”The song ‘Mere Sanam Ke…

The poster was put outside the NCP office here.The poster featured the infamous ‘backstabbing’ scene from the movie, ‘Bahubali: The Beginning’.Ahead of NCP founder Sharad Pawar’s arrival in Delhi on Thursday, posters featuring a scene from ‘Bahubali: The Beginning’, where Kattappa stabs Bahubali in the back, were put up with ‘Gaddar’ written on them.Meanwhile, all the old posters and hoardings of NCP that showed Ajit Pawar and Praful Patel on them were removed from outside NCP office in Delhi.The meeting in the national capital comes a day after NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and his nephew Ajit Pawar both held separate…

After a tribal labourer was urinated on by a man, Arjun Jatav and Santosh Kewat faced a worse ordeal. Both were accused of having molested women by villagers, who decided to act on their own rather than seek police action.The incident happened in the Varkhadi village of Shivpuri district on Tuesday evening, and it came to light after a video surfaced two days later.According to Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra, six of the accused, who committed the inhuman act, have been arrested and instructions for punishment, including invoking the National Security Act (NSA) has been given to the police…

The prevalence of overweight and obesity has risen dramatically over the last 25 years, and it is well-established that elevated BMI can contribute to several cardio-metabolic conditions. However, studies that have analysed the association between BMI and all-cause mortality have been inconsistent.To understand, a team from Rutgers University in the US retrospectively studied data on 554,332 US adults.Of these, about 35 per cent had a BMI between 25 and 30, which is typically defined as overweight, and 27.2 per cent had a BMI above or equal to 30, typically defined as obese.Over a median follow-up of nine years and a…

Virginia Gamba, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for children and armed conflict, presented her annual report, calling for urgent and decisive action to protect boys and girls from death, recruitment, rape, and other atrocities, reports Xinhua news agency.The report encompasses 26 situations across five regions globally, indicating a concerning trend. It includes countries such as Ethiopia, Mozambique, and Ukraine, which are being featured for the first time. Additionally, the report mentions new situations in Haiti and Niger, with further details to be provided in next year’s edition.Among the verified violations, the UN confirmed that 18,890 children experienced grave violations during armed…