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  • Neymar jr. apologizes publicly after cheating on pregnant girlfriend

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    Source: SportsKeeda

    Neymar has apologized publicly for cheating on his partner, Bruna Biancardi. He has previously spoken to her and declared that he cannot picture his life without her.

    Neymar and Bruna are expecting their first child this year, as they announced earlier this summer. According to the Brazilian footballer, the couple has been together for a few months and had a ‘wavering’ start to their relationship.

    Neymar has now publicly apologized on Instagram after the texts were released there.

    Fernanda Campos has accused Neymar of cheating on his partner. She claims that the two have been communicating since the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, but she had no idea he was dating.

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  • Homeless hero rescues 25 dogs from burning building in Peru

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    Source: New York Post 

    In a heartwarming act of bravery, a man named Sebastian Arias became a true hero in La Victoria, Peru, as he fearlessly rescued numerous stray dogs from a devastating fire that engulfed an animal refuge. This incredible rescue mission, caught on dramatic video, has captured the admiration and applause of people worldwide.

    As flames roared through the animal refuge, Sebastian Arias, displaying remarkable courage and determination, scaled the building with unwavering focus. With every step, he symbolized hope and compassion, embodying the belief that every life, no matter how small or forgotten, deserves saving.

    It is estimated that Sebastian’s swift actions saved the lives of 25 dogs that would have otherwise perished in the devastating inferno.

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  • Andrew Tate charged with rape and human trafficking

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    Source: BBC

    Andrew Tate, a controversial influencer, has been accused with rape, human trafficking, and organizing an organized crime ring to sexually exploit women in Romania.

    Tristan, his brother, and two associates have all been charged. The charges have been refuted by everybody.

    In 2022, the Tate brothers were detained at their Bucharest house for the first time. Following a judgement by a Romanian judge, they were transferred from detention to house arrest on March 31.

    According to the accusation filed with the Bucharest court, the four defendants formed an organized criminal cell in 2021 to commit human trafficking not only in Romania, but also in other countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom.

    It cites seven claimed victims, alleging that the Tate brothers lured them in with false promises of love and marriage.

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  • Bangladesh Bank to launch ‘Taka-Rupee’ debit card that can be used in both India & Bangladesh

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    Source: The Daily Star

    Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder announced today that the central bank will create the country’s own debit card by August, allowing holders to make payments both at home and in India.

    Currently, travelers must purchase US dollars prior to their trip to India and convert them into rupees once they arrive in the neighboring nation.

    As a result, they face a double exchange rate loss, which may be as high as 6%, according to the governor.

    Holders of the unique debit cards will be able to make payments in both India and Bangladesh, he said, adding that the cards will be issued by banks and other institutions.

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  • Donald Trump offers ‘food for everyone’ at restaurant, leaves without paying

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    Source: Mint

    On Tuesday, former US President Donald Trump waltzed into a Miami eatery and left patrons cheering after promising “food for everyone.”

    The offer, on the other hand, appears to be rather open to interpretation. As fans and well-wishers wished him a happy birthday and diners at the famed Cuban restaurant Versailles completed their dinners, the Republican leader discreetly left without topping him the tab.

    The event occurred shortly after Trump pleaded not guilty to 37 felony counts in federal court in Miami. After leaving the courts, Trump and his entourage went straight to the bakery in Little Havana, according to the Miami New Times.

    “It turns out that no one received anything. There wasn’t even a cafecito to-go. According to a knowledgeable source, Donald Trump’s trip at Versailles lasted approximately ten minutes, leaving no time for anyone to eat anything, let alone place an order.”

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  • Netflix opens its first restaurant, featuring British-Bangladeshi chef Nadiya Jamir Hussain

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    Source: The Daily Star

    Netflix is bringing its content “from screen to table” with the June 30 launch of their new popup restaurant “Netflix Bites” in Los Angeles.

    The menu will include dishes from renowned cooking series such as “Chef’s Table,” “Iron Chef,” “Is It Cake?” and “Drink Masters.”

    Michelin-starred chefs Dominque Crenn and Curtis Stone are among those taking part. The cuisine for the limited-time pop-up features East-West fusion master Ming Tsai and baker Nadiya Hussain.

    Sixth series winner of “Great British Bake Off” Nadiya Hussain’s BBC cookery series “Nadiya’s Simple Spices” will be released on BBC Two and iPlayer later this year.

    Throughout the series, Nadiya will employ eight simple spices to transform bland dishes into delectable feasts. She’ll demonstrate how to cook with spices effortlessly by fusing her childhood Bangladeshi influences with British flavors.

    On June 30, Netflix Bites will be accessible for a limited time at Short Stories Hotel. Through July 12, the pop-up restaurant will be open daily from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.

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  • Tom Holland says he, Tobey and Garfield have a group chat called ‘The Spider Boys’

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    Source: Hola

    Tom Holland has spoken up about his friendship with ‘Spider-Man’ stars Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire, who both played the iconic superhero before him. The 27-year-old actor expressed his admiration for the two stars and discussed their friendship after filming the 2021 picture ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home.’

    During a recent Vanity Fair interview, the actor stated that they still communicate after working together. “We have a great group chat and check in on a regular basis.” When asked about their friendship, Tom answered, “It’s called the Spider-Boys.” “Myself, Andrew, and Tobey—we have this amazing bond as three people who have been through something so unique that we really are like brothers.”

    He also expressed guilt for not reaching out to Andrew before portraying ‘Spider-Man’ for the first time in 2015, one year after his depiction of the superhero. “I was 19 years old when I was cast. “I was so focused on getting the role that I never stopped to consider what it must have been like for him,” he remarked, alluding to Andrew’s Spider-Man’s poor reaction. “If I’d made my second film and it didn’t necessarily deliver as well as it should have, and they recast me, I’d have a hard time coming back.”

    “Andrew recovered in the most incredible way. “I just wish I’d called him and said, ‘You know I can’t pass up this opportunity,’” she says. Tom went on to say that he is “a little apprehensive” about the franchise’s fourth movie, which is currently on hold due to a writer’s strike.

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  • Johnny Depp donates all of Amber Heard $1M settlement money to charity

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    Source: CNN

    According to a source close to Johnny Depp, he has decided which charity would receive the $1 million compensation he is due from Amber Heard as a result of their widely publicized defamation trial.

    The Make-A-Film Foundation, The Painted Turtle, Red Feather, Marlon Brando’s Tetiaroa Society charity, and the Amazonia Fund Alliance are the five charities Depp has selected to receive the settlement monies. According to the source, the “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor intends to give $200,000 to each of the five charity.

    In June 2022, a Virginia jury determined that Heard and Depp were both guilty of slander. Heard agreed to pay Depp $1 million in damages as part of the deal the ex-couple reached in December.

    Depp promised to give the money from the Heard settlement to charity, according to a statement from his attorneys at the time.

    Depp received a $10 million compensation damage award and a $5 million punitive damage award from the Virginia jury in June 2022. Heard received a $2 million compensatory damages award but no punitive damages compensation.

    In the end, when the ex-couple reached a settlement agreement in December, the damages that Heard owed to Depp were decreased to $1 million.

    Heard announced the settlement at the time in a statement on her verified Instagram page, claiming that she had “made no admission” and that the agreement was “not an act of concession.”\

    “I make this decision having lost faith in the American legal system, where my unprotected testimony served as entertainment and social media fodder,” Heard wrote in her blog post.

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  • Bangladesh to have its own ‘The Godfather,’ says Khijir Hayat

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    Source: The Daily Star

    Khijir Hayat Khan is getting ready to start work on his dream project, which is based on Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather.”

    The director has already begun writing the script. The director of “Ora 7 Jon” shared the news on his Facebook page.

    “I’m not sure if I’ll make a film or a web series.” For many years, though, I had a goal of adapting ‘The Godfather’ in the setting of Bangladesh. I’ve finally begun writing the script, and I was inspired by ‘The Godfather’ writers Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola for this project. Please pray for us,” he wrote in his article.

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  • 14-year old Bangladeshi-American boy joins SpaceX as youngest employee

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    Source: The Daily Star

    Kairan Quazi, a 14-year-old software developer of Bangladeshi-American origin, has joined Elon Musk’s SpaceX as the company’s youngest employee.

    Quazi shared his achievement on LinkedIn, exuding excitement at the idea of joining the Starlink engineering team, which he proudly referred to as the “coolest company on the planet.” SpaceX’s cutting-edge satellite internet service is represented by Starlink.

    “I am overjoyed to embark on this journey as a software engineer with the revered Starlink engineering team at the world’s coolest company,” Quazi wrote on LinkedIn. Unlike many others, SpaceX’s refusal to evaluate my merit based on my age is absolutely astounding.

    Kairan Quazi, the son of Bangladeshi parents Mustahid and Julia Quazi, stunned people around him at the age of two by speaking in whole sentences—an early indication of his high intellect, according to the Los Angeles Times.

    When Quazi was nine years old, he apparently found the conventional school curriculum to be a “lackluster challenge” for his advanced ability. Only a few months later, he landed an internship at Intel Labs as an AI research co-op fellow. Quazi began formal studies in computer science and engineering at the age of 11.

    Quazi’s skills were put to work in 2022 during a four-month internship as a machine learning intern with the cyber intelligence startup Blackbird.AI. According to his LinkedIn profile, one of his accomplishments was the creation of a “anomaly detection statistical learning pipeline” to detect instances of social media content manipulation. Quazi is preparing to become Santa Clara University’s youngest-ever graduate as he prepares to graduate from the School of Engineering.

    Earlier this year, the 14-year-old documented his preparations for a big job interview on Instagram. He enthusiastically tweeted a screenshot of the job acceptance letter he received from SpaceX a few weeks later.

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  • Lionel Messi set to join MLS side Inter Miami

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    Source: BBC

    Argentina legend Lionel Messi has left French winners Paris St-Germain to join American club Inter Miami. The former Barcelona star is expected to turn down a higher-paying offer from Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal. Adidas and Apple are among the brands involved in the Miami arrangement.

    Forward Messi, 35, has won the accolade for the world’s greatest player seven times and is likely to win it again after winning the World Cup. This is the first time Messi has played outside of Europe.

    He planned to stay in Europe for another season, but after receiving no suitable offers, he was forced to choose between Inter Miami and Al-Hilal.

    He was highly rumored to want a move to Saudi Arabia, where he would have joined Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema in the league in an unbeatable financial contract.

    However, Messi was eventually enticed to join Major League Soccer club Inter Miami for a multitude of reasons, including lifestyle and a contract with huge brands that goes beyond football. He already has a home in Miami, which he rents out.

    He wanted to return to Barcelona this summer, but the Financial Fair Play restrictions that will be in force in La Liga next season made any ambitious plan to bring him back impossible.

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  • Bangladesh pays first foreign bill in taka

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    Source: The Daily Star

    Bangladesh has made the first payment in taka for a project primarily backed by foreign loans, ushering in a new method of better maintaining foreign currency reserves.

    The plan is to build a 24-kilometer elevated road connecting Dhaka and Ashulia for Tk 17,653 crore ($1.2 billion).

    China is contributing 85% of the cost in the form of a loan at 2% interest over 20 years, with a five-year grace period. The Bangladesh government is responsible for the remaining 15%.

    The Chinese contractor, China National Machinery Import & Export Corporation, is receiving the loan portion in US dollars from the Export-Import Bank of China. The bank will be reimbursed by the Bangladesh government.

    According to Shahabuddin Khan, the project director, “we convinced them (the contractor) to accept the bill in taka as they will have some spending to do in Bangladesh.”

    “They accepted our proposal while keeping the current context in mind,” he told The Daily Star last week.

    Over 250 Chinese citizens, including engineers and employees, and 1,000 Bangladeshis are now working on the project, he claims.

    To remedy a demand-supply imbalance in the foreign exchange market, the Bangladesh Bank sold foreign currencies and allowed the taka to depreciate.

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  • Football club launches in Argentina named after Bangladesh

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    Source: Daily Sun

    From next season, the ‘Club Deportivo Bangladesh’ will compete in Argentine Football Association (AFA) recognized competitions, albeit the tier has yet to be determined.

    The club named after Bangladesh debuted on December 16 in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires, two days before Argentina’s FIFA World Cup final against France.

    On Tuesday, club officials attended a viewpoint exchange meeting with Argentina’s Bangladesh community, which included approximately 2000 immigrants.

    During the meeting, the club also unveiled both home and away kits and presented a brief outline of their aim and vision to the Bangladeshi residents.

    “Offical meeting of the leaders of Argentina’s Bangladesh Sports Club with fans of Bangladeshi residents in Argentina.” “A great night of presenting this new club and a great pact of commitment and friendship, working together for an international dream,” CDB stated on their official Facebook page.

    For their emblem and shirts, the club used the colors of Bangladesh’s national flag – red and green.

    The portraits of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahaman, the Father of the Nation, and Jose de San Martin, the Father of Argentina, have been placed on the right and left shoulders of the jerseys.

    The front and back sides of the jerseys also include depictions of the Bangladesh map, Jatiyo Smriti Soudho (the National Martyrs’ Memorial), and the visage and autograph of Argentine football icon Diego Armando Maradona.

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  • UIU places 1st among Asian teams in University Rover Challenge 2023

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    Source: The Daily Star

    The UIU Mars rover team’s TELOS Mars rover prototype and ICARUS companion aerial subsystem recently won first place in Asia in the University Rover Challenge 2023.

    This is the second year in a row that UIU has finished first among Asian teams in the Universal Rover Challenge (URC), with its rover named MAVEN also finishing first in Asia in the previous URC. This year, the UIU team finished ninth out of 37 worldwide finalists.They finished 13th out of 36 worldwide finalists last year.

    The Mars Society, a nonprofit organization that promotes Mars exploration for research and development, hosts an international rover showcase competition called the University Rover Challenge. This year, 104 teams from 15 different nations competed in the worldwide competition, with the final round held from June 1 to 3 at the Mars Desert Research Station in Hanksville, Utah, USA.

    The team had to present a compelling System Acceptance Review (SAR) film in the first round, which showcased the rover’s capabilities in executing multiple missions like as terrain traversal, equipment servicing, scientific investigation, and autonomous operations. TELOS also demonstrated its ability to conduct scientific experiments and analyze soil and rock samples for signs of potential life.

    The SAR movie demonstrated TELOS’s basic electronic and communication technologies, as well as its testing and operation robustness. TELOS had a SAR score of 93.06 out of 100, placing it among the 37 finalists from around the world.

    Akib Zaman, Lecturer at United International University’s Department of Computer Science & Engineering, leads the team. Md Abid Hossain from EEE, UIU, led the student team. Ahmed Junaed (CSE), T M Al Anam (CSE), Suraiya Afroz Maria (CSE), Sheikh Sakib Hossain (CSE), Shah Mehrab Hossain Fahim (CSE), Md Yasin (CSE), Abdullah Al Masud (CSE), Shorower Hossain (CSE), and Md Bodiuzzaman Shikder (EEE) completed the visiting team.

    “This achievement is a source of immense pride for the team, as it demonstrates their ability to compete on a global stage and showcases the talent and potential that resides within their university and the entire Asian region,” says Akib Zaman. According to him, the team hopes that this achievement would encourage future generations of kids to pursue STEM jobs. “Hopefully, this will also instill in them the belief that they can achieve great things through dedication and hard work,” Akib added.

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  • Sweden becomes first country to announce ‘sex’ as a sport

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    Source: Wionews

    Sweden has become the first country in the world to legally recognize sex as a sport, and the first-ever European Sex Championship will be held in Gothenburg on June 8.

    The European Sex Championship will begin on June 8 and will last six weeks, with players engaging in sexual activities ranging from 45 minutes to one hour each day as part of their matches and/or activities. The time will vary based on the contest, but according to some accounts, the competitions can go up to six hours per day.

    According to preliminary registrations, the championship will be attended by 20 persons from various countries. The winners will be determined by a panel of three judges as well as audience votes.

    Participants will also be judged across 16 disciplines, including oral sex, seduction, penetration, endurance, number of orgasms, knowledge about sex, chemistry and communication between the couple, looks, and so on, according to sources. Participants can get between five and ten points based on these factors.

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  • Anupam Roy set to perform live in Dhaka on July 6

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    Source: Triple Time Communications

    Music enthusiasts in Dhaka, hold on to your places. On July 6, the incredibly talented singer-songwriter Anupam Roy is going to light up the stage with an enchanting live show.

    During ‘Let’s Vibe Dhaka with Anuv Jain,’ the news was shown on a big screen in the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB) hall.

    Amake Amar Moto Thakte Dao & Benche Thakar Gaan, which was on the soundtrack of the Bengali movie Autograph in 2010, was his first song. Since then, he has written music, words, and songs for a lot of Bengali movies.

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  • Star Cineplex set to screen its first Korean movie ‘6/45’

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    Source: The Daily Star

    Star Cineplex has announced that their first Korean film will be shown on the big screen on June 2. The film “6/45” will be released in theaters in two days.

    They made the announcement on their official Facebook page.

    “Are you ready for the jackpot adventure?” ‘6/45’ will be released at Star Cineplex in only two days. “For the first time in Bangladesh, see a Korean film on the big screen,” they wrote in their post.

    “6/45” is a Korean comedy film about a winning lottery ticket discovered by a South Korean soldier that flows into North Korea and is discovered by a North Korean soldier.

    “6/45” was released on August 24, 2022 in South Korea and grossed $13.7 million with 1.9 million revenue at the Korean Box Office. With such a showing, the film was named the ninth best-performing film of 2022.

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  • Scientists believe lab-grown babies could be a possibility by 2028

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    Source: UNILAD

    According to a Nature report, Professor Katsuhiko Hayashi, a Japanese scientist at Kyushu University, has developed a method for converting male mice skin cells into pluripotent stem cells, which can possibly evolve into many types of cells or tissues.

    Professor Hayashi and his colleagues then cultivated these cells in the presence of a medication that turned male rodent stem cells into female cells capable of producing viable egg cells.

    “This is the first case of making robust mammalian oocytes from male cells,” said Dr. Hayashi of the study.

    And, given this recent success, he predicted that he might replicate this procedure in people within the next five years.

    Because the scientists were able to create egg-like cells from two male mice, it opens up the possibility of same-sex couples and their reproduction options.

    “It’s a very clever strategy,” Diana Laird, a stem cell and reproductive expert at the University of California, San Francisco, who was not involved in the study, said.

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  • ‘Koshai’ will play in India in exchange of Salman’s ‘Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan’’

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    Source: The Daily Star

    The film “Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan” starring Salman Khan has recently been granted clearance to be imported into Bangladesh. The importing company, MS N U Ahmed Traders, had previously applied to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to bring the film to Bangladesh.

    The ministry granted authorization for the film to be imported today. The importer told The Daily Star, “In exchange for importing ‘Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan,’ the Bangladeshi film ‘Koshai,’ by Anonno Mamun, will be exported to India.”

    Previously, the government authorized the import of Hindi films into Bangladesh in response to the demands of several cinema organisations. The requirement allows for a maximum of ten films to be imported this year. Following “Pathaan,” Salman Khan’s “Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan” will be released in Bangladesh.

    Farhad Samji directed the film, which also stars Pooja Hegde, Siddharth Nigam, Shehnaaz Kaur Gill, Bhumika Chawla, and Vijender Singh. Ram Charan from “RRR” will also make a surprise guest appearance in the film.

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  • Man stops bank robbery by hugging the suspect, says ‘love overcomes all’

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    Source: NDTV

    A Good Samaritan stopped a bank robbery in California, which is in the US. ABC News says that Michael Armus Sr. was at Bank of the West on Monday making a deposit when a guy walked in. The man, who had his face hidden with his shirt, gave a teller a note in which he said he had explosives and asked for money.

    Thank goodness, Mr. Armus recognized the suspect as a former neighbor and chose to talk to him to help.

    He went up to the man and asked, “What’s wrong?” He didn’t worry about his safety…. You don’t have a job?” The thief said, “There’s nothing for me in this town.” Nothing for me in this town. I only want to go to jail.

    Mr. Armus then talked the man into going outside, where he gave him a hug to make him feel better. So I took him outside and gave him a hug right here at the doors. He started crying, so I moved away from him, and all of a sudden, the police showed up. There are no alarms, only lights everywhere.”

    Eduardo Placensia, who is 42 years old, was taken into custody by Woodland police officers and taken to jail, where he was charged with trying to break into a house. Police say that he wasn’t armed like he said he was.

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  • Lost necklace found in Titanic wreckage after 111 years, AI to help find owner

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    Source: NDTV

    BBC said that 111 years after the Titanic sank, a necklace made from the tooth of a megalodon shark was found in the ruins of the ship. Magellan, a company based in Guernsey, used two submarines to make the first full-size digital scan of the luxury passenger ship that sank. This led to the finding.
    The project was the biggest underwater scan ever done. More than 700,000 pictures were taken from every point to make an exact 3D model.

    In one of the pictures, a Megalodon shark tooth was seen on a turquoise and gold necklace. Megalodon sharks are dead and were the biggest sharks that ever lived. But because of a deal that was already made, items cannot be taken from the wreckage.

    The company is now betting that a technology based on artificial intelligence (AI) will help find its owner and family members. They are using AI and face recognition to watch video of people getting on the ship in the hopes of seeing the owner of the jewelry. According to Independent, there were 2,200 people on the ship when it hit an iceberg and sank.

    The CEO of Magellan, Richard Parkinson, said in a statement that the find was “amazing, beautiful, and breath-taking.” He also said that the find was amazing because of how big the wreck site was.

    “What most people don’t know is that the Titanic is in two pieces, and between the bow and the stern is a three-square-mile field of wreckage. The team made a map of the field that was so detailed that we could see these things,” he said.

    On its first trip from Southampton, England, to New York in April 1912, the luxury passenger ship hit an iceberg and sank, killing more than 1,500 people. Since it was found in 1985 about 650 kilometers (400 miles) off the coast of Canada, the shipwreck has been looked at a lot, but cameras have never been able to get a full picture of the ship.

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  • North Korea jailed 2-year-old for life after catching parents with Bible

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    Source: Economic Times

    A complete family, including a two-year-old child, was sentenced to life in jail when a Bible was discovered in their hands. This terrible instance exemplifies the North Korean regime’s extraordinary tactics to crush religious freedom.

    According to a non-governmental organization (NGO) document, between 50,000 and 70,000 North Korean civilians have been imprisoned for “being Christians.”

    According to the North Korean defector-sourced NGO Korea Future, individuals arrested have been subjected to physical abuse, forced labor, and sexual violence.

    Although there are a few officially registered religious institutions in North Korea, such as churches, they function under strong state control and are frequently viewed as mere showcases for foreign tourists.

    Reports from non-governmental organizations give information on the level of religious persecution in North Korea. In October 2020, the Database Center for North Korean Human Rights (NKDB) published a white paper chronicling 1,411 incidences of religious persecution, including 126 deaths and 94 disappearances.

    According to an NKDB study of 14,832 North Korean defectors seeking safety in foreign countries, 99.6 percent of them said that religious activities were not tolerated in their native country. Only 2% of those polled said they had visited religious institutions.

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  • India’s reputed audio and wearable brand ‘boAt’ now officially available in Bangladesh

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    Source: The Daily Star

    A well-known audio and wearables company from India called boAt has made a deal with DX Group to sell their goods in Bangladesh. Because of this, their goods can now be bought legally in Bangladesh.

    Bangladeshi conglomerate DX Group will sell boAt’s goods in all of the country’s major cities, such as Dhaka, Chattogram, Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Mymensingh, Sylhet, and Barishal.

    There will be true wireless (TWS) earbuds, smartwatches, neckbands, headphones, speakers, charging, and more in the line-up. DX Group will also help boAt bring on local partners, get new customers, and grow its business.

    The company that owns boAt is called Imagine Marketing Ltd. It was started in 2013 and has a wide range of products, including music gear, smart wearables, personal grooming, and mobile accessories. The brand boAt was started by the company Imagine. It sells products with a focus on lifestyle at costs that young people can afford.

    DX is the name of a group of 12 businesses in Bangladesh that work together in the distribution, retail, and service areas. DX was started in 2011.

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  • Passenger opens plane door during flight in South Korea

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    Source: NBC News

    A passenger on a flight in South Korea opened an emergency exit door, which sent a blast of air into the plane and hurt a few people a little. The plane safely touched down.

    Some people on the Asiana Airlines Airbus A321 tried to stop the person, but the Transport Ministry said the person was able to partly open the door.

    From the southern island of Jeju, the plane carrying 194 people was flying to the city of Daegu in the southeast. An airline official told NBC News that the plane was about 200 metres (700 feet) above the ground when the event happened. The flight usually takes about an hour, and the plane was just about to land when it happened.

    Someone on board seems to have taken a video that was shared on social media. In it, you can see some passengers’ hair being blown around by the loud wind coming in through the open door, while others hold on to seats for support.

    The person who opened the door was taken into custody by police, the airline said. His reason wasn’t clear at first.

    Asiana and Transport Ministry officials said no one was hurt in the event, but some passengers were checked out at a hospital.

    “The plane was just a few minutes away from landing,” an Asiana Airlines employee named Han Jae Min said in a phone chat on Friday.

    “Nine people who were having trouble breathing were taken to a nearby hospital after landing, but we hear that they are doing well,” Han said.

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  • ”World’s Slowest Student” finally graduates after 54 years

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    Source: NDTV

    Arthur Ross started college more than 50 years ago, but it wasn’t until Thursday that he got his Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia (UBC). Mr. Ross, who is 71 years old, is the new record holder for taking the longest time to finish college. It took him 54 years to get his degree.
    “The headline of your story should say, ‘UBC finally graduates its slowest student,’” the 71-year-old retiree told UBC with a laugh.

    In 1969, Mr. Ross went to UBC. Mr. Ross told BBC, “I just wanted to learn because I was interested.” He said that his drive to learn was what made him go back to school after all these years.

    According to a press release from UBC, Mr. Ross’s original plan was to get a degree in English. However, by the end of his second year, his love for the theater had taken over, and he was spending as much time as possible in the theatre department, putting on shows and taking classes to become an actor.

    “At the time, I was crazy about theater. It had a sense of being alive and new at the time. Ross says, “It seemed so electric to me.” Ross would meet famous Canadian actors like Nicola Cavendish, Larry Lillo, Brent Carver, and Ruth Nichol in the area, which made him want to go into theater even more.

    Ross left UBC after two years to finish a three-year study at the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal. He did this with stars in his eyes. But the actor’s life in the real world and his own evaluation of his skills led him to a sad conclusion.

    “It was too good. I knew it wouldn’t be good for me. I always thought you had to be great to be a good actress.

    So he did what any actor-wannabe in 1975 would have done if they thought they might be behind the times. Ross went to school for three years at UBC and then went to law school in Toronto. After he finished, he worked as a civil litigator in Metro Vancouver for 35 years before he retired in 2016.

    In November 2016, he called UBC and asked for a new student number. By January 2017, he was a part-time history student who was especially interested in the First World War.

    “I just couldn’t understand why so many people were willing to take part in this slaughter,” he says. “However, the big surprise of getting a history degree wasn’t finding the answer to that first question. It was seeing how sad Canadian history is.”

    “I’m glad the students don’t mind that an old man is listening in from space,” he told UBC.

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  • Nike, Adidas, Puma materials set to be manufactured in Bangladeshi factories

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    Source: Prothom Alo

    Join Win (Bangladesh) Limited, which is owned by China, will make shoe parts or extras in Bangladesh. The company will make materials for well-known shoe names like Nike, Adidas, Puma, Caterpillar, etc.

    The Join Win plant will be built in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpanagar in the Bepza Economic Zone. At an exchange rate of 105 taka per dollar, the company will put in 1 million US dollars, which is about 105 crore taka. About 900 Bangladeshi people will be able to get jobs because of it.

    Yesterday, a deal was made about this at the capital’s executive office of the Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority (BEPZA). Ali Reza Majid, a member of Bepza (Investment Development), and Xu Taihui, the Managing Director of Join Win (Bangladesh), signed the agreement on behalf of their groups.

    A news release from Bepza says that the fully modern and automated factory will make 7 million pairs of shoe accessories every year. There are PU insoles, PU midsoles, PU outsoles, TPU outsoles, rubber outsoles, and PU insoles with open cells.

    Bepza also said that Join Win has been in this business for 30 years and has plants in six different countries around the world.

    So far, 18 local and international companies have signed contracts to set up businesses in the Bepza Economic Zone. This zone is part of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Industrial Park in Mirsrai and has an area of 1,138 acres. The total amount they want to spend is about $41 million USD. Bepza plans to start sending goods out of the Bepza Economic Zone by the end of this year.

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  • Pakistan needs to learn from Bangladesh, says Imran Khan

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    Source: The Financial Express

    Imran Khan, who used to be Pakistan’s prime minister, said that Bangladesh has come a long way from Pakistan and that the country can teach us something.

    “When a country stands up for freedom and its rights, when justice settles in people’s hearts, it doesn’t matter what you do, not even military actions. He said, “Because the seed of justice and freedom is in us.”

    In a live talk that was streamed on YouTube on Friday, Imran Khan, the leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, asked for talks with all state institutions right away to find a way to put Pakistan on the path to growth.

    “Pakistan is on the verge of a disaster because hyperinflation is just around the corner. But the current masters don’t seem to care much because they have hidden the stolen money abroad,” he said from his home in Lahore’s Zaman Park.

    Reuters says that Imran Khan, who says that corruption charges are made up, is in a fight with Pakistan’s powerful military. Throughout Pakistan’s past, the military has either ruled directly or supervised civilian governments.

    Khan was arrested and put in jail on May 9. This led to a lot of protests by his followers and made people worry about the stability of the country, which has nuclear weapons and is going through its worst economic crisis in decades.

    In the end, he was let out on bail.

    In the video speech, Mr. Khan said that his call for dialogue shouldn’t be seen as a sign of weakness. He also said that hurting the people of Pakistan physically and financially was not the answer. “The problems of the country will be solved when state institutions do what they are supposed to do,” he said.

    “Every time I ask for a conversation, the people in power think I’m getting weaker, so they start to do more bad things to PTI leaders and workers in an attempt to destroy the party,” he said. He said that no government could get rid of an idea that had been taught to the young people of the land.

    He also told the people in charge to be careful because if they try to crush the PTI, they could end up destroying the country. “No political party has ever seen its leaders do something so cruel,” he said.

    Mr. Khan said that the country had already turned into a banana republic, which is a poor country with a weak government that lives on money from other countries. He said this because the leaders did not even follow court orders to hold elections.

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  • Sony unveils new handheld gaming device and gaming earbuds

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    Source: The Daily Star

    At the recent PlayStation Showcase, which was a much-anticipated event, Sony took the center stage and announced a number of innovative gaming devices that are sure to please players all over the world. “Project Q,” a long-rumored game streaming device that claims to change the way gamers play their favorite games, was one of the most exciting things that was shown.

    Project Q has a small 8-inch screen and controller attachments on both sides, just like the well-known DualSense joystick. This clever design makes it possible for gamers to play their favorite games anywhere, at any time. In The Last of Us, players fight hordes of infected, and in other highly praised games, they go on epic quests. Players will finally be able to enjoy these immersive experiences even from the comfort of their bathrooms. Sony’s Project Q easily stands out from rivals like the Steam Deck, making sure that gaming is smooth and reliable.

    Even though we don’t know much about the software on Project Q yet, we hope that the device will have a lot more to give than just the ability to connect to the PlayStation 5 (PS5). Fans are looking forward to the possibility of standalone features, which would let users use the device’s features without having to be constantly connected to their PS5 devices. People have also wondered if the famous PS Now service could be used to stream games, which would make the device even more appealing and useful.

    Sony also released a set of cutting-edge, truly wireless earbuds for gamers, in addition to the amazing Project Q. These game earbuds are made to work well with both the PS5 and the PC, and they promise to take the audio experience to a whole new level. Even though there isn’t much known about the earbuds right now, it is believed that they will give players playing their favorite games on the upcoming Project Q and other compatible devices a great audio experience.

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  • Shakira is ‘begging’ Tom Cruise to stop hitting on her

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    Source: The Daily Star

    Shakira and Tom Cruise recently crossed paths at the Miami Grand Prix, but it seems that love is not in the cards for them. According to The Mirror, Tom Cruise was completely smitten by Shakira, the talented singer known for her hit song “The Hips Don’t Lie.” After their meetup, the actor believed that there was a deep connection between them and expressed his desire to explore it further. He even compared his feelings to when he first started dating his ex-wife, Katie Holmes.

    In an attempt to impress Shakira, Tom Cruise sent her flowers, hoping to win her over. However, sources close to Shakira have revealed a different side of the story. They claim that Shakira was simply being friendly towards Tom and that he was making assumptions in his own head, mistakenly thinking that she shared his romantic interest. While Shakira appreciates his persuasion and finds it flattering, she has made it clear that she is not interested in him romantically.

    Despite Tom Cruise’s efforts, Shakira did not feel any attraction or spark towards him. She didn’t want to embarrass or upset him, so she continued to be friendly, but her intentions were purely platonic. Shakira remains uninterested in pursuing a romantic relationship with Tom Cruise, as she does not find him attractive in that way.

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  • India uses image of ‘Patuakhali Park’ to showcase their development in Kashmir

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    Source: Dhaka Tribune

    In a surprising turn of events, a picture that was widely shared before the G20 Summit as a sign of progress in Indian-controlled Kashmir has been shown to be fake.

    The picture was said to be of a changed Boulevard Road in Srinagar, but it turned out to be a picture of the Jhautola area of Patuakhali.

    Several people and government agencies in India, such as the Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) in Budgam and Jammu and Kashmir, shared the photo and praised it as proof of the city’s growth. Even India’s Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture, Meenakshi Lekhi, liked the tweet.

    Wajahat Farooq Bhat, the head of a local NGO, also shared the picture with the same claim, but he has since taken it down. Aquib Mir and others shared the picture on social media, saying that it was from Boulevard Road in Srinagar and that it had been fixed up to welcome G20 delegates.

    But when a reverse image search was done, it was found that the picture had been used as the display picture on a Facebook page for the growth of Jhautola Park in Patuakhali.

    Jhautola Park is a place for fun and relaxation in the town of Patuakhali. The park is meant to be a place for people to have fun and help the area grow.

    Harsh Vardhan Shringla, who is in charge of planning the G20 event, praised how Srinagar has changed, pointing out how awareness efforts and the arrival of guests have helped.

    He said that he thought the meeting would help Jammu and Kashmir’s economy get back on its feet, especially in terms of ecotourism, adventure tourism, and sustainable tourism.

    As the G20 Tourism Working Group meeting gets closer, the incident with the misleading picture has made people question whether or not Indian officials’ claims about progress in Kashmir are true.

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  • Netflix will now charge US $7.99 monthly for sharing passwords

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    Source: The Daily Star

    Netflix recently made it harder for people to share their passwords with people outside of their close family. This is because Netflix wants to make more money by charging US $7.99 a month for people to share their passwords.

    “One household can use one Netflix account,” the company said in a statement.

    Netflix said at the beginning of this year that more than 100 million households shared Netflix accounts. This made it harder for Netflix to spend in great new TV shows and movies.

    Netflix has tried out “borrower” or “shared” accounts in a few markets. With these accounts, subscribers can add more users for a higher price or move their watching profiles to different accounts. It just said that the policy would be applied in more than 100 countries.

    Netflix’s growth slowed down last year, so the company, which is based in Silicon Valley, tried to get people who watched for free with shared passwords to start paying for the service without making customers angry.

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  • BTS’ V set to make his debut in Cannes Film Festival

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    Source: The Daily Star

    Kim Taehyung, better known as BTS member V, is getting ready to make his long-awaited debut on the red carpet of the famous Cannes Film Festival. Monday, the international artist revealed on his Instagram stories that he would be on the red carpet at Cannes 2023, representing a well-known luxury brand.

    V posted a picture of a sign that said, “Welcome to Cannes! We look forward to seeing you. Warmest, Peter Utz.” In the second shot, V was sitting on the beautiful French Riviera with Peter Utz while wearing a stylish leopard-print shirt and black pants.

    Taehyung’s exciting showing at Cannes comes after news that BLACKPINK’s Jennie will also be there this year. BTS V and Jennie were said to have been seen walking around Paris holding hands, which made people wonder if they were dating.

    In the meantime, V has been hard at work on his first solo record, which will come out later this year and is very much anticipated. As he starts his solo career, the talented musician is likely to make songs that fans will love.

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  • Six Bangladeshi peacekeepers to be honoured posthumously at UN HQ

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    Source: The Daily Star

    On Thursday, the 75th anniversary of UN Peacekeeping, six Bangladeshi soldiers who died in the line of duty will be given the Dag Hammarskjold medal.

    The International Day of UN Peacekeepers will be celebrated at the UN Headquarters on that day.

    The six Bangladeshi peacekeepers who are among the 103 awardees are: Sainik MD Sharif Hossain, Sainik MD Jahangir Alam, and Sainik MD Jasim, who served with the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA); LCPL Kafil Majum DER, who served with the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS); SGT MD Manjur Rahman, who served with the UN Interim Security

    According to the UN Information Centre in Dhaka, Bangladesh sends the most armed people to help keep the peace for the UN.

    It sends more than 7,200 soldiers and police officers to Abyei, the Central African Republic, Cyprus, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lebanon, Mali, South Sudan, and the Western Sahara to help keep the peace there.

    In 1948, an important decision was made to send military monitors to the Middle East to watch how the Israel-Arab Armistice Agreements were carried out. This was the start of what would become the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization.

    Since then, more than 2 million peacekeepers from 125 countries have served in 71 actions around the world.

    At the moment, 87,000 men and women are serving in 12 war zones in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

    Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is going to lay a wreath at the United Nations Headquarters during a formal ceremony to honor the more than 4,200 UN troops who have died since 1948.

    He will also be in charge of a ceremony in the General Assembly Hall where 103 military, police, and citizen peacekeepers who died last year while working for the UN will be given Dag Hammarskjold Medals.

    In 2002, the UN General Assembly set up the International Day of UN Peacekeepers as a way to honor all the men and women who work in policing and to remember those who have died for the sake of peace.

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  • AI reimagines Bangladeshi actors as superheroes

    Source: The Daily Star

    In recent years, the world has been amazed by how quickly Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been making progress. Deepfakes, DALL-E 2, ChatGPT, and other related developments have sparked a lot of debate about the ethics of AI, its possible uses, and where it’s headed in the future.

    Now, a creative Facebook user named Kazi Shahriar Ahmed used AI methods while he was traveling to make pictures of the biggest stars in Dhallywood dressed as superheroes. People on social media are interested in what he comes up with.

    The ad showed four pictures of Jaya Ahsan, Arifin Shuvoo, Bidya Sinha Saha Mim, and Shakib Khan that were very beautiful. He also asked his followers a question that made them think: “If Bangladesh had a Superhero Cinematic Universe, what superpowers would you want them to have?”

    In the pictures, Jaya Ahsan’s short purple hair gave her a fierce look, while Bidya Sinha Mim’s short blue pixie cut gave her a foreign look.

    The creative use of AI technology in these images has brought the idea of Bangladeshi superheroes to life, opening up a world of possibilities and fueling fans’ imaginations.

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  • Team from Bangladesh qualifies for World Cup of Pokémon

    Source: The Daily Star

    A team from Bangladesh has qualified for the World Cup of Pokémon, a worldwide online tournament put on by Smogon, the biggest competitive Pokémon community in the world.

    At this year’s World Cup of Pokémon qualifiers, more than 200 players from 17 teams competed for the last three spots in the major knockout series. Each team represented a country or continent. Each player played two opponents, and the top three teams, based on their total score, moved on to the main game.

    Team Bangladesh did the best in the qualifiers, beating countries like the UK, China, Brazil, Argentina, Greece, and South Korea with a 12-4 record. Starting on June 4, Team Bangladesh will be in the main rounds of the tournament with 15 other teams from the US, Latin America, Oceania, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, India, and more.

    This tournament is being held by Smogon, an online community that runs and promotes a number of large-scale competitive Pokémon tournaments every year. About 18.5 million people visit their website every month. The matches are played on Pokémon Showdown, a browser-based game where anyone can make their own Pokémon teams and face each other. Every month, more than 10 million matches are played on Pokémon Showdown. There are more than 100 current formats, and each has its own sub-community.

    As of May 2021, Pokémon is the most profitable media brand in the world, with a total income of $76.4 billion. Since November 18, 2022, when Pokémon Scarlet and Violet came out for Nintendo Switch, they have sold more than 22 million pieces.

    Even though The Pokémon Company International and Nintendo host official Pokémon events called VGC (Video Game Championships), they are usually hard for Bangladeshis to get to because they are held all over the world. So, online fan groups like Smogon hold tournaments that anyone from anywhere in the world can join by using a browser-based simulator.

    Bangladesh is trying for the 5th time to get past the qualifying round for the World Cup of Pokémon. The team members are all members of a Facebook group called “Bangladeshi Pokémon Battlers.” Since its start in 2012, this group has been a hub for local Pokémon fans and professional players.

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  • Popular Korean TV show ‘Squid Games’ getting its own reality show

    Source: The Daily Star

    Fans of the popular Netflix show “Squid Game” are eagerly waiting for the second season, but the show itself is getting its own reality show this year. “Squid Game: The Challenge” is the name of the television show based on the original show.

    Media sources say that “Squid Game: The Challenge” will have 456 contestants play different games based on the original “Squid Game” series, plus many new games, for a grand prize of $4.56 million.

    Stephen Lambert, Tim Harcourt, John Hay, and Toni Ireland, among others, will be in charge of this reality show version of the “Squid Game” series that doesn’t involve killing.

    The first episode of “Squid Game: The Challenge” is set to air on Netflix in November. But there hasn’t been an official date set for the reality show yet.

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  • Spain set to launch app to track men’s contribution to household work

    Source: NDTV

    In order to get men to help out more at home, Spain plans to release an app that will keep track of how much time each person of a household or family spends doing housework. Angela Rodriguez, Spain’s Secretary of State for Equality, told The Guardian about the change, which is seen as a way to improve gender equality.
    She says that the goal is to bring attention to the hidden “mental load” that women carry when it comes to doing housework.The plan was announced Tuesday in Geneva at a meeting of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.

    She told the UN Committee, “We’ll soon be releasing an app that lets people keep track of the chores that different family members do around the house. This way, we can see how many hours each of us spends doing housework and change the way we do it.”

    She said that the new software, which cost a total of 2,11,750 euros to make, was made to make sure that every family member did their part. She also said, “We think this is an activity that could be used at home to figure out how to divide up chores between sons, daughters, fathers, mothers, flatmates, or life partners, since these tasks aren’t always split up evenly.” The app will work like Splitwise, which lets people split the cost of going out to eat or other costs.

    Ms. Rodriguez said that the app will “bring to light all the invisible jobs that are necessary for a house to run well.” She gave the example that it could take 20 minutes to clean the kitchen, but it all depended on whether someone had made a shopping list or remembered to get dish soap.

    Later, she wrote on Twitter, “All of those who are offended by the housework app are really offended by the idea that they might have to start helping out around the house.”

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  • Ex-Nepalese soldier with artificial legs conquers Everest, creates history

    Source: NDTV

    An official said on Saturday that an ex-British Gurkha soldier with two prosthetic legs climbed Mt. Everest. He made history by being the first person in his group to climb the world’s highest peak with prosthetic legs.
    Hari Budhamagar, who is 43 years old, reached the top of the 8848.86-meter peak late Friday afternoon.

    “Ex-soldier Hari Budhamagar made history on Friday when he became the first person with his condition to reach the top of Mt. Everest,” a Department of Tourism official said. Budhamagar, who lost both of his legs in the war in Afghanistan while fighting for the UK government as a British Gorkha soldier in 2010, climbed Mt. Everest with prosthetic legs.

    He had planned to climb Mt. Everest in 2018, but he had to change his plans after the government made a rule that blind, double-amputee, and solo hikers couldn’t climb mountains, including Everest, in 2017.

    A petition was brought against the ban, and in response, the Supreme Court issued an order in 2018 that cancelled the rule. This made it possible for Budhamagar to make history.

    On Sunday, five people from outside of Nepal reached the top of Mount Everest.

    This spring, Nepal gave out a high number of permits to climb Mount Everest: 466.

    Nepal has eight of the ten highest mountains in the world.

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