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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Social media companies are offering few specifics as they share their plans for safeguarding the U.S. midterm elections. Platforms like Facebook and Twitter are generally staying the course from the 2020 voting season, which was marred by conspiracies and culminated in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Video app TikTok, which has soared in popularity since the last election cycle while also cementing its place as a problem spot for misinformation, announced Wednesday it is launching an election center that will help people find voting locations and candidate information. The center will show up on videos about U.S. elections and in the feeds of users who search election-related hashtags. TikTok is also partnering with voting advocacy groups to provide specialized voting information for college students, people who are deaf, military members living overseas and those with past criminal convictions. TikTok, like other platforms, would not … [Read more...] about U.S. midterms bring few changes from social media companies

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 11 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new moon rocket arrived at the launch pad Wednesday ahead of its debut flight in less than two weeks. The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket emerged from its mammoth hangar late Tuesday night, drawing crowds of Kennedy Space Center workers. It took nearly 10 hours for the rocket to make the four-mile trip to the pad, pulling up at sunrise. NASA is aiming for an Aug. 29 liftoff for the lunar test flight. No one will be inside the crew capsule atop the rocket, just three mannequins — test dummies swarming with sensors to measure radiation and vibration. The capsule will fly around the moon in a distant orbit for a couple weeks, before heading back for a splashdown in the Pacific. The entire flight should last six weeks. The flight is the first moonshot in NASA's Artemis program. The space agency is … [Read more...] about NASA’s moon rocket moved to launch pad for 1st test flight

The pandemic brought its fair share of challenges for Americans, including straining household budgets. From spiking unemployment at the start of the pandemic to rising costs this the past year, Memphians tell me every day about the increasing difficulties of stretching their dollars and taking care of their families. Yet even as our challenges have grown, the ultra-wealthy have maintained their jet-setting lifestyles. In fact, billionaires have expanded their fortunes tremendously since the pandemic began. Here in Tennessee, the state's 10 billionaires grew $21 billion , or 85 percent, richer over the first two years of the pandemic. But while billionaires increased their wealth, we were the ones footing the tax bill. Thanks to a skewed tax code that showers tax breaks on those with the greatest means, the average billionaire pays a lower tax rate than middle-class workers . The ultra-wealthy meticulously evade taxes by living off the growing value of their assets, which are … [Read more...] about We can make the super rich pay their fair share | Opinion

Norway-headquartered solar energy major REC Group and its parent company Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) will put on a compelling show at Renewable Energy India (REI) Expo 2022, which will take place during September 28-30 in Greater Noida (UP). REC will exhibit its new Alpha Pure-R solar panel, just one year after launching the 2022 Intersolar Award winner REC Alpha Pure. “Demonstrating its commitment to supply its many customers with innovative solar products, REC has doubled its Alpha HJT production capacity in Singapore for the new solar panel. Together with Reliance, a Fortune Global 500 corporation, the companies are also recruiting in a significant way talent for their new Solar Giga factory in Jamnagar, India,” REC Group said in a statement on Wednesday. In October last year, Mukesh Ambani-owned RIL subsidiary Reliance New Energy Solar Ltd (RNESL) acquired REC Solar Holdings AS (REC Group) from China National Bluestar (Group) Co Ltd, for an enterprise value of $771 million. … [Read more...] about RIL Arm REC Group To Exhibit Alpha Pure-R Solar Panel At Renewable Energy India Expo Next Month

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday said his government will build 16 medical colleges in five years and the aspirants will no longer have to go to countries like Ukraine for medical education. This will raise the total number of medical colleges in the state to 25, transforming Punjab into a hub of medical education, he said chairing a meeting to review the status of the upcoming five medical colleges at Sangrur, SAS Nagar, Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur and Malerkotla. Read: Students Should Fix Their Goals and Work Hard to Achieve Them: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla “The state has a glorious legacy of producing world-class doctors,” the chief minister said. Lamenting that none of the successive governments in the state focused on establishing quality medical colleges in Punjab, Mann said as a result of this, a large number of students have to go abroad for medical education. The chief minister said the students aspiring to pursue medical education will no longer have to go … [Read more...] about 16 New Medical Colleges to Be Set Up in Punjab: CM Bhagwant Mann

The Tamil Nadu government has announced the completion of a customised English language development course for the personnel of the department of industries and commerce in the state. The programme was specially designed by British Council with a strong focus on business (workplace) communication, email and report writing. It was delivered to 41 officials of the department from different districts of Tamil Nadu. Prior to the training, the candidates were assessed by British Council CELTA qualified teachers and were divided into different batches based on their English proficiency. Based on the level check results the academic team worked on the content for the courses. Also read| Not Salary but Impact of Work, Job Location a Priority for Employees in India: Survey The participants were placed in four batches from upper intermediate to elementary level. The courses were delivered over a period of about eight weeks, starting on June 20 and ending on August 11. Three separate … [Read more...] about Tamil Nadu Govt Trains State Officials in Professional English With Help of British Council

When it comes to job search, employees are no longer fixated on the take-home amount and look beyond monetary payouts, according to a report by job platform Naukri.com. The impact of work was voted highest by around 66 per cent of respondents followed by work culture (64 per cent), and job location (62 per cent). While female employees preferred quality and impact of work (66 per cent) the most, followed by job location (62 per cent), males voted for work culture (65 per cent) as more important than the job location, the report added. The pandemic has also played a major role as employees reimagine their office and work life giving more importance to factors such as work-life balance (64 per cent) and feeling valued at work (38 per cent). Also read| ‘You Will Not Get Job if You Don’t Pay in Bengal’, Says Calcutta HC judge Job location too is an important consideration for job seekers because of less travel time (36 per cent), followed by 32 per cent of respondents who prefer … [Read more...] about Not Salary but Impact of Work, Job Location a Priority for Employees in India: Survey

For fourth-grader Leah Rainey, the school day now begins with what her teacher calls an “emotional check-in.” “It’s great to see you. How are you feeling?” chirps a cheery voice on her laptop screen. It asks her to click an emoji matching her state of mind: Happy. Sad. Worried. Angry. Frustrated. Calm. Silly. Tired. Depending on the answer, Leah, 9, gets advice from a cartoon avatar on managing her mood and a few more questions: Have you eaten breakfast? Are you hurt or sick? Is everything OK at home? Is someone at school being unkind? Today, Leah chooses “silly,” but says she struggled with sadness during online learning. At Lakewood Elementary School, all 420 students will start their days the same way this year. The rural Kentucky school is one of thousands across the country using the technology to screen students’ state of mind and alert teachers to anyone struggling. In some ways, this year’s back-to-school season will restore a degree of pre-pandemic normalcy: Most … [Read more...] about New Reports Talk About Whether Schools Are Doing Enough To Help With The Mental Health of Youths

Jacqueline Fernandez has landed in bigger trouble. On Wednesday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) team probing alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar in the Rs 200 crore money laundering case named the Housefull actress as an accused. She’s named as an accused in a supplementary charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate. The shocking development comes after the ED grilled her on several occasions. She was first summoned in August last year. Through the process, Sukesh’s lawyer had claimed that the conman and Jacqueline were in a relationship. The actress’s team denied the claims. However, she did admit to receiving expensive ‘gifts’ from Sukesh. In audio clips accessed by News18 back in January 2022, Jacqueline claimed she received the following gifts: – A horse named Espuela She also claimed that the con man had gifted her a Mini Cooper car, but that she returned it to him. The chargesheet also mentioned that Sukesh arranged private jet trips and hotel stay for the … [Read more...] about Jacqueline Fernandez Received Gifts Worth Rs 7 Crore From Conman Sukesh: Here’s A Complete List

Bigg Boss Kannada OTT witnessed the first eviction of the season the past weekend. Model, dancer, and yoga instructor Kiran Yogeshwar was eliminated from the Bigg Boss house and he became the first contestant to get evicted from the show. After leaving the glass house, Kiran has now opened up about her journey on the show in an interview with News18 Kannada. Kiran said, “In just one week I became close with everyone. I had a slight fever for the first three days due to which I could not mingle with everyone. But then after recovery, I talked to everyone and got closer. Everyone was also happy with me. Even before entering the house, I did not think that I would come out this early.” “The main reason I was evicted is that I spent most of my time in the kitchen. I used to make breakfast, lunch, and dinner for everyone. Therefore, viewers did not get to see my best side. Another main reason was that I did not know Kannada very well,” the actress-dancer explained the reason behind … [Read more...] about ‘Viewers Didn’t See My Best Side’: Kiran Yogeshwar on Eviction From Bigg Boss Kannada OTT