India’s gaming market reaches $2.6 bn with 507 mn gamers

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India’s gaming market reaches $2.6 bn with 507 mn gamers

Riding on more than 500 million gamers across mobile, PC and Cloud gaming platforms, India’s gaming market has likely reached $2.6 billion in revenue this year which is expected to quadruple to $8.6 billion by 2027, a new report showed on Thursday.

The country now has about 120 million paid gaming users with at least $20 revenue per user, according to the report by Lumikai, a gaming and interactive media venture capital fund.

With 15 billion downloads, India was the world’s largest consumer of mobile games in FY22.

“India crossed half a billion gamers in FY22, up from 450 million the year prior. Industry growth is expected to be fuelled by a rapidly increasing gamer base, higher conversion to paid users, and increasing sophistication of Indian gamers,” said Justin Shriram Keeling, Founding General Partner, Lumikai on the sidelines of the India Game Developers Conference (IGDC) Summit in Hyderabad.

In FY22, mid-core games (like BGMI which is now banned and Free Fire) were the fastest growing gaming category, achieving growth of 32 per cent, grossing combined revenues of $550 million.

According to the report, Nearly 48 per cent of gamers spend money on mid-core games and 65 per cent of paying gamers claim they have engaged in in-app purchases at least once.

Indian gaming companies are on track to raise $513 million for the calendar year. Gaming sector funding is up 380 per cent from 2019 and up by 23 per cent from 2020.

“Web3 emerged as an increasingly popular technology in games, with 30 per cent of 450 Indian Web3 companies operating in gaming. Web3 games in India have raised $400 million in funding (2019-22),” the findings showed.

India-based content is growing in popularity with 80 per cent of gamers showing a proclivity to play games based on Indian intellectual property.

“The number of female gamers in India is on the rise. Male: female ratio of surveyed gamers yielded a 60:40 ratio, equally split between metro and non-metro cities,” the report noted.

“The last 28 months have been watershed years in terms of attracting VC investment of over $2.6 billion in the Indian gaming landscape. This sustained momentum should further drive entrepreneurial ambition and innovation in the Indian gaming industry,” said Salone Sehgal, Founding General Partner, Lumikai.

Lumikai has so far backed nine gaming startups including Loco, Bombay Play, Elo Elo, Studio Sirah, Cloudfeather Games.

T20 World Cup: Bangladesh wicketkeeper Nurul Hasan accuses Virat Kohli of fake fielding in India’s tense victory

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T20 World Cup: Bangladesh wicketkeeper Nurul Hasan accuses Virat Kohli of fake fielding in India’s tense victory

After India secured a tense five-run victory over Bangladesh in Group 2 Super 12 match in Mens T20 World Cup at Adelaide Oval, wicketkeeper Nurul Hasan accused talismanic batter Virat Kohli of fake fielding during the match, claiming that the umpires missed the incident and could have resulted in the opposition getting crucial five runs as penalty.

The incident that Hasan talked about going unnoticed took place in the seventh over of Bangladesh’s chase when Kohli feigned a throw while standing at point, as if he was relaying a throw coming from Arshdeep Singh from the deep off the bowling of Axar Patel.

Neither the on-field umpires, Marais Erasmus and Chris Brown, spotted it, nor did the two Bangladeshi batters, openers Litton Das and Najmul Hossain Shanto, out in the middle, pointed it out.

“We all saw that it was a wet ground. Eventually, when we talk about these things, there was also a fake throw. It could have been a five-run penalty. That also could have gone our way, but unfortunately, even that didn’t materialise,” said Hasan to reporters in the mixed zone after the match ended.

Law 41.5, pertaining to unfair play, prohibits the “deliberate distraction, deception or obstruction of (the) batter”, and if an incident is deemed to be a breach, the umpire can declare that particular delivery as dead ball, and award the batting side five runs.

But Hasan didn’t mention if either of Das or Shanto spoke to him or to the team about distraction or deception from Kohli pretending to throw the ball to the keeper.

Coming to the match, fifties from KL Rahul and Kohli (64 not out off 44 balls), along with Suryakumar Yadav’s 16-ball 30, took India to a massive 184/6 in 20 overs. Bangladesh seemed to be cruising to the target of 185 with Das making a stunning 27-ball 60 as they reached 66 for no loss in the first seven overs.

But a 50-minute rain interruption meant Bangladesh’s target was changed to 151 in 16 overs as per the DLS method. Bangladesh could make only 79 runs in the remaining nine overs, losing six wickets and ending up at 145/6 in 16 overs, losing the game by five runs.

T20 World Cup: Knew the good contribution for the team was coming, says KL Rahul

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T20 World Cup: Knew the good contribution for the team was coming, says KL Rahul

After shrugging off his lean run in Men’s T20 World Cup with an elegant 32-ball fifty in India’s five-run win over Bangladesh in Men’s T20 World Cup, opener KL Rahul stated he had the belief in himself about making a good contribution for the team in the tournament.

With scores of 4, 9 and 9 in first three Super 12 matches, Rahul had a torrid time with the bat. He received solid backing from head coach Rahul Dravid to come good in the tournament and on Wednesday, justified the faith imposed on him by hitting three fours and four sixes at a strike-rate of 156.25.

“I was disappointed at having not contributed for three games. Every innings is important especially in a big tournament like this. So that is the only doubt that is in your mind. But at least I don’t get frustrated or I didn’t feel like my form or my confidence was low.”

“I just didn’t get the runs. It happens in the game. You’re not always going to keep scoring runs. It’s what you feel if you’re feeling confident and you know that good innings will come and it’s around the corner.”

“I knew that in my heart that I was seeing the ball well. Whatever I need to do, my processes were right. So I knew the good knock or good contribution for the team was coming,” said Rahul in the post-match press conference.

Asked about his feelings during the time when he didn’t fire with the bat in the tournament, Rahul said, “My emotions were good. I’m excited to be here. It’s obviously a huge opportunity for all of us, and we all look forward to the World Cup for the last 10 to 12 months. We worked really hard as individuals and as a team.”

“I was still relaxed. I’ve always tried to be as balanced as I can as a person. But whether I do well, whether I don’t do well, I try to judge myself on whether my mindset is right, and whether I’m trying to do the role and the responsibility that the team expects me to do. If I think I’m doing that well, I can go to sleep peacefully.”

Rahul, who ran out Litton Das with a fluid direct hit from deep mid-wicket just after rain stopped play for nearly 50 minutes to set the path for India’s comeback and eventually the five-run victory, credited captain Rohit Sharma as well as Indian team management for supporting him very well in the initial lean phase.

“We’ve all said this a lot of times before as well – the support staff, this is where they play a really important role in creating that environment where a player feels confident, comfortable and there is no doubt about his ability or what he brings to the team. They’ve kept that environment really, really balanced all the time.”

“Whether we do well or don’t do well, we always stay balanced, and the support staff have been really supportive. The captain always backed his players and you can see that. That’s why players always, even if we’ve had a couple of tough innings, we find a way to come back and do well for the team.”

“So it’s been a long — it’s something that you work on as a team. There are things you work on as an individual which helps you. But these are things as a team you work and support staff, the coach, the captain, when they show confidence and faith in you, it gives you that confidence as a player that you will get the backing if you’re going in the right direction.”

Meta to test ways to make & sell NFTs on Instagram

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Meta to test ways to make & sell NFTs on Instagram

Meta has announced to test ways to buy and sell non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to fans and collectors both on and off Instagram.

With the intention of shortly expanding to more nations, Meta is testing the new feature with “a small group of creators in the US”.

Users can buy digital collectibles of their favourite creators directly from Instagram to support them, the company said in a blogpost.

Additionally, Meta has expanded the list of digital collectibles that users can showcase on Instagram to include video and added support for the Solana blockchain and Phantom wallet.

“We’re making it easier for people to show appreciation for their favourite creators across our apps, which helps creators strengthen their community and build their business,” it said.

The tech giant has also expanded access to subscriptions on Instagram to all eligible creators in the US, so that more creators can generate consistent income and build closer relationships with their most devoted followers.

Additionally, Meta had introduced gifts on Instagram, starting with Reels, so that the creators can earn money from their followers.

Followers can purchase ‘Stars’ directly from Instagram to send gifts and support their favourite creators on Reels, the company said.

Earlier, Meta had rolled out new features on Instagram to protect users from abuse, along with updates to Hidden Words.

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PKL 9: Bengal Warriors, Tamil Thalaivas share points

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PKL 9: Bengal Warriors, Tamil Thalaivas share points

Bengal Warriors and Tamil Thalaivas played an enthralling 41-41 tie in the vivo Pro Kabaddi League Season 9 at the Shree Shivchhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi here on Wednesday.

An inspired Maninder Singh performance saw him get 19 points for the Warriors and he was backed up by a brilliant 11 points from captain Deepak Niwas Hooda. Meanwhile, Narender starred for the Thalaivas with 15 points.

A slow burn contest sparked to life when Ajinkya Pawar, on a DO OR DIE raid caught the Warriors’ Balaji D and Vaibhav Garje to help the Thalaivas edge ahead. While Maninder kept the Warriors in the hunt, constantly poaching bonus points, the Thalaivas raiders were more prolific on the mat. They got the first ALL OUT with a SUPER RAID, Narender catching out Balaji D, Vaibhav Garje and Shrikant Jadhav to give them a 21-9 lead.

It didn’t take them too long to get a second ALL OUT, this one created by an inept Warriors defence – who failed to get a single successful tackle in the first half. Going into halftime, the Thalaivas led 26-14.

The Warriors came out a different unit in the second half. Maninder and Deepak Niwas Hooda rallied their side to initiate their own ALL OUT to reduce the margin of the lead. While the Thalaivas defence faltered, the Warriors kept chipping away, their raiders suddenly the ones in the ascendancy.

With three minutes to go, the two teams were locked level, with no room for error at all. The teams traded the lead multiple times, trading raid for raid and tackle for tackle. Maninder got the Warriors a one-point lead on the second last raid, however, Pawar helped the Thalaivas tie the match in the end.

TikTok tells European users its staff in China can access their data

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TikTok tells European users its staff in China can access their data

TikTok is spelling out to its European users of the platform that their data can be accessed by employees outside the continent, including in China, amid political and regulatory concerns about Chinese access to user information on the site, according to a media report.

The Chinese-owned social video app is updating its privacy policy to confirm that staff in countries, including China, are allowed to access user data to ensure their experience of the platform is “consistent, enjoyable and safe”, The Guardian reported.

The other countries where European user data could be accessed by TikTok staff include Brazil, Canada and Israel as well as the US and Singapore, where European user data is stored currently, the report said.

TikTok’s head of privacy in Europe, Elaine Fox, said: “Based on a demonstrated need to do their job, subject to a series of robust security controls and approval protocols, and by way of methods that are recognised under the GDPR [the EU’s general data protection regulation], we allow certain employees within our corporate group located in Brazil, Canada, China, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and the United States, remote access to TikTok European user data.”

Data could be used to conduct checks on aspects of the platform, including the performance of its algorithms, which recommend content to users, and detect vexatious automated accounts. TikTok has previously acknowledged that some user data is accessed by employees of the company’s parent, ByteDance, in China.

In a letter to Republican senators disclosed in July, TikTok’s chief executive, Shou Zi Chew, said a “narrow set of non-sensitive” US user data could be viewed by foreign employees if approved by a US-based TikTok security team. He added that none of the data were shared with Chinese government officials, The Guardian reported.

The privacy policy update, which applies to the UK, the European Economic Area, and Switzerland, and which goes live on December 2, takes place against a backdrop of political and regulatory pressure over use of data generated by the app, which has more than a billion users worldwide.

PKL 9: Ashish shines as U Mumba win against Telugu Titans

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PKL 9: Ashish shines as U Mumba win against Telugu Titans

Ashish put up an excellent performance as the U Mumba side picked up another victory in the vivo Pro Kabaddi League Season 9 after defeating Telugu Titans 40-37 at the Shree Shivchhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi here on Wednesday.

Raider Ashish scored a total of 12 points in the game.

Ashish chipped in with a couple of raids as U Mumba put their noses in front at 5-2 in the 6th minute. However, Parvesh Bhainswal tackled Heidarali Ekrami soon after and kept the Titans in the game. The Telugu defense continued to step up for the team as they levelled the scores at 6-6.

Thereafter, both sides kept trading points until U Mumba tackled Vijay Kumar to inflict an ALL OUT and take a massive lead at 15-11. Moments later, U Mumba’s Mohit tackled Adarsh T as the Mumbai side ended the first half leading at 18-14.

Ashish continued to showcase top form in the second half as well as U Mumba extended their lead further at 24-18 in the 25th minute. The Mumbai side attained a strong hold of the match at 30-23 after inflicting another ALL OUT in the 29th minute.

Raider Pranay Rane also joined the party as U Mumba continued to dominate the match at 33-27 in the 35th minute. However, the Titans didn’t give up and reduced the gap by inflicting an ALL OUT in the 37th minute. But, U Mumba held their nerve in the last few minutes and closed out a hard-earned victory.

Chuffed with box-office success, ‘Sardar’ producer gifts director Mithran a car

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Chuffed with box-office success, ‘Sardar’ producer gifts director Mithran a car

With Karthi-starrer ‘Sardar’ going on to emerge a big hit, its producer Lakshman Kumar has presented director P. S. Mithran a brand new car.

Sources close to the unit of the film said that producer Lakshman Kumar, who is thoroughly pleased with the success of the film, has presented the film’s director P. S. Mithran a Toyota Fortuner.

The film, which released on October 21, has been doing exceptionally well in theatres. In fact, the resounding success of the film had recently prompted its makers to announce a sequel to the film.

The film, which had Karthi playing two characters with one of them being the role of a spy, also had a crucial socially relevant message on the significance of water.

Apart from Karthi, the film also featured Chunkey Pandey, Laila, Rajisha Vijayan and Raashi Khanna among others. Music for the film was scored by G. V. Prakash Kumar and cinematography was by George C. Williams.

In the sequel too, Karthi will be seen playing a spy with the action shifting to Cambodia.

Actress Rambha: I’m out of danger because support and love from you all.

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Actress Rambha: I’m out of danger because support and love from you all.

Tollywood actress Rambha, who was asked by the audience to get out of the health injures of her kids for pray after the car accident had happened in the Canada, thanked for the fans for the well-being of her family.

Giving the Instagram live for first time, Actress Rambha said: “My fans and well-wishers and audience, who loving me all over the world, whoever prayed for me, to get speedy health recovery from the accident injuries, I saying you all thanks for those prayers from my heart.” added to that “Thanks you very much for every one again. My kids and I are very safe here because of your love and support.”

The actress also finalized that her daughter Sasha who was a very danger situation in hospital, had been came to home from hospital and my kids are very safe presently. So now I am very happy, now words to say about my happiness. She also added that through your all prayers, we had came out from the danger.

Rambha has also shared movement happened in accident that I went school for my kids to return back to home after completed school. Beside of our car, suddenly one vehicle came and crashed my car then we all got injures. She also posted some some pictures from the hospital and crashed car photos.

FB expands professional mode to all creators globally

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FB expands professional mode to all creators globally

Facebook had given statement that it was explored its professional mode to all the creators world wide  for many monetization facilities and tools and other modes of options.

By using the setting of the professional mode, Creators can get the more opportunities in the Facebook platform.

“Through professional tool, one can build their profile in the platform and earn money from different monetization programs, and keep increase your audience in the professional way”, said by company.

The company has launched special programs and  testing those different programs in new formats for the users who what to create designs for earing money.

To get the bonus programs that give chance to users to get money for the reels they provided in the platform, US creators can be applied to Reels Play. Already given Stars were now available to give more access creators on professional mode which will gives them a chance for earning money from the their audience directly.

In-stream  advertisements are helpful for the professional mode creators that is allowing to earn money by switch-on advertisements during the videos, after, before.  Now we are testing the Ads on Facebook Reels on professional mode through some group of the creators over the world, company said.

In order to improve audience support for the users, through providing subscribers-only content, subscribers were being introduced and tested on professional mode. The platform come-up with  more professional tools and methods on the mode, analytics and advanced features that will helps the users to increase their brand products and stay safe on the Facebook platform.

Yogi orders demotion of ‘corrupt’ police official in UP

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Yogi orders demotion of ‘corrupt’ police official in UP

In an unprecedented move, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered the demotion of a deputy superintendent of police after he was found guilty of accepting bribes to suppress a rape case.

The officer is now a constable — the post on which he began his career.

According to official sources, DSP Vidya Kishore Sharma, has been demoted after the government took cognisance of a video of him accepting a bribe of Rs 5 lakh.

Sharma was the DSP when the incident took place in 2021. He was later transferred.

A woman had alleged last year that the owner of Swami Vivekanand Hospital and Inspector Ramveer Yadav had gang-raped her but the police was not acting on her complaint.

She also alleged the police official had accepted a bribe from the accused.

The UP administration suspended the inspector and ordered an FIR against Yadav.

A probe was launched which found Sharma guilty of accepting the bribe. Sharma had been on suspension before being demoted.

Niharika relates to her character in ‘Faltu’: Both have dreams and ambitions

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Niharika relates to her character in ‘Faltu’: Both have dreams and ambitions

TV actress Niharika Chouksey, who is playing the titular role in the new show ‘Faltu’ said that she relates to her character in many ways as both are bold, daring and fearless.

She reveals: “On many levels I connect to Faltu as she is outspoken and extrovert like me. She is confident, speaks what’s on her mind and most importantly Faltu and Niharika both have many dreams and ambitions. I feel very emotionally connected to the character.”

“I won’t say it’s not challenging but it’s more like a responsibility as I am portraying so many girls, who have actually lived or are living through this hell. Hope I won’t let them down and inspire them and let them know they aren’t alone.”

‘Faltu’ is all about the attitude of people living in rural parts towards girl child and how certain times, they end up giving them names like Faltu with a belief that the next child will be a boy. Niharika plays a similar kind of role of a rural girl whose family thinks she is useless being a girl and thus calls her ‘Faltu’.

When asked what according to Niharika is the USP of the show and why even people living in urban areas are going to connect with it, she informs media: “USP of the show is definitely our story which is so real and genuine and that’s why people will connect to it because there are so many little girls who have to go through this hell and bury their dreams because they are considered unwanted and useless.”

While Niharika plays the lead character in the show, there is also an innocent chemistry that is shown between her and the male lead played by Aakash Ahuja. His character of Ayaan plays an important role in Faltu’s life and he somehow wants to help her but has his own limitations because of the society.

While talking about her chemistry with Aakash, the ‘Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai’ actress said: “We share a great bond and that’s what reflects on screen. He is amazing in his craft and super supportive and we both try to improvise and put efforts to make scenes more real. His character plays a very important role in Faltu’s life. He is the one who guides and protects her. Faltu’s life changes for good when she meets Ayaan as her mentor and coach.”

‘Faltu’ is going to start on Star Plus from November 2.

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T20 World Cup: David Miller sees Pakistan’s misfiring top-order an area to exploit for South Africa

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T20 World Cup: David Miller sees Pakistan’s misfiring top-order an area to exploit for South Africa

South Africa’s in-form batter David Miller sees Pakistan’s misfiring top-order as an area to exploit for his bowling attack and put the middle-order under pressure ahead of Thursday’s important Group 2 clash in the T20 World Cup at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

Pakistan has mostly relied on the opening pair of captain Babar Azam and wicketkeeper Muhammad Rizwan to get a huge chunk of their runs with the bat. But the duo haven’t been able to score big runs though Rizwan top-scored with 49 in Pakistan’s win over Netherlands at Perth while Azam’s tally in the tournament reads as 4, 4 and 0.

“I think it is an area to exploit. This game is all about confidence, and yeah, they haven’t probably performed the way they’ve wanted to, but they’re world-class players, and we’re expecting them to come out and bring their A-game and be up for the challenge.

“It’s by all means not just going in there and expecting to get them out first ball or early up. We’ve got to work really hard for every wicket, and hopefully we can get them early and put the Pakistan middle order under pressure a little bit earlier than later,” said Miller in the pre-match press conference.

With Pakistan needing wins in their favour to have a slim chance at entering the semifinals, Miller insisted that South Africa, the Group 2 table-toppers, are taking the challenge coming from Pakistan very seriously.

“We all know every game in the World Cup is an important game, and against Pakistan you’ve got to make sure that you’re on your A-game as an opponent, so just making sure that we’re sticking to our processes and what has worked in the past to implementing it tomorrow.

“Pakistan are a great team, and they’ve got some serious match winners, but we’ve just got to take it as it comes, and definitely the boys are up for it, and then I suppose it’s a must-win game for them, so they’re going to be coming and charging, and we’re definitely prepared for it.”

In their last match, South Africa’s four-man pace attack, led by Lungi Ngidi’s fantastic 4/29 and Wayne Parnell’s 3/15, made excellent use of pace and extra bounce on a typical Perth pitch to keep India to 133/9, which was chased down with five wickets in hand.

Miller, who was unbeaten on 59 in the successful chase against India, pointed out that the bowling attack feels confident of doing well due to the conditions on offer in Australia. “Our pace attack has done great things over the years, and we’ve managed to, like I said, for the last year, the squad has sort of come into their own, especially as a bowling unit. The guys are bowling with great energy, a lot of pace, and that’s what we need here in Australia.

“It is nice to have someone like Marco (Jansen) sitting on the bench and having him as reserve. I mean, it’s a healthy environment to have. I think the guys are in a good space, and again, just one game at a time and trying to sort of stick to the process and stay in the moment.”

Wedding bells for Hansika Motwani

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Wedding bells for Hansika Motwani

Actress Hansika Motwani, who has been a part of several superhit films in Tamil and Telugu, is to wed entrepreneur Sohael Khaturiya soon.

Entrepreneur Sohael Khaturiya owns the popular garment brand, Avant.

On Wednesday, the actress took to Instagram to post a series of pictures including one that showed her future husband going down on a knee to propose to her in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

The pictures also showed the words ‘Marry Me’ made using flowers in the background during the proposal.

Hansika, who posted a series of five pictures of the proposal, wrote, “Now and Forever”.

Several top celebrities have been congratulating Hansika ever since she put out the post.

Actresses Anushka Shetty, Khushbu, DD and Sriya Reddy were among those who congratulated the actress on Instagram.

NASA prepares to bid goodbye to Mars InSight lander

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NASA prepares to bid goodbye to Mars InSight lander

NASA’s Mars InSight lander is set to fall silent in the next few weeks, ending its history-making mission to reveal secrets of the Red Planet’s interior.

The spacecraft’s power generation continues to decline as windblown dust on its solar panels thickens, so the team has taken steps to continue as long as possible with what power remains, the US space agency said in a statement late on Tuesday.

The most important of the final steps with the InSight mission is storing its trove of data and making it accessible to researchers around the world.

The lander data has yielded details about Mars’ interior layers, its liquid core, the surprisingly variable remnants beneath the surface of its mostly extinct magnetic field, weather on this part of Mars, and lots of quake activity.

InSight’s seismometer has detected more than 1,300 marsquakes since the lander touched down in November 2018, the largest measuring a magnitude 5.

“Finally, we can see Mars as a planet with layers, with different thicknesses, compositions. We’re starting to really tease out the details. Now it’s not just this enigma; it’s actually a living, breathing planet,” said Bruce Banerdt of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.

Earlier this summer, the lander had so little remaining power that the mission turned off all of InSight’s other science instruments in order to keep the seismometer running.

They even turned off the fault protection system that would otherwise automatically shut down the seismometer if the system detects that the lander’s power generation is dangerously low.

“We were down to less than 20 per cent of the original generating capacity,” said Banerdt. “That means we can’t afford to run the instruments around the clock.”

NASA will declare the mission over when InSight misses two consecutive communication sessions with the spacecraft orbiting Mars, part of the Mars Relay Network.

There will be no heroic measures to re-establish contact with InSight.

In the meantime, as long as InSight remains in contact, the team will continue gathering data.

Twitter ends ad-free articles for premium Blue subscribers

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Twitter ends ad-free articles for premium Blue subscribers

Twitter has announced to discontinue ad-free articles for its premium Blue subscribers under Elon Musk as new CEO.

Ad-free articles facility will be nor more for its premium Blue subscribers under the Elon Musk as CEO, twitter said.

The micro-blogging platform said that it made the decision “to discontinue Ad-free Articles, effective as of close of business, on October 31, 2022”.

Twitter included ad-free articles when it rolled out its Blue subscription last year for $4.99.

A portion of the revenue from Twitter Blue subscription fees went directly to publishers within their network.

The feature was based on the platform Twitter acquired from Scroll, a service that specialised in removing ads from news sites.

“We will stop displaying the ‘Twitter Blue Publisher’ label on any tweets containing your articles. We will no longer be sending a Twitter Blue token when people on Twitter access articles from your properties,” the micro-blogging platform said in an email sent to publishers.

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Pooja Bhatt joins Bharat Jodo Yatra in Hyderabad

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Pooja Bhatt joins Bharat Jodo Yatra in Hyderabad

Actress-filmmaker Pooja Bhatt on Wednesday briefly joined Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, which resumed in Hyderabad.

Bhatt walked with the Congress MP for some distance after he resumed the rally from Balanagar after the night-halt at Bowenpally.

For the second consecutive day, the foot march continued in Hyderabad.

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) chief A. Revanth Reddy, Congress Legislature Party leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, MP Uttam Kumar Reddy and several other leaders and scores of party workers were participating in the yatra.

The rally will halt at a hotel at Hafeezpet, Madinaguda for a mid-day break.

The walkathon will resume in the evening from BHEL bus stand and halt at Muthangi with a corner meeting.

Meanwhile, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge interacted with Yatris at Bowenpally.

“They too are walking 3500 km with Rahul Gandhi and are a source of great inspiration to our party cadres. The yatra is bringing about a silent revolution that will change the political landscape,” tweeted Kharge.

The newly-elected president of the party joined the yatra last night and addressed a public meeting at Necklace Road along with Rahul Gandhi.

The Cyberabad police have imposed traffic restrictions in the limits of Madhapur traffic division in view of the Yatra. Traffic curbs will be in place till 6 p.m.

Wednesday is the eighth day of the yatra in Telangana.

The foot march will continue in Telangana till November 7 with one-day break on November 4.

It will cover a total distance of 375 kms in 19 Assembly and 7 Parliamentary constituencies in the state.

From Telangana the yatra will enter Maharashtra.

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