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Pinterest has third-party ad deals with Google, Amazon.com and advertising platform Magnite [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Pinterest missed Wall Street expectations for second-quarter profit on Thursday, overshadowing robust revenue and user growth, sending its shares down over 8% in extended trading.The social media platform reported adjusted profit per share of 33 cents, missing analysts’ average estimate of 35 cents, according to data compiled by LSEG.However, revenue rose 17% to $998.2 million, beating expectations of $974.8 million.The growth was driven by a surge in Gen Z users—who now represent more than half of Pinterest’s user base— and the platform’s AI-powered…

Published on: Aug 08, 2025 10:05 pm IST The Blue Line of the Metro Railways is a 3.4 km stretch between Esplanade and Bhowanipore (Now Netaji Bhavan station) and was commissioned on October 24, 1984 KOLKATA: India’s oldest metro corridor in Kolkata has decided to shift from traditional water-cooled chillers to air-cooled chillers, a move that would help it annually save around 180 million litres of water, enough to fill over 70 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Out of the 15 underground stations in the Blue Line, the cooling system of 11 stations will be changed from water-cooled chillers to air-cooled chillers.…

The story so far: On Thursday (August 7, 2025), U.S. President Donald Trump singled out Intel’s CEO Lip-Bu Tan on the right-wing social media platform Truth Social, posting, “The CEO of INTEL is highly CONFLICTED and must resign, immediately. There is no other solution to this problem. Thank you for your attention to this problem!”Mr. Tan, a Malaysian-born, Singapore-raised American citizen, took over the reins of the ailing chipmaker in March, three months after the abrupt departure of former CEO Pat Gelsinger. The company has been lagging behind Nvidia for several quarters now. Why did Trump demand that the Intel…

Published on: Aug 08, 2025 10:16 pm IST Students, general public walk in torch procession in memory of R G Kar rape-murder victim Kolkata, Students of various medical colleges and members of the general public on Friday night took part in a torch procession in memory of the on-duty doctor who was raped and murdered inside R G Kar hospital on August 9 last year. Students, general public walk in torch procession in memory of R G Kar rape-murder victim The torch procession, organised at the call of West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front , started from College Street near the…

I am Zach Cregger, writer, and director of “Weapons.” So at this point in the movie, Justine Gandy, who’s the teacher who presides over the class that went missing — She’s by the way, played by the brilliant Julia Garner — She has become so frustrated with the lack of action and satisfaction from the authorities that she’s decided to take it upon herself to get some clarity on this mystery. And the only lead that she has is the little boy who didn’t go missing, [DOOR KNOCK] “Hello?” which is Alex Lily, played by Cary Christopher. So in this…

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on January 20. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP The current Trump administration has made 70% more changes to government environmental websites during its first 100 days than the first Trump administration did, and those changes are bolder, according to a report published by the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI). EDGI is a nonprofit network of researchers who work with data, started after President Trump took office in 2017. It documents loss of access and usability of government environmental information and preserves that…

New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference on Jan. 8. The Justice Department has opened an investigation into James’ office over its civil fraud case against President Trump. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a federal grand jury investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to two sources familiar with the investigation who weren’t authorized to speak publicly. James won a civil fraud case against President Trump and his companies, fining them millions of dollars in penalties linked to fraud allegations.…

Published on: Aug 08, 2025 10:32 pm IST The EC directive comes just two days after Mamata Banerjee declared at a rally that she won’t punish the officers on the directions of the Election Commission KOLKATA: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday told the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal to suspend by 3pm on Monday the four state government officers accused of adding names of fictitious voters in the electoral roll and compromising data security. People walk past the Election Commission of India office building in New Delhi. (REUTERS) “No compliance report, indicating specific action taken against…

Updated on: Aug 08, 2025 11:11 pm IST The man had entered the country on a Bangladeshi passport that identified him as Bibhas Roy, a resident of Chittagong, and got himself an Indian passport KOLKATA: A Bangladeshi national was arrested at the Kolkata international airport on Friday when immigration officials found that he was headed to Dubai on an Indian passport, police officials probing the case said. The immigration department informed the airport police that arrested the suspect. (Facebook/aaikolairport) The man had entered the country on a Bangladeshi passport that identified him as Bibhas Roy, a resident of Chittagong. The…

India is pausing plans to procure new weapons and aircraft from the United States in apparent retaliation for President Donald Trump’s tariff hike on its exports this week, according to news agency Reuters, citing three Indian officials.Two of the officials familiar with the matter told Reuters that India had been planning to send Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to Washington in the coming weeks for an announcement on some of the purchases, but that the trip had been cancelled, the news agency reported.Following publication of the story on Friday, India’s government issued a statement it attributed to a Ministry of Defence…