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A young female TikToker accused of helping Mali’s army was kidnapped and publicly executed by suspected jihadists, her family and local officials said on Sunday. Mariam was abducted by the suspected jihadists while live-streaming from a market.(X/@imnotcioran) According to a report by the BBC, Mariam Cisse frequently shared videos with her over 100,000 TikTok followers about her life in her Tonka hometown in the northern Timbuktu region and often expressed support for the army. News of her death has shocked the nation, which has been battling a jihadist insurgency since 2012. “My sister was arrested on Thursday by the jihadists,”…

Daily Quiz: on ICC Women’s Cricket World CupIndia’s Kranti Goud, one of the Indians to win a player-of-the-match award in the tournament. FileSTART THE QUIZ 1 / 6 | In the 13 editions held so far, Australia has reigned supreme seven times followed by England with four titles. So, which is the only other team apart from India to lift the cup? 2 / 6 | The overall prize money was a record $13.88 million, an increase of 297% from the last edition held in 2022. How much did the Indian women receive for their winning effort? 3 / 6…

Electric cooking, or e-cooking, is the most affordable and sustainable cooking option for Indian households, according to a new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), a U.S.-based energy policy think tank. The report, titled ‘India’s Clean Cooking Strategy: E-Cooking, the Next Frontier’, finds that e-cooking is 37% cheaper than non-subsidised liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and 14% cheaper than piped natural gas (PNG), making it a compelling alternative in urban areas, where access to electricity is stable.  “Electricity-based cooking means cost savings. Based on the analysis for FY2024-25, using PNG for cooking versus electricity-based devices can…

A photo of a young boy urinating outside Chennai International Airport has gone viral on X, igniting a heated debate on civic sense and public hygiene. Several social media users called for stricter fines and better civic education. (X/@reclaimchennai) The image, shared on the microblogging platform by Reclaim Chennai Streets, shows a woman standing beside a child relieving himself near a pillar at the airport’s Terminal 1, A4 exit gate. “NRIs come back and the first thing they do is make their kids piss right in front of the airport,” the user wrote. “The kid was apprehensive, but the mom…

A Delhi University student has caught the internet’s attention after sharing how she managed to pay her first-year college fee entirely through her YouTube earnings. In her LinkedIn post, the student shared that she runs a YouTube channel where she creates educational and motivational content for school students. What began as a casual attempt to share exam preparation tips eventually turned into a source of both satisfaction and income, she said. Social media users called her journey ‘inspiring’. (Unsplash/Representative pic) “I covered my first year’s college fee from YouTube. Yes, the entire first-year fee. Of course, it wasn’t a hugely…

Amazon’s Black Friday sale begins Thursday, November 20, for the first time ever, and will run through Monday, December 1.  There will be deals on travel essentials, including sleek luggage, cool-weather clothing staples, comfy walking shoes, new tech, and versatile travel accessories. Sign up for a Prime membership to get access to exclusive deals and perks, like free two-day shipping. The holiday season is fast approaching, and so are Amazon’s biggest savings of the year. It was recently announced that the retailer’s massive Black Friday sale will kick off Thursday, November 20, eight days before the actual event, and run…

NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL), the international arm of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), has entered into a tie up with BENEFIT, Bahrain’s fintech and electronic financial transactions company, to enable real-time cross-border remittances between India and Bahrain. This linkage will connect India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) with Bahrain’s Electronic Fund Transfer System (EFTS), specifically, Fawri+ service, allowing users in both countries to send and receive money instantly and securely.The tie up, established under the guidance of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB), is towards advancing cross-border payment connectivity between the two…

Retiring from Test cricket may be a good thing for Virat Kohli, even if that means a vastly reduced time that he can spend on the field as it gives him something focus on, says former Australia fast bowler Andy Bichel. The 55-year-old, who was among the chief architects of Australia’s 2003 World Cup victory, said that stepping away from the longest format has now allowed the 36-year-old Kohli to focus solely in ODI cricket. “I think for someone like Virat he is very fit. He’s going along really well. Obviously, he still wants to play the IPL. RCB won…

Security researchers uncovered a vulnerability that was exploited to inject a new type of spyware called ‘Landfall’ in Samsung Galaxy phones as part of a months-long hacking campaign potentially targeting victims in the Middle East.The attackers relied on an Android OS security flaw to deploy the spyware and compromise Galaxy smartphones, researchers at Unit 42, backed by cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks, said in a blog post on November 7. It was a zero-day attack, meaning that Samsung did not know about the vulnerability at the time. Similar to the NSO Group’s Pegasus, Landfall is zero-click. This means that the…

A Chinese woman who flooded her hotel room in anger after her cancellation request was refused eventually paid almost 280 times the original room rate. A Chinese guest flooded a hotel room after a refund denial and later paid 280 times the room rate for the damage she caused.(Representational image/Unsplash) As per a report by South China Morning Post, the incident occurred on October 28 at a hotel in Hainan, China’s southern island province, prompting the hotel to call the police. The woman had booked the room online for a one night stay at a rate of 108 yuan (US$15).…