MUMBAI, India — Snapchat has released a set of Bitmoji stickers dedicated to the Covid-19 frontline workers ahead of the occasion of World Emoji Day. The stickers are also designed to support India’s vaccination drive. The social media platform has released ‘You Are Essential,’ ‘Get Your Shot,’ and ‘Got My Shot’ Bitmoji stickers on Snapchat. World Emoji Day is celebrated on July 17. Bitmoji allows users to create personal emoji with some passing resemblance to their actual selves. It was launched globally by Snapchat in 2016. “To create your own personalized Bitmoji in Snapchat, one has to tap the Bitmoji icon located…
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NEW DELHI — Indian financial firm Setup Services India has announced its entry into the financial aggregation market. The company aims to develop a one-stop financial services solution for next-gen entrepreneurs. Setup Services India will be working towards facilitating business registration, compliance management, and advisory processes to be robust, transparent, and cost-effective. “Setup Services India will be following aggregation model to serve its clientele from all over India,” said Nishant Arora, Founder, Setup Services India. “We aim to facilitate the ease of doing business in India by promoting the culture of outsourcing technical activities like accounting and bookkeeping, which will in turn…
WASHINGTON — Streaming platform Netflix will be expanding into the domain of video games, and the company has hired Mike Verdu, a former Facebook and Electronic Arts executive, as its new Vice-President of game development. Verdu was previously the Vice-President of content for Facebook Reality Labs, where he oversaw Oculus Studios and the teams that brought second-and third-party virtual reality games to Oculus Virtual Reality headsets, as per a media report. Verdu’s portfolio also includes the position of Senior Vice President of mobile for video game developer Electronic Arts, where he was responsible for mobile games like ‘Plants vs. Zombies…
Israel’s health system was named the most resilient to COVID-19 in the world in a recently released Pandemic Resilience Index. The index, published by global consumer advocacy group Consumer Choice Center, surveyed 40 countries about their health systems’ preparedness and resilience to the pandemic. The index examined five factors: vaccination approval, vaccination drive, time lags that put breaks on giving vaccines, critical care bed capacity and mass testing. While Israel did not have the highest number of ICU beds per capita or a high average of daily COVID-19 tests, it “is a clear winner when it comes to the speed…
Jermell Charlo and Brian Castano aim to knock each other out on Saturday in a clash that could produce the first four-belt unification champion in the history of the 154-pound division. “It’s dangerous to walk into my shots,” said “Iron Man” Charlo. “Most opponents I’ve faced who’ve done that, I’ve put them out.” As for “El Boxi” Castano, the Argentinian said: “I’m ready for war. If Charlo wants to brawl, then by all means I will welcome that.” Charlo, of Houston, Texas, fights for family and legacy. Castano, of Buenos Aires, is in it for glory and country. The 31-year-olds…
A Black Lives Matter protester was arrested on July 15 at the scene of an FBI agent-involved deadly shooting in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Clifton White was arrested “after entering an active scene where a federal officer had just been shot and refused to leave,” the Bernalilo County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement posted on Facebook. “The body camera footage speaks for itself,” the sheriff’s office statement said, referring to the video recorded by deputies on the scene. “This is an individual that intentionally entered an active scene and interfered with the investigation, where the attempted murder of a Federal…
A U.S. Black Hawk helicopter made a dramatic emergency landing on a roundabout in the Romanian capital Bucharest as city residents gasped in shock. The U.S. Black Hawk was forced to carry out an emergency landing on a busy road at around 10 a.m. on Charles de Gaulle Square on July 15. Traffic in the immediate area was stopped as a precaution, however, no one was injured in the incident. The aircraft was temporarily moved to the side of the road to allow traffic flow to continue, and the U.S. is coordinating with the Romanian Air Force and local authorities…
SYDNEY — Australian unions, business groups and federal and the New South Wales government officials will meet on July 20 for talks on Covid-19 pandemic support for workers. The Australian Council of Trade Unions wrote to the industrial relations tribunal Fair Work Commission on July 15 seeking its help in drafting temporary measures in modern awards. One of the streams of support requires businesses to maintain employee staffing levels as a condition of continuing payment. The Australian Council of Trade Unions is calling for safeguards to be put in place in all awards to protect jobs and require employers who are…
SYDNEY — Alcohol continues to be the most common principal drug of concern among people seeking help with drug problems from specialized public alcohol and other drug treatment services, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare said in a media release on July 16. One-third of 139,300 people aged 10 and older who received treatment nominated alcohol as their biggest problem. Close to 469,000 Australians received treatment for alcohol or drug use through these institutions between 2015-16 and 2019-20. Some sought treatment in more than one year. Australians’ proclivity for intoxication is not a new phenomenon, nor is alcohol’s top spot on…
CANBERRA, Australia — South Australia still has no local Covid-19 infections despite concerns over several hundred people linked to exposure sites near the south Australian city, Adelaide, and an outbreak in Victoria’s southeastern city. About 150 people are in self-quarantine after attending exposure sites in Melbourne; the majority have been to the Melbourne Cricket Ground for an Australian Football League game. More than 230 people have also been ordered to isolate and get tested after being connected to sites at Tailem Bend, east of Adelaide, where coronavirus-infected removalists from Sydney stopped recently for food and fuel. South Australian Health reported no new cases from those…