Government Announces Significant Increase in Petroleum Prices for Second Half of July 2024

 Govt hikes petrol price by Rs9.99 per litre

The federal government has made a startling announcement regarding petroleum prices for the second half of July 2024.

According to an official notification, the price of petrol has been increased by a substantial Rs9.99, bringing it up to Rs275.60 per litre.

Similarly, the price of high-speed diesel has been raised by Rs6.18 per litre, setting the new price at Rs283.63 per litre.

These revised prices are set to be enforced from July 16, 2024, until July 31, 2024.

Stay updated with our website for more developments on this story.

Rate limit exceeded Twitter #TwitterDown: Elon Musk announces temporary read limits on Twitter

 

Thousands of Twitter users from various countries encountered difficulties accessing the popular social media platform on Saturday as outages and delays plagued the site.

The phrases "Rate Limit Exceeded" and "#TwitterDown" quickly became the top trending topics on the app in the US, garnering over 40,000 tweets by Saturday noon. Reports of the outages first emerged around 8 am EST, according to DownDetector, and the number of complaints surged through the morning, with more than 7,400 outage reports registered on the website as of noon EST.

Frustration spread among users, including CNN journalists, who experienced issues loading their feeds and were met with error messages stating, "Sorry, you are rate limited. Please wait a few moments then try again." Others reported receiving errors indicating that the site could not retrieve tweets.

Hours after users began reporting the problems, Twitter's billionaire owner, Elon Musk, addressed the issue with a series of tweets. He stated that the platform had implemented temporary limits to combat "extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation." According to Musk, verified accounts were restricted to reading 6,000 posts a day, while unverified accounts were limited to 600 posts. New unverified accounts were allowed only 300 posts a day.

Musk also revealed that users who sign up for the Twitter Blue subscription service would receive a blue verification checkmark, offering additional posting privileges and potentially boosting the platform's revenue. He further announced that he would increase the posting limit "soon," allowing verified users to post up to 8,000 tweets a day, unverified users to post 800, and new unverified accounts to post 400.

The Twitter outage sparked an array of trending topics in the US, including "Wtf twitter" and "Thanks Elon," as users expressed their frustration with the connection problems. Just the day before, Twitter appeared to have restricted access to its platform for non-logged-in users, although it was unclear if this change was intentional or a glitch. The majority of reported issues on Saturday were on the website, accounting for 44% of the complaints, while 39% of the problems were reported on the app.

In March, Twitter experienced a similar extensive service disruption, one of the largest since Elon Musk assumed ownership, with more than 8,000 users reporting disruptions during that incident.

Musk is actively working to revitalize the platform, which faced an advertiser exodus, by bringing in a new CEO, Linda Yaccarino. The latest Twitter outage underscores the challenges faced by the social media giant and the efforts to stabilize and improve its service.

CNN reached out to Twitter for comment, but the platform's response was an automated poop emoji, leaving users eager for more concrete explanations.

John Kasich on Social Security cuts: 'Get over it'

John Kasich Social Security Ohio Gov. John Kasich said Friday that a New Hampshire audience member would "get over" cuts to Social Security payments as a result of his reform plan -- and the left is already pouncing on the comment.

The Republican presidential candidate was asked about entitlement reform during NH1's "Fiscal Fridays" series in Concord, New Hampshire, on Friday, and he said it was something that would have to get done.

Joseph Vallenti rat tail

Joseph Vallenti rat tail. JOSEPH Vallenti celebrated his 96th birthday with a big slice of his favourite apple strudel cake, but there was one filling he didn’t count on — a rat.

“Something isn’t right,” family members recall the Commack man saying after tucking into the store-baked “Signature Series” cake from King Kullen supermarket.

The New York Post reports that Mr Vallenti fell ill with stomach pains and diarrhoea. So Neil Gold, who is dating Mr Vallenti’s niece and lives with the victim, investigated the remaining cake — and allegedly found a five-inch-long rat’s tail still attached to the rodent’s hindquarters.

Indian wedding guest steps in to marry bride after groom disappears

Indian wedding guest steps in to marry bride after groom disappears. The bride was ready and willing, unfortunately the groom was less enthusiastic.

With a wedding in full swing and guests at the ready, disaster was imminent until a guest stepped in to save the day after the groom failed to show up.

Gary Miles Burnt Alive

Gary Miles Burnt Alive, A MAN who burned his friend alive for drinking his beers was a different person and in shock after the attack, a Darwin court has heard.

Gary Stewart Miles has pleaded not guilty to murdering Paul John Stamp, 47, on September 19 last year.

The men had been drinking at home when Mr Stamp was warned not to take any of Miles’ remaining beers.

Rise and fall of a Disney princess. HANNAH Montana is all grown up. Visions of a scantily-clad Miley Cyrus at this year's MTV VMA Awards is proof that these days the star is less Disney and a whole lot more dirty.

Cyrus' sexualisation follows in the footsteps of fellow ex-Disney poppettes Demi Lovato and Lindsay Lohan; both of whom have struggled with lawsuits and substance abuse and multiple stints in rehab.