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  • Woman pushed into well by Instagram friend for rejecting marriage proposal

    Woman pushed into well by Instagram friend for rejecting marriage proposal

    A 22-year-old woman in the Indian state of Bengaluru spent three days in an open 60-foot-deep well without food or water after an Instagram friend of hers allegedly pushed her into the well for rejecting her marriage proposal. Indian media reported that the incident took place in a village near Devanahalli.

    According to details, on October 13, a villager heard someone shouting from the well, upon which the villagers called the fire and rescue department. A team of police, fire, and emergency officials reached the spot with a crane and rescued the woman. The woman’s hand was fractured during the fall.

    The woman revealed that she came to meet her 22-year-old Instagram friend named Adarsh. The two had become friends on Instagram a month back. Adarsh wanted to meet her personally, so the woman took a bus from her village and arrived in Devanahalli on October 10.

    “I reached Devanahalli around 5.30 pm, and he picked me up on his scooter. He told me that he would show me his farmhouse and took me there. He started expressing his desire to marry me. I rejected his proposal, saying I’m already married and have a son. But he didn’t listen and started forcing me to marry him. He threatened to kill me if I rejected his proposal and pushed me into the well. He fled the spot, cursing me that I would die there,” she told police.

    The police later arrested her ‘friend’, who said that he was upset because the woman rejected his marriage proposal.

    Police said the woman luckily survived the fall because of the bushes in the well. They took her to a nearby hospital for the treatment of the injuries she sustained.

  • Tips to raise kids in line with Islamic values

    Tips to raise kids in line with Islamic values

    Proper upbringing is every parent’s biggest concern. But at the same time, it can be confusing and difficult with so many ideas and suggestions pouring in from all around. And in this age and time, where there are so many distractions, parents are also worried about raising pious children and bringing them close to religion. Blogger Zunaira, who runs a blog From Dresses to Diapers shared some tips on the subject with The Current. 

    Zunaira has shared a few tips using her knowledge of child development and religion. She has also listed some mobile apps, tools, and books to assist you in this journey. You can find their Instagram accounts at the end of the posts.

    Islam and kids – From 0 to 2 years:

    https://www.instagram.com/p/CE7JIq9Biet/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

    Islam and kids – From 2 to 4 years:

    https://www.instagram.com/p/CFIA-8jBNcf/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

    Islam and kids – From 4 to 6 years:

    https://www.instagram.com/p/CFcgOTNBZ-R/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
  • Guess which Bollywood superstar just followed Mahira Khan on Instagram

    Guess which Bollywood superstar just followed Mahira Khan on Instagram

    Pakistan-India tensions may be at an all-time high at this point but Mahira Khan’s Indian fan base continues to grow. The latest Bollywood celebrity to follow Mahira on Instagram is none other than Bollywood superstar Hrithik Roshan. Roshan follows a total of 170 people only on the social media app and Mahira is one of them.

    Given the political tensions between the two neighbouring countries, it is unlikely that we will see them in a film or project together but they sure would make a lovely pair.

    Mahira’s Bollywood career may have been short-lived but the actor made a mark there with her performance in Raees opposite Shah Rukh Khan. Besides, she has often been spotted with B-town celebrities at different events and award functions.

    With Sonam Kapoor at the Cannes Film Festival
    With Ranbir Kapoor at the Global Teacher Prize in Dubai

    Other Bollywood stars who follow Mahira on Instagram include Sonam Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Ayushman Khurana and Gauri Khan.

  • WWE legend The Undertaker joins TikTok

    WWE legend The Undertaker joins TikTok

    World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) legend The Undertaker shocked fans with a bombshell by creating an account on TikTok.

    He was away from social media for the longest time but then he joined Twitter two years ago, and Instagram just last year. After creating an account on TikTok, the legend has over 59,000 followers on the app despite not posting anything as of yet.

    Undertaker has preserved the nature of his character for the longest time and has a persona of a macho guy, that is why fans were stunned over the development given the content on TikTok doesn’t really go with the stature of his personality. Consequently, people started posting memes on Twitter.

    All in all fans were bewildered by Undertaker’s move to the social media app.

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  • Pakistanis lose it over ‘un-Islamic’ Instagram of ‘Diriliş: Ertuğrul’ star

    Pakistanis lose it over ‘un-Islamic’ Instagram of ‘Diriliş: Ertuğrul’ star

    With hit Turkish series ‘Diriliş: Ertuğrul’ continuing to grip Pakistan ever since it was released in the country in Urdu on Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan’s advice to “help youngsters connect with their roots”, the Instagram handle of one of the show’s stars has left many in the country “disappointed”.

    As praise pours in for the historical fiction over the internet by both celebrities and general public, fans have started following the show’s actors on social media.

    Amid all the hype, a group of fans, who apparently do not understand the concept of acting, is having a meltdown because actors, who play different characters in the show based in the pre-Ottoman era, are much different in their real lives of the 21st century.

    Among these characters is Halime Sultan played by Esra Bilgiç, who a couple of weeks ago posted on her Instagram a picture that wasn’t very well-received by her fans in Pakistan.

    Here are some of the reactions by Pakistanis:

    Some also apologised on behalf of their countrymen:

    Meanwhile, owing to the show’s popularity in Pakistan and after hitting millions of YouTube subscribers, the team behind the series has urged fans for more subscriptions in order to hit the world record for “most subscribers on YouTube in a month”.

  • This is who Mahira Khan wants to be like

    This is who Mahira Khan wants to be like

    Mahira Khan took to Instagram to tell her fans who she wishes she was.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B9NxEY8BDfr/

    Mahira posted a video of a woman skiing while having a cup of tea (or coffee) saying that she wishes she was a morning person.

    Mahira has 5.6 million followers on Instagram, the largest following of any Pakistani actress.

  • How to reduce social media’s toxicity

    How to reduce social media’s toxicity

    You often decide to take a break from social media that is called “toxic” by a large number of people.

    Toxic social media is disturbing the sanity of their minds because there are tons of disturbing news out there. Despite deactivating all social media profiles, you see them coming back again. Yes, it is addictive, but here is what you can do to reduce its toxicity.

    1. UNFOLLOW ON FACEBOOK

    Most of us have Facebook profiles along with other 1.5 billion people who use it every day. We all started with sharing pictures on our profiles, or with our friends, but now it has turned into a battlefield of narratives between people. The best thing you can do is to ‘unfollow‘ those people who you want to avoid.

    Facebook is structured in a way that it will show you everything that you have searched in the past or what your friends are discussing, but when you unfollow someone, you’ll no longer see their activities or discussions.

    In some circumstances, you cannot unfriend or block a person, because of the reaction that you will get would be proportional to a threat of breakup or a divorce. So unfollow that person to cut down negativity.

    2. Stop tapping on everything on Instagram 

    Although you might have control over what you follow on Instagram, you may turn off comments on your posts, or you do not follow hashtags that you do not like. But, what about the search tab that shows you the weirdest stuff you cannot even imagine in your nightmare. Here come the algorithms of Instagram.

    If you are tapping on the pictures of dogs, 50-60% of the picture you might see would be of dogs – the rest of the pictures will depend on the previous searches done from your account. So, if you want to cut down what you see in the search tab, skip it for a few days and tap on only those items that you want to follow.

    3. Twitter is not easy

    Cutting toxicity on Facebook or Instagram might be little convenient, but handling Twitter in this regard is tricky. You might follow a writer that posted something you like, but their next tweet ruins your entire day, what you can do about it? Here is what you can do.

    To block or unfollow that most toxic account would be just right. But if you like the real tweets of someone’s account and do not like their retweets, you can simply turn off retweet on a per-account basis. Moreover, you can use quality and advance filters to censor the words you do not like.

    These are few tools you can tweak to filter toxicity, but if you really want to cut down of social media poison; discipline yourself. The biggest filter one can use is to have positive thinking, but that is another topic for some other day.

  • Australia bans female cricketer for leaking team news on social media

    Australia bans female cricketer for leaking team news on social media

    Cricket Australia have banned wicketkeeper Emily Smith of Hobart Hurricanes for revealing team news on Instagram before of its official release time, Samaa reported.

    According to the details, Emily had posted the team line-up on her personal Instagram handle ahead of the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) match against Sydney Thunder on November 2, leaking the news one hour before its official publication time.

    The anti-corruption code of Cricket Australia restrains “disclosing inside information to any person (with or without reward) where the participant knew or might reasonably have known that such disclosure might lead to the information being used in relation to betting in relation to any match or event”.

    Cricket Australia head of integrity and security Sean Carroll has said, “Since the commencement of the WBBL, Cricket Australia has had in place a robust anti-corruption programme”, adding that “We have been working with Emily throughout the process and Emily now realizes the mistake she made. Unfortunately, in this instance, Emily’s actions breached the anti-corruption code.”

    Nine months of the ban have been suspended, meaning that Smith is likely to miss only three months of action.

  • Instagram to remove cosmetic surgery filters

    Instagram to remove cosmetic surgery filters

    Instagram is removing all filters that represent or promote cosmetic surgery. It believes these filters are harmful to people’s mental health.

    These filters include ones that make your lips bigger, contour your face or make your wrinkles or fine lines disappear. The company says the ban is being applied to promote wellbeing.

    A spokesperson for Instagram said “We’re re-evaluating our policies—we want our filters to be a positive experience for people. While we’re reevaluating our policies, we will remove all effects from the gallery associated with plastic surgery, stop further approval of new effects like this and remove current effects if they’re reported to us.”

    The move comes after an update to the app that allowed users to create their virtual effects that can be superimposed on images and videos. Some popular filters copied the effects of cosmetic surgery.

  • Instagram is ready to roll out a test that hides “Like” counts

    Instagram is ready to roll out a test that hides “Like” counts

    Would we feel less envious and competitive if Instagram didn’t tell us how many Likes a post received? That’s the idea behind Instagram now hiding Like counts. Only the person who posted a photo will be able to see the number of likes it received. Instagram is not testing this at the moment but it will start doing this with users in Canada next week. It is not clear if Instagram plans to test this out in other places. But if it leads to more positive effects on the app, it wouldn’t be surprising to see an expansion of it.

    Instagram critics have pointed to it as one aspect that contributes to the negative effects on mental health. Like counts can be a source of social pressure, particularly for younger users. hiding likes count could potentially make Instagram a little healthier.