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What is the Blue Whale ? The Blue Whale challenge ends in suicide. You are forced to kill yourself, under the threat that if you don’t, the game’s developers will kill your family. You probably already know that the Blue Whale game presents a 50-ish-day series of challenges. These start out simple, like waking up at a certain time during the night and things like that. But later they start to get more complicated and disturbing. In a few of the challenges you are forced to cut yourself—carving a specific number and, later, a blue whale image into your skin using a knife. The thing is, you can’t back out. This game is an app that, once downloaded, hacks your phone and steals tons of sensitive information. If you ever try to quit the game, it will tell you that you’re not allowed to stop or your family will be killed or other terrible things. During later challenges, you’ll be forced to have a conversation with a Blue Whale developer. Later you’ll be told to stand precariousl...

Public sector banks in Maharashtra have finally started disbursing the emergency aid of Rs 10,000 - promised by the state government on June 11 - for the eligible nine million farmers, a top official said on Thursday, July 27, 2017.   "The work has begun in full swing after a meeting of the Bankers Committee last week. Till now, around 7,000 farmers have been given Rs 10,000. We are confident that by next week the work will be completed," the Pune-based Maharashtra Cooperation Commissioner Vijay Zade told IANS.   The development came after the issue was first highlighted by IANS (July 22) on the massive delays in disbursing the Rs 10,000 immediate aid as part of the comprehensive farm loans waiver scheme announced on June 11 by the state government.   According to the latest official figures, a total of 6,990 farmers have been disbursed Rs 6,74,99,000 from district cooperative banks, rural banks and nationalized banks.   "The ball has been set r...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday, August 1, 2017 directed the Bombay High Court to decide on a government plea that challenged its order to put a cap on the age of participants as well as height of 'dahi handis' at Janamashtmi celebrations.   A division bench of Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice R. Banumathi sent the matter back to the High Court and asked the latter to hear it on August 7.   The apex court directed that the Maharashtra plea should be considered afresh while taking note of material furnished by the state government and pass fresh orders.   The government had said that hanging 'dahi handis' (earthern pots filled with curd/butter) many feet above the ground and then forming human pyramids to try to break these is associated with the people's religious sentiments and hence the age cap should be relaxed as several security/precautionary measures have been put in place.   The 'dahi handi' events will be held to celebrate the bir...

Absence of evaluator list caused Mumbai university result delay, says firm hired for online process.. MeritTrac, the Bengaluru-based information technology firm carrying out the on-screen assessment of answer sheets, claimed that the University of Mumbai is yet to provide them with a complete list of evaluators causing delay and snags in the assessment process. The firm said they had requested a consolidated list of all evaluators in a particular format, but the university has not given it yet. University officials, however, denied these allegations and claimed that the firm was handed over the required data at the beginning of the project. Nagendran S, executive vice-president of MeritTrac said to successfully implement on-screen marking process, one requires complete details about all the evaluators, including the subjects they assess. “These details were available locally only at colleges and centralised assessment process (CAP) centre. The university didn’t have a consolidated...