Social Life
Pope Francis reprimands staff for gossiping in annual Christmas message
Pope Francis told Vatican bureaucrats on Saturday to stop speaking ill of one another, as he once again used his annual Christmas greetings to admonish the backstabbing and gossiping among his closest collaborators. A wheezing and congested sounding Francis, who just turned 88, urged the prelates instead to speak well of one another and undertake a humble examination of their own consciences in the Christmas holiday season. A church community lives in joyful and fraternal harmony to the extent that its members walk in the life of humility, renouncing evil thinking and speaking ill of others, Francis said. Gossip is an evil that destroys social life, sickens people's hearts and leads to nothing. The people say it very well: Gossip is zero. Beware of this, he added. By now Francis' annual address to the priests, bishops and cardinals who work in the Vatican Curia has become a lesson in humility - and humiliation -- as Francis offers a public dressing down of some of the sins in the .
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National Best Friends Day: History, Importance and Ways to Celebrate
National Best Friends Day is a good time to stop and think about the wonderful friends who brighten our lives. They are the ones who fully comprehend you and support you through every phase of life
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Arunachal plays vital role in country's social, economic development: Prez
President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday asserted that Arunachal Pradesh plays an important role in the social and economic development of the country. Addressing a special session of the assembly in the northeastern state, she said that Arunachal Pradesh is shining under the sunlight of development. She called upon the legislators to put concerted efforts in preserving the unique culture and traditions of the state.
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Mastodon social network sees user influx amid Twitter turbulence: Report
Mastodon is a decentralised, open source and distributed social network with independent user-managed servers
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After US, Instagram brings age verification options to India: How it works
The new options enable age verification on Instagram through supported documents or recorded selfie video. In lieu of new options, the previous social vouching option has been deprecated
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Instagram introduces new age verification feature for users in India
People will now be able to ask others to vouch for their age or use tech to confirm their age based on video selfie. Earlier, verification was possible only by uploading driving license or other ID
Twitter introduces Circle globally, allows users to make smaller groups
People in the circle will see a green badge under Tweets sent to the group. These Tweets cannot be Retweeted.
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Where friendship pays: The idea behind social experience start-up MyScoot
The Gurugram-based events marketplace is operating from a website and is present in Delhi-NCR and Bengaluru with 5,000-plus users
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Finding forever
Since early modernity, popular representation of time is the one that drives capital and manufactures social life
