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Final Fantasy 7: Success in the West is partly due to GCI, for Hironobu Sakaguchi

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Self Final Fantasy 7 in 1997 it achieved a huge success in the West, much higher than the previous chapters, it is partly due to the use of scenes in GCIsecond Hironobu Sakaguchithe dad of the series.
In an interview with IGN, Sakaguchi said that at the time, Square Enix was finding it difficult to expand its business outside Japan, in part due to the fact that pixel art games in the West, such as Final Fantasy sixth, they were seen as titles aimed at children. The problem was solved with Final Fantasy 7, which in addition to 3D graphics had spectacular GCI sequences (at least for the time) that managed to captivate even an older audience.
“At the time, people in the West saw pixel art as something for kids,” Sakaguchi said. “It was frustrating that our games were having a hard time establishing themselves in these countries as we wanted to find a way to expand our business. We finally succeeded when we were able to incorporate GC for Final Fantasy 7.”
Sakaguchi explained the reasons why in his opinion the games produced in Japan have started to notice difficulties in the PS3 eradespite the success achieved in the previous two generations of consoles.
“I think one of the main reasons is that consoles like the NES and PlayStation were very specific hardware. This made it easier for Japanese developers to master the hardware, as we could ask Nintendo or Sony for support directly in Japanese.”
“This is why – I realize I might sound rude to say this – Japanese games were of higher quality at the time. As a result, they were considered more enjoyable, but as hardware became easier to develop, games things have changed rapidly”.
The interview was also attended by Koji Igarashi, the creator of Castlevania, who on this specific point added: “Japanese developers have mastered specific skills for console games, but in North America and Europe there was a greater connection with the ‘PC ecosystem,” Igarashi said. “When it got to the point that there was no longer a big difference between console and PC development, Japanese developers could no longer rely on their specialties in console development and had to master PC development.”
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March 14, 2023
‘1,171 flights cancelled in 2022 due to technical reasons’

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New Delhi: A total of 1,171 flights were cancelled during the year 2022 due to technical reasons, the Civil Aviation Ministry said on Monday.
The number of flights cancelled in 2021 and 2020 was 931 and 1,481, respectively.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation in a written reply in Rajya Sabha on Monday said the DGCA issues Air Operator Permit to the airlines in compliance with laid down Civil Aviation Requirements which require the airline to have their own maintenance approved organisation or have arrangement with an approved maintenance organisation for maintaining their aircraft in a continuous state of airworthiness.
The responsibility for maintaining the aircraft lies with the airline who is required to ensure that aircraft is maintained as per the maintenance programme approved by the DGCA.
Airlines /Operators are also responsible for ensuring that the required qualified and experienced manpower, equipment and spares including maintenance data is available for maintaining the aircraft, added the reply.
As per the reply, DGCA ensures that the airline and the maintenance organisations continue to comply with the regulatory requirements against which they have been initially approved through a system of surveillance, audits, spot checks, night surveillance, etc.
In case of non-compliance, DGCA ensures that rectification steps are taken by the airlines/ maintenance organisation.
The DGCA initiates enforcement actions against organisation/ personnel in case violations are found which may include warning, suspension, and cancellation, including the imposition of financial penalties.

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March 14, 2023
Fake videos of attacks due to my call for oppn unity against BJP: Stalin

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Chennai: As various social media content of alleged attacks on migrant workers from Tamil Nadu have turned out to be fake, Chief Minister M K Stalin has alleged the “lies spread” regarding such assaults in the State was a fallout of his recent call for opposition unity to dislodge the ruling BJP at the Centre next year.
He blamed the saffron party functionaries for doing so.
A Facebook user shared a video of an overcrowded passenger train claiming that migrants from Bihar were returning to their home state in large numbers from Tamil Nadu. In its investigation, the PTI Fact Check found that the train in the video posted on social media travels between Bihar’s capital city Patna and Barka Kana in Jharkhand.
It doesn’t travel from Tamil Nadu to Bihar, as the social media post claims. The unrelated video was shared on social media with a misleading claim.
A Facebook user shared a video which purportedly showed a train teeming with people. The text in the video reads Tamil Nadu to Bihar’, which implied that they were migrant workers from Bihar leaving the southern state.
Earlier too, a social media post showing purported clipping of a Hindi newspaper, claiming it reported the alleged killing of the Hindi-speaking migrant labourers in Tamil Nadu turned out to be fake following an investigation by the PTI Fact Check Desk.
Stalin, in his “Ungalil Oruvan” question and answer series, asserted no migrant worker in the State has been assaulted as alleged.
Many such workers were employed in Tamil Nadu for a long time and never have they faced any issues, the chief of the ruling DMK said.

“Some have been preparing fake videos and spreading lies. The BJP functionaries in north India have done this with an agenda. You will understand the conspiracy behind doing so, if you notice that such lies were spread the very next day I highlighted the need for political organisations opposed to the BJP joining hands at the national level,” he said.
At his birthday rally here on March 1, attended by leaders including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Stalin had stressed for opposition unity to defeat the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
The Chief Minister said that soon after he received information about the alleged attacks, he enquired if the migrant workers were targeted anywhere in the State and it emerged that it was not the case.
“I have informed Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar that not even a small irritation has been caused (to the workers),” he said, adding the official delegation from that state which had visited TN over the issue has returned with ‘satisfaction.’
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March 10, 2023
Hyderabad: Godavari water pipeline work postponed by 2 days due to Holi
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Hyderabad: The water board here has decided to postpone Godavari main pipe works here for 24 hours in view of Holi on March 7 and 8. The decision has been taken to avoid inconvenience to the general public as water supply will be affected in many areas. The HMWSSB will begin work on the pipeline from March 9 and arrangements for the same will be made in the next 48 hours.
According to Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) managing directr, Dana Kishore, the Godavari main 3000 mm diameter pumping main pipe line bridge passing – bypassing and interconnection works will be taken up at Kukunoor Palli in Siddipet district as part of the Godavari Drinking Water Supply (GDWSS) phase-1. The line supplies fresh water to Hyderabad.
Junction works on the Godavari main pipe line should be done there without disturbing the construction of the railway line which is being newly constructed by the South Central Railway at Kukunoorpally, said the HMWSSB managing director. The HMWSSB MD also directed the officials to complete the work within the stipulated time and restore the water supply and ensure that there is no inconvenience to the people.
The water board has also requested the public to store water and to use it sparingly for the three days from March 9 to 11 that supply will be affected. The following are the areas that will be affected and not have any supply until the works will be completed by the HMWSSB:
O&M Division No.12 (Qutbullapur) : Shahpur, Chintal, Jeedimetla, Vani Chemicals, Jagadgirigutta, Gajula Ramaram, Suraram.
O&M Division No.13 (Malkaz Giri/Alwal) : Defense Colony.
O&M Division no. 19 : Nagaram/ Dammai Guda, Keesara.
O&M Division no. 24 (Bollaram) : Ring Main-3 Online Supply.
O&M Division no. 25 (Kompally) : Kompally, Gondla Pochampally areas.
Areas of RWS of Take: Kondapaka (Janagama, Siddipet), Prajnapur (Gajwel), Aler (Bhuvangiri), Ghanpur (Medchal/ Sameerpet), Cantonment Area, MES, Turkapally Biotech Park.
O&M Division no. 14 (Uppal) : Periphery areas of Capra Municipality.
Areas of Partial Disruption:
O&M Division no. 6 (S.R. Nagar) : Borabanda, Venkatagiri, Banjara Hills Reservoir Areas, Erragadda, Ameer Pate, Ellareddy Guda, Yusuf Guda.
O&M Division no. 9 (Kookat Pally) : KPH B, Malaysian Township Reservoir Areas.
O&M Division no. 15 (Serilingam Pally): Areas from Lingampally to Kondapur, Gopal Nagar, Mayur Nagar, Reservoir areas.
O&M Division no. 23 (Nizampet) : Pragati Nagar Area, Nizampet/ Bachupally.
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March 6, 2023
Video: Telangana engineering student collapses due to cardiac arrest on campus

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An 18-year-old first-year engineering student at CMR Engineering College, located in the Gundla Pochampally municipal limits, died due to cardiac arrest on Friday.
The deceased who is identified as Sachin collapsed suddenly while walking in the corridor on the campus. Though he was rushed to CMR Hospital, doctors declared him dead.
As per the details of the incident that took place in the afternoon, Sachin was along with his friends when he collapsed.
It is also reported that the student had attended the classes before the incident.
After receiving confirmation from the doctors that that he died of a cardiac arrest, his parents, who live in Suchitra, Rajasthan, were informed. Later, the college authorities handed over his body to them.
It is not the first incident, earlier too two such cases wherein young persons died of cardiac arrest in recent times. A 19-year-old boy died in the Adilabad district while dancing at a marriage function, and another young person collapsed while playing badminton and never recovered.
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March 4, 2023
RBI cancels registration of Rhino Finance due to irregular lending practices

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Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday said it has cancelled the registration of Guwahati-based Rhino Finance Private Ltd for irregular lending practices.
In a release, it said the Certificate of Registration (CoR) of Rhino Finance has been cancelled on account of violation of RBI guidelines on outsourcing and Fair Practices Code in its digital lending operations undertaken through third party apps which was considered detrimental to public interest.
“The company was also not complying with the extant regulations pertaining to charging of excessive interest and had resorted to undue harassment of customers for loan recovery purposes,” the RBI said.
Name of the services provider/mobile app associated with the company include Hello Loan, Credithub, KoKo Cash, Flash Loan, Bridge Loan, Crazy Bee and Rupee Bus.
With cancellation of the CoR, Rhino Finance shall not transact the business of a non-banking financial institution, the central bank said.
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March 2, 2023
Environment | A considerable part of the palsa swamps of Upper Lapland has disappeared due to climate change

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Pals are peat mounds in permafrost with an icy core. When the average temperature rises, the ice inside the mounds melts and the mounds collapse. No new mounds are formed.
Third Compared to the situation in the 1990s, the number of palsas in the conservation and wilderness areas of Upper Lapland has disappeared, says Metsähallitus.
The reason for this is climate change. Pals are peat mounds in permafrost with an icy core. When the average temperature rises, the ice inside the mounds melts and the mounds collapse. New palsa mounds are no longer formed, and thus the palsa swamps disappear.
Metsähallitus and the Finnish Environment Agency mapped almost three million hectares of the natural state of Upper Lapland in 2020–2022. The material produced with the help of machine intelligence is the most accurate that has ever been collected about the area’s habitat types and their condition.
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February 28, 2023
They warn of great RISK due to TikTok’s EXTREME BEAUTY filter | Artificial intelligence

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Mexico.- Who does not like to be attractive in photos? If you are one of those people, you will thank the Artificial Intelligence (AI) As much as I. A ‘extreme beauty’ filter on TikTok has caused a stir on the social platform due to its impressive accuracy and realism.
‘Extreme beauty’ filter uses Artificial Intelligence to enhance facial features of users, leaving them with a strikingly beautiful appearance.
The photo tool that has been created by software company Perfect Corp uses deep learning technology to scan and improve the appearance of users.
The use of the AI in image editing applications It is not new, there are already applications on the market that allow users to improve their selfies through the use of deep learning algorithms, but the level of realism offered by Perfect Corp has attracted attention.
Some of the facial modifications that the TikTok option can perform are: wrinkle removal, complexion improvement, skin whitening, eyebrow liner, droopy eyelid reduction, greater intensity in eye color, teeth whitening, among many others.
If you are a lover of selfies and want to try the ‘extreme beauty’ filter, you should not do much more than go to the Chinese application and enter the recording section.
Despite the promise of this tool, some TikTok users are concerned about the impact it could have on self-esteem and perception of the body of people, especially those who are vulnerable to social pressure and aesthetic ideals.
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This technology has also been criticized for its potential to perpetuate unrealistic standards of beauty and for the negative effect it can have on mental health.
My name is Juan Pablo Chaidez Aispuro, born in Culiacán, Sinaloa into a small family that originally consisted of four people: father, mother and two children. From my early years I showed a taste for watching the news and staying informed. I was a graduate of the 2014 – 2018 generation of the degree in Journalism, from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS), the first in that career since its opening. Regarding professional experience, I was able to gain learning during a period of six months in the sports area of the Noroeste newspaper, where I did professional internships. Later, I had the opportunity to spend another six months in the ranks of Radio Sinaloa, particularly in the news program Informativo Puro Sinaloa, of the state government. There I covered local issues, recorded voice for the newscast, contributed content for other broadcasts and had live participation. Since 2020 I have been in Debate, a company that opened the doors for me to integrate as a web reporter, and months later to hold the position of Editor on the Debate.com.mx site.
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February 28, 2023
The actions postponed due to the strike in justice now exceed 9,300 in the Region of Murcia

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The courts face their sixth week of indefinite strike with increasingly evident damages. The number of actions postponed due to the strike held since January 24 by the lawyers of the administration of justice (LAJ), one of the crucial gears within the administration, now exceeds 9,300, according to sources from the Superior Court of Justice ( TSJ).
The Ministry of Justice plans to hold its third meeting with the strike committee this afternoon in search of an agreement that will allow the reversal of this conflict, which is keeping the courts of the Region practically paralyzed. Specifically, last week -from February 20 to 24- 767 of the aforementioned hearings and trials could not be held and 861 statements and 28 proceedings stopped being carried out outside the headquarters, according to the data collected by the TSJ for referral to the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ).
The report also includes the incidence of unemployment of these civil servants by jurisdictions during the last four weeks. Thus, in the civil and commercial jurisdiction, 1,110 trials were suspended, 818 in criminal, 215 in the social order and 490 in administrative litigation. In addition, 608 hearings and 857 proceedings in the civil registries ceased to be carried out.
Anse regrets the delay of ‘Novo Carthago’ and fears that the case will remain “in limbo”
The trial for the ‘Novo Carthago case’, one of the major procedures for alleged urban corruption that the Murcian courts have instructed in recent decades, was scheduled to start this Monday at the Court, but it has remained in the air pending a decision. going out on strike that the lawyers of the administration of justice have been waging for more than a month. The Association of Naturalists of the Southeast (Anse), one of the initial complainants in the case and who exercises the private prosecution, regrets the “feeling of impunity” that this situation projects. “A justice that is applied twenty years later,” remarks the director of the organization, Pedro García, “cannot be called justice.”
He also emphasizes that “the tremendous work that was done, in part, could collapse, especially due to the risk that the sanctions could be lower or even that the case would remain in limbo.”
García also underlines that the resolution of this trial is key to the future of the urban procedure. “There have been appeals due to the refusal of the Cartagena City Council to continue with the process to allow the urban development of the area and what happens here is key.” The director of Anse also stresses that this area has been left out of the plans of the Ministry of Ecological Transition to design a green belt around the Mar Menor because it was pending a judicial decision.
In this sense, the association demands that the regional president shed light on existing plans in the area. “It should explain, if the trial concludes that there is no crime, if the community would allow the area to develop urbanistically,” he stresses.

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February 27, 2023
Telangana: KTR’s remarks against PM Modi due to BRS’ desperation, says BJP

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Hyderabad: Telangana BJP’s official spokesperson NV Subhash on Friday said that the ruling BRS, after realising that it is losing the confidence of people, is now resorting to ‘derogatory remarks’ against PM Narendra Modi.
Reacting to KT Rama Rao’s remarks at Bhupalpally, Subhash said that KCR is unable to digest the popularity and people’s support for BJP.
Telangana IT Minister KT Rama Rao (KTR) at a public meeting on Thursday in Bhupalpally, alleged that prime minister Narendra Modi was helping Gautam Adani become rich.
“Modi indeed helped Adani get that money,” he said referring to the recent Hindenburg research report row. KTR said that the Prime Minister failed to fulfill his election promise to deposit Rs 15 lakhs in Jan Dhan accounts.
“He is indulging in mud-slinging by using objectionable words against the Modi government,” said the BJP spokesperson.
NV Subhash stated that inspite of the BJP’s challenge for an open debate on the funds from centre to Telangana,’ the BRS ministers are not coming forward.’
He alleged that all the scams happening in the country led to Pragathi Bhavan and members of chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s family and BRS leaders being involved.
He echoed the statement of BJP party chief Bandi Sanjay that the BJP would destroy the tombs if they are voted to power.

Subhash said, “BRS is in power not because of Muslim votes, it is your duty and responsibility to protect our culture and respect sentiments of Hindu voters.”
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February 24, 2023