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Shemaroo Entertainment to live stream Jaggannath Puri Rath Yatra 2020
With mandated restrictions on public gatherings during religious ceremonies and festivals, many devotees are turning to digital platforms for a solution. Taking the legacy forward, Shemaroo Entertainment Limited, India’s leading content house, is live streaming the traditional Rath Yatra from the Jagannath Temple in Puri, Odisha for the third consecutive year. Shemaroo will be streaming Rath Yatra LIVE with all its Telco, DTH Partners & digital platforms: the ShemarooMe mobile app and website as well as the Shemaroo Bhakti mobile app, Facebook page and YouTube channel, at no extra cost.
One of the world’s biggest chariot festivals, Lord Jagannath’s Rath Yatra is usually attended by millions of devotees from around the world. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Supreme Court had mandated that the festival be held without public participation this year. Offering an alternative to the countless devotees, Shemaroo’s live stream will enable viewers to enjoy the darshan from the convenience of their homes on their mobile phones, laptops, Smart TVs and tablets.
The Shemaroo live stream is available from 1st to 4th July 2020 on the below Shemaroo owned properties and will stream the Sunabesa on 2nd July from 3pm to 11pm followed by the Adharpana ritual on ratha on the 3rd of July starting 7pm to 10pm and the final Niladri Bije from 2pm to 10m on the 4th and the last day of the procession.
· ShemarooMe Mobile App: Download from Google Play Store and App Store
· ShemarooMe Website: https://www.shemaroome.com/
· Shemaroo Bhakti Mobile App: Download from Google Play Store and App Store
· Shemaroo Bhakti Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ShemarooBhakti/
· Shemaroo Bhakti YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/ShemarooBhakti/
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WhatsApp may soon let users to pick who sees their status updates
The messaging giant is borrowing a page from Instagram’s playbook as it pushes to give users finer control over their social circles.
CALIFORNIA: WhatsApp is quietly working on a feature that could make its Status function considerably smarter and considerably more private.
According to reports from beta tracking platforms, the app is testing a tool called Status lists, which would allow users to create named groups such as close friends, family and colleagues, and control precisely which group sees each update. It is a meaningful step up from the platform’s current blunt instruments, which offer only three options: share with all contacts, exclude specific people, or manually select individuals each time.
The new feature draws an obvious comparison with Instagram’s Close Friends function, and the resemblance is unlikely to be accidental. Both platforms sit within Meta’s family, and the company has been nudging them toward a common logic of audience segmentation for some time.
The move also fits neatly into WhatsApp’s broader privacy push. The platform has been rolling out enhanced chat protections and is exploring the introduction of usernames, which would allow users to connect without exchanging phone numbers. Status lists extend that philosophy from messaging into broadcasting.
Meanwhile, Status itself has been evolving well beyond its origins as a simple photo-and-text slideshow. The feature now supports music stickers, collages, longer videos and interactive elements, pushing it closer to the social-media-style story format pioneered by Snapchat and refined by Instagram. In that context, finer audience controls are not merely a privacy feature. They are a precondition for people sharing more.
The feature remains in development and has not been confirmed for release. WhatsApp routinely tests tools that are later modified or quietly shelved. But the direction of travel is clear: the app wants Status to be a destination, not an afterthought. Letting users decide exactly who is in the audience is how it gets there.
