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  UK To Give Away 1 Million Free Vaping Kits To Help Smokers Quit Cigarettes  As part of the ''swap to stop'' scheme, said to be the first of its kind in the world, vape starter kits will be offered to almost one in five of all smokers in England. Over one million people will be offered vape starter kits to help them quit smoking, as part of the UK's anti-smoking drive,   BBC   reported. The move comes as the government looks to cut the number of smokers in the UK to meet a target of becoming smoke-free by 2030. As part of the ''swap to stop'' scheme, said to be the first of its kind in the world, vape starter kits will be offered to almost one in five of all smokers in England. Even pregnant women will also be offered up to 400 Pounds to stop smoking. Health Minister Neil O'Brien is expected to launch the new schemes in a speech today. ''Up to two out of three lifelong smokers will die from smoking. Cigarettes are the only product on sal...

  US Caste Discrimination Case Against 2 Indian-Origin EngineersDismissed       Washington:   The California Civil Rights Department (CRD) has dismissed a caste discrimination case against two Indian-origin Cisco engineers, a decision welcomed by the Hindu American foundation. A mediation conference between Cisco and the CRD is still set for May 2. The two Cisco engineers- Sundar Iyer and Ramana Kompella - were accused of harassing a colleague due to his caste. Two Indian-Americans endured a nearly three-year nightmare of unending investigations, a brutal online witch-hunt, and a presumption of guilt in the media after the CRD sullied their reputation alleging that they engaged in discrimination based on caste," said Suhag Shukla, executive director of Hindu American Foundation (HAF). "We are thrilled that Iyer and Kompella have been vindicated along with our position that the state has no right to attribute wrongdoing to Hindu and Indian Americans simply becaus...

  We Will Charge You": US Flight Attendant's Savage In-Flight Announcement Goes Viral The announcement was made on low-cost Spirit Airlines in the US, on a Dallas to Los Angeles flight. A flight attendant has gone viral for criticism own airline company in a speech that she delivered over the loudspeaker just minutes after take-off. According to   , the incident took place on Spirit Airlines flight from Dallas (in Texas) to Los Angeles, California. A video of her speech was recorded by a passenger and posted on Tik Tok user @cali.style.trucking, the outlet further said. The clip shows the attendant standing next to one of the plane's phones and making a sarcastic announcement about the budget airline's flight. "Just a heads up, hi. No, we do not have sockets for you to plug up your phone. Because if we did, this is Spirit and we will charge you," she said, as per   No, we do not have blankets for you; if we did, again, this is Spirit and we will charge you,...

  Elon Musk Tweets "X" To Highlight Twitter Isn't A Company Anymore The next stage for Twitter 2.0 could potentially include a name change for the app, with Twitter Inc. now   , with the company being rolled into another corporate entity called ‘X Corp’, under Elon Musk’s ownership. The merger was revealed in   tendered as part of legal action being taken against the app. As per the   : “Twitter Inc. has been merged into X Corp. and no longer exists. X Corp. is a privately held corporation, incorporated in Nevada, and with its principal place of business in San Francisco, California.” The change links back to Musk’s vision for an ‘everything app’, which he has referred to as X, for which Musk also holds the X.com URL, as part of his future planning for the app. What, exactly, Musk’s X app would be, but last October, as he was finalizing his deal to acquire Twitter, he reiterated that X remains his long-term plan for the business. Musk has talked about building an app...