Access to the news website of the British corporation BBC has been restored in Tajikistan. The portal "Asia-plus" reports this. Access to the site was blocked two days ago by decision of the Communications Service under the Government of Tajikistan without explanation. The Tajik bureau of the BBC also did not comment on the reasons for blocking the site. The website of the Russian TV channel Vesti, access to which was stopped along with the BBC, remains blocked.

The microblogging service Twitter introduced a new $ symbol, called the “cashtag”. Using cashtags, users can search for tweets about specific companies, according to the official Twitter microblog . The combination of the $ icon and the ticker (the short name of the company on the stock exchange) in the tweet will turn into a link: clicking on it will lead to a Twitter search for this cachetag. For now, cashtags are clickable only on the service’s website and in some mobile clients.

A summer festival of Basque culture took place in the city of Bayonne in southwestern France. For several days, about 350 thousand people walked on the streets of the French city, who saw not only parades, fireworks and concerts, but even bullfighting, which is almost non-existent in France. Invented as a response to the famous Spanish San Fermin, the festival in Bayonne has become no less vibrant over time, as you can see for yourself.

New Yorker columnist Jonah Lehrer has resigned from the publication after admitting that he attributed made-up lyrics to musician Bob Dylan in his latest book, Imagine: How Creativity Works. Forbes reports this with reference to a statement by the journalist himself. The 31-year-old journalist published a popular science book in the spring of 2012 about how neuroscience explains the ability to create. One of the fragments of the book was dedicated to the songs of Bob Dylan.

The Prime Minister of India carried out a series of cabinet reshuffles and, in particular, appointed Energy Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde to head the Ministry of Home Affairs. The Hindustan Times newspaper reports this. Agence France-Presse calls the official's move to a new position a promotion. Shinde, 71, will head the Home Ministry for the first time in his career. He received this post in connection with the appointment of his predecessor Palaniappan Chidambaram as finance minister.

The Moscow Department of Transport, together with Mosgosstroynadzor, discovered deficiencies in the areas where work was being carried out to reconstruct the Kashirskoye, Warsaw, Dmitrovskoye, Leningradskoye and Yaroslavskoye highways, as well as the Entuziastov highway. This is reported on the department's website. According to published information, an average of ten deficiencies were found on each of the six outbound routes being reconstructed.

Silvergate victim Estonian minister subjected to seven-hour interrogation On July 30, the Minister of Justice of Estonia, a representative of the ruling Reform Party, Kristen Michal, was summoned for questioning by the criminal police. His fellow party member, parliament member Kalev Lillo, was also summoned to the police. Both, as it became known, were officially recognized as suspects in the case of violations related to party financing.

Pop singers Rihanna and Drake were favorites at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards. Each of them claims to win in five categories, including the main “Video of the Year”. The full list of nominees was published on MTV's website on July 31, and the awards ceremony itself will take place on September 6 in Los Angeles.

The management of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior Foundation sent a complaint to the Moscow prosecutor's office against the consumer rights protection society (OPPP) "Public Control", the Kommersant newspaper writes on Tuesday, July 31. The Foundation asks the prosecutor's office to hold consumer rights defenders accountable for disseminating information that discredits its reputation.

Lawyer and public figure Alexey Navalny has appealed the reopening of the so-called Kirovles case, RIA Novosti reports , citing his lawyer Vadim Kobzev. According to him, the complaint was filed against the decision to resume the investigation of the case, made in April 2012. Kobzev believes that the reclassification of the charge from Article 165 to Article 160 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation only confirms the illegality of the decision to resume the investigation of the case.

Delhi police have concluded that the car bombing of the Israeli embassy in the Indian capital in February was carried out by members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Iran's elite military unit. This is reported by The Times of India, which managed to familiarize itself with the materials of the police investigation. It was established that members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps discussed plans to attack Israeli diplomats with Indian journalist Syed Mohammed Kazmi.

The film about Batman "The Dark Knight Rises" topped the list of box office leaders in the Russian box office, reports the portal Kinobusiness.com. On July 27-29 - the first weekend at the Russian box office - the film earned $8.3 million. In second place was the cartoon "Ice Age 4: Continental Drift", which collected 3.5 million over the past weekend. In total, the fourth "Ice Age" has so far earned $40.8 million in Russia.

The Bank of Russia approved the allocation of a non-bank credit organization (NPO) license to Yandex.Money. This as reported by RIA Novosti . was stated by the head of the search engine, Arkady Volozh, The general director of Yandex clarified that at the end of July the payment system received a letter informing about the decision to issue a license. According to Volozh, the process of obtaining permission to work as an NGO should be completed by the end of September.

new advertising campaign Apple's has been harshly criticized - it was condemned by experts, journalists and Internet users alike. Ken Segall, creative director of TBWA/Chiat/Day and author of the "Think Different" slogan, in his blog . called it the worst in Apple history Three videos were presented on Apple's website on July 27.

The Twitter account of The Independent's Los Angeles bureau chief, Guy Adams, was blocked after the journalist posted dozens of messages criticizing NBC, which is broadcasting the Olympics in the United States. This was reported by the Dead Spin portal. Over the past few days, Guy Adams has tweeted numerous messages expressing his dissatisfaction with NBC's airing of the London Olympics opening ceremony as a pre-recorded show during evening prime time.