YouTuber MrBeast celebrate record followers on Threads by giving away Tesla car to lucky follower
Greenville: After the American YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson, popularly known as MrBeast, became the first person to gain one million followers on Threads - Meta’s newly-launched social media platform, he surprised his followers with a massive giveaway to a random follower on Threads.
The 25-year-old announced that he would be giving a Tesla Model 3 to celebrate the launch of Threads. Several users were in shock about this mega giveaway. “Wait hold up a second...You're gifting a Tesla (Elon Musk's product) to a lucky follower on threads (Mark Zuckerberg's platform)...that's crazy," wrote a user. Another user shared that the irony is that Tesla comes from Elon Musk and has the Thread logo on it.
After 48 hours, MrBeast declared Mohamed (mklord_) as the winner of the giveaway. Mohamed shared an update about receiving the car and shared on Threads that Jimmy Donaldson’s team will reach out to him tomorrow.
MrBeast is the most followed YouTuber in the world with with more than 165 million subscribers. He is widely known for his extravagant giveaways and charitable endeavours.
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Union ministry tells par panel Yamuna water failed quality test at 22 of 33 locations
New Delhi, Apr 28 (PTI): The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on Monday said 22 of the 33 locations at Yamuna River being monitored did not meet the compliance standards of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in 2024.
A PowerPoint presentation by the ministry to a parliamentary standing committee said all seven and 12 locations in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, respectively, failed the "primary water quality criteria for outdoor bathing", while all four locations in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh each passed it, sources said.
In Haryana, three of the six locations at Yamuna met the required conditions, while as many failed, it added.
The CPCB's National Water Monitoring Programme (NWMP) evaluates water under the metrics of Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), pH and Faecal Coliform.
Lack of adequate sewage treatment, besides untapped drains in the national capital, a major source of pollution in the river, which is the biggest tributary of the Ganga, are important causes for contamination in the Yamuna, the sources said.
The ministry, in its presentation to the committee, said 791 MLD (megalitres per day) of sewage out of the total 3,600 MLD generated in Delhi remains untreated, according to the figures of February 2025.
The ministry officials said out of 22 drains in the city, only nine are tapped, and two are partially tapped, according to the sources.
However, there are nine untapped drains in Tughlakabad, Abul Fazal, ISBT, Sonia Vihar, Kailash Nagar, Shastri Park, Barapulla, Maharani Bagh and Jaitpur, while two large drains -- Najafgarh and Shahdara -- are not technically feasible for tapping.
The ministry noted that Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena had constituted a high-level committee for reviewing the action plan to curb pollution in the Yamuna River in January 2023.
