diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
index 0a78207153..0e90783ce7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   Code-Quality-Checks:
-    name: Performs linting, formatting, type-checking
+    name: Performs linting, formatting, type-checking, checking for different source and target branch
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout the Repository
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ jobs:
           chmod +x .github/workflows/compare_translations.py
           python .github/workflows/compare_translations.py --directory public/locales
 
+      - name: Check if the source and target branches are different
+        if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref == github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
+        run: |
+          echo "Source Branch ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}"
+          echo "Target Branch ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}"
+          echo "Error: Source and Target Branches are the same. Please ensure they are different."
+          exit 1
 
   Check-Changed-Files:
     name: File count, sensitive files and branch check
diff --git a/src/assets/svgs/pinUserCardFilled.svg b/src/assets/svgs/pinUserCardFilled.svg
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ba5f2ec7f..0000000000
--- a/src/assets/svgs/pinUserCardFilled.svg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-<svg width="12.541931" height="12.541954" viewBox="0 0 12.5419 12.542" fill="31BB6B" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
-	<defs/>
-	<path id="Vector" d="M8.88141 1.82306L10.7318 3.67573C11.3197 4.26373 11.7957 4.74031 12.1025 5.15448C12.4182 5.58031 12.6223 6.02948 12.5115 6.54106C12.4006 7.05381 12.0297 7.37756 11.5665 7.63481C11.1155 7.88506 10.485 8.12189 9.7074 8.41415L8.55414 8.84756C8.09039 9.02139 7.96442 9.07565 7.87048 9.15673C7.82379 9.19756 7.78125 9.24423 7.74445 9.29498C7.67212 9.3959 7.62958 9.52657 7.49829 10.0043L7.49072 10.0306C7.35773 10.5153 7.2475 10.9155 7.12671 11.2159C7.00421 11.521 6.83911 11.8097 6.54224 11.9795C6.33612 12.0971 6.10284 12.1588 5.86554 12.1586C5.52313 12.1586 5.23669 11.9882 4.97949 11.7841C4.72632 11.5822 4.43347 11.2882 4.07825 10.9324L3.15192 10.0061L0.747375 12.4135C0.665405 12.4956 0.554138 12.5418 0.438049 12.542C0.32196 12.5421 0.210632 12.4961 0.128479 12.4141C0.0463257 12.3321 0.00012207 12.2208 0 12.1047C-0.00012207 11.9887 0.0458984 11.8773 0.127869 11.7951L2.53357 9.38715L1.63812 8.49056C1.28522 8.13765 0.994141 7.84598 0.793457 7.59398C0.589905 7.33848 0.421326 7.05381 0.418945 6.71431C0.417664 6.47236 0.480652 6.23441 0.601562 6.02481C0.770752 5.73023 1.05774 5.56631 1.36108 5.4444C1.65973 5.32481 2.05695 5.21515 2.53821 5.08273L2.56445 5.07515C3.04279 4.94331 3.17407 4.90015 3.27441 4.82781C3.3269 4.79048 3.37354 4.74673 3.41553 4.69831C3.49603 4.60323 3.54974 4.47665 3.72064 4.00998L4.13831 2.86898C4.42706 2.08206 4.6604 1.44448 4.90833 0.989479C5.16321 0.521065 5.48578 0.144814 6.00031 0.0316467C6.51483 -0.0821075 6.9657 0.12381 7.39392 0.441147C7.8092 0.750313 8.28931 1.23039 8.88141 1.82306ZM6.87183 1.14348C6.52063 0.882149 6.33453 0.852982 6.18872 0.885063C6.04291 0.917145 5.88599 1.02215 5.67657 1.40714C5.46362 1.79798 5.25128 2.37431 4.94739 3.2044L4.54199 4.31098L4.51862 4.37398C4.38275 4.74731 4.27716 5.03664 4.08112 5.2659C3.99402 5.3682 3.8949 5.45966 3.78595 5.53831C3.54095 5.71448 3.24524 5.79556 2.86139 5.90115L2.79724 5.91865C2.28271 6.06039 1.9339 6.15781 1.68713 6.25698C1.43921 6.35615 1.3797 6.42615 1.35931 6.46114C1.31604 6.53635 1.29346 6.6217 1.29395 6.70848C1.29395 6.74931 1.31146 6.83973 1.47833 7.04915C1.64398 7.25739 1.89948 7.51406 2.27631 7.89148L4.67792 10.2948C5.05707 10.6751 5.31549 10.9324 5.5249 11.0998C5.73486 11.2666 5.82587 11.2836 5.86615 11.2836C5.95123 11.2838 6.03491 11.2616 6.10883 11.2194C6.1438 11.1996 6.21442 11.1401 6.3147 10.8904C6.41449 10.6413 6.5119 10.2896 6.65424 9.77215L6.67175 9.70798C6.77673 9.32473 6.8584 9.02898 7.03339 8.78456C7.10986 8.67814 7.19855 8.58104 7.29767 8.49523C7.52515 8.29865 7.81213 8.19073 8.18372 8.0519L8.24615 8.02856L9.36438 7.60857C10.1857 7.29939 10.7545 7.08473 11.1412 6.87006C11.521 6.65948 11.6248 6.50256 11.6563 6.35673C11.6878 6.21031 11.6581 6.02423 11.3997 5.6754C11.136 5.31956 10.7067 4.88848 10.0865 4.26781L8.2887 2.46764C7.664 1.84232 7.22937 1.40948 6.87183 1.14348Z" fill="#31BB6B" fill-opacity="1.000000" fill-rule="evenodd"/>
-</svg>
diff --git a/src/components/UserPortal/PostCard/PostCard.test.tsx b/src/components/UserPortal/PostCard/PostCard.test.tsx
index ba1a097b5e..4a00cf3a5a 100644
--- a/src/components/UserPortal/PostCard/PostCard.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/UserPortal/PostCard/PostCard.test.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ describe('PostCard compoenent', () => {
     creator: {
       firstName: 'John',
       lastName: 'Doe',
-      image: '',
+      image: 'https://example.com/authorimage.jpg',
       id: '1',
     },
     image: 'https://example.com/image.jpg',
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ describe('PostCard compoenent', () => {
         </BrowserRouter>
       </MockedProvider>,
     );
-    const Image = screen.getByRole('img');
+    const Image = screen.getByRole('img', { name: 'postImg' });
     expect(Image).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(Image).toHaveAttribute('src', postWithImage.image);
   });
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ describe('PostCard compoenent', () => {
         </BrowserRouter>
       </MockedProvider>,
     );
-    const authorProfile = screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'profileImg' });
-    expect(authorProfile).toBeInTheDocument();
+    const imgElement = screen.getByRole('img', { name: 'profileImg' });
+    expect(imgElement).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(imgElement).toHaveAttribute('src', postWithImage.creator.image);
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/components/UserPortal/PostCard/PostCard.tsx b/src/components/UserPortal/PostCard/PostCard.tsx
index a6462f2793..343c94512b 100644
--- a/src/components/UserPortal/PostCard/PostCard.tsx
+++ b/src/components/UserPortal/PostCard/PostCard.tsx
@@ -97,8 +97,13 @@ export default function postCard(props: InterfacePostCardProps): JSX.Element {
             )}
           </div>
         </div>
-        {/* image */}
-        {props.image && <img src={props.image} className={`${styles.img}`} />}
+        {props.image && (
+          <img
+            src={props.image}
+            className={`${styles.img}`}
+            aria-label="postImg"
+          />
+        )}
         {!props.image && <div className={`${styles.imgNotPresent}`}></div>}
         <div className={`${styles.postCardContent}`}>
           <span className={`${styles.postHeading}`}>{props.title}</span>