Katrina Kaif is all set to experiment with her characters and has now decided to play the role of a ghost in Phone Bhoot. The actress has been roped in by Excel Entertainment to feature in their horror-comedy that also stars Siddhant Chaturvedi and Ishaan Khatter. The movie’s first look featuring the trio – Katrina … Phone Bhoot: Katrina Kaif plays a ghost; it’s an encounter you can’t afford to miss
Alia Bhatt was awarded the Time100 award in Singapore on October 2. She was looking stunning in a dusty shimmery cape gown as she accepted the award. The soon to-be-mom delivered an impressive acceptance speech. Alia said, “I am immensely proud to be here tonight as the representative of my country — a country that … Alia Bhatt wins Time100 award in Singapore
Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone continue to go strong on the relationship front. Amid rumours of their separation, Ranveer has praised Deepika after she was signed by an international jewellery brand as its brand ambassador. After Cartier welcomed Deepika Padukone as its ‘newest ambassador’ along with a stunning black and white picture of her sporting … Ranveer Singh calls Deepika Padukone ‘my queen’ amid separation rumors
Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, Barry Sharpless win 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, and Barry Sharpless won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry. While Barry Sharpless and Morten Meldal laid the foundation for a functional form of chemistry click chemistry in which molecular … Nobel Laureates
Facebook parent Meta said on Monday it has launched a new set of free software tools for artificial intelligence applications that could make it easier for developers to switch back and forth between different underlying chips. Meta’s new open-source AI platform is based on an open-source machine learning framework called PyTorch, and can help code … Facebook Parent Meta Launches AI Software Tools to Ease Switching Between Nvidia, AMD Chips
India’s Mars Orbiter craft has run out of propellant and its battery has drained beyond the safe limit, fuelling speculation that the country’s maiden interplanetary mission ‘Mangalyaan’ may have finally completed its long innings. The Rs 450 crore Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) was launched onboard PSLV-C25 on November 5, 2013, and the MOM spacecraft was … No fuel, India’s Mars Orbiter craft quietly bids adieu
The University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign (UIUC) has announced a new Speech Accessibility Project with big tech companies like Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Meta. The aim of the project is to improve voice recognition for users with disabilities and different speech patterns including users with Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS), Parkinson’s, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome and … Big Tech firms to empower disabled users with sound recognition
Reality TV star Kim Kardashian paid $1.26 million fine after she was charged with unlawfully promoting an illegal crypto investment scheme on Instagram, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said. Kardashian has also agreed to not promote any crypto asset securities for three years. She promoted on social media a crypto asset offered and … Kim Kardashian pays $1.26 mn fine for illegally promoting crypto on Instagram
Hollywood star Naomi Watts just earned strong reviews for leading the English remake of ‘Goodnight Mommy’, was told her career in acting would end at 40. This month, she’s headlining Ryan Murphy’s latest Netflix thriller, ‘The Watcher’. She’ll also be reuniting with the mega-producer to play Babe Paley in the Capote-centric second season of ‘Feud’, … Naomi Watts was told her career would end at 40 after ‘becoming unf-able’
Ajay Devgn has announced that his highly-anticipated film “Maidaan” will now arrive in theatres on February 17, 2023. Based on the golden years of Indian football, the movie tackles the true story of Syed Abdul Rahim (Devgn), who served as a coach and manager of the Indian football team from 1950 until his death in … Ajay Devgn’s Maidaan to release in 2023
Hyderabad (TIP)- Seeking to expand its electoral footprint beyond Telangana, the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on Wednesday changed its name to Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS). Over two decades after the founding of the party with the objective of carving out a separate Telangana from Andhra Pradesh, the party adopted a unanimous resolution at its … TRS now BRS as Telangana CM eyes entry into national politics
New Delhi (TIP)- Ever since Maiden Pharmaceuticals has come under the scanner of the World Health Organisation (WHO) after being flagged for the four cough syrups manufactured in India and exported to Gambia that led to the death of 66 children, it has come to light that the company has in the past flouted countless … India’s Maiden pharma, under WHO scanner for Gambia kids’ deaths, flouted norms in 4 states
Veteran actor Arun Bali, best known for his work on TV show “Swabhimaan” and blockbuster hit “3 Idiots”, died on Friday morning at his residence in suburban Mumbai. He was 79. Bali’s son Ankush said his father was suffering with Myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune disease caused by communication failure between nerves and muscles, for which … Veteran actor Arun Bali dies at 79
‘Not going to withdraw’: Shashi Tharoor dismisses rumours of him opting out Chennai (TIP)-Shashi Tharoor on Thursday, October 6, rejected rumours that he’s going to withdraw his nomination from contesting for the Congress’ top post. “Rumours I am going to withdraw (nomination) are false. I am receiving so much support that if I wouldn’t have … Congress President Election
Auckland (TIP)- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday, October 6, held “warm and productive” talks with his New Zealand counterpart Nanaia Mahuta during which the two leaders exchanged views on issues of international concerns such as the Indo-Pacific and the Ukraine conflict. It is Jaishankar’s first visit to New Zealand as External Affairs Minister. … Jaishankar holds talks with NZ counterpart on Indo-Pacific and Ukraine conflict
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday, October 7, launched fresh raids in connection with its money laundering investigation into alleged irregularities in the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy, official sources said. The searches are being carried out at about 35 locations in Delhi, Punjab and some places in Hyderabad, they said. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal … Delhi excise policy: ED conducts fresh raids at 35 locations
India on Thursday, October 6, abstained from voting on two separate draft resolutions pertaining to the situation in China as well as Sri Lanka. India’s abstention was crucial in a West-led motion to hold a debate about alleged human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region after a UN report found possible crimes against humanity. The … India skips vote on China’s ‘rights abuses’
Mumbai (TIP)- The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has seized 60 kg mephedrone drug worth more than Rs 120 crore from Mumbai and Gujarat and arrested six persons, including a former Air India pilot, a senior official said on Friday, October 7. The action was taken based on specific information received by the Naval Intelligence unit … NCB seizes mephedrone worth Rs 120 cr from Mumbai, Gujarat; Air India ex-pilot among six held
Guru Ram Das was the fourth Sikh Guru of the 10 Gurus of Sikhism. He is founder of Ramdaspur, later known as Amritsar, the centre of Sikhism and the site of the Sikhs’ principal place of worship—the Harimandir Sahib, or Golden Temple. Guru Ram Das composed 638 hymns or about 10 percent of hymns in … Shri Guru Ram Das, the founder of Shri Harimandir Sahib
Wars bring together surprising alliances. Today, we have America and its NATO allies backing the brave Ukrainians fighting to save their country from being torn to shreds by Vladimir Putin. And we have Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Bernie Sanders, the House progressive caucus and the whole G.O.P. all working — deliberately or because they are … Putin and M.B.S. Are Laughing at Us
Seoul (TIP): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a birthday greeting to Russian President Vladimir Putin this week, congratulating him for “crushing the challenges and threats of the United States”, the latest sign of deepening ties between the two pariah states. As Russia’s isolation over its war in Ukraine has increased, it has seen … Putin and North Korea’s Kim forge closer ties amid shared isolation
Beijing (TIP): The death mystery of a China-based ophthalmologist who had warned his colleagues about early Covid-19 infections in early 2020, went more tricky after the latest report showing a discrepancy in the timing of the doctor’s death came to light by the US-based media outlet, The New York Times. Dr Li Wenliang, a 34-year-old … ‘Date’ of Chinese doctor’s death who warned of Covid remains mystery
Kyiv (TIP): Seven Russian rockets slammed into residential buildings in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia before dawn on October 6, killing a few persons and trapping at least five in the city close to Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant, the governor of the mostly Russian-occupied region said. The strikes came just hours after Ukraine’s … Russian rockets hit city near Ukrainian N-plant
Kythira (Greece) (TIP): Bodies floated amid splintered wreckage in the water off a Greek island on October 6 as the death toll from the sinking of two migrant boats rose to 21, with many missing. The boats went down hundreds of miles apart, in one case prompting a dramatic overnight rescue effort, as residents and … Two ships sink in Greece, 21 dead
Seoul (TIP): North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea off its east coast on Saturday, hours before South Korea staged a large military show, displaying stealth fighters and its own missiles. Pyongyang’s fourth launch in a week comes amid a flurry of military muscle-flexing by countries in the region, including joint anti-submarine … N Korea fires missiles amid military show by Seoul
Canberra (TIP): A government staffer testified on October 4 about being raped by a colleague in the Australian Parliament House and described her fears of not being believed because of the disparity in their workplace statuses. Brittany Higgins became the first witness to testify against Bruce Lehrmann, 27, who has pleaded not guilty in the … Complainant testifies about Australian Parliament House rape
MERCED, CA (TIP): The sheriff of Merced County in California has said a baby girl and three other Sikh family members who were kidnapped at gunpoint have been found dead. Sheriff Vern Warnke announced on Thursday, October 6, 2022, that the bodies were found in a Merced County orchard and told reporters: “Our worst fears … ‘Kidnapped’ Sikh family found dead in orchard in California: Sheriff
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Vivek Lall, an Indian-origin General Atomics CEO, is honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by US President Joe Biden with citation of ‘With Grateful Recognition’. The citation was given to Lall, who has done PhD in Aerospace Engineering from Wichita State University in Kansas, by the AmeriCorps and the Office of the … Indian American Vivek Lall gets lifetime achievement award in US
LONDON (TIP): Indian origin Amrapali ‘Ami’ Gan, CEO of content-sharing website OnlyFans, is one of this year’s “Time 100 Next,” honoring 100 rising stars from various fields across the world. Along with her, Pakistani singer, songwriter, composer, and author Ali Sethi famed for his song ‘Pasoori,’ British-Pakistani actress Nida Manzoor, and Indian tycoon Akash Ambani, … Indian origin Amrapali Ami Gan among ‘Time 100 Next’
NEW YORK (TIP): Varun Manish Chheda, a 20-year-old Indian-American student at Purdue University, was killed in his dorm room by his roommate, who has been arrested on a preliminary murder charge, police said. Ji Min Sha, a 22-year-old junior cybersecurity major from Seoul, South Korea, has been held as the prime suspect in the case, … Indian-American student killed by his roommate