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17.08 / 03:05
Actor
audience
social
song
dance
youtuber
'Kaavaalaa' becomes a global trend, Japan Ambassador Hiroshi Suzuki & YouTuber Mayo san groove to song from Rajinikanth's 'Jailer'
Kaavaalaa' fever! The charm of the hit song from the movie 'Jailer,' featuring Tamannaah Bhatia and Rajinikanth, is now a global phenomenon. The peppy song has captured the attention of international audiences, particularly in Japan. Joining the 'Kaavaalaa' trend, Japanese Ambassador to India Hiroshi Suzuki created a dance video with Japanese YouTuber Mayo San.
17.08 / 02:17
Citi
country
cover
Rahul Gandhi is set to visit Ladakh for two days, Europe tour to follow
Rahul Gandhi is set to visit Ladakh for two days, starting Thursday, as per party sources, as cited by ANI. Earlier, he toured Srinagar and Jammu twice but couldn't visit Ladakh. The party source, however, did not reveal any other plans.
17.08 / 01:25
Canada housing
Canada housing market
Construction
Should Ottawa build homes again? ‘Conversations’ happening, minister says
As pressure mounts on the federal government to take a more active role in filling the housing supply gap, the minister in charge of the portfolio is exploring new — and potentially old — approaches to getting homes built.
17.08 / 00:01
Adoption
education
economy
Fiat Money
Bitcoin
El Salvador’s Bitcoiners teach 12-year-olds how to send sats
El Salvadorian school kids as young as 12 years old are being orange-pilled — taught to send their first Bitcoin (BTC) transaction by visiting members of El Salvador’s Bitcoin Beach.
16.08 / 23:37
Exponent
Sunak
UK PM Rishi Sunak attends Morari Bapu's Ram Katha - All you need to know about the spiritual leader
Jai Siya Ram’, Sunak emphasised the important role faith and religion had played in his life. The PM said that he aspires to lead how the Hindu scriptures have taught leaders to lead. “I'm here today not as a Prime Minister but as a Hindu.
16.08 / 23:35
CEO
Walmart
performer
track
star
Sam
International
Walmart promotes CEO of Sam's Club to head International division
By Siddharth Cavale and Ananya Mariam Rajesh
16.08 / 21:33
UPS
Booking
Assurant
film
Actor
show
social
Netflix revives 'Warrior Nun' as trilogy of films. This is what happened
Netflix's series 'Warrior Nun' got canceled after two seasons. Fans' support has led to the show's return as a trilogy of movies.Dean English, the Executive Producer, shared on social media that Netflix has decided to produce three films based on the comic book character Warrior Nun Areala by Ben Dunn. English expressed gratitude to the dedicated fans. He noted their enthusiasm and shared that this motivation keeps them moving ahead to create these stories. English announced the return of Warrior Nun as a trilogy of motion pictures. He mentioned the trilogy of feature films and thanked fans for their continued support. While English acknowledged Hollywood's issues with actors and writers strikes, he couldn't disclose many details about the films. He addressed the possibility of expanding the Warrior Nun universe, with films and TV series introducing known characters. English confirmed that this is indeed happening and assured that more information will follow in due time. The Warrior Nun series, created by Simon Barry, features a 19-year-old woman (Alba Baptista) who wakes up with a divine artifact embedded in her back. She finds out that she's now part of an ancient order tasked with battling demons on Earth. Both heavenly and hellish forces want to control her. The show starred Alba Baptista alongside Kristina Tonteri-Young, Lorena Andrea, Toya Turner (Season 1), Tristán Ulloa, Thekla Reuten, Sylvia De Fanti, and William Miller. Simon Barry, the creator, also served as the showrunner. The story revolves around a young woman discovering her newfound purpose in a battle against supernatural beings.
16.08 / 21:33
Twitter
Boruto Chapter 81 Leaks: See expected timing for different regions
Boruto Chapter 81 on August 21, 2023, has manga enthusiasts eagerly anticipating the release of spoilers. While predictions suggest the spoilers might emerge today, there's a wait of a few more hours before they hit the internet.
16.08 / 19:41
Man
Yellow
film
Actor
show
conductor
Bradley Cooper stirs 'Jewface' row as ‘Maestro’ trailer is released. See details
Bradley Cooper has come under scathing attack for using facial prosthetics while portraying a Jewish character Leonard Bernstein in the movie, ‘Maestro’, media reports said. A controversy erupted after the trailer of the biopic of the Jewish-Ukrainian conductor was released.
16.08 / 19:07
UPS
Immunic
SARS-CoV-2
country
Indian
network
Pan-Indian network of labs that monitor covid variations to hold meet for 'Eris'
Insacog (Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium), the pan-India network of laboratories set up to monitor genomic variations of the coronavirus, will hold a review meeting this Friday, amid an upsurge in Covid-19 infection in other countries, people in the know told ET. In India, cases have been reported from Delhi, Karnataka and Maharashtra, but there has been no significant upsurge, one of the people said. «There has not been any clustering or unusual increase in the number of cases,» he added.
16.08 / 18:33
UPS
Continental
Harmonic
Deal
The long road to India’s free trade deal with the EU
free trade agreement (FTA). While the geo-political environment is favourable for the deal, dubbed as the mother of all FTAs that India is negotiating, it will be a difficult trick to pull off. The EU is India’s second-largest export market after the US, but the share of the continent in India’s overall goods exports has been declining in the past two decades.
16.08 / 18:13
16.08 / 18:13
Extreme
Action
British Museum says staff member dismissed after items were found to be missing, stolen or damaged
The British Museum says a member of its staff has been dismissed after items were found to be missing, stolen or damaged
16.08 / 17:51
UPS
Provident
Gap
Strategy
View: India’s criminal justice system needs real decolonising, and must go beyond mere textual changes
IPC), a colonial relic, was meant to, first and foremost, protect British interests. Last week, home minister Amit Shah, after introducing three new criminal codes — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and Bharatiya Sakshya Bill (BSB) — emphasised the need to break free from colonial legacies. He accurately stated that the colonial criminal system focused on harsh punishments, lacking justice for Indians.
16.08 / 17:51
Twitter
Career
awards
Former DRDO chief V S Arunachalam passes away in US
V S Arunachalam, a former DRDO director general, died in the US on Wednesday, his family said in a statement. He was 87. «With great sadness and a sense of immense loss, we would like to convey the demise of Dr V S Arunachalam.
16.08 / 17:13
UPS
Provident
Booking
Progressive
country
social
Test for govt jobs in 15 languages so that youth don't miss opportunity: Union Minister Jitendra Singh
SSC, in 15 languages so that the youth of the country do not miss any opportunity. This historic decision will give impetus to participation of local youth and encourage regional languages, he said, addressing the 14th Hindi Consultative Committee meeting of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. «It has been recently decided to conduct the government job test in 15 Indian languages so that the language barrier does not let any youth of the country miss the job opportunity,» said Singh, the Minister of State for Personnel.
16.08 / 16:59
UPS
IPO
AXY
Manufacturing
Cummins
Happy Forgings files papers for ₹1,300 crore IPO with Sebi
₹1,200-1,300 crore through an initial public offering (IPO). According to the Happy Forgings’s DRHP, the IPO comprises a fresh issue of equity shares worth ₹500 crore and an offer for sale (OFS) of up to 80.55 lakh shares by a promoter and a selling shareholder. Ludhiana-based Happy Forgings may also consider a pre-IPO placement of shares aggregating up to ₹100 crore.
16.08 / 16:59
UPS
FIVE
Cooper
show
country
NRIs sent $112 bn home in FY23, most in 5 years
NEW DELHI : Inward foreign remittances to India grew 26% in the last financial year to $112.5 billion, clocking its highest growth in the last five years amid a rebound in economic recovery after the pandemic, showed latest data from the finance ministry. Inward foreign remittances stood at $89.1 billion in FY22, $80.2 billion in FY21, $83.2 billion in FY20, and $76.4 billion in FY19.
16.08 / 16:57
People moves
Gresham House
Gresham House boosts sustainable infrastructure team with triple hire
The new hires will work within the British Sustainable Infrastructure Strategy (BSIF) and its connected sidecars.
16.08 / 15:35
Ball
BAE Systems in talks to buy Ball Corporation's aerospace unit - Bloomberg
British defense giant BAE Systems (LON:BAES) is in discussions regarding a potential acquisition of Ball Corporation's (NYSE:BALL) aerospace division, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.
16.08 / 14:49
Cooper
Dreams
Chase
country
IAF to host mega multilateral air exercise next year
Indian Air Force (IAF) will host a mega multilateral military exercise next year that was originally planned for October. The exercise, 'Tarang Shakti', is likely to be held in the middle of 2024 as a number of participating air forces conveyed to the IAF that they will not be able to join the wargame if it is held this year, sources in the defence and military establishment said on Wednesday. The exercise is expected to witness participation of around 12 air forces and the focus of the wargame will be to improve military cooperation and enhance interoperability, they said. It will be the biggest air exercise being organised in India. It is learnt that air forces of France, the UK, Australia, the US and Japan would participate in the exercise.
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