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Netflix popular “Knightfall” is set to bid farewell to Netflix in the United States and several other countries in August 2023. The show, which originally aired on the History Channel, premiered in December 2017 and quickly garnered a dedicated fanbase due to its engaging storyline and high production quality. The series was unfortunately canceled after just two seasons. Set in the 14th century, Knightfall takes viewers into the treacherous world of the Knights Templar, a legendary order of warrior monks. The show brought the medieval era to life with its meticulous attention to detail, including elaborate sets, authentic costumes, and intense battle sequences. A talented ensemble cast, featuring Tom Cullen, Jim Carter, and Mark Hamill, contributed to the show's success.

NEW DELHI : The art market in India, riding on a decade-long upward trend, has seen a significant boost during the pandemic, led by a small group of dedicated Indian collectors. The emergence of a new category of Indian buyers who collect luxury products through auction houses highlights the growing interest in art. Although Christie’s discontinued its India auctions business a few years ago, the British art auction house remains positive about collector interest from the Indian subcontinent.

Criminal Justice and Jhalak Dikhla Ja in India, BBC Studios has recently launched new projects such as The Broken News 2 for ZEE5. “Before the pandemic when the industry had just seen the birth of OTT, there were international formats that were getting picked up, and we could work on existing scripts. Covid allowed us to develop our own slate and start writing for the Indian audiences, instead of just catering to briefs," Sameer Gogate, general manager, production, BBC Studios India, said in an interview.

It was a family day out for the British Royals. Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton brought their three children — Prince George (9), Princess Charlotte (8) and Prince Louis (5) — on a royal outing to Royal Air Force station Fairford in Gloucestershire, England. The royal kids got a chance to look at the insides and outsides of a variety of planes as preparations are being made for this weekend's Royal International Air Tattoo show, a military air show at the Royal Air Force station.

Bajaj Auto has asked its motorcycle part suppliers to prepare for doubling production for the newly launched Triumph range of motorcycles following a better-than-expected response to the Speed 400 and Scrambler 400X models, multiple people aware of the company's plans said.Bajaj Auto has received over 15,000 bookings since the launch and counting. The ramp-up plans suggest that the company is striving to touch volumes of around 40,000-45,000 units in the current fiscal year and 100,000-120,000 units in the next fiscal year.

OneWeb will shortly seek trial satellite spectrum from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in the ‘Ka’ (27.5 to 29.1 GHz and 29.5 to 30 GHz) and ‘Ku’ (14 GHz) bands to test its earth stations and user access terminals (UATs), senior company executives said. The company wants to test the infrastructure ahead of the India launch of its broadband-from-space services, targeted for later this year. The UK-based satellite player has started deploying ground infrastructure, including two gateway earth stations, and will use the trial airwaves to test network performance and user experience in key locations, especially in India's rural and remote regions with limited access to high-speed Internet. OneWeb is striving to get the first mover advantage over the likes of Elon Musk’s Starlink, Jeff Bezosled Amazon and Reliance Jio in the still nascent India satcom market with a high growth potential. EY estimates the country’s space economy to grow to about $13 billion by 2025 from an annual revenue opportunity of around $1 billion now. “Based on discussions with DoT, OneWeb will shortly apply for trial spectrum from the government to test its satellite broadband network … the company is on track to launch the services commercially later this year,” one of the executives told ET.

Jane Birkin, known for inspiring the famous Birkin bag by French luxury house Hermes, has passed away at the age of 76, as per reports. Just last month, the Birkin bags hit record prices even though the world was halted after the Covid-19 pandemic. Jane Birkin, an English singer, actress, and model, was born in London in 1946 and sadly passed away in Paris.

Many other premieres and entertainment events have been canceled in Hollywood as a result of the striking members of the Writers’ Guild of America (WGA) and SAG-AFTRA. The premiere of the Disney movie Haunted Mansion was held at Disneyland on Saturday, July 15, 2023, without the movie’s leading stars. The film’s director and producers were present on the red carpet, but otherwise, Disney had to make do with making its theme park characters, including its classic villains, posing for the media. Disney’s Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Maleficent, Snow White’s Evil Queen, and Cruella were on the red carpet, along with influencers and other guests who were not actors. None of the Haunted Mansion cast members like Tiffany Haddish, LaKeith Stanfield, Danny DeVito, Owen Wilson, Rosario Dawson, Chase W Dillon, Dan Levy, Jamie Lee Curtis, Hasan Minhaj, Marilu Henner or Lindsay Lamb were present at the premiere. The premiere was held in front of the Disney theme park's Haunted Mansion ride. The movie’s director Justin Simien, producers Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich, executive producers Nick Reynolds and Tom Peitzman, and composer Kris Bowers walked the red carpet, but the cast skipped it in solidarity with the union. In view of the strike, the New York premiere of Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer was canceled. The film’s UK premiere and red carpet went as planned in London, but the actors’ exited the venue just before the SAG-AFTRA strike was declared.

Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) trade bloc, a move it says will help grow the country's economy and provide access for British businesses to a market of over 500 million people. UK Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch, who is also leading the ongoing free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations with India, signed the pact agreed earlier this year during a visit to Auckland and hailed it as a major post-Brexit win for the country.

Jane Birkin was best known overseas for her 1969 hit in which she and her lover, the late French singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg, sang the sexually explicit “Je t’aime moi non plus" The French Culture Ministry tweeted that Birkin died on Sunday. It hailed her as a “timeless Francophone icon." Jane Birkin is a muse and style icon known for her effortless, bohemian chic looks. She popularized the iconic "Birkin Bag," named after her, which is a luxury handbag made by Hermès.

Agatha Christie's mansion in Greenway, UK were stuck in the house for several hours after bad weather knocked down a tree which obstructed the road leading down to the property in Devon, reported CNN.  One Caroline Heaven informed local media about the ordeal of several tourists being trapped in the old holiday home of the British author. The historic site's manager, the British National Trust, immediately posted a notice on its website informing visitors that a huge tree had fallen on the single-track road leading into Greenway.  A spokesperson for the National Trust stated that they knew that there were "visitors, staff and volunteers still at Greenway unable to leave".

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UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Sunday that he will step down from the Cabinet at the next reshuffle, expected in a few months' time, after serving four years in the job. The 53-year-old Conservative Party member of Parliament since 2005 also told 'The Sunday Times' that he will not stand as an MP at the next general election, expected next year. Wallace has served as defence minister under three British prime ministers — Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak — and has played a high-profile role in the UK's response to the Russia-Ukraine war conflict. «I went into politics in the Scottish parliament in 1999. That's 24 years. I've spent well over seven years with three phones by my bed,» Wallace told the newspaper. «While I am proud to have worked with so many amazing people and helped contribute to protecting this great country, the cost of putting that ahead of my family is something I am very sad about,» he said. The minister is believed to have informed Prime Minister Sunak of his decision to stand down from the Cabinet last month.

China and Vietnam in India's 4.84 LMT steel import basket during June 2023 has increased on a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, according to official data. At 4.84 lakh metric tonne (LMT), India's overall steel import registered a 5.9 per cent increase on a month-on-month (m-o-m) basis and 7.6 per cent over June 2022, the Ministry of Steel said. «Share of China, Japan, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Nepal and the USA increased in total steel imports of India in June '23 as compared to June 22,» it said. In June 2022, the import from China was 26.1 per cent and Vietnam was 1 per cent. However, in June 2023, the import from China contributed 37.1 per cent and Vietnam's share was 4.8 per cent in India's steel import basket. The development assumes significance as India has set an ambitious target to increase its steel making capacity to 300 million tonnes and Indian players eyeing for a significant share in the global steel markets.

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal to Britain, Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal is visiting London this week to take stock of the negotiations for a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) with the UK, an official said. During the visit (July 17-18), the secretary will hold discussions with senior officials of the UK about the proposed trade agreement, which both the countries are negotiating. The negotiating team of India is already there in London for the eleventh round of talks.

Shopify wants to cut down on ‘meeting creep’—the way meetings seem to proliferate on corporate calendars like mushrooms across a shady lawn. Earlier, the company axed recurring meetings of three or more people and went in for no-meet Wednesdays. Now, the Ottawa-based e-tailer has integrated a meeting-cost calculator into its calendar app.

Diaspora politics is going to get a lot more complicated and recent turbulence is an indicator of the policy challenges ahead. Pro-Khalistan protests in the US, UK, Canada and Australia have descended into vandalism, arson, rioting, incitement to assassination and inter-group violence. Last year, there was Hindu-Muslim communal violence in Leicester.

Despite facing regulatory scrutiny in the United States, crypto firms continue to innovate, with nearly half of all capital investments flowing toward U.S. crypto businesses, according to a recent report.

India for negotiating bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) to boost economic ties, the commerce ministry is looking at ways to increase its bandwidth for undertaking these time and human resource consuming talks, a senior official said. The commerce ministry officials at present are negotiating several FTAs with countries including the UK, Canada and European Union. «Negotiations are really time consuming and energy consuming and human resource consuming.

Kyiv has not offered much detail on how it's going. Taking place mostly out of sight of impartial observers, the fighting in eastern and southern Ukraine pits troops equipped with new Western-supplied weapons against Kremlin forces that spent months digging formidable defences and honing tactics. Here's a look at what's happening after more than 16 months of war:What are Ukraine's tactics? Fighting has intensified at multiple points along the 1,500-kilometer (930-mile) front line. Ukrainian forces are making steady progress along the northern and southern flanks of the wrecked city of Bakhmut, which Russian forces have been occupying since May. Battles are also raging along the southern front in Zaporizhzhia, where Ukrainian forces are making minimal gains and coming up against formidable Russian fortifications. Hanna Maliar, Ukraine's deputy minister of defense, recently claimed that Kyiv's forces had destroyed six Russian ammunition depots in the space of 24 hours, a remark that hinted at Ukrainian tactics.