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Telugu director Sandeep Reddy Vanga looked unrecognisable as he appeared bald in some recent pictures. Vanga, who delivered a huge hit last year- the Ranbir Kapoor-starrer ‘Animal’ struck gold at the box-office and crossed Rs 900 crore, was seen visiting the famed Tirumala Temple in Andhra Pradesh. He appeared completely bald and the pictures have since gone viral. According to an Indian Express report, the ‘Kabir Singh’ director offered his hair to the deity as a gesture of thanks for the Rs 900 cr blockbuster. In a video that is currently doing the rounds, he is seen wearing a dark blue kurta and a pink scarf. He appears to have removed his thick hair and beard. The director also posed with some fans and talked about his next project — ‘Spirit’ with the ‘Baahubali’ star Prabhas. Like ‘Animal’, ‘Spirit’ will also be produced by T-Series. With the success of ‘Kabir Singh’ and now ‘Animal’, Vanga has established himself as a box-office force to reckon with in Bollywood. However, he has also undergone severe criticism for glorifying violence, toxic masculinity, and misogyny against women in his films. Recently, veteran Bollywood screenwriter Javed Akhtar called the Kapoor-starrer “dangerous,” as it had a scene in which the protagonist is seen ordering a woman to lick his shoe. Vanga retorted that ‘Mirzapur’, a film produced by his son Farhan was no less violent.

Delhi University professor G N Saibaba, who was released from the Nagpur Central Jail on Thursday after his acquittal in an alleged Maoist links case, said it's a «wonder that he could come out alive» despite suffering the «brutal» jail life. Saibaba (54) said he was targeted for working for the rights of tribals in central and eastern parts of the country and called his arrest an «afterthought». The Bombay High Court on Tuesday set aside the life sentence of Saibaba, noting that the prosecution had failed to prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt. «There was every chance that I would not have come out alive,» Saibaba told media persons. He had earlier refused to talk to the press saying, «My health is very bad. I can't talk. I will have to first take medical treatment, and then only I will be able to speak.»

The shares were disposed of at an average price of Rs 1,912.04 apiece, taking the deal size to Rs 1,778.19 crore.

alcohol-related deaths, including 77 women, have been reported in Mizoram during the past ten months since April last year, state Health Minister Lalrinpuii informed the state assembly The Minister while replying to a query of ruling Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) MLA Jeje Lalpekhlua, said that 361 men and 77 women died due to alcohol related issues in between April last year and January this year. The previous Mizo National Front (MNF) government, as part of its election promises promulgated the Mizoram Liquor Prohibition Act, 2019 to curb the misuse of alcohol and drugs.

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has uncovered a significant human trafficking network that deceived Indians into traveling to the war zone between Russia and Ukraine under the guise of providing lucrative jobs abroad. The agency is currently conducting searches at more than 10 locations across seven cities as part of its investigation. FIR Registered Against Visa Consultancy Firms and Agents Officials have revealed that the CBI has filed a First Information Report (FIR) against various visa consultancy firms and agents involved in the trafficking scheme. During the searches, several individuals have been detained, and an amount of Rs 50 lakh has been seized.

Palworld, the popular game released on January 19, 2024, has garnered immense attention, with over 1.4 million players on Steam alone. Players can create dedicated servers to play with friends, building expansive bases on Palpados Islands. Admins of these servers have access to various console commands, enabling them to manage and control gameplay effectively, a report by Dexerto said.

BJD and TDP walking into the NDA fold close on the heels of JDU and RLD, the old BJP-led grouping in the Atal-Advani era is again taking shape as many of the erstwhile allies are set to be back. However, unlike the NDA-I government that was stitched together with the help of 24 parties and survival was at their mercy, BJP now needs these partners to meet its ambitious target of 400 plus seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Though BJP had got a clear majority in 2014 general elections with 182 seats, it followed the coalition dharma and inducted members from its alliance parties like SAD, TDP, and Shiv Sena. But within months it became clear that the these NDA partners had little say Modi government and fissures appeared in the Assembly elections between BJP and its allies in various states. The post of NDA convenor had stayed with JDU for many years and Sharad Yadav had played this role after George Fernandes. However, with Nitish Kumar snapping ties with BJP in 2013, the post fell vacant and the saffron party filled in whenever any coordination had to be done. TDP Chief Chandrababu Naidu made a feeble attempt to don the convenor’s hat but was subtly eased out by the BJP.

Till September 2023, 77% of the loans under Rs 1 lakh were given out by fintech lenders, from around 50% in FY18. In value terms, fintechs accounted for 50% of market share with non-banking lenders making up 25%. In FY18, this share was 34% for NBFCs and 29% for fintechs, according to the report titled ‘Charting New Horizons for Fintech Lending: Navigating Profitability and Scalability’.

Infosys has reasoned higher exposure to digital business as the key reason for the moderate growth in revenue over the nine-month period ending December in the current fiscal year, as per a research note by Nomura Holdings. “Infosys management believes its higher exposure to discretionary work (digital business, which formed ~65% of revenue) has been a key reason behind tepid revenue growth in the current environment,” said a Global Markets Research report on Infosys by Nomura.

TV host Mike Rowe joins ‘The Big Money Show’ to discuss his ‘work ethic scholarship program’ and his ongoing efforts to provide alternative forms of education. 

NEW DELHI : The Union cabinet has approved a ₹10,372-crore India AI Mission that will provide funding for deep-tech AI startups as well as seek to develop an open-source database that can be used to train artificial intelligence models and other applications. The mission will also provide a framework for developing graphic processing units (GPUs) under public-private partnerships as well as multi-model, domain-specific large language models that power generative AI platforms.

NEW DELHI : The Union cabinet on Thursday approved the extension of the ₹300-subsidy on cooking gas cylinders for beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana scheme for the next financial year (FY25). The subsidy was to end this fiscal year. The extension would lead to an outgo of ₹12,000 crore for the government.

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi at the party headquarters in Delhi. Sources told news agency ANI that the states such as Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Karnataka, Telangana, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Meghalaya, Tripura, Sikkim, and Manipur will be put for discussion during the meeting. "Discussion can likely take place on a total of 60 seats among these states," they were quoted as saying.

NEW DELHI : The Union cabinet has approved releasing additional dearness allowance and dearness relief to central government employees and pensioners effective 1 January to soften the impact of inflation, Union commerce minister Piyush Goyal said at a briefing on Thursday. The additional payment represents an increase of 4 percentage points over the existing rate of 46% of the basic pay or pension, the minister said.

The head of the National Transportation Safety Board told Congress Wednesday that the decision to blow open five tank cars and burn the toxic chemical inside them three days after a Norfolk Southern train derailed in Eastern Ohio last year wasn't justi...

Stocks are ticking higher and helping Wall Street erase its losses from earlier in the week

Iranian state media say a fire at an oil refinery in the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas has killed at least one person and injured three

U.S. applications for jobless benefits were unchanged last week, settling at a healthy level as the labor market continues to show strength amid elevated interest rates

Hamas says negotiations over a Gaza cease-fire and the release of more Israeli hostages will resume next week, after a delegation of the Palestinian militant group left Cairo

Federal airport security officials have unveiled a passenger self-screening checkpoint at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas that they plan to test this year before beginning to use it around the country

Many market indexes hit new highs this week, but have you ever really thought about a stock index? What it is exactly, and why are they so important (if at all)?