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Based on James Clavell’s epic novel, Shōgun has garnered significant attention, earning 26 Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Lead Actor for Sanada. Originally conceived as a limited series, the show's success has paved the way for the development of additional seasons, expanding the saga beyond Clavell’s original work.

Uddhav Thackeray's remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah have established the Shiv Sena (UBT) leader's credentials as a member of the "Aurangzeb fan club", Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Saturday. Fadnavis was reacting to Thackeray's tirade against BJP wherein he termed Shah a political descendant of Ahmad Shah Abdali, the Afghan king who defeated the Marathas in the third battle of Panipat. «Amit Shah had spoken about the Aurangzeb fan club. Uddhav Thackeray today proved that he is indeed from the Aurangzeb fan club,» Fadnavis told reporters. Addressing a BJP convention in Pune last month, Shah had dubbed Thackeray «the head of the Aurangzeb fan club» who was sitting with people who sought pardon for 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon.

Microsoft had to safeguard itself and their founder's repute by taking one rather unusual steps, starting with keeping young interns away from Bill Gates due to his 'flirty' nature, that could have landed him and the employees at the workplace in a bit of a problem.

Kerala government on Saturday announced that a township will be established in a secure area to rehabilitate those displaced by the catastrophic landslide that occurred in the Mundakkai region of Wayanad district. During a press conference, Vijayan said a comprehensive rehabilitation process is planned and will be implemented swiftly. Vijayan said various offers have come from the global community to provide land and construct houses.

The event, which was meant to welcome the prisoners released by Russia, quickly went viral on social media. Many observers called for the invocation of the 25th Amendment. One comment read, «Where is Joe Biden going? The passengers on this plane have already disembarked.» Here's the video.

bakery of a man accused of raping a 12-year-old girl and recording the act on camera, according to an official. «The bakery of Moid Khan has been demolished,» Ayodhya's District Magistrate Chandra Vijay Singh told PTI. «The bakery had one big room and one small room. It was illegally built over a pond, and has been demolished,» Singh said. Police had on July 30 arrested bakery owner Moid Khan and his employee Raju Khan from the Pura Kalandar area of Ayodhya district in connection with the rape case.

South Korea called it quits? Rumours of pop diva IU and her actor boyfriend Lee Jong Suk heading for Splitsvilla spread like wildfire after a post speculated that the pair had parted ways. The speculation was largely fuelled by the fact that both the ‘Pinocchio’ star and the ‘Good Day’ hitmaker had not appeared together in public for a long while. Despite the post suggesting that whispers of a potential breakup had been circulating, fans remain confident that the couple is «still going strong.» The Pinocchio star and the Korean soloist have been publicly dating for almost a year.

desktop users. This upcoming update will allow users to utilize Google Lens directly from the search bar, enabling a more integrated and efficient way to search using both images and text, according to The Verge. As detailed by Parisa Tabriz, Vice President of Chrome, the new functionality will enable users to click a Google Lens icon in the search box.

seemingly unstoppable bull run, after months of hitting new all-time highs. Now they are in free fall. America’s Nasdaq 100 index, dominated by the tech giants that were at the heart of the boom, has fallen by more than 10% since a peak in mid-July.

mortal remains of a fisherman who died at sea to the Indian Navy near the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) in the wee hours on Saturday, an official release here said. Indian Navy ship, INS Bitra, which was on deployment off Rameshwaram, coordinated with the Sri Lankan Navy ship and received the fishermen and the dead body at sea at about 1 am. The Indian Navy ship then proceeded to Rameshwaram, where the Navy Officer from the Naval Detachment coordinated with marine police and Tamil Nadu Fisheries department in transferring the mortal remains and the fishermen, at around 3 am, the release said. On August 1, a fisherman from Tamil Nadu's Rameswaram reportedly died and another went missing when the boat in which they were fishing in the mid-sea capsized after colliding with the Sri Lankan Navy ship.

Federal Reserve may have left interest rates elevated for too long, allowing them to hurt U.S. growth. Alarming economic data in recent days have deepened those concerns. U.S. job growth slowed more than expected in July, a Friday report showed, while the unemployment rate increased to 4.3%, heightening fears that a deteriorating labor market could make the economy vulnerable to a recession.

irrigation projects started between 1983 and 2018 in Telangana has doubled from over Rs 1 lakh crore to Rs 2 lakh crore as of March 2023, primarily due to their non-completion, the recent CAG report has revealed. According to the 2022-23 report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), which was presented in the state legislature on Friday, the state has been deprived of economic growth benefits, and there is no assured return on investments in irrigation and flood control due to incomplete projects. «There were 20 incomplete irrigation projects (commenced between 1983 and 2018) to be completed by the year 2023. The original cost of these projects has increased from Rs 1,02,388 crore to Rs 2,06,977 crore i.e., an escalation by Rs 1,04,589 crore (102 per cent),» reported PTI quoting the auditing watchdog.

Grand Canyon National Park on Wednesday, authorities said.Park rangers received a report that a visitor fell from the Grand Canyon’s rim about 400 metres west of Pipe Creek Overlook, a scenic lookout with expansive views of the canyon. Rangers immediately rushed to the scene and found the body of Abel Joseph Mejia.

employment report for July raised expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by 50 basis points in September as the economy sours. Employers added 114,000 jobs, below expectations for an increase of 175,000. The unemployment rate rose to 4.3%, above economists expectations that it would be unchanged on the month at 4.1%.

employment data on Friday stoked fears of a recession ahead, prompting investors to dump stocks and turn to safe-haven bonds. Treasury prices surged, sending yields to multi-month lows.

Banking Corp Friday said profit from its Indian operations increased 4% year-on-year in the six months to June 2024, led by an identical 7% growth in both its global banking & markets division and commercial banking business. Profit before tax from India rose to $798 million from $766 million a year ago. The bank said profit at its global banking and markets (GBM) division, which services large corporations and includes treasury operations, grew 7% to $436 million in the first six months of 2024. Profit from the GBM business was $408 million a year-ago.

stocks sold off for a second straight session on Friday, and the Nasdaq Composite confirmed it was in correction territory after a soft jobs report stoked fears of an oncoming recession. The Labor Department said nonfarm payrolls increased by 114,000 jobs last month, well short of the 175,000 average forecast by economists polled by Reuters, and the at least 200,000 that economists believe are needed to keep up with population growth. The unemployment rate jumped up to 4.3%, near a three-year high.

Startup Character.AI said on Friday it has signed an agreement with Alphabet's Google that grants the search engine giant a non-exclusive license to the chatbot maker's large language model technology. The deal, echoing ones struck by Microsoft and Amazon in the past few months, will see Character.AI co-founders Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas rejoin Google, where they were formerly employees. Those other deals are being scrutinized by regulators, reflecting growing concern in both the U.S. and Europe about how AI deals are put together by tech giants who are funneling billions into bolstering their AI infrastructure and hiring the best researchers from startups.

David Plouffe, adviser to former President Barack Obama with crypto expertise, is set to join Kamala Harris’ campaign team as a senior adviser.

Ola Futurefactory is going to be the world's largest EV ecosystem at a single site."According to a report by HT Auto, Bhavish Aggarwal could make major announcements related to Ola Electric, Ola Cabs and his AI platform Krutrim at Sankalp 2024. Announcements about Ola's upcoming electric bike and the company's new venture, Ola Maps, are also likely.The Ola Bike was previously confirmed to arrive in the second half of 2025, and Aggarwal had recently shared a teaser for it in an X post.

IT systems integrator Black Box has raised Rs 410 crore via preferential issue aimed towards expanding data centre infrastructure services globally and tap in the growing demand for AI computing. The infrastructure provider which counts Amazon, Google, Microsoft as its clients is looking to invest in expanding data centre services to hyperscalers, multi-tenant data centre operators and large enterprise data centre, as well as connectivity and networking infrastructure. A portion of the funds will be allocated towards sales and business development in North America and emerging markets. The company’s Board of Directors has approved the issuance of 98,32,123 fully convertible warrants, at a price of Rs 417 aggregating to Rs 410 crores, it said in an exchange filing on Friday.