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Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh expecting twins? Fans seem to think so. A black-and-white maternity photoshoot featuring Padukone and her husband and ‘Bajirao Mastani’ actor Ranveer Singh has taken the Internet by storm. Padukone shared a lovely set of photographs on her Instagram handle where she could be seen showing off her pregnant baby bump and also being hugged lovingly by her husband. The photos went viral on the image and video-sharing website within moments of sharing. It received over 3.5 million likes. Many netizens flooded the comment section to congratulate the proud would-be parents. One fan wondered if they were expecting twins. One Instagram user wrote, “I think they are expecting twins.” Another chimed in, “Look likejudwas (twins) are coming!” In the black-and-white photos, Deepika proudly displays her baby bump, with a few shots capturing joyful moments shared with Ranveer. One image shows Deepika gently cradling her bump, while in another, she wears a bra paired with pants, gazing at her belly with tenderness and a smile.

Notably, Parish was omitted from AMC’s recent licensing deal with Netflix, which began on August 19 and included 13 other AMC shows, as per a report by TV Insider. Series like Interview With the Vampire and Monsieur Spade, which also aired new seasons in 2024, were included in the deal, sparking questions about Parish's future.

Nifty 50 closed higher for a thirteenth consecutive session on Monday, its longest-ever rally, led by gains in IT stocks on hopes of a U.S. rate cut and as shares of consumer goods companies rose on a prediction of good monsoon rains. The benchmark Nifty 50 index ended 0.17% higher at 25,278 points and the BSE S&P Sensex rose 0.24% to settle at 82,559. Both hit all-time highs.

Dragon Ball is back with "Dragon Ball Daima". With this Goku and the X Fighters will be returning first time after Dragon Ball Super. Dragon Ball Super culminated in 2018, and since then fans have been waiting for Goku and other cast. Finally, «Dragon Ball Daima» is releasing on October 11, 2024.

The price of XRP has declined by 1.5% this morning, dropping to $0.5494 as the cryptocurrency market falls by 2% today.

Hollywood might sway American voters. Right before former US President Donald Trump takes on Vice-President Kamala Harris in presidential election, a small indie studio, Briarcliff Entertainment, plans to release "The Apprentice" in theatres for US audiences, as per the Hollywood Reporter. The biopic «The Apprentice», which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May this year, stirred big controversy by depicting Trump as a rapist. The film is based on allegations made by Trump's first wife, Ivana Trump, during their divorce proceedings, which she later retracted. Directed by Iranian-Danish filmmaker Ali Abbasi, «The Apprentice» dramatizes a 1989 incident Ivana described in her divorce deposition. The film is set to be released in US theaters on October 11, as per the Los Angeles Times. The film stars Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump and Maria Bakalova as Ivana Trump, with Jeremy Strong playing Trump's lawyer, Roy Cohn. The biopic presents a dark portrayal of Trump, focusing on his early career.

Asia’s latest factory activity data showed some loss of momentum midway through the third quarter, but a broad continuation of growth in output and orders. Views among manufacturers on the sector’s outlook were mixed amid uneven price and demand developments through the region, though many were cautiously upbeat. S&P Global’s manufacturing purchasing managers index readings for Japan and South Korea signaled improvement in August, while those for India, Thailand, Taiwan and Malaysia indicated expansions in manufacturing, though at a slower pace.

listing gains, a Sebi study shows that 54% of IPO shares are sold within a week from listing by non-anchor investors. Based on data from 144 mainboard IPOs listed between April 2021 and December 2023, the study found that about 54% of IPO shares (in value terms) allotted to investors (excluding anchor investors) were sold within a week from listing.

Nifty ended Monday’s session with a gain of 43 points to form a small negative candle with a minor lower shadow on the daily chart. The short-term trend of Nifty is intact. Though Nifty is placed at the hurdles of around 25,350 levels (1.382% Fibonacci extension), still there is no indication of any significant reversal pattern building at the highs. A decisive move only above 25,400 could open the next upside target of 25,800 levels. Immediate support is placed at 25,100, said Nagaraj Shetti of HDFC Securities.

Amazon Prime Video are reportedly working on a fourth season. Deepak Kumar Mishra, the director of Panchayat, has revealed that production is underway. Following the thrilling conclusion of Season 3, fans are eagerly anticipating the next installment. Mishra confirmed that the beloved comedy-drama series will continue for at least two more seasons, with the crew already working on the fourth season. He also mentioned that plans for a fifth season are in the pipeline.

“Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions” by Holger Rathgeber and John Kotter paints a simple visual story of a group of penguins who are unaware that the iceberg they live on is melting. The story follows the journey of one penguin, Fred, who makes the discovery and then the intricate journey Fred has to undertake to convince his community of penguins that their iceberg is melting and that they need to move their habitat. Central to the story are the motivations of each character in the penguin colony and how Fred and his growing clan of believers help them see the real picture.

While British fund manager abdrn predicts that the U.S. economy will see a soft landing, there is still the risk of a prolonged slowdown in 2025, said Kenneth Akintewe, the company's head of Asian sovereign debt.

What happened to gold and silver last week? What’s the outlook for these commodities this week? And how might the Fed's actions impact gold in the near future? ET Markets discussed these questions with Naveen Mathur, Director of Commodities & Currencies at Anand Rathi Shares and Stock Brokers, in this week's ET Commodity Talk. Excerpts: Gold and silver plunged on Friday amid a rebound in the dollar index and the U.S. bond yields. Can you sum up last week's commodities? Naveen Mathur: Data released Friday showed the Fed's favored inflation measure, the core PCE deflator, came in at 0.2% month-on-month, the year-on-year remained at 2.6% rather than rise to 2.7% as the consensus predicted. A 0.2% MoM reading keeps inflation on the correct run-rate to get annual inflation to 2% by early next year which is the US Feds target This along with robust consumer spending numbers & declining real disposable income indicated a decline in the personal savings rate. Overall it makes the case for only a 25 bps rate cut in September as it made gold pared all its gains last week.

Khammam (Telangana): Unprecedented widespread rainfall for the past couple of days has caused great deal of difficulty to the people to the people of Khammam district. Khammam District Collector Muzammil Khan has described the floods as «unprecedented» and one that was not witnessed in the region for the last 30 years «We are experiencing severe floods in our district unlike in the past 30 years because of the 200mm rains. I appreciate all the work taken up by the officials, public representatives and others over the past 2 days. We could save many lives because of this,» said Muzammil Khan while speaking to ANI.

The company reported a narrower consolidated net loss of Rs 57 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2024, from Rs 90 crore reported by the company in the year-ago period.

China’s property crisis has hit local governments hard, drying up a key source of income as land sales crumble. Fiscal reform plans have sparked hope relief is on the way, but economists see little progress. Cash-strapped and indebted, regional governments are seeking alternative revenue streams to compensate for falling land and tax income.

Nifty's performance in this month over the last 10 years reveal trends which are skewed in favour of the bears. The 50-stock index has managed positive closing on just four occasions with highest gains recorded in 2019. The largely bearish trends have been on the back of selling by Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) who have offloaded Indian equities on six out of 10 occasions. Meanwhile, domestic institutional investors (DIIs) have been net sellers, just ones holding their ground.

far-right Alternative for Germany won a state election for the first time Sunday in the country’s east, and was set to finish at least a very close second to mainstream conservatives in a second vote, projections showed.A new party founded by a prominent leftist also made an immediate impact, while the parties in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s unpopular national government obtained extremely weak results.Projections for ARD and ZDF public television based on exit polls and partial counting showed Alternative for Germany winning 32-33% of the vote in Thuringia — well ahead of the center-right Christian Democratic Union, the main national opposition party, with about 24%.In neighboring Saxony, projections put support for the CDU — which has led the state since German reunification in 1990 — at 31.7%, with AfD on 30.6-31.4%.“An openly right-wing extremist party has become the strongest force in a state parliament for the first time since 1949, and that causes many people very deep concern and fear,” said Omid Nouripour, a leader of the Greens, one of the national governing parties.Other parties say they won’t put AfD in power by joining it in a coalition. Even so, its strength is likely to make it extremely difficult to form new state governments, forcing the parties into exotic new coalitions.

HDFC Asset Management Company Ltd. rose 0.46 per cent to Rs 4442.0 in Monday's trade. It hit an intraday high of Rs 4478.95 and low of Rs 4405.85, respectively, during the day. The stock quoted a 52-week high price of Rs 4527.95 and low of Rs 2418.0.

Asian shares are mixed in cautious trading ahead of the Labor Day holiday in the U.S., when stock exchanges will be closed