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BookMyShow on Wednesday cancelled Punjabi- Canadian singer Shubhneet Singh's India tour after the ticket booking app faced a boycott call on social media for hosting a singer who is allegedly a Khalistani sympathiser. In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, BookMyShow said it will do a complete refund of the tickets within 7-10 days. "Singer Shubhneet Singh's Still Rollin Tour for India stands cancelled.

tornado in eastern China killed 10 people and seriously injured several others, state media said Wednesday, the latest in a string of extreme weather events to strike the country. «Yesterday afternoon, a strong tornado occurred in Suqian, Jiangsu Province… causing casualties and property loss in certain areas,» state broadcaster CCTV said. The tornado affected more than 5,500 people, with 137 houses collapsing, according to «preliminary statistics» cited in the report. More than 400 people have been temporarily relocated because of the twister, state media said. Video footage shared on social media by the state-run People's Daily showed high winds whipping debris around above residential buildings, as well as a street strewn with fallen signs and other objects. China saw record-breaking downpours and weeks of historic heat this summer, with scientists saying such extreme weather events are being exacerbated by climate change. Whole villages in Jiangsu were levelled and at least 98 people were killed in 2016 after the region was hit by a storm with hurricane-force winds and the worst tornado in half a century.

the deadliest sexually transmitted sickness of all time. The struggle involves not only dazzling science but also old-fashioned insights into human behaviour, rational and irrational. Many people who do not have HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, know they are at risk.

Noida news: A garlic vendor was stripped and assaulted in Noida by a commission agent and his aides, police has said as reported by news agency PTI. This came as the 35-year-old vendor was unable to pay a part of his ₹5,600 loan. Additional DCP (Central Noida) Rajiv Dixit said told PTI that two persons, including the 'aadhti' (commission agent), have been arrested and strictest action would be taken against them.

Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday said India is leading the world on how people and businesses have embraced messaging as a better way to get things done, as the social media giant unveiled a slew of new tools aimed at supercharging businesses using WhatsApp. Announcing the line-up of key offerings for WhatsApp, Zuckerberg said the company has continued to innovate with its messaging formats, group chats and broadcast channels. «India, (is) a country that's at the forefront of a lot of what we're going to talk about today. You're (India is) leading the world in terms of how people and businesses have embraced messaging as the better way to get things done.» Zuckerberg said during a virtual address at Conversations event in Mumbai.

Amritpal Singh who was arrested in April this year. The youth wing has also submitted a memorandum to the Mumbai Police Commissioner demanding strict action against Shubh and cancellation of all his performances. "We have given a memorandum to the organizers and Mumbai police to cancel the program peacefully and if appropriate action is not taken, we will protest.

As migration to the United States from Venezuela and other countries soars, Democratic elected officials are pressing the Biden administration to quickly grant work permits for asylum-seekers while their cases wind through immigration courts

covid pandemic, high inflation, and a negative real rate of interest (thanks to the Reserve Bank of India’s loose monetary policy in response to covid). These factors made it both necessary and easier for households to borrow.

Also read: Women’s Reservation Bill tabled; debate erupts over implementation timeline India's first Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru and the Architect of the Indian Constitution BR Ambedkar both were strongly committed to the ideal of secularism. Yet, when it came to including 'secular' both were wary of its usage. They fully know the truest meaning of the term but could not be applied in the Indian context.

Justin Trudeau's allegation of Indian involvement in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader on its soil Congress leader and MP Gaurav Gogoi said that «Canadian politics has turned a bizarre turn» in last couple of years. Gogoi was reacting to a social media post of Jagmeet Singh, Leader of Canada's New Democratic Party. Gogoi further said that pandering to local voters can cause harm to the strategic interests of Canada on the global stage. «Canadian politics has turned a bizarre turn in the past few years.

Khan! Photos and videos of Shah Rukh Khan attending the Ambani family’s Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations have gone viral on social media. The ‘Jawan’ star arrived at 'Antilia' with his family. His entourage consisted of his wife Gauri, daughter Suhana, younger son AbRam Khan and mother-in-law Savita Chibber. The superstar appeared dashing in a traditional black pathani kurta and ebony-coloured churidar pajama.

Flipkart is allocating about $15-20 million for the credit marketplace startup being set up internally by its senior executive Prakash Sikaria, multiple people aware of the matter said. Sikaria – a senior vice president at the firm who was heading the firm's social commerce offering Shopsy and steering its growth charter – is building a credit marketplace that would be housed as a Flipkart entity, where the new capital would be invested.

social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), you may have to pay a monthly fee in the future. The company has not yet made any announcement on this matter, but its boss Elon Musk has hinted at it. Talking to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Musk said that he was considering charging «a small monthly payment» to all users. Explaining the reason, he said it would be a part of the effort to «combat vast armies of bots» proliferating on the website.

MUMBAI : The Reserve Bank of India has approved the reappointment of Sashidhar Jagdishan as HDFC Bank managing director and chief executive officer for three more years till 26 October 2026, the bank said in a regulatory filing. Jagdishan joined the bank in 1996 as a manager in the finance function and became business head of finance in 1999. He was later appointed chief financial officer in 2008.

NEW DELHI : The historic women’s reservation bill was presented in Parliament on Tuesday, with both the government and opposition Congress party jostling for credit. The bill, with a sub-quota for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, was the first to be introduced in the new Parliament building, 13 years after the first attempt to pass it. Despite their criticism about the lack of a clear timeline to implement the law, all opposition parties are expected to support it.

Misa Rodriguez, Olga Carmona, Oihane Hernandez, Eva Navarro and Tere Abelleira, who had previously said they would not play for the team until further changes were applied at the Spanish football federation (RFEF), were escorted by police at Madrid's airport as they headed for a training camp near Valencia. Local media reported that several other players including Ballon d'Or winner Alexia Putellas boarded a plane from Barcelona for Valencia. The players were named in the squad ahead of a match against Sweden on Friday by new coach Montse Tome despite signing a statement last week saying they did not feel safe under the current leadership at the RFEF. Jenni Hermoso, the player at the centre of the scandal after RFEF's then President Luis Rubiales grabbed her head and kissed her on her lips after the World Cup final on Aug. 20, sparking fury over sexist attitudes toward women footballers, on Monday accused the RFEF of trying to divide and manipulate the players.

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Manipuri film actor Soma Laishram from acting and social functions for three years sending shockwaves to the film fraternity of the strife-torn state. The group, Kangleipak Kanba Lup (KKL) alleged her of taking part as a show stopper in a beauty pageant in New Delhi on Saturday despite a general appeal it made to the people and personal advice to her to desist from partaking in such programmes when Manipur is “still burning” for the last four months. Film Forum Manipur (FFM), the umbrella body of all film bodies of the state, nevertheless expressed dissatisfaction over KKL’s decree on Soma and said it would move on to bring a solution to it. Soma, who has acted in over 150 Manipuri films and bagged numerous awards, clarified that certain misjudgements on her participation at the Delhi event were there. On 16 September, Soma participated as a show stopper in a concluding programme of the North East Students’ Festival held at Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi that celebrated the cultural heritage of the northeast where she passionately spoke on the unprecedented current turmoil in Manipur and used the platform to appeal for support from all for peace and normalcy in the Manipur. “As a professional actor and a social influencer it is my responsible to communicate and speak up about the crisis in Manipur and I chose this platform,” the celebrity actor said. “The event I participated is a northeast festival hosted by My Home India, a non-profit organisation and the programme I took part is a cultural program celebrating cultural heritage of northeast,” she said. A resident of the Kongeng Hajari Leikai in Imphal West district said, she got a call from the concerned organisation a day prior to the programme and suggested that she

GoI has tabled the Women's Reservation Bill to provide a 33% quota for women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies. While the Bill is likely to have a smooth passage, it's unlikely to come into force until the next census (2027) and delimitation exercise are completed. Better late than never.

Shaheen Shah Afridi has dismissed reports of rift between him and skipper Babar Azam through a post on social media platform X. On Tuesday, Shaheen Shah Afridi posted a photo with Babar and his father-in-law and former cricketer Shahid Afridi along with the caption: «Family» and also with a heart emoji. After Pakistan's shock exit from the Asia Cup, there were reports that a heated verbal argument erupted between Babar Azam and Shaheen Shah Afridi in the dressing room after their last-ball defeat to Sri Lanka in a low-scoring thriller in the Asia Cup.

international cricket, before holding his nerve in the final over to secure victory for Bangladesh. However, the resulting admiration that followed his performance in Asia Cup quickly turned to condemnation from women's rights activists and feminists following his misogynist social media posts about the working women came to light. "If the wife works, the husband's rights are not ensured," Tanzim posted on Facebook last year.