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Kartik Aaryan, who awaits the release of Chandu Champion, has been documenting his fitness journey on Instagram – one post at a time. Kartik plays the role of an athlete in the film and his prep has been intense, to say the least. The journey that Kartik went through to become this champion is no less inspiring. The actor shared before-and-after pictures of his drastic body transformation. Kartik mentioned in his post that his body fat percentage was 39% when he started out the film and the second picture is a post-transformation click. “From 39 % body fat to 7…
In what could be a shocker to many, edtech firm Byju’s, which was once valued at $22 billion, is now worth zero, according to a research note by financial firm HSBC. HSBC has assigned zero value to investment company Prosus’ nearly 10 per cent stake (or about $500 million) in Byju’s. “We assign zero value to Byju’s stake amid multiple legal cases and funding crunch,” according to the HSBC note. “Previously, we valued around 10 per cent stake in Byju’s by applying an 80 per cent discount to the latest publicly disclosed valuation,” the note added. The embattled edtech firm…
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has officially started the process of holding Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). “The commission has decided to accept applications seeking allotment of common symbol under Para 10B of election symbols (Reservation & Allotment) order 1968 for the General Election to the legislative Assembly of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir with immediate effect,” said Jaydeb Lahiri, Secretary of the Election Commission of India through a Press note. This follows the statement of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Rajiv Kumar, in which he said that the people of J&K would soon have their democratically-elected…
Aiswarya S Menon, a senior assistant loco pilot of the Chennai Division of Southern Railway, will be among 8,000 special guests at the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his new government on Sunday, officials said. Currently working on Vande Bharat trains, Ms Menon has completed more than 2 lakh footplate hours piloting various trains such as the Vande Bharat Express and Jan Shatabdi. She has also worked on the Chennai-Vijayawada and Chennai-Coimbatore Vande Bharat Express services since their introduction. Ms Menon has received accolades from senior officials for her agility, alertness, and comprehensive knowledge of railway signalling.…
Beauty and personal care brand Mamaearth’s co-founder Ghazal Alagh frequently shares insightful tips on X (formerly Twitter) with her followers. Recently, the Chief Executive Officer shared that she learnt several lessons after stepping out of her comfort zone, which led her to seek out discomfort, embracing adversity and allowing it to serve as her guide. Ms Alagh said on the microblogging platform, “16 yrs ago, I gave an interview for a corporate training role. Without having any experience. 10 yrs ago, I switched from an IT job to an artist and went to NYC, though I had never travelled alone…
It was a forgettable opening game for Pakistan at T20 World Cup 2024 on Thursday. The side suffered an embarrassing loss to United States in the Super Over of the match. Chasing a target of 160 runs in Dallas, USA were stopped at 159, a score that Pakistan too had posted batting first in the game. With the hosts needing 5 runs to win off the final ball, Nitish Kumar smashed Haris Rauf for a four to take the game to Super Over. USA set a target of 19 runs for Pakistan in the Super Over with the latter team…
Ramoji Rao, the chairman of the Eenadu media group and founder of Ramoji Film City, is no more. He breathed his last early Saturday morning. Ramoji Rao died while undergoing treatment at Star Hospital in Hyderabad. He was 87.Ramoji Rao’s legacy is vast, encompassing numerous successful business ventures and media productions. Under his leadership, Eenadu became a major force in Telugu media.His other business ventures include the film production house Usha Kiran Movies, the film distribution company Mayuri Film Distributors, the financial services firm Margadarsi Chit Fund, and the hotel chain Dolphin Group of Hotels. He was also the head…
The Reserve Bank of India revised upwards the GDP growth projection for the current fiscal to 7.2 per cent from 7 per cent on rising private consumption and revival of demand in rural areas. RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said estimates released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) placed India’s real gross domestic product (GDP) growth at 8.2 per cent in 2023-24. “During 2024-25 so far, domestic economic activity has maintained resilience,” he said, adding that manufacturing activity continues to gain ground on the back of strengthening domestic demand. Also, the services sector maintained buoyancy, as evident in available high-frequency indicators.…
Days after newly elected MP Kangana Ranaut was slapped by a Central Industrial Security Force constable at Chandigarh airport, actor Shabana Azmi has reacted to the incident and said security personnel should not take law into their hands. “I have no love lost for Kangana Ranaut. But I can’t find myself joining this chorus of celebrating ‘the slap’. If security personnel start taking law into their hands, none of us can be safe,” Shabana Azmi today posted on X – earlier known as Twitter. I have no love lost for #Kangana Ranaut. But I can’t find myself joining this chorus of…
When filmmaking is reduced to a shot in the dark attempted more in hope than with any degree of conviction, Blackout is what you get. It is an out and out non-starter. Written and directed by Devang Bhavsar, the slipshod crime caper is beyond abysmal.Neither the makers nor the actors cast as sketchily etched motley characters know where they are headed. Mercifully, the audience isn’t in the dark. The film is so ham-fisted that it takes no more than ten minutes to give itself away.Blackout, streaming on JioCinema, is a veritable free for all. With the exception of lead actor…