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Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah recently attended the Cannes Film Festival as a part of the screening of his 1976 film Manthan, almost 50 years after its release. The actor, who was accompanied on the red carpet by his wife Ratna Pathak Shah, called the experienced as “terribly emotional.” Speaking with Brut India, the actor said, “It felt unreal to me. I have always seen the red carpet ceremony either on video or in photographs. I have seen all these lovely ladies parading themselves in their gorgeous costumes. I never dreamt I’d be a part of that one day. So, my…
Britain’s King Charles III has officially surpassed the net worth of his late mother, Queen Elizabeth, according to The Sunday Times Rich List 2024. The 74-year-old monarch’s personal wealth has climbed to $770 million, making him the 258th wealthiest person in the United Kingdom. His mother, Queen Elizabeth’s wealth was determined to be $468 million prior to her death in September 2022, as per the Times Rich List of that year. Notably, King Charles’ wealth jumped $12 million since last year. According to the Times, King Charles’ estates, Sandringham House and Balmoral Castle, are his most valuable assets. A former…
Aditi Rao Hydari is getting all the love for playing Bibbojaan, a courtesan, in Heeramandi. Particularly, the star’s Gajagamini walk aka swan walk from the song Saiyaan Hatto Jaao, is making all the right noises on social media. Speaking about her experience, Aditi shared how director Sanjay Leela Bhansali advised her not to lose weight. In a conversation with Zoom TV, the actress recalled, “He (Sanjay Leela Bhansali) said that he wanted that dupatta to fall on a particular beat, the head to turn and the ‘chann‘ (sound of the ghungroo) to come exactly on the beat, so it was all his thought…
The Indian Council of Medical Research, or ICMR, has distanced itself from a follow-up study by two Banaras Hindu University professors that said nearly a third of 926 individuals who received the India-made Covaxin COVID-19 vaccine reported serious side-effects. The study claimed that around one per cent of respondents reported strokes and an autoimmune disorder called Guillain-Barre Syndrome, which causes weakness in nerves in the arms and legs. Conducted between January 2022 and August 2023, the study also said 50 per cent of the sample size complained of respiratory infections, and over 30 per cent reported assorted physical problems, ranging from…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an exclusive to NDTV, said the government is working on bringing changes in bureaucracy and the decision-making process to implement big schemes using technology. The Prime Minister gave an example of the use of technology to survey islands in India. Speaking to NDTV’s Editor-in-Chief Sanjay Pugalia, Prime Minister Modi said, “India has approximately 1,300 islands. I was surprised to know that we did not have a record or survey of these islands. With the help of space technology, we surveyed them and some islands are the same size as Singapore. It means for India, building…
The police in Ohio have claimed that a sex worker in the area had contact with more than 200 clients despite knowing she was HIV-positive. They have issued a notice, asking people who engaged in the “risky business” with her to come forward and get tested, a report in New York Post said. The sex worker, Linda Leccesse, had sexual contacts with clients for five months – from January to May, 2022. This is around the same time she took an HIV test and learned she was positive for the deadly virus, the outlet further said. This is categorised as…
In Iran, President Ebrahim Raisi is a name that evokes both reverence and revulsion. Revered by the hardline factions within Iran’s theocratic regime and reviled by human rights organisations, Raisi’s journey from a low-ranking cleric’s son to the zenith of Iranian power to an abrupt death in an air crash is steeped in controversy. When Raisi assumed the presidency in August 2021, many feared an escalation in Iran’s repressive policies. These fears were soon realised. His administration presided over an alarming increase in executions and continued crackdowns on political dissent. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), emboldened by Raisi’s hardline…
Four suspected ISIS terrorists have been arrested from the Ahmedabad airport, days after the airport received a bomb threat. The terrorists are believed to be citizens of Sri Lanka. The Gujarat Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) made the arrests when they were allegedly waiting at the airport for their handler. Original Source
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal could not have been rocked by Swati Maliwal at a more inopportune time. The AAP convenor had intended to put all his focus into the ongoing Lok Sabha elections given that he only recently walked out of jail. But he finds himself entrenched in an unseemly controversy, from which he will now have to extricate himself and his party skillfully. Kejriwal will also have to ensure that neither he nor his senior party leaders, as also his family members, are personally drawn into this messy affair. At the moment,…
People from 49 constituencies across six states and two Union Territories are voting in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha polls today. Polling is being held for five parliamentary seats in Bihar, Jharkhand (3), Maharashtra (13), Odisha (5), Uttar Pradesh (14), West Bengal (7) and two Union Territories – Jammu and Kashmir (1) and Ladakh (1). As the polling is underway, several Bollywood celebrities including Farhan Akhtar, Zoya Akhtar, Paresh Rawal, Sunil Shetty, Dharmendra, Varun and David Dhawan were seen casting their vote in Mumbai. Key candidates contesting in the fifth phase include Union Ministers Piyush Goyal (Mumbai North),…