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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…
The average speed of Vande Bharat trains has decreased from 84.48 kmph in 2020-21 to 76.25 kmph in 2023-24, the railway ministry said in a response to an RTI query. Railway officials said not only Vande Bharats but many other trains are also maintaining cautionary speed at places were “huge infrastructural work” is underway. “Besides this, some Vande Bharat trains have been launched in difficult terrain areas where there are speed restrictions due to geographical reasons or extreme weather conditions,” a railway official said. Citing the example of the Vande Bharat train between Mumbai CSMT and Madgaon, an official of…
Ramoji Rao, the head of the ETV Network and Ramoji Film City, died at 87 while undergoing treatment in Hyderabad today. He was rushed to Star Hospital in Hyderabad on June 5 after he suffered from high blood pressure and breathlessness, but passed away in the early hours today. His remains have been shifted to his residence at Ramoji Film City and several prominent political leaders and film personalities are expected to arrive today to pay last respects. Senior BJP leader G Kishan Reddy condoled his death and said that his “remarkable contributions” to Telugu media and journalism are “commendable”.…
Retired astronaut William Anders, one of the first three humans to orbit the moon, who captured the “Earthrise” photo during NASA’s Apollo 8 mission, died on Friday when the small plane he was piloting crashed in Washington state, local media reported. Anders, 90, was the only person aboard the aircraft when it went down off the coast of Jones Island, part of the San Juan Islands archipelago between Washington and Vancouver Island, British Columbia, The Seattle Times reported, citing his son, Greg. According to television station KCPQ-TV, a Fox affiliate in Tacoma, Anders, a resident of San Juan County, was…