Neena Gupta and Kalki Koechlin to star in international film Actors Neena Gupta and Kalki Koechlin will co-star in their first international project, Goldfish. Set in London, the Pushan Kripalani directorial deals with memory, music, mental health and identity. It starts when Anamika (played by Kalki) returns home to her estranged mother Sadhana (Neena Gupta) because she is suffering from the onset of dementia. Anamika returns to a neighbourhood she barely remembers, to a woman who sometimes doesn’t remember her. It is about how they explore these complex emotions. Talking about the film, Neena said: “It is a very different…
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With law made stringent against forceful conversions also popularly called as ‘love jihad’, Madhya Pradesh’s Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan gave a strict warning to those who indulge in seducing Hindu women to have them convert their religion. Madhya Pradesh now prepares to pass a law that can penalise people involving in love jihad. The law that ensures this safety against love-jihad is called Dharma Swatantrata Bill 2020. “Government belongs to everyone, all religions and castes. There is no discrimination but if someone tries to do anything disgusting with our daughters, then I’ll break you. If someone plots religious conversion…
With 35,551 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, India’s overall tally increased to 95,34,964 on Thursday, as 526 more fatalities took the Covid-19 death toll to 1,38,648, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. Currently, there are 4,22,943 active cases, whereas 89,73,373 patients have been discharged so far, including 40,726 discharged in the last 24 hours. The recovery rate stands at 94.11 per cent and fatality rate at 1.45 as per cent, the Ministry said. The samples tested up to December 2 is 14,35,57,647, including 11,11,698 tested on Wednesday, said the Indian Council of Medical Research. Maharashtra…
Tamil film’s superstar Rajinikanth announced that he is likely to launch his political party in January 2021. While addressing the media, the actor told about his decisions of joining politics were affected because of the Covid-19. “Will work as much as possible for the people. If we don’t do it now change will never happen.” Said the actor. Talking about his victory in politics, “It all depends on the people of Tamil Nadu. If I win when I enter politics, it will be the people’s victory.” He thanked everyone for their support, said, “I would like to thank everyone for…
Vietnamese authorities are conducting intensive contact tracing after discovering the country’s first confirmed local transmission of the coronavirus in 89 days. State media said Tuesday that a 32-year-old man in Ho Chi Minh City tested positive for the coronavirus on Monday after visiting a steward who was undergoing self-quarantine at his home following his return from Japan fortnight ago. The steward tested positive on Saturday, the Tuoi Tre newspaper said. Health authorities ordered 137 people that had been in close contact with the person to remain during a central quarantine facility and pack up an English Center where he’s employed…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was Wednesday briefed on the country’s internal security situation and the way to enhance it by taking people- friendly initiatives. A review of the interior security situation was presented to the prime minister and Union Home Minister Amit Shah at the 55th annual DGPs and IGPs conference, being held virtually, on the inaugural day. Modi joined the conference virtually and reviewed the action points of the previous conference, a politician statement said, adding discussions were held to enhance the general security scenario with more people-friendly initiatives, it said. In his inaugural address, Shah highlighted policy issues…
UN General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir on Wednesday called for joint efforts to fight misinformation and disinformation about COVID-19. “Aside from the virus and its impacts, another adversary has been plaguing our response: misinformation and disinformation. COVID-19 is a communications crisis. It is not simply a pandemic. It is an ‘infodemic.’ And this has cost lives,” said Bozkir. Misinformation and disinformation can lead to lack of diagnostic tests, poor observance of public health measures and lack of immunization, he told a virtual event for the sharing of best practices to respond to an infodemic, which was organized by the permanent…
Google has agreed to buy Actifio, a cloud focused protection technology developer, to boost Cloud data protection and better protect enterprises workloads on-premises and in the cloud. Actifio will join the Google Cloud to expand focus on backup and data recovery services market. The company announced the acquisition in a blog post on Wednesday, but did not reveal the terms of the deal. “We know that customers have many options when it comes to cloud solutions, including backup and DR, and the acquisition of Actifio will help us to better serve enterprises as they deploy and manage business-critical workloads,” Google…
Islam-backed terrorism is on the rise. The November 2 incident in Vienna shook the world when an the ISIS terrorist opened fire in busy market area. The ISIS terrorist planned another bloodbath inside a church in Vienna yesterday during prayer. The ISIS militant recognised as Abu Dagnah Al-Albany, planned another carnage, this time inside the premises of a Church when there would be innocent people like women and children. The man was later identified as the man behind the attack that took place on November 2 across central Vienna. He had failed as the door was locked by the timer.…
https://twitter.com/rajnathsingh/status/1334335748032450560?s=20 Mahashay’ Dharampal Gulati, the owner of the iconic spice brand MDH, died at the age of 98. Gulati breathed his last at Mata Chanan Devi Hospital in Delhi after suffering a cardiac arrest. Popularly called as Dadaji, Dharampal Gulati was a famous personality and called as ‘Mahashayji’. Before partition, he lived in Sialkot, Pakistan, in 1923. During independence, he moved to India following Partition. He stayed at a refugee camp in Amritsar before moving to Delhi. He made a humble beginning by opening a spice shop in Delhi’s Karol Bagh before building his empire. He established MDH in 1959.…