NEW DELHI — Bollywood filmmaker R. Balki recently announced a new thriller, which will star actors Sunny Deol, Dulquer Salmaan, Pooja Bhatt, and Shreya Dhanwanthary in the lead roles. Talking about his new project, Balki said he is “excited” to explore the thriller genre. “After months of waiting, for me, it is exciting to start shooting anything,” he said. “And to make a film in a genre that I haven’t attempted before is even more exciting. I have had the idea for a long time but never quite got around to writing it, and while it’s fundamentally a thriller, it banks so much on these four…
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WASHINGTON — A year after the Emmy Awards were held virtually during the Covid-19 pandemic, the ceremony will now be held in person, albeit not in the Microsoft Theater, where it usually takes place. The Television Academy announced on Aug. 10, 2021, that it would opt for an “indoor/outdoor” model held at L.A. Live’s Event Deck, directly behind the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The organization said that the space would better provide opportunities for “socially distanced audience seating” for both Primetime and Creative Arts Emmy ceremonies. This will mark the second year in a row that the Emmys were not held inside Microsoft, as…
OREGON, Ill. — A new study has found that employees who experience or witness incivilities are more likely to be uncivil to others. This is a worrying trend that could intensify as people return to in-person work. The study’s findings, “Occupational health psychology research and Covid-19 pandemic,” were published in the “Journal of Occupational Health Psychology.” “People have gotten used to not having to engage in interpersonal communication as much, and that can take an already distressing or tense situation and exacerbate it because people are out of the practice of not having to have difficult conversations,” said Larry Martinez, co-author of…
Forest rangers investigating the source of a wildfire in Italy didn’t have to look far: A drone, deployed to scout areas where previous blazes started, caught a firebug in the act. The drone’s camera filmed the arsonist setting a fire with a cigarette lighter in a wooded area and then casually walking away. The Carabinieri per la Tutela Forestale — Italy’s forest-protection police force — arrested a man who was found nearby. Firefighters in Montesarchio, a town 30 miles northeast of Naples, put the fire out the same day, Aug. 5. It destroyed about 5 acres of pasture and woods,…
WASHINGTON — Israel was added to the “Do Not Travel” list by the US State Department on Aug. 10 amid a spike of Covid-19 cases in the country. US State Department issued a travel advisory informing Americans about the move. The advisory list, which is updated weekly, is primarily based on US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Travel Health Notices (THNs) and secondary factors such as commercial flight availability, restrictions on US citizen entry, and impediments to obtaining coronavirus test results within three calendar days. “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a Level 4 Travel Health…
NEW DELHI — The Indian government’s decision to away with retrospective taxation will strengthen the trust between the government and the industry, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Aug. 11, noting that reforms are not a compulsion but a conviction for the government. Addressing the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Annual Meeting 2021, the Prime Minister urged the industry to take full advantage of the atmosphere of trust for India’s development and capabilities. “Reforms are not compulsion. Reforms are convictions for us. We have passed such bills in this session of parliament which will speed up the country’s pace of growth,”…
KINNAUR, India — Over 50 people and more than 10 people have been killed so far under the debris after a massive landslide hit the Kinnaur district of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. “A landslide reported on Reckong Peo- Shimla Highway in #Kinnaur District in Himachal Pradesh today at around 12.45 Hrs. One truck, an HRTC Bus, and few vehicles reported came under the rubble. Many people reported being trapped. Indo-Tibetan Border Police teams rushed for rescue. More details awaited,” tweeted the Indo-Tibetan Border Police. The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) has retrieved four bodies from the debris of the landslide that occurred…
BEIJING — Michael Spavor, a Canadian businessman, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison on espionage charges. Detained by China in 2018, he was convicted by a Chinese court in Liaoning Province of China. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, on Aug. 11, condemned China’s conviction and sentencing of its citizen Michael Spavor. “China’s conviction and sentencing of Michael Spavor are absolutely unacceptable and unjust,” Trudeau said in a statement. “The verdict for Spavor comes after more than two and a half years of arbitrary detention, a lack of transparency in the legal process, and a trial that did not satisfy even the minimum…
ISLAMABAD — Moeed Yusuf, National Security Adviser of Pakistan, on Aug. 11, said that particular social media accounts from Afghanistan and India are being used to malign the image of Pakistan as Afghan authorities had failed to stop sweeping territorial gains made by the Taliban. “Attempts are underway to blame Pakistan for Afghanistan’s failures. As the Taliban offensive is increasing, there are campaigns to shift its blame on Pakistan,” said Yusuf. His comments came while addressing a press conference alongside Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry, as reported by the local media. He said that senior Afghan officials, including his Afghan counterpart, were…
ISLAMABAD — Over the violence, intimidation, abduction, and killing of journalists in Pakistan, the European Union has raised concerns. The Union also said it indicated a “clear, negative trend” in media freedom in recent years. “The backtracking in this area is having a detrimental impact on the overall climate of freedom of expression in Pakistan and reflecting negatively on Pakistan’s image abroad,” said Nabila Massrali, a spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. The European Union is also concerned about widespread and systematic harassment online, especially of female journalists, through coordinated campaigns including abusive language and threats of violence, Massrali said. The spokesperson…