NEW DELHI — Actress Priyanka Chopra on Aug. 10, 2021, reminisced how her “impulsive phone call” to actors Alia Bhatt and Katrina Kaif led to the idea of making her recently announced female multi-starrer “Jee Le Zaraa.” While sharing a picture with her “girlfriends” on Instagram, Chopra recalled November 2019 when she mused about wanting to do another Hindi movie “ASAP” on an unusually rainy night in Mumbai, India. “But it had to be the right one, different, cool, never been done before… I thought. The idea grew into a movie helmed by an all-female cast. There are not enough Hindi…
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NEW DELHI — Indian author and former actor Twinkle Khanna, on Aug. 9, 2021, revealed that she feels “terrified” when her actor husband Akshay Kumar performs stunt scenes in movies. Kumar recently shared a behind-the-scenes video featuring the filming of action sequences for his upcoming spy-thriller “Bellbottom” on his Instagram handle. In the video, viewers could get a glimpse of Kumar practicing hard during the takes as he tries to perfect each shot. “Lights, camera, #BellBottom in ACTION. Catch this behind the scene video! Releasing on the big screen also in 3D, on 19th August,” he captioned the post. The actor could be heard sharing that…
LONDON — A new research study conducted by the University of Reading suggests that fishes like sardines, pilchards, and herring will struggle to keep pace with the warmer water and accelerating climate change. This will reduce their size and, therefore, their ability to relocate to more suitable environments. “Smaller clupeiform fish that have reduced ability to move will be more prevalent; this, in turn, may reduce future speciation,” states the study. The study named “Historical warming consistently decreased size, dispersal and speciation rate of fish” was published in Nature Climate Change. It provides the earliest evidence to counter the scientific theory that decreased movement will result…
WASHINGTON — Pakistani safe havens are helping terrorists in war-ravaged Afghanistan, said the US government. In Washington, the US government is in talks with Islamabad, suggesting they close these safe havens located at the country’s border areas, shared with Afghanistan. “We continue to have conversations with Pakistani leadership about the safe havens that exist along that border between Afghanistan and Pakistan,” said John F. Kirby, Press Secretary of Pentagon. “And we are mindful that those safe havens are only providing a source of more insecurity, more instability inside Afghanistan.” “We all have a shared sense of the importance of closing down those safe…
ISLAMABAD — The UK Government’s decision to retain Pakistan on its Red List of countries facing travel restrictions has erupted in outrage in a federal minister of Pakistan. Shireen Mazari, Minister for Human Rights of Pakistan, said that the nation was never asked for data related to the country’s Covid-19 situation to review their decision. The minister responded to a report that said Pakistan was retained on the Red List as the country had not provided UK authorities data on vaccination and testing. “Ridiculous! UK govt, dominated by Indophiles and despite globally documented India’s continuing disastrous handling of Covid pandemic, moved India…
NEW DELHI — The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, lauded India’s conservation efforts and stated about the steady increase in the Asiatic Lion population over the years. The comments from him came on the occasion of World Lion Day. “The lion is majestic and courageous. India is proud to be home to the Asiatic Lion,” tweeted Modi. “On World Lion Day, I convey my greetings to all those passionate about lion conservation. It would make you happy that the last few years have seen a steady increase in India’s lion population.” “When I was serving as Gujarat CM (chief minister), I had the opportunity…
SEOUL, South Korea — The joint drills between the United States and South Korea are nothing but a “rehearsal” of nuclear war, said Kim Yo Jong, the deputy department director of the Workers’ Party of Korea Central Committee. This week Seoul and Washington are supposed to conduct preparations for the military exercises jointly. The exercises will take place from Aug. 16-26 without the presence of any fundamental maneuvers. “Whatever the scale and mode, the joint military exercises are of aggressive nature as they are a war rehearsal and preliminary nuclear war exercise for further rounding of the preparations for putting into practice the…
BEIJING — The ambassador of China in Lithuania has been recalled by China from the national capital, Vilnius after Lithuania authorities allowed Taiwan to open an office of the representative in the country. Joseph Wu, the Taiwanese Foreign Minister, announced that Taiwan will be opening a representative office in Vilnius. The Chinese Foreign Ministry strongly opposed the decision of Vilnius, saying that the government decided to recall the Chinese ambassador from Lithuania and asked the Lithuanian government to recall its ambassador from China. “Despite numerous notes and warnings from the Chinese side, the Lithuanian government recently announced that it would allow…
WASHINGTON — The upcoming Apple flagship iPhones may have a cinematic video feature that will automatically blur the backgrounds of footage as part of a new video portrait mode. The ‘cinematic video’ feature is one of the three central new camera features coming to this year’s iPhone series, which will likely be called iPhone 13. The other two camera features are supported for ‘ProRes’ video recording and new editing options for pictures. The upcoming iPhones might have larger apertures in their ultra-wide cameras for better low-light photography. ‘ProRes’ video recording feature will be helpful for video editors, as it will provide…
NEW DELHI — The Indian government on Aug. 10 informed the Delhi High Court that Twitter has, prima facie, appointed Chief Compliance Officer, Resident Grievance Officer, and Nodal Contact Person. The appointments comply with recently amended Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 of the country. Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma, appearing for Centre, informed Justice Rekha Palli regarding the developments in the case. Sharma also sought time to file an affidavit in this regard. Senior Advocate Sajan Poovayya, appearing for Twitter, told the Delhi High Court that permanent officers had been appointed by Twitter, who will report directly…