Mission Majnu Movie Review: This is no Shershaah, but Sidharth, Rashmika’s mission to entertain is a success

Mission Majnu Movie Review: This is no Shershaah, but Sidharth, Rashmika’s mission to entertain is a success

India vs Pakistan makes a great setting not just for one-day cricket matches , but also for films chronicling historical chapters from the two countries. India and Pakistan have always been at odds, so a story around their tussle makes for an intriguing watch. If you throw in a nuclear test and words like ‘atom-bomb’,…

Google CEO Sundar Pichai announces 12,000 job cuts, impacted employees now receiving emails

Google CEO Sundar Pichai announces 12,000 job cuts, impacted employees now receiving emails

Google has announced that the company will layoff 12,000 employees globally. Google workers in the US who are affected have already received an email, while impacted staff elsewhere will be informed soon. In a letter to employees, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that the company took a “rigorous review across product areas” to ensure that…

IND vs NZ: All-rounder Mitchell Santner reveals how he improved his power-hitting

IND vs NZ: All-rounder Mitchell Santner reveals how he improved his power-hitting

New Zealand spinner Mitchell Santner revealed how he improved his power-hitting, saying that having more opportunities to bat in the past year allowed him to contribute with valuable hits. In a quick 162-run partnership for the seventh wicket against India, Santner scored his third ODI fifty while assisting a rampaging Michael Bracewell, bringing New Zealand…

EAM Jaishankar meets Rajapaksa brothers; discuss challenges faced by Sri Lanka

EAM Jaishankar meets Rajapaksa brothers; discuss challenges faced by Sri Lanka

Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa and his younger brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday held discussions with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on a range of issues of mutual interest and thanked the Indian government for its steadfast commitment to assisting Colombo during its troubled times. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, 73, fled Sri Lanka to the Maldives…

Big tech must share revenue with digital news publishers: I&B secretary

Big tech must share revenue with digital news publishers: I&B secretary

It is important that digital news platforms, which create original content, get a fair share of revenue from the big tech platforms which aggregate this content for the growth of the news industry, said Apurva Chandra, Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, at the inaugural session of the DNPA conclave. “There have been issues regarding…

Consumer affairs ministry brings framework for social media influencers, heavy penalty for violation

Consumer affairs ministry brings framework for social media influencers, heavy penalty for violation

The Consumer Affairs Ministry has brought guidelines and frameworks for social media influencers and celebrities endorsing brands on social media platforms. From today, all social media influencers and celebrities will have to disclose their endorsements of any brands on social media. Non-disclosure may invite a heavy penalty. This falls under the category of advertisements because…

Day after inauguration, two Mumbai metro lines open for commuters

Day after inauguration, two Mumbai metro lines open for commuters

Two Mumbai Metro lines – 2A and 7- opened for commercial and revenue-generating operations at 4 pm on Friday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the newly-constructed two lines on Thursday. The two metro lines 2A and 7 were granted safety clearances by the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS). Line 2A connects Dahanukarwadi in Kandivali…

Wrestling federation to file FIR against protesting athletes for spreading ‘disinformation’: Sources

Wrestling federation to file FIR against protesting athletes for spreading ‘disinformation’: Sources

The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) is likely to file an FIR against athletes protesting at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar seeking removal of panel chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, sources told India Today. According to sources, the federation believes that the protesting athletes disseminated disinformation to the wrestlers who were to participate at an event in…

Manish Sisodia resends proposal for Delhi teachers’ training in Finland to L-G

Manish Sisodia resends proposal for Delhi teachers’ training in Finland to L-G

Delhi deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has resend the proposal for Finland-based training for school teachers of the state government to the Lieutenant Governor. Previously, the L-G stalled the Finland-based teachers’ training twice by objecting to the file, despite the elected government’s approval, Sisodia said. In the proposal moved this time, the deputy chief minister…