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Alia Bhatt Birthday Special: Star’s hottest lip-locks!
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During Mayweather’s 20-year career, his opponents were apprehending about his prowess and his arrogance. He had a record of winning all matches and thereby becoming extravagantly rich. By defeating Manny Pacquiao, in a match that was branded as boxing’s ‘Fight of the Century’, he became even richer. Mayweather acquired Pacquiao’s World Boxing Organization welterWhat comes to your mind when you hear the name Bhatt? The Bhatts are known for their raunchy, steamy intimate scenes in their movies. The latest from the Bhatt camp, Alia Bhatt is following the same path of the Bhatt clan. Gone are the days, when actress would dither over the bold scenes. New generation actors have no objections to kissing scenes and intimate scenes. In retrospect, very few movies showed intimate scenes. Gradually, perceptions towards kissing changed and actors soon realised the need of going beyond the old ways of the character. (ALSO READ: Alia Bhatt Happy Birthday: 3 reasons why we love the hottie!)
Alia exuded her acting ability and proved she is equally good when it comes to intimate scenes. Alia certainly knows how to attract the audiences and get into the skin of the character. It is not a surprise that Alia is considered to be one of the desirable women among her male fans. Here are four steamy smooches by Alia Bhatt from her movies.
Student of the Year: Alia Bhatt debuted along with Sidharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan in the movie. Alia had a steamy lip-lock with Siddharth Malhotra which showed a fantastic chemistry between the duo. Alia played the character of a teenage girl confused between the two hot boys. She impressed audience for her performance in her very first movie.
2 States: Alia and Arjun Kapoor had stayed true to the character. Alia Bhatt and Arjun Kapoor have kissed several times which spiced up their fantastic chemistry. Alia and Arjun Kapoor had a passionate kiss which showed the coziness and sentimental love between them. The movie was based on Chetan Bhagat’s novel of the same name.
Highway: Abducted Alia, sensed the freedom and slowly she falls in love with Randeep Hooda, her captor. Alia and Randeep’s smooch demonstrated the moment of falling in love. Highway was a critically acclaimed film and the role pulled off by the actors was true to their characters.
Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania: Young lovers Alia and Varun Dhawan had a passionate love making scene. Alia kissed depressed Varun in the car. Even though the film received average reviews, the chemistry between Alia and Varun invoked the eternal romantic in us.
By Shrikrishna Iyer| Edited by Rishabh Chakravorty
Rajdeep Sardesai elucidates why Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP has betrayed the people of Delhi (Watch Full Video)
Shortly after Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) came to power with a landslide victory in the Delhi Assembly Elections 2015, it is in the news for all the wrong reasons. The Arvind Kejriwal-led party is on the brink of a breakup in Delhi. Last week, AAP’s dissident leaders Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan were ousted from the political affairs committee (PAC) citing that they were working against the party. Arvind Kejriwal, who holds the position of Delhi Chief Minister, alleged that Yadav and Bhushan had maligned the party’s reputation.
Senior journalist and Consulting Editor of India Today Group, Rajdeep Sardesai has uploaded a video on YouTube to share his opinion about AAP with the public. Sardesai says in the video, “AAP, known for its anti-corruption stand and its famous sting operations on corrupt politicians had itself been stung back.”
Sardesai implies that the self-proclaimed AAP is no different from other political parties. On the contrary, it has turned out to be just like the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Indian National Congress, with autocratic leadership of the political party. AAP has now started following the same old organisation structure of power flow from top management to the lower level where there is no place for dissident leaders.
Citing the credibility of AAP’s 49-day rule in Delhi in 2013, the city’s people had voted for the two-year-old party expecting that Kejriwal would deliver a Delhi model of governance. In his second innings as Delhi CM, Kejriwal has indulged in obnoxious behaviour with his teammates Yadav and Bhushan.
Sardesai opines that Kejriwal should focus on governance, as he has got a second chance to serve the people and meet the high expectations of Delhi citizens. Watch the video to know what Rajdeep Sardesai has to say on the current situation in AAP. (By Shri Krishna Iyer | Text edited by Shweta Parande)
#MayPac: Celebrities react to Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacqiao fight
Floyd Mayweather was known to have been living a lavish lifestyle with infamous outbursts of domestic violenweight world championship title and stretched his record to 48-0. Celebrities and athletes thronged the MGM Grand Garden and very few tickets were available for the public.
The bout was considered to have grabbed more eyeballs on TV than ever before in boxing history. The 38-year-old Mayweather, who owns an unblemished professional boxing record, thrashed Pacquiao for the welterweight world championship, winning through a unanimous decision thus adding to his World Boxing Association and World Boxing Council titles.
Mayweather says, “Manny Pacquiao is still a champion. He still has a lot left. I was the better man tonight — more calculated fighter, took my time, had patience.”
The celebrities took to twitter to express their support to Mayweather. Apparently, they had quite enjoyed the early sunday match.
#sundayselfie This ones for Manny. #pacman #maypac #fightofthecentury
Was on “moneys” side be4 the match but winning doesnt always make u a winner. Manny – RESPECT.
Thinking about getting diamond teeth speaking to the experts #JulioMartinez and #FloydMayweather’s…
Very good Kho kho match this was. #MayPac
2 great fighters tonight. Gonna be a great night. Let’s go Champ!
Money Fights Money. Pacquiao & Mayweather. Been yrs since such excitement for a fight maybe Tyson v Holyfield. Early Sunday totally worth it
We waited 5 years for that… #underwhelmed #MayPac
(By Shri Krishna Iyer | Text edited by Shweta Parande)
http://www.india.com/sports/maypac-celebrities-react-to-mayweather-pacqiao-fight-371752/
Taylor Swift named Global Recording Artist of the Year by IFPI
International Trade group IFPI has named Taylor Swift as the Global Recording Artist of the year. Late last year, Taylor Swift released her fifth album 1989 sold over 836 million copies worldwide and has also appeared in Billboard 200 Chart. Taylor Swift’s song ‘Blank space’ and ‘Shake It Off’ featured on the Hot 100 in the first place.
In IFPI’s 2013 list, the UK/Irish band One Direction’s latest studio album Four appeared on the billboard 200 chart has stepped down to second place in 2014′s chart. One direction released the album Four in November 2013 and reached the first place in Billboard 200 chart. The U.S album chart features the first four album of One Direction and became the first group to have their first four album debut leading the U.S. album chart.
Ed Sheeran captures the third place on the Billboard 200 chart. English singer/songwriter’s album X has been named as the most streamed album of the year. Coldplay, AC/DC, Michael Jackson, Pink Floyd, Sam Smith, Katy Perry and Beyonce attributed the remainder of the top 10 of the U.S chart.
Global Recording Artist chart is independently verified. Based on the sales of albums through the medium of digital, CD and vinyl formats including singles, both downloaded and physical on-demand audio streams and music videos, the Billboard 200 includes it in the chart. IFPI selects only the individual artists.
If the Frozen soundtrack had been recorded by a single artist, the international trade group notifies that the single would have been included in the chart.
Frances Moore, chief of IFPI congratulates Taylor Swift and said. “She merits this result as she is a hardworking and talented performer who has an amazing ability to connect with audiences worldwide. This IFPI award reflects the global popularity of recording artists across the diverse ways in which fans choose to listen to music today.”
(By Shri Krishna Iyer | Text edited by Shweta Parande)
http://www.india.com/showbiz/taylor-swift-named-global-recording-artist-of-the-year-by-ifpi-294616/
Jennifer Lawrence aka Mystique to exit from X-Men franchise
It is heartbreaking news for Jennifer Lawrence’s fans to hear about one of their favorite characters’ final presence in the X-Men franchise. The blue-skinned mutant, Mystique ends her presence with X-Men Apocalypse. Jennifer Lawrence has confirmed during her premiere of her new film Serena at the red carpet that her presence in X-men Apocalypse would be her last in the film franchise. X-Men Apocalypse slated to release on May 27, 2016. The Hunger Games actress said to MTV News, “It is my last one, actually.” [Read: MTV Movie Awards 2015: Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Stone top the nominees list]
Earlier, Nicholas Hoult, who played the character of Beast in X-Men: First Class and X-Men: Days of Future Past, had divulged of discontinuation with the movie, although he said that he wouldn’t reject the offer to return for a future project. Following Nicholas, Lawrence would be the second X-Men cast member to part her ways with the franchise. [Read: Jennifer Lawrence roped in for Steven Spielberg’s next!]
Possibly, X-Men: Days of Future Past‘s director Bryan Singer would direct X-Men: Apocalypse. Bryan has constructed the characters in a way to turn-over any potential cast characters like Storm, Cyclops and Jean Grey rejoined the superhero franchise in the movie. Likewise, Mystique’s character wouldn’t be dropped from the movie because of Lawrence parting from X-Men franchise. In the original X-Men trilogy, Rebecca Romijn played the character of Mystique while Lawrence was the second actress to appear in the series as the blue mutant. [Read: Jennifer Lawrence to romance Chris Pratt in sci-fi love story]
By Shrikrishna Iyer
http://www.india.com/showbiz/jennifer-lawrence-aka-mystique-to-exit-from-x-men-franchise-328635/
Swine Flu alert for Holi 2015: How to protect yourself from H1N1 this Holi
Splashing colours on each other and greeting everyone you see with a ‘Happy Holi’, devouring scrumptious dish especially made for the occasion, and generally having a good time – these things are symbolic of Holi. The festival is celebrated to embrace the beginning of spring. Regarded as the festival of colours, celebrating Holi with healthy, natural colours is the way to be. But Holi 2015 could be more dangerous. It seems Holi parties are going to be hit, as being a part of a crowd of people celebrating with colours will be risky this year. The weather is cold and swine flu is spreading like wildfire throughout the country. Also known as the H1N1 virus, this disease has snuffed down a plethora of victims this year and the last in India.
Harmful effects of Holi colours on your skin
Generally too, Holi is getting increasingly hazardous every year. The colours used to splash on each other in a friendly manner are unsafe, as they contain chemicals that can affect your skin. Chemical colours can cause itching and make the skin dry, allowing the colour to penetrate easily and not be removed properly post Holi.
Natural, herbal and skin-friendly colours would be the safest way to celebrate the festival. A recent study concluded that among the artificial colours, green comes from a chemical known as copper sulphate, purple from chromium iodide, silver from aluminium bromide and black from lead oxide. Also, the shimmering variety of colours are the product of powdered glass being added to them.
Holi colours could cause respiratory infections
Besides, the harmful colours can give rise to respiratory infections. Chemical colours could also lead to discolouration, dermatitis, abrasion, swelling of skin with puss formation, and other skin ailments. More importantly, if the chemical content is concentrated then it may affect cause the skin to bleed.
The government has issued a warning in the interest of the public to stay away from colours that consist of harmful chemical components. Nitin S Walia, senior consultant, dermatology, at the capital’s B L K Super Specialty Hospital revealed to IANS, “Colours used during Holi were originally derived from nature but these days, synthetic dyes that have toxic effects are more in vogue, especially among the young generation. This has led to an increasing number of skin-related problems after the festival.”
How to protect yourself from Swine Flu this Holi
If the problem of skin disease and simple lung infection wasn’t enough, the stinging dagger of swine flu is on everyone’s heads this Holi. Swine flu is an infectious disease that can be passed on through human contact. To avoid immediate contact with anyone in Holi 2015, try and not engage in crowds as far as possible.
Wearing a surgical mask will spoil the fun, so go traditional and greet others with a simple folding of hands and Namaste instead of shaking hands with your friends and hugging them. Overall, try and be in a clean environment this Holi. Easier said than done, but it is better to take precaution rather than repent with a swine flu virus later. (ALSO READ: Swine Flu H1N1: Signs, symptoms, diagnosis and prevention of the deadly H1N1 virus)
Heath department officials said the cold and wet weather is tending to spread the H1N1 virus in public gatherings during Holi this weekend, and this could only result in escalation of swine flu cases if caution is not maintained. (By Shri Krishna Iyer| Edited by Shweta Parande)
Xiaomi to launch world’s thinnest smartphone on January 15 at 2 pm in Beijing #MiLaunch115
UPDATE: Xiaomi Mi Note Pro, Mi Box mini and Headphones launched | Xiaomi Mi Note flagship phone launched; Mi 5 not on the cards yet
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi created an event on its Facebook page two days ago with the hashtag #MiLaunch115 for its flagship launch on January 15 at 2 pm in Beijing. The event description reads: “Come join Mi for #MiLaunch115 as we unveil our new flagship device right here with live updates direct from the product launch event in Beijing.”
Xiaomi also tweeted about the product on Monday, January 12, but few details have been revealed. According to 9to5google.com, a research note from KGI states that Xiaomi is coming up with a new Android smartphone on January 15 that features a thin form. Xiaomi says the new smartphone is, “as thin as a cicada’s wings”. ALSO SEE: Xiaomi Redmi 1S: 50,000 phones out of stock in seconds!
The company has also revealed a teaser video which is based on riddles that asks Xiaomi fans to guess the features of the forthcoming flagship device. The three riddles read: “as __ as Paper, the ___ the better, and as __ as bell”. The device will be as thin and lightweight as paper. It will also sport a big display and loudspeakers.
The KGI note says that the smartphone could be called the ‘Xiaomi MI 4S’ or ‘Xiaomi MI 5′, which apparently has a more advance camera over the Apple iPhone 6. The Xiaomi flagship phone could feature a 13MP camera with optical stabilisation and a dual-tone dual-LED flash. The smartphone’s hardware also reportedly could feature a 64-bit Octa-core Snapdragon 615 processor (1.5GHz), along with an Adreno 306 GPU. It will boast of 2GB RAM and 16GB/32GB internal storage.
But according to rumours in tech circles, Xiaomi’s latest handset to be revealed on January 15 would be the Xiaomi Note 2. Apparently, the handset would feature a 5.7 inch in-cell touch panel display similar to that of the Apple iPhone6. The battery would be 3000mAh.
Recently, Xiaomi took over LG to become the third largest smartphone maker in the world.
By Shrikrishna Iyer | Edited by Shweta Parande
Flipkart #BigBillionDay sale #Fail on Twitter: What went wrong with the Mega Sale?
The Flipkart’s Big Billion Day sale started on Monday at 8.am and since then customers were hooked to the site to buy the products from the e-commerce site. Although Flipkart promised huge discounts and exciting deals on all its seventy categories such as appliances, books, toys, mobiles, laptops, cameras, clothes, shoes, bags and watches, the consumers were disappointed. Customers claimed that the prices of the product were inflated and the discounts offered are not genuine. Customers vented out their anger on social media as they got disappointed when they were unable to make the purchase despite several attempts due to some server problems. They accused that Flipkart, is swindling by increasing the price of the product to 100% and then offering a discount on product pages and when customers went on to buy the product; web page is redirected, showing 404 errors.
They even claimed that Flipkart discounted price which were advertised in the newspapers were not displayed on the websites. This first started trending in Facebook last night, posting alleging increase in prices by Flipkart went viral. One of the consumers Geetansh Arora took to Facebook and posted that “So they have increased the price now and tomorrow they will sell it in deals for big billion days. Dear flipkart.com, we are not stupid.” He posted a photograph appended which showed the price of the microwave oven had increased by nearly Rs 5000 just before the Big Billion Day sale.
Currently, #BigBillionDay is trending on social media and customers are sharing their grievances on microbogging websites namely Twitter and Facebook.
About two weeks ago Flipkart had launched an ad campaign for the ‘Big Billion Day’, as a sale and it was expected to be the equivalent of the heavily-discounted Black Friday sale in the US which was held the day after Thanksgiving. The company had said it would run deep discounts across 70 categories. The Bangalore-based company had also said that it has enhanced its technology capabilities, inventory, and supply-chain capacities.
Just compared Amazon to the #BigBillionDay “Sale”. Cheaper on Amazon. Sale, my ass! pic.twitter.com/Z7ymQUhwHo
— Mihir Bijur (@MihirBijur) October 6, 2014
#AmbushMarketing this morning on Flipkart’s Big Billion Day! Clever. #BigBillionDay #Flipkart @snapdeal pic.twitter.com/Gkxq6ImxG7
By Shrikrishna Iyer
Top 4 reasons why Jayalalithaa may get bail in disproportionate assets case
The Karnataka High court will hear Jayalalithaa’s application seeking immediate bail and suspension of conviction and jail sentence in the disproportionate assets case on 1 October. Eminent criminal lawyer Ram Jethmalani has come at the resue for Jayalalithaa. Jethmalani have drafted the bail application stating Jayalalithaa’s medical condition. Jethmalani have stated in Jayalalithaa’s interlocutory petition for bail that she has suffered a lot in the past 18 years and now she is suffering from diabetes and high blood pressure. He has also stated that there is no connection with the subscriptions made to Jaya publications one of the 32 companies that figures in the company.
Top four reasons that Jayalalithaa may get a bail:
1-Om Prakash Chautala, who was a chief minister of Haryana from 24 July 1999 to 4 March 2005. He was charged in June 2008 in connection with the appointment of 3,206 junior teachers in Haryana in 1999-2000, and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in January 2013. He got bail on september this year for medical reasons.
2-Similarly in 2011, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa was charged for corruption which forced him to step down from the Chief Minister post. Annoyed by that he quit BJP and formed his own KJP in 2012. In the May 2013 assembly elections, the KJP got 10 per cent of the votes, and the BJP lost power in the state. On December 2012, CBI court granted bail to former chief minister.
3-Lalu Prasad Yadav had to step down as Chief Minister in 1997 as he was charged for Fodder scam. Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Prasad Yadav installed his wife, Rabri Devi as CM and the party went on to win another election. She remained in office till 2005. Last year, Yadav was convicted in fodder scam due to this he lost his Lok Sabha membership. The Supreme Court on december 2013 granted bail to RJD chief.
4-Eminent lawyer Ram Jethmalani have filed have drafted the bail application. He had known as a smuglers’ Lawyer. He is one of the most experienced criminal lawyers.
But in case of Jayalalithaa, She was sentenced for 4 years and whooping amount of 100 crore as fine. Her followers were expecting a sentence of 3 years. Legal experts say that the order passed by the Special Court is unassailable one. The law states that if a person is convicted to a term of 3 years and below she is entitled to apply for bail before the Special Court itself. In an event of a sentence of above 3 years, the convicted person will need to approach a higher court in appeal and seek bail.
However, in the case of Jayalalithaa she will run a proxy government as her party is in power. Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2016 would be quite intriguing as DMK would take up this as one of the agendas during the period against AIADMK. On the contrary AIADMK might get sympathy by this too.
By Shrikrishna Iyer
Shiv Sena-BJP breakup: Breakups that the two parties can learn from
BJP-Sena split up has created much attention now. BJP and Shiv Sena parted their ways over seat sharing issue. Shiv Sena was the only party to share Hindutva ideology with BJP. Shiv Sena Chief Udhav Thackeray has taken a brave step to split away with BJP. However, Udhav compromised to offer BJP 130 seats and was adamant to not to accept 119 seats.
The breakup was greatly disappointing for Maharashtra as they expected that the alliance would win in this year assembly election.
It’s high time to get over with it the great tragedy and get some lessons from Bollywood and Business. There have been many such instances which broke up from their successful alliances and moved on. Although, in politics breakup would never last for long the best example is Nitish-Lalu Union. One can never predict that they would patch up again.
Salim-Javed ka zamana:
The duo worked in almost 24 films in the industry from 1971–1987 of which 20 films were successful in the box office. That time was even regarded as the Salim-Javed ka zamana the golden period in Bollywood. The duo composed of Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar, made the writer’s role more popular with their names appearing in the posters of the film and in some films they shared 25% of profits. Their partnership has lasted until 1982 due to ego clashes. However, they have worked even after their split-up in some films only because the script was written earlier.
Hrithik-Suzanne divorce:
The news of Hrithik- Suzanne divorce was shock for love-sick Indians. They were considered as the ideal couple for many. This divorce news grabbed more headline than any of his films put together and to add that the allegations that Suzanne khan has demanded 4000 crore in divorce settlements.
The Hero and Honda Split
It was difficult to digest that Hero and Honda have broke their ventures. Not many knew that Hero and Honda were two different entities. In 2010, Hero Motocorp Ltd broke up with Japan’s Honda and later in 2011, Hero took over Honda’s share and the Hero Motocorp Ltd. was born.
During Mayweather’s 20-year career, his opponents were apprehending about his prowess and his arrogance. He had a record of winning all matches and thereby becoming extravagantly rich. By defeating Manny Pacquiao, in a match that was branded as boxing’s ‘Fight of the Century’, he became even richer. Mayweather acquired Pacquiao’s World Boxing Organization welterWhat comes to your mind when you hear the name Bhatt? The Bhatts are known for their raunchy, steamy intimate scenes in their movies. The latest from the Bhatt camp, Alia Bhatt is following the same path of the Bhatt clan. Gone are the days, when actress would dither over the bold scenes. New generation actors have no objections to kissing scenes and intimate scenes. In retrospect, very few movies showed intimate scenes. Gradually, perceptions towards kissing changed and actors soon realised the need of going beyond the old ways of the character. (ALSO READ: Alia Bhatt Happy Birthday: 3 reasons why we love the hottie!)
Alia exuded her acting ability and proved she is equally good when it comes to intimate scenes. Alia certainly knows how to attract the audiences and get into the skin of the character. It is not a surprise that Alia is considered to be one of the desirable women among her male fans. Here are four steamy smooches by Alia Bhatt from her movies.
Student of the Year: Alia Bhatt debuted along with Sidharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan in the movie. Alia had a steamy lip-lock with Siddharth Malhotra which showed a fantastic chemistry between the duo. Alia played the character of a teenage girl confused between the two hot boys. She impressed audience for her performance in her very first movie.
2 States: Alia and Arjun Kapoor had stayed true to the character. Alia Bhatt and Arjun Kapoor have kissed several times which spiced up their fantastic chemistry. Alia and Arjun Kapoor had a passionate kiss which showed the coziness and sentimental love between them. The movie was based on Chetan Bhagat’s novel of the same name.
Highway: Abducted Alia, sensed the freedom and slowly she falls in love with Randeep Hooda, her captor. Alia and Randeep’s smooch demonstrated the moment of falling in love. Highway was a critically acclaimed film and the role pulled off by the actors was true to their characters.
Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania: Young lovers Alia and Varun Dhawan had a passionate love making scene. Alia kissed depressed Varun in the car. Even though the film received average reviews, the chemistry between Alia and Varun invoked the eternal romantic in us.
By Shrikrishna Iyer| Edited by Rishabh Chakravorty
Rajdeep Sardesai elucidates why Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP has betrayed the people of Delhi (Watch Full Video)
Shortly after Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) came to power with a landslide victory in the Delhi Assembly Elections 2015, it is in the news for all the wrong reasons. The Arvind Kejriwal-led party is on the brink of a breakup in Delhi. Last week, AAP’s dissident leaders Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan were ousted from the political affairs committee (PAC) citing that they were working against the party. Arvind Kejriwal, who holds the position of Delhi Chief Minister, alleged that Yadav and Bhushan had maligned the party’s reputation.
Senior journalist and Consulting Editor of India Today Group, Rajdeep Sardesai has uploaded a video on YouTube to share his opinion about AAP with the public. Sardesai says in the video, “AAP, known for its anti-corruption stand and its famous sting operations on corrupt politicians had itself been stung back.”
Sardesai implies that the self-proclaimed AAP is no different from other political parties. On the contrary, it has turned out to be just like the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Indian National Congress, with autocratic leadership of the political party. AAP has now started following the same old organisation structure of power flow from top management to the lower level where there is no place for dissident leaders.
Citing the credibility of AAP’s 49-day rule in Delhi in 2013, the city’s people had voted for the two-year-old party expecting that Kejriwal would deliver a Delhi model of governance. In his second innings as Delhi CM, Kejriwal has indulged in obnoxious behaviour with his teammates Yadav and Bhushan.
Sardesai opines that Kejriwal should focus on governance, as he has got a second chance to serve the people and meet the high expectations of Delhi citizens. Watch the video to know what Rajdeep Sardesai has to say on the current situation in AAP. (By Shri Krishna Iyer | Text edited by Shweta Parande)
#MayPac: Celebrities react to Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacqiao fight
Floyd Mayweather was known to have been living a lavish lifestyle with infamous outbursts of domestic violenweight world championship title and stretched his record to 48-0. Celebrities and athletes thronged the MGM Grand Garden and very few tickets were available for the public.
The bout was considered to have grabbed more eyeballs on TV than ever before in boxing history. The 38-year-old Mayweather, who owns an unblemished professional boxing record, thrashed Pacquiao for the welterweight world championship, winning through a unanimous decision thus adding to his World Boxing Association and World Boxing Council titles.
Mayweather says, “Manny Pacquiao is still a champion. He still has a lot left. I was the better man tonight — more calculated fighter, took my time, had patience.”
The celebrities took to twitter to express their support to Mayweather. Apparently, they had quite enjoyed the early sunday match.
#sundayselfie This ones for Manny. #pacman #maypac #fightofthecentury
Was on “moneys” side be4 the match but winning doesnt always make u a winner. Manny – RESPECT.
Thinking about getting diamond teeth speaking to the experts #JulioMartinez and #FloydMayweather’s…
Very good Kho kho match this was. #MayPac
2 great fighters tonight. Gonna be a great night. Let’s go Champ!
Money Fights Money. Pacquiao & Mayweather. Been yrs since such excitement for a fight maybe Tyson v Holyfield. Early Sunday totally worth it
We waited 5 years for that… #underwhelmed #MayPac
(By Shri Krishna Iyer | Text edited by Shweta Parande)
http://www.india.com/sports/maypac-celebrities-react-to-mayweather-pacqiao-fight-371752/
Taylor Swift named Global Recording Artist of the Year by IFPI
International Trade group IFPI has named Taylor Swift as the Global Recording Artist of the year. Late last year, Taylor Swift released her fifth album 1989 sold over 836 million copies worldwide and has also appeared in Billboard 200 Chart. Taylor Swift’s song ‘Blank space’ and ‘Shake It Off’ featured on the Hot 100 in the first place.
In IFPI’s 2013 list, the UK/Irish band One Direction’s latest studio album Four appeared on the billboard 200 chart has stepped down to second place in 2014′s chart. One direction released the album Four in November 2013 and reached the first place in Billboard 200 chart. The U.S album chart features the first four album of One Direction and became the first group to have their first four album debut leading the U.S. album chart.
Ed Sheeran captures the third place on the Billboard 200 chart. English singer/songwriter’s album X has been named as the most streamed album of the year. Coldplay, AC/DC, Michael Jackson, Pink Floyd, Sam Smith, Katy Perry and Beyonce attributed the remainder of the top 10 of the U.S chart.
Global Recording Artist chart is independently verified. Based on the sales of albums through the medium of digital, CD and vinyl formats including singles, both downloaded and physical on-demand audio streams and music videos, the Billboard 200 includes it in the chart. IFPI selects only the individual artists.
If the Frozen soundtrack had been recorded by a single artist, the international trade group notifies that the single would have been included in the chart.
Frances Moore, chief of IFPI congratulates Taylor Swift and said. “She merits this result as she is a hardworking and talented performer who has an amazing ability to connect with audiences worldwide. This IFPI award reflects the global popularity of recording artists across the diverse ways in which fans choose to listen to music today.”
(By Shri Krishna Iyer | Text edited by Shweta Parande)
http://www.india.com/showbiz/taylor-swift-named-global-recording-artist-of-the-year-by-ifpi-294616/
Jennifer Lawrence aka Mystique to exit from X-Men franchise
It is heartbreaking news for Jennifer Lawrence’s fans to hear about one of their favorite characters’ final presence in the X-Men franchise. The blue-skinned mutant, Mystique ends her presence with X-Men Apocalypse. Jennifer Lawrence has confirmed during her premiere of her new film Serena at the red carpet that her presence in X-men Apocalypse would be her last in the film franchise. X-Men Apocalypse slated to release on May 27, 2016. The Hunger Games actress said to MTV News, “It is my last one, actually.” [Read: MTV Movie Awards 2015: Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Stone top the nominees list]
Earlier, Nicholas Hoult, who played the character of Beast in X-Men: First Class and X-Men: Days of Future Past, had divulged of discontinuation with the movie, although he said that he wouldn’t reject the offer to return for a future project. Following Nicholas, Lawrence would be the second X-Men cast member to part her ways with the franchise. [Read: Jennifer Lawrence roped in for Steven Spielberg’s next!]
Possibly, X-Men: Days of Future Past‘s director Bryan Singer would direct X-Men: Apocalypse. Bryan has constructed the characters in a way to turn-over any potential cast characters like Storm, Cyclops and Jean Grey rejoined the superhero franchise in the movie. Likewise, Mystique’s character wouldn’t be dropped from the movie because of Lawrence parting from X-Men franchise. In the original X-Men trilogy, Rebecca Romijn played the character of Mystique while Lawrence was the second actress to appear in the series as the blue mutant. [Read: Jennifer Lawrence to romance Chris Pratt in sci-fi love story]
By Shrikrishna Iyer
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Swine Flu alert for Holi 2015: How to protect yourself from H1N1 this Holi
Splashing colours on each other and greeting everyone you see with a ‘Happy Holi’, devouring scrumptious dish especially made for the occasion, and generally having a good time – these things are symbolic of Holi. The festival is celebrated to embrace the beginning of spring. Regarded as the festival of colours, celebrating Holi with healthy, natural colours is the way to be. But Holi 2015 could be more dangerous. It seems Holi parties are going to be hit, as being a part of a crowd of people celebrating with colours will be risky this year. The weather is cold and swine flu is spreading like wildfire throughout the country. Also known as the H1N1 virus, this disease has snuffed down a plethora of victims this year and the last in India.
Harmful effects of Holi colours on your skin
Generally too, Holi is getting increasingly hazardous every year. The colours used to splash on each other in a friendly manner are unsafe, as they contain chemicals that can affect your skin. Chemical colours can cause itching and make the skin dry, allowing the colour to penetrate easily and not be removed properly post Holi.
Natural, herbal and skin-friendly colours would be the safest way to celebrate the festival. A recent study concluded that among the artificial colours, green comes from a chemical known as copper sulphate, purple from chromium iodide, silver from aluminium bromide and black from lead oxide. Also, the shimmering variety of colours are the product of powdered glass being added to them.
Holi colours could cause respiratory infections
Besides, the harmful colours can give rise to respiratory infections. Chemical colours could also lead to discolouration, dermatitis, abrasion, swelling of skin with puss formation, and other skin ailments. More importantly, if the chemical content is concentrated then it may affect cause the skin to bleed.
The government has issued a warning in the interest of the public to stay away from colours that consist of harmful chemical components. Nitin S Walia, senior consultant, dermatology, at the capital’s B L K Super Specialty Hospital revealed to IANS, “Colours used during Holi were originally derived from nature but these days, synthetic dyes that have toxic effects are more in vogue, especially among the young generation. This has led to an increasing number of skin-related problems after the festival.”
How to protect yourself from Swine Flu this Holi
If the problem of skin disease and simple lung infection wasn’t enough, the stinging dagger of swine flu is on everyone’s heads this Holi. Swine flu is an infectious disease that can be passed on through human contact. To avoid immediate contact with anyone in Holi 2015, try and not engage in crowds as far as possible.
Wearing a surgical mask will spoil the fun, so go traditional and greet others with a simple folding of hands and Namaste instead of shaking hands with your friends and hugging them. Overall, try and be in a clean environment this Holi. Easier said than done, but it is better to take precaution rather than repent with a swine flu virus later. (ALSO READ: Swine Flu H1N1: Signs, symptoms, diagnosis and prevention of the deadly H1N1 virus)
Heath department officials said the cold and wet weather is tending to spread the H1N1 virus in public gatherings during Holi this weekend, and this could only result in escalation of swine flu cases if caution is not maintained. (By Shri Krishna Iyer| Edited by Shweta Parande)
Xiaomi to launch world’s thinnest smartphone on January 15 at 2 pm in Beijing #MiLaunch115
UPDATE: Xiaomi Mi Note Pro, Mi Box mini and Headphones launched | Xiaomi Mi Note flagship phone launched; Mi 5 not on the cards yet
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi created an event on its Facebook page two days ago with the hashtag #MiLaunch115 for its flagship launch on January 15 at 2 pm in Beijing. The event description reads: “Come join Mi for #MiLaunch115 as we unveil our new flagship device right here with live updates direct from the product launch event in Beijing.”
Xiaomi also tweeted about the product on Monday, January 12, but few details have been revealed. According to 9to5google.com, a research note from KGI states that Xiaomi is coming up with a new Android smartphone on January 15 that features a thin form. Xiaomi says the new smartphone is, “as thin as a cicada’s wings”. ALSO SEE: Xiaomi Redmi 1S: 50,000 phones out of stock in seconds!
The company has also revealed a teaser video which is based on riddles that asks Xiaomi fans to guess the features of the forthcoming flagship device. The three riddles read: “as __ as Paper, the ___ the better, and as __ as bell”. The device will be as thin and lightweight as paper. It will also sport a big display and loudspeakers.
The KGI note says that the smartphone could be called the ‘Xiaomi MI 4S’ or ‘Xiaomi MI 5′, which apparently has a more advance camera over the Apple iPhone 6. The Xiaomi flagship phone could feature a 13MP camera with optical stabilisation and a dual-tone dual-LED flash. The smartphone’s hardware also reportedly could feature a 64-bit Octa-core Snapdragon 615 processor (1.5GHz), along with an Adreno 306 GPU. It will boast of 2GB RAM and 16GB/32GB internal storage.
But according to rumours in tech circles, Xiaomi’s latest handset to be revealed on January 15 would be the Xiaomi Note 2. Apparently, the handset would feature a 5.7 inch in-cell touch panel display similar to that of the Apple iPhone6. The battery would be 3000mAh.
Recently, Xiaomi took over LG to become the third largest smartphone maker in the world.
By Shrikrishna Iyer | Edited by Shweta Parande
Flipkart #BigBillionDay sale #Fail on Twitter: What went wrong with the Mega Sale?
The Flipkart’s Big Billion Day sale started on Monday at 8.am and since then customers were hooked to the site to buy the products from the e-commerce site. Although Flipkart promised huge discounts and exciting deals on all its seventy categories such as appliances, books, toys, mobiles, laptops, cameras, clothes, shoes, bags and watches, the consumers were disappointed. Customers claimed that the prices of the product were inflated and the discounts offered are not genuine. Customers vented out their anger on social media as they got disappointed when they were unable to make the purchase despite several attempts due to some server problems. They accused that Flipkart, is swindling by increasing the price of the product to 100% and then offering a discount on product pages and when customers went on to buy the product; web page is redirected, showing 404 errors.
They even claimed that Flipkart discounted price which were advertised in the newspapers were not displayed on the websites. This first started trending in Facebook last night, posting alleging increase in prices by Flipkart went viral. One of the consumers Geetansh Arora took to Facebook and posted that “So they have increased the price now and tomorrow they will sell it in deals for big billion days. Dear flipkart.com, we are not stupid.” He posted a photograph appended which showed the price of the microwave oven had increased by nearly Rs 5000 just before the Big Billion Day sale.
Currently, #BigBillionDay is trending on social media and customers are sharing their grievances on microbogging websites namely Twitter and Facebook.
About two weeks ago Flipkart had launched an ad campaign for the ‘Big Billion Day’, as a sale and it was expected to be the equivalent of the heavily-discounted Black Friday sale in the US which was held the day after Thanksgiving. The company had said it would run deep discounts across 70 categories. The Bangalore-based company had also said that it has enhanced its technology capabilities, inventory, and supply-chain capacities.
Just compared Amazon to the #BigBillionDay “Sale”. Cheaper on Amazon. Sale, my ass! pic.twitter.com/Z7ymQUhwHo
— Mihir Bijur (@MihirBijur) October 6, 2014
#AmbushMarketing this morning on Flipkart’s Big Billion Day! Clever. #BigBillionDay #Flipkart @snapdeal pic.twitter.com/Gkxq6ImxG7
By Shrikrishna Iyer
Top 4 reasons why Jayalalithaa may get bail in disproportionate assets case
The Karnataka High court will hear Jayalalithaa’s application seeking immediate bail and suspension of conviction and jail sentence in the disproportionate assets case on 1 October. Eminent criminal lawyer Ram Jethmalani has come at the resue for Jayalalithaa. Jethmalani have drafted the bail application stating Jayalalithaa’s medical condition. Jethmalani have stated in Jayalalithaa’s interlocutory petition for bail that she has suffered a lot in the past 18 years and now she is suffering from diabetes and high blood pressure. He has also stated that there is no connection with the subscriptions made to Jaya publications one of the 32 companies that figures in the company.
Top four reasons that Jayalalithaa may get a bail:
1-Om Prakash Chautala, who was a chief minister of Haryana from 24 July 1999 to 4 March 2005. He was charged in June 2008 in connection with the appointment of 3,206 junior teachers in Haryana in 1999-2000, and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in January 2013. He got bail on september this year for medical reasons.
2-Similarly in 2011, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa was charged for corruption which forced him to step down from the Chief Minister post. Annoyed by that he quit BJP and formed his own KJP in 2012. In the May 2013 assembly elections, the KJP got 10 per cent of the votes, and the BJP lost power in the state. On December 2012, CBI court granted bail to former chief minister.
3-Lalu Prasad Yadav had to step down as Chief Minister in 1997 as he was charged for Fodder scam. Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Prasad Yadav installed his wife, Rabri Devi as CM and the party went on to win another election. She remained in office till 2005. Last year, Yadav was convicted in fodder scam due to this he lost his Lok Sabha membership. The Supreme Court on december 2013 granted bail to RJD chief.
4-Eminent lawyer Ram Jethmalani have filed have drafted the bail application. He had known as a smuglers’ Lawyer. He is one of the most experienced criminal lawyers.
But in case of Jayalalithaa, She was sentenced for 4 years and whooping amount of 100 crore as fine. Her followers were expecting a sentence of 3 years. Legal experts say that the order passed by the Special Court is unassailable one. The law states that if a person is convicted to a term of 3 years and below she is entitled to apply for bail before the Special Court itself. In an event of a sentence of above 3 years, the convicted person will need to approach a higher court in appeal and seek bail.
However, in the case of Jayalalithaa she will run a proxy government as her party is in power. Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2016 would be quite intriguing as DMK would take up this as one of the agendas during the period against AIADMK. On the contrary AIADMK might get sympathy by this too.
By Shrikrishna Iyer
Shiv Sena-BJP breakup: Breakups that the two parties can learn from
BJP-Sena split up has created much attention now. BJP and Shiv Sena parted their ways over seat sharing issue. Shiv Sena was the only party to share Hindutva ideology with BJP. Shiv Sena Chief Udhav Thackeray has taken a brave step to split away with BJP. However, Udhav compromised to offer BJP 130 seats and was adamant to not to accept 119 seats.
The breakup was greatly disappointing for Maharashtra as they expected that the alliance would win in this year assembly election.
It’s high time to get over with it the great tragedy and get some lessons from Bollywood and Business. There have been many such instances which broke up from their successful alliances and moved on. Although, in politics breakup would never last for long the best example is Nitish-Lalu Union. One can never predict that they would patch up again.
Salim-Javed ka zamana:
The duo worked in almost 24 films in the industry from 1971–1987 of which 20 films were successful in the box office. That time was even regarded as the Salim-Javed ka zamana the golden period in Bollywood. The duo composed of Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar, made the writer’s role more popular with their names appearing in the posters of the film and in some films they shared 25% of profits. Their partnership has lasted until 1982 due to ego clashes. However, they have worked even after their split-up in some films only because the script was written earlier.
Hrithik-Suzanne divorce:
The news of Hrithik- Suzanne divorce was shock for love-sick Indians. They were considered as the ideal couple for many. This divorce news grabbed more headline than any of his films put together and to add that the allegations that Suzanne khan has demanded 4000 crore in divorce settlements.
The Hero and Honda Split
It was difficult to digest that Hero and Honda have broke their ventures. Not many knew that Hero and Honda were two different entities. In 2010, Hero Motocorp Ltd broke up with Japan’s Honda and later in 2011, Hero took over Honda’s share and the Hero Motocorp Ltd. was born.
