The queen of hearts Deepika Padukone talks about women centric films, working with Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the secret behind her ever smiling face and a lot more in an exclusive conversation with Nidhi Kumari of Indus Age. Excerpts: The Indian cinema industry is witnessing women centric films that are doing extremely well. And you have featured in many […]
Viacom18 Motion Pictures announced 25th January, 2018 as the worldwide release date of ‘Padmaavat’. Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, ‘Padmaavat’ is the first Indian film that will have a global IMAX 3D release. Starring Deepika Padukone as Rani Padmavati, Shahid Kapoor as Maharawal Ratan Singh & Ranveer Singh as Alauddin Khilji, the film will also […]
The cases of sexual harassment and assault are rife in the UN offices around the world, with offenders enjoying impunity in a culture of flawed grievance system, a media report said on Friday. Of the employees interviewed, 15 said they had experienced or reported sexual harassment or assault within the past five years, and alleged […]
US President Donald Trump has appeared to undercut his party’s attempts to reach a budget deal with Democrats, on the eve of a possible government shutdown. In a tweet, the Republican president criticised a sweetener added to the spending bill by congressional leaders to win Democratic lawmakers’ votes, BBC reported on Thursday. The White House […]
Apple and Google have been forced to reroute their shuttles ferrying employee after the vehicles were attacked with either pellet guns or rocks several times on the way to office. According to a report in Slate Magazine on Friday, six buses operated by these tech companies to shuttle employees to their offices have been attacked […]
To provide safe and plentiful energy for future robotic and human missions for Mars and beyond, NASA is conducting experiments on Kilopower — a small nuclear reactor that can generate a reliable power supply. This pioneering space fission power system could provide up to 10 kilowatts of electrical power — enough to run two average […]
There was a dense fog cover over the city on Friday as the air-quality turned severe. The minimum temperature was recorded at 7.4 degrees Celsius, the season’s average. The humidity at 8.30 a.m. was 100 per cent, causing the sudden spike in the pollution levels. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) told IANS that the sky […]
Minimum temperatures throughout the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh region dropped several notches below the freezing point on Friday. The Met said the cold wave will continue till Sunday. At minus 20, Kargil was the coldest town in Jammu and Kashmir followed by Leh at minus 13.8. The 40-day long harsh winter of ‘Chillai Kalan’ would […]
North Korea has accused the US of plotting to provoke another Korean War by convening a foreign ministers’ meeting in Vancouver, Canada. “The US, in collusion with Canada, created the scene of war simulation by summoning the foreign ministers’ meeting of the countries participated in the Korean War,” Xinhua quoted an official from the North […]
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has re-launched its search to catch four hijackers of the Pan Am Flight 73, almost 32 years after the failed attempt at Karachi airport. “No matter how much time has passed or the obstacles we encounter, we owe it to the victims and their families to never give […]