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12 Nov

Mirzapur renewed for a third season

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After the resounding success of Mirzapur Season 2, the makers and the streaming platform have renewed the web series for a third season. As per Amazon Prime Video, almost 50% of the audience finished watching the show’s second season in just two days. It has also become the most-watched show on the OTT platform within just seven days of its release. On the success of the second season, producer Ritesh Sidhwani said, “The show’s massive fandom and the viewers’ magnitude of love towards the new season was seen through reactions on social media within days of its release, and we…

12 Nov

Flipkart partners with SafeGold

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Flipkart has partnered with SafeGold to make investing in Digital Gold available to millions of customers. Customers can buy 99.5 per cent pure, 24 karat gold, starting from as low as Rs. 10 on the Flipkart app, providing a transparent and efficient way of buying gold online. Leveraging technology, Flipkart will enable investing in gold, buying and selling it in a seamless manner helping reach millions of customers in metros and across the country including tier 3 cities and beyond. Investing in Digital Gold is convenient and cost-effective and gives customers the option to buy gold in either rupee or…

12 Nov

L&T to construct longest road bridge over the Brahmaputra

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As the lowest bidder at Rs 3166-Crore, Larsen & Toubro is going to construct a 20 km, 4-lane road bridge across the River Brahmaputra from Dhubri to Phulbari on NH 127B for the National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. The bridge will connect two eastern states - Assam and Meghalaya. It will be the longest road bridge (18.36 km) over a river in the country. The project is being financed by JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency). National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) is the executing agency. Expected to be completed by 2026-27 the four-lane bridge will be…

12 Nov

Maruti Suzuki’s sixth BS6 compliant S-CNG vehicle

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In line with the company’s Mission Green Million announced at Auto Expo 2020, Maruti Suzuki India Limited launched BS6 compliant S-CNG variant of Super Carry. Maruti Suzuki Super Carry is the first light commercial vehicle to upgrade to BS6 engine. Having already sold one million green vehicles (including CNG, Smart Hybrid vehicles), Maruti Suzuki, under its ‘Mission Green Million’, aims to sell the next one million green vehicles in the next couple of years, spearheading their mass adoption across the country. Maruti Suzuki S-CNG vehicles are equipped with dual interdependent ECUs (Electronic Control Units) and intelligent injection system. Vehicles are…

12 Nov

Sony launches new Bravia TV

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Sony introduced the new 4K HDR OLED televisions A8H series in India. The A8HOLED TV is available in164 cm (65) in a very slim form factor. The TV is powered by self-illuminating pixels which are precisely and individually controlled by the picture processor X1 Ultimate. It provides crisp, high-contrast and true-to-life picture. This processor showing amazing versatility also scales up SD (Standard Definition) and HD (High Definition) content to near 4K picture quality. The high-powered processor in this 4K OLED TV creates a beautiful picture in total harmony with sound, all from a stunning one-slate design. With Pixel Contrast Booster,…

12 Nov

Best gift for this Diwali – almonds

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During Diwali, instead of regular options, people should look at more thoughtful and mindful gifts like healthy and nutritious foods like Almonds. Almonds are known to be the gift of good health, as they provide a variety of benefits across heart health, diabetes and weight management. Bollywood actress, Soha Ali Khan, said, “The first item on my list of Diwali gifts is almonds as they contain a variety of nutrients.” Well-known Fitness and Celebrity Master Instructor, Yasmin Karachiwala said, “Almond is a great gift to share with friends and loved ones.” Ritika Samaddar, the Regional Head-Dietetics, Max Healthcare – Delhi, “My…

10 Nov

Actor Tamannaah Bhatia announces first Telugu web series

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Tamannaah Bhatia is all set to star in her first Telugu web series. Titled 11th Hour, the show will premiere on streaming service aha. Tamannaah’s look in the web series and the title logo was unveiled on Monday in Hyderabad. The actor, director Praveen Sattaru, writer-producer Pradeep U and aha promoter Allu Aravind were present at the launch event. 11th Hour is an adaptation of a novel titled 8 Hours. Talking about the web series at the launch event, Tamannaah Bhatia said, “11th Hour is the first story that I heard during the lockdown, and it is a script with…

10 Nov

India’s most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim’s six properties auctioned today

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Six properties of underworld don and India's most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim at his ancestral place Ratnagiri were auctioned by the Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Authority (SAFEMA) on Tuesday. While four of the properties were successfully bid by Delhi-based lawyer Bhupendra Bhardwaj in the virtual auction held today, the other two bids were won by advocate Ajay Srivastava. "We had an excellent response in the auction. The six properties at Ratnagiri and Goregaon have been sold. While four bids were won by Bhupendra Bharadwaj, two were won by Ajay Shrivastava," SAFEMA Additional Commissioner RN D'Souza told…

09 Nov

Stand-up comedian Rajeev Nigam’s son Devraj passes away

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Rajeev Nigam’s son Devraj has passed away. Rajeev took to Facebook to share that Devraj died on the comedian’s birthday on Sunday. “What a surprise birthday gift… mera beta devraj aaj mujhe chod ke chala gaya.. bina birthday cake kaate… pagle aisa gift koi deta hai….,” wrote a heartbroken Rajeev alongside a picture of himself and Devraj. Rajeev Nigam, who rose to fame with the Great Indian Laughter Challenge, was later seen in Har Shaakh Per Ullu Baithaa Hai.

09 Nov

Narendra Modi gifts Rs 614 crore projects to Varanasi ahead of Diwali

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation of 30 projects worth Rs 614 crore in Varanasi via video conferencing on Monday, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said on Sunday. At a press conference on Sunday, Kashi region BJP president Mahesh Chandra Srivastava said that PM Modi will inaugurate 16 schemes worth over Rs 219 crore and lay the foundation of 14 projects worth over Rs 394 core. BJP unit chief in Uttar Pradesh Swatantra Dev Singh and four ministers will attend the ceremony at different venues in the city, he said. Srivastava said the transformation taking…