With 100 days until the start of the Winter Olympics, Beijing is promising a "simple and safe" 2022 Games - although preparations are anything but simple as China readies to host thousands of athletes and personnel as it battles COVID-19 flare-ups.
'When Ajitsaab pronounced the word lion in his own, unique way, I retained it.' 'And so, 'lion' became 'loin' and my dialogue attained cult status after the film's release.'
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
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Security measures have been heightened in view of the violence in the previous phases, particularly the death of five people in Cooch Behar in the fourth phase of polling on April 10, an Election Commission official said.
The speed at which he led the central bank in different areas -- ranging from internal reorganisation to inflation fighting, stabilising the currency, taking on rogue corporations, cleaning up bank balance sheets, and opening the sector -- makes one believe that Rajan knew he had only three years to do his job. A fascinating excerpt from Tamal Bandyopadhyay's MUST-READ Roller Coaster: An Affair with Banking.
Thank heavens for these images! From a mesmerizing panorama of the aurora borealis in Iceland to a beautiful image of Comet Neowise, the Royal Observatory's annual Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition has again produced some truly astounding images. Run by the Royal Observatory Greenwich in London in association with BBC Sky at Night Magazine and now in its thirteenth year, the competition this year received over 4,500 entries from around the world. The competition winners will be announced on September 16 at an online award ceremony, and displayed in London's National Maritime Museum that same month. Here's our favourite images from this year's batch.
Kaykasshan Patel's husband Arif Patel passed away, He was 47.
'J'One of the reasons Jim Comey was fired was because he wouldn't pledge loyalty to Trump, which meant that whatever Trump is hiding would be dismissed or the investigations will be stopped.'
Sukanya Verma offers tons of horror and some happy stuff too on OTT this week.
Star India shuttler PV Sindhu was stunned by North Eastern Warriors' Michelle Li in straight games as former champions Hyderabad Hunters' made a disappointing start to its home leg of the Premier Badminton League in Hyderabad on Wednesday. World champion Sindhu suffered an 8-15, 9-15 defeat against World No 10 Canadian Li in a lop-sided women's singles contest.
Actor-politician Urmila Matondkar on Sunday said she has bought a new office with her 'hard-earned money' after Kangana Ranaut took a dig at the purchase, linking it with her joining Shiv Sena.
Former NFL great Lawrence Taylor was charged on Thursday with third-degree rape of a 16-year-old girl brought to him in a New York suburb by a pimp, and could face up to four years in prison.
Fun pictures from the sets of Ayushmann Khurrana and Vaani Kapoor's new film!
'We were working on a scene just last month. He left so early. This is not fair God. It's a difficult time. Farewell Amit.'
'Here we're exploring a different relationship which is better, cooler.'
Incredible images depicting the scientific world give a beautiful insight into the academic world. A shortlist of images from the Royal Photographic Society's science photographer of the year competition has been released and includes images from the macroscopic to the microscopic. The winning images will be revealed in October to coincide with the opening of the free exhibition. The Science Photographer of the Year exhibition will run at the Science Museum from October 7-January 5.
Wherever Bollywood celebs go, the cameras follow.
'My ethnicity has been my biggest struggle in the industry, a setback in getting me work.'
'Now we are giving them a reason to pick up hockey, play the game and make the country more proud than this'
Sushant Singh Rajput was cremated in the presence of family and friends.
It means more tickets sold and therefore more revenues and hastens the recovery of the devastated-by-the-pandemic film business.
Just what do actors *do* the whole day?
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
'Stop showing off your star power because there is nothing called star power.' 'The power is only in the script.' 'If you are getting a good script, 'Chup chaap le lo!''
'There was so much grace, depth and serenity in him.'
'He is a perennially positive guy.' 'He is generous with advice and never petty about anything.'
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I don't think Rahul Mukerjea once referred to Sheena as killed or murdered and always referred to it as her disappearance. It felt like he still used the word 'disappear' because killed had a finality to it that he didn't want to face.
'I had to jump from the ninth floor, breaking through the glass. The timing went wrong and instead of landing on my feet, I landed on my head. People thought I was dead, but I stood up.'
An unlikely romance, a terrible tragedy, a search for a fairy tale, a witch in the making and a legally dead guy fighting to reclaim his life, Sukanya Verma recommends all this on OTT this week.
It is to Vajpayee's credit that he told Dilip Kumar to ignore Thackeray and to follow his own conscience. But the episode -- as indeed, the manner in which Dilip Kumar has been made to pay for being a Muslim throughout his life -- shames us all as Indians, says Vir Sanghvi.
Shatrughan Sinha, Shabana Azmi laud the move.
