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Former Indian cricket team batter Gautam Gambhir has been a big follower of healthy lifestyle and over the years, he has openly talked about his strict diet and fitness regime. The left-hander once again reiterated his commitment to a heavy lifestyle while answering a question from a fan on social media. During a Q&A session on X (formerly known as Twitter), a fan enquired about the secret behind Gambhir's sharp memory and he was quick to respond - "Healthy boring diet. No alcohol, no smoking".
Meanwhile, India's dream of winning a Test series in South Africa for the first time was ended inside three days as they crashed to an innings and 32 runs defeat at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Thursday.
With the series consisting of only two matches they can at best earn a share of the honours if they win the second Test starting in Cape Town on Wednesday.
India had no answer to South Africa's pace attack as they crashed to 131 all out in their second innings, after conceding a 163-run first innings lead.
A day which started with the match evenly poised turned into a rout for the tourists.
Dean Elgar (185) and Marco Jansen (84 not out) transformed a slender 11-run lead for South Africa at the start of play into a strong position.
They shared a 111-run sixth wicket partnership as South Africa took an overnight 256 for five to 408 all out despite the absent of injured captain Temba Bavuma.
Virat Kohli hit an aggressive 76 for India before he was last man out but the rest of the batting collapsed against South Africa's fast bowlers on a lively pitch.
The second innings lasted just 34.1 overs. Kohli hit 12 fours and a six in an 82-ball innings. Shubman Gill made 26 but no other batsman scored more than six.
The Indian Navy has stepped up surveillance in the north and central Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden following frequent security incidents on merchant vessels sailing through international shipping lanes.
Naval task groups comprising destroyers and frigates have been deployed to undertake maritime security operations and help merchant vessels in case of any incident, the navy said in a statement today.
The navy said it is also working closely with the Coast Guard to check new security risks in the Indian Ocean.
As the ancient city of Ayodhya takes centre stage for various development projects, including the opening of an international airport, NDTV caught up with historian Lalit Mishra who explained how Ayodhya underwent several reconstructions under different dynasties.
राममंदिर प्राण प्रतिष्ठा की तैयारी पूरे जोर-शोर से चल रही है. मंदिर के गर्भगृह में कौन सी मूर्ति लगाई जाएगी, इस पर आज ट्रस्ट की बैठख में फैसला किया जाएगा. पीएम मोदी कल अयोध्या पहुंचेंगे, जहां पीएम कई परियोजनाओं का शिलान्यास करेंगे. इसी बारे में ज्यादा बता रहे हैं रणवीर सिंह
Recognising the potential for socio-economic transformation through skill development, Usha has joined hands with various government bodies over the years to establish Usha Silai Schools in rural areas. The collaboration between Usha International and government bodies underscores a shared commitment to fostering grassroots-level development and promoting inclusive growth.
प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी विकसित भारत संकल्प यात्रा के लाभार्थियों से आज बातचीत करेंगे. इस कार्यक्रम में कई केंद्रीय मंत्री, BJP के सांसद और विधायक भी बड़ी संख्या में जुड़ेंगे. विकसित भारत संकल्प यात्रा का मकसद सरकार की महत्वाकांक्षी योजनाएं का लाभ लाभार्थियों तक वक्त के भीतर पहुंचाना है. केंद्रीय मंत्री मीनाक्षी लेखी ने रवीश रंजन संग बातचीत में क्या कहा, यहां देखिए.
राम जन्मभूमि मंदिर के उद्घाटन के लिए विभिन्न दलों के नेताओं को भी न्योता भेजा गया है. लेकिन लेफ्ट पार्टी ने कहा कि वो इसमें शामिल नहीं होने जा रही है. सीपीएम नेता बृंदा करात ने इस बारे में जानकारी देते हुए क्या कहा, यहां देखिए.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asserted that "all Hamas terrorists, from the first to the last, are dead men. They have only two options: surrender or die." This comes amid continuing alarm over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the UN declaring "catastrophic" hunger levels with thousands at the risk of famine. But Hamas' latest statement has put the Israeli government in a difficult position. This, as the international community is increasingly turning against Israel's ongoing military onslaught in Gaza - in large part due to growing civilian deaths and the humanitarian crisis. NDTV's Parmeshwar Bawa reports.
An old video of Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton scaring a tiger has resurfaced on social media. In the clip, the British driver could be seen approaching the tiger from back. Meanwhile, the tiger, totally unaware of what was happening behind, walks comfortably before he stops and stares at the people standing in front of him. This is when Hamilton touches the tiger on his back with the animal getting surprised. The act left everyone in splits as the tiger flipped on the floor, visibly scared.
Former Formula One world champion Jenson Button says his old teammate Lewis Hamilton needs "the right car" to return to the front of the grid next season with Red Bull favourites again to clean up in 2024.
For the second year running, Mercedes driver Hamilton failed to win a grand prix as Max Verstappen won 19 of the 22 races with Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez taking two of the other three.
"Red Bull are going to be at the front again next year," Button told AFP.
"They had a strong car this year and they've been able to work on next year's car.
"The thing is, if you just look at the results of the race, you go 'Oh Max Verstappen won again' but when you actually watch the races, there have been some amazing races this year.
"Max hasn't had it all his own way. He's come out on top in the end but there have been some great fights this season.
"I have enjoyed the year. Would I like more people winning? Yes of course. But it's just not happened."
Button, who has just announced a return to full-time racing in 2024 with the World Endurance Championship, knows a thing or two about domination having won six of the first seven races in 2009, a start that launched him to the title with Brawn.
And he has an admiration for the single-mindedness with which Verstappen set about his business.
"I think Max has done such an amazing job," said Button.
"He's not put a foot wrong. He's obviously driving a good car, you don't win without a good car, but you've just got to compare him to where his teammate was most races. It's a big difference.
"Going into 2024, Red Bull are still the favourites but I think the other teams will be a bit closer.
"It's not going to be easy to beat Max in a Red Bull if his head is in the right place."
BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who had resigned as the wrestling body chief amid charges of sexual assault, today defended the newly elected leadership's decision to hold a national event in his stronghold.
Retro gaming enthusiasts can now play titles from consoles like NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, Game Boy, and others with the new Anbernic Gaming Console RG35XX. On the latest episode of Gadgets 360 with Technical Guruji, we take a look at this retro handheld gaming device that sports a vivid display and a gamepad that supports easy controls for various play styles. Here's everything you need to know about the handheld emulator that offers expandable storage that lets you carry your games everywhere you go.
जम्मू-कश्मीर के पुंछ जिले में बृहस्पतिवार को हथियारों से लैस आतंकवादियों द्वारा सेना के दो वाहनों पर घात लगाकर किए गए हमले में पांच सैनिकों के शहीद होने तथा दो अन्य के घायल होने के बाद सुरक्षा बलों ने शुक्रवार को इलाके के वन क्षेत्र में व्यापक घेराबंदी और तलाशी अभियान शुरू किया. एक अधिकारी ने कहा कि इलाके की हवाई निगरानी भी की जा रही है और आतंकवादियों का पता लगाने के लिए श्वान दस्ते को भी लगाया गया है.
आम आदमी पार्टी और बीजेपी के बीच की खींचतान कम होती नहीं दिख रही. अब एक बार फिर से बीजेपी नेता संबित पात्रा ने दिल्ली सीएम अरविंद केजरीवाल को घेरा है. संबित पात्रा ने कहा कि कहां भागोंगे, कानून के हाथ बड़े लंबे होते हैं. केजरीवाल पर निशाना साधते हुए संबित पात्रा ने और क्या कहा, यहां देखिए.
शाहरुख खान फिल्म डंकी बड़े पर्दे पर आज रिलीज हुई. इस फिल्म को लेकर फैंस में गजब का उत्साह देखने को मिल रहा है. मुंबई में डंकी की रिलीज पर कई जगह जश्न का माहौल देखने को मिला. फैंस एक-दूजे से डंकी फिल्म को देखने की गुजारिश करते नजर आए.
देश में कोरोना के बढ़ते मामलों ने फिर से चिंता बढ़ा दी है. अकेले केरल में 20 दिसंबर को कोरोना के 300 एक्टिव मामले दर्ज किए गए. जिसके बाद देशभर में कोरोना के एक्टिव मामलों की कुल संख्या 2500 के पार पहुंच गई. वहीं डब्ल्यूएचओ ने भी कोरोना के नए वेरिएंट पर ध्यान देने की सलाह दी.
लोकसभा चुनाव अब ज्यादा दूर नहीं है, ऐसे में भारतीय जनता पार्टी ने अपनी कमर कस ली है. जानकारी के मुताबिक पीएम मोदी प्रचार की कमान संभालेंगे. इस दौरान पीएम कई राज्यों का दौरा करेंगे. लोकसभा चुनाव में अब केवल तीन महीने का वक्त बचा है.
On the suspension of 92 Opposition MPs from parliament, NCP MP Supriya Sule says, "We were just asking for a reply (from the government on Parliament security breach incident) and a discussion in the House. This is an important issue but the government is running away from a discussion on it."
Four suspected terrorists, three allegedly involved in a targeted attack on a J&K police constable in Srinagar last week, have been arrested in Srinagar and Pulwama. The arrests come as part of the ongoing manhunt against terror suspects by police and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir. The constable was injured after being fired upon by the terrorists at his home.
Animal star Triptii Dimri has been stealing the limelight and how. The actor, who has become the "National Crush" after her role in Animal, shared two reel videos on her Instagram story. In the videos, Triptii can be seen dancing to Bole Chudiyan and Ghagra. The first song is from Karan Johar's directorial Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. The second song is from Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone's Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. The videos were presuambly from Triptii's close friend's wedding festivities.
Triptii has actively been sharing her looks from her friend's wedding festivities. In her latest post, Triptii shared images in which she can be seen rocking a cut-out gown. Ditching any caption, Triptii only dropped christmas tree emojis in the caption section. Take a look:
Triptii Dimri, who also faced flak for her intimate scenes with Ranbir Kapoor in Animal, said she was "taken aback" by the reactions. Speaking to ETimes, Triptii said, "Honestly, the scene is getting a lot of criticism and it did disturb me initially, because I'm someone who has hardly faced criticism. I was also taken aback. But then, I sat myself down and I thought about it. Nobody forced me to become an actor. I wanted to do it because I found it exciting. And as I started doing it, the characters that I played, started healing a part of me. And I started having fun with the process."
Triptii Dimri played the titular Laila in the Sajid Ali-directed Laila Majnu. She also starred in the 2017 film Poster Boys. She also featured in the Netflix original Bulbbul. Last year, the actress starred in Netflix's Qala, co-starring Babil Khan. She will next be seen in Raaj Shaandilyaa's Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video, co-starring Rajkummar Rao. She also has Anand Tiwari's Mere Mehboob Mere Sanam with Vicky Kaushal in the line-up.
बॉलीवुड फिल्मों में कई ऐसे कमाल के बाल कलाकारों ने काम किया है. जिन्होंने अपने किरदार से दर्शकों का दिल लिया है. सेट्स पर बाल कलाकारों का संघर्ष बाकियों से अलग होता है. डॉक्यु-सीरीज फर्स्ट एक्ट (First Act) में बॉलीवुड (Bollywood) और टीवी इंडस्ट्री के बाल कलाकारों के सफर को दिखाया गया है. इस डॉक्यूमेंट्री में और क्या खास है, अमोल गुप्ते और दीपा भाटिया ने प्रशांत संग खास बातचीत में बताया.
The one news that has been making the headlines in Indian cricket since Friday is the appointment of Hardik Pandya as the new Mumba Indians captain in place of Rohit Sharma. While Hardik Pandya has earlier led Gujarat Titans to two successive IPL finals, winning one of them, Rohit Sharma has been one of the most successful captains in the history of the T20 franchise league. Rohit Sharma commands a huge fan following and his removal as the skipper was met with some strong reactions from Mumbai Indian supporters.
Now, a new report has claimed that Rohit Sharma was informed about the need of change in Mumbai Indians captaincy around the start of the ODI Cricket World Cup 2023, which began in the first week of October. According to the report in Indian Express, Rohit Sharma agreed to play under Hardik Pandya in IPL 2024.
Hardik Pandya, who had left Mumbai Indians to join Gujarat Titans in 2022, was bought back ahead of the IPL 2024. The report claimed that Hardik Pandya's condition was that he would return to Mumbai Indians if he is made the captain. The MI management then decided on the way forward and made Rohit Sharma aware of their decision.
Mumbai Indians (MI) on Friday named Hardik Pandya as their captain ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. Hardik replaced a highly-successful Rohit Sharma, who led the IPL giants to five trophies. The announcement from Mumbai Indians came after Hardik made a return to the franchise last month, following a high-profile trade from Gujarat Titans, whom he led in the past two seasons. After announcing the news of the captaincy change, MI put a heartfelt post on social media for Rohit.
"Ro, In 2013 you took over as captain of MI. You asked us to Believe. In victories & defeats, you asked us to Smile. 10 years & 6 trophies later, here we are. Our forever captain your legacy will be etched in Blue & Gold. Thank you, Captain RO," wrote MI on X, formerly Twitter.
Earlier in a statement on Friday, Mumbai Indians said the change in leadership was part of their future planning and thanked Rohit for his exemplary service to the franchise.
Mumbai Indians are the most successful IPL franchise alongside Chennai Super Kings who both have won five titles each.
Rohit, who recently led India to the ODI World Cup final, had been captaining the franchise since 2013 when they lifted first of their five IPL trophies.
The other titles under Rohit's captaincy came in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020. Mumbai Indians had made it to the play-offs in IPL 2023.
"We express our gratitude to Rohit Sharma for his exceptional leadership; his tenure as the captain of the Mumbai Indians since 2013 has been nothing short of extraordinary," said Mahela Jayawardene, MI's Global Head of Performance.
Will AI take my job if I am currently working as a graphic designer or illustrator? What are the best water purifiers I can buy today? Why does the FM radio feature on my phone not work without headphones? Will charging my phone a lot in my car weaken the battery? Find out the answers to all of your questions on this week's episode of Gadgets360 with Technical Guruji.
भाजपा नेता भजनलाल शर्मा ने आज राजस्थान के नए मुख्यमंत्री के रूप में शपथ ली. राज्यपाल कलराज मिश्र ने उन्हें पद एवं गोपनीयता की शपथ दिलाई. ऐतिहासिक अल्बर्ट हॉल के सामने आयोजित शपथ ग्रहण समारोह में राज्यपाल मिश्र ने दीया कुमारी और प्रेमचंद बैरवा को उप मुख्यमंत्री के तौर पर शपथ दिलाई गई. भव्य शपथ ग्रहण में शामिल प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी, अमित शाह और जेपी नड्डा के साथ-साथ 11 राज्यों के मुख्यमंत्री पहुंचे.
अमेरिकी संसद ने राष्ट्रपति जो बाइडन के ख़िलाफ़ महाभियोग को लेकर जांच शुरु करने को मंज़ूरी दे दी है। अमेरिकी संसद में बुधवार को हुई वोटिंग में महाभियोग को लेकर जाँच की मंज़ूरी देने के पक्ष में सभी 221 रिपब्लिकन सांसदों ने वोट डाले गए जबकि इसके विपक्ष में 212 डेमोक्रेट्स सांसदों ने वोट डाले। मामला जो बाइडन के बेटे हंटर बाइडन से जुड़ा हुआ है। रिपब्लिकन्स का आरोप है कि बाइडन ने 2009 से 2017 के बीच उप राष्ट्रपति रहते हुए ऐसे नीतिगत फ़ैसले लिए जिससे उनको और परिवार को व्यापारिक फ़ायदा हुआ। उन्होंने अपने बेटे हंटर बाइडन को अंतराष्ट्रीय व्यापारिक सौदों में फ़ायदा पहुंचाने का काम किया है। हालांकि रिपब्लिकन्स की तरफ़ से इस बाबत अभी तक कोई सबूत पेश नहीं किया गया है। जो बाइडन ने रिपब्लिकन्स पर निशाना साधते हुए इसे आधारहीन महाभियोग स्टंट करार दिया है। और कहा है कि अमेरिकी जनता की भलाई के लिए कुछ करने की बजाय रिपब्लिकन्स मुझे निशाना बनाने में अपनी ताक़त लगा रहे हैं।
छत्तीसगढ़ के नए मुख्यमंत्री विष्णुदेव साय और उनके मंत्रिमंडल के सदस्य बुधवार यानी आज शपथ ग्रहण करेंगे. इस समारोह में प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी, केंद्रीय गृह मंत्री अमित शाह, वरिष्ठ भारतीय जनता पार्टी (भाजपा) नेता और अन्य राज्यों के मुख्यमंत्री भी शामिल होंगे.
कर्नाटक के बेलगावी में एक लड़की अपने प्रेमी के साथ चली गई. जिसके बाद लड़की के परिजनों ने लड़के की मां के साथ हैवानियत की. आरोपियों पर लड़के की मां को निर्वस्त्र करने का भी आरोप लगा है.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hailed the Supreme Court's "historic" judgement on Article 370, and called it a "resounding declaration of hope, progress, and unity" for the people of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. In a detailed post on X, issued less than an hour after the court delivered its verdict, he also told people of the former state his government is committed to fulfilling their dreams. "Today's Supreme Court verdict on the abrogation of Article 370 is historic and constitutionally upholds the decision taken by the Parliament of India on August 5, 2019," the Prime Minister said.
Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy met his predecessor, former Chief Minister and BRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao, today at a private hospital in Hyderabad, where he is currently being treated after a fall. KCR was rushed to Hyderabad's Yashoda Hospital after he fell at his farmhouse in Erravalli - around 60 km from Hyderabad - on December 7. He underwent a hip replacement surgery at the hospital.
आमिर खान ने शनिवार को मुंबई में द सीएसआर जर्नल एक्सीलेंस अवार्ड्स के तीसरे संस्करण में भाग लिया. उनके साथ पहली पत्नी रीना दत्ता और बेटी इरा और उनके मंगेतर भी मौजूद रहे. इवेंट में आमिर खान ने कहा कि वह अपनी बेटी इरा को चीयर करने आए हैं.
It's been a week since the BJP secured its big election win in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. Will the BJP pick young leaders or go with veterans is the big question. Here's a report.
राष्ट्रपति शी जिनपिंग के चीन में मंत्रियों और अधिकारियों के लापता होने का मामला लगातार तूल पकड़ता जा रहा है. मिली जानकारी के मुताबिक दो मंत्री ही नहीं कई अधिकारियों के गायब होने की भी सूचना है. चीन से पहले विदेश मंत्री चिन गंग के गायब होने की खबर आई. फिर उनको पद से हटाया गया और वांग यी को दोबारा विदेश मंत्री बनाया गया. इसके बाद चीन के रक्षामंत्री ली शंगफू के गायब होने की खबर आई. दोनों मंत्रियों के गायब होने की असल वजह अब तक सामने नहीं आई है.
Vinod Kamble's Kastoori (The Musk) uses his own experiences as the raw material for a powerful, unflinching examination of how the caste system works to disempower the already marginalised.
In the story that Kamble tells, social ostracism dents the psyche of a boy from an impoverished family of manual scavengers in insidious ways and compels him to seek escape from its stench.
The film uses the young protagonist's search as a means to spotlight all that is blatantly wrong with socially-enforced oppression and exploitation.
While the independent Marathi-Hindi film, shot in and around the village in Maharashtra's Solapur district where the director grew up, pulls no punches, it does not hurl stones at the boy's tormentors nor does it holler at the top of its voice to grab the attention of those that turn a blind eye to dreadful, deep-rooted inequities.
All that Kastoori seeks to do - and does successfully - is make us feel the horrors of the caste system. It views a harsh reality through the eyes of a schoolboy who, in his innocence, believes in the myth that musk can help him get rid of the malodourous effect that his caste-assigned calling has on his body and clothes.
That apart, Kastoori, scripted by Kamble and Shivaji Karde, delves into the complex, intractable nature of the social shackles that prevent those that are disadvantaged on account of their birth from shaking off the roles perniciously foisted upon them.
Kastoori has made it to the multiplexes after a long wait that highlights the plight of personal cinema in a distribution system that cannot see beyond money. The film is presented by Anurag Kashyap and Nagraj Manjule. Incidentally, it is Manjule's hard-hitting Fandry that emboldened Kamble to tell his own story in a manner that does not resor to any manner of soft-pedalling.
Fourteen-year-old Gopinath Chavan (Samarth Sonawane) accompanies his grandmother to religious discourses. At one such gathering, he hears a story about a deity who emerged from cow dung. He asks his granny: Wasn't he stinking? No, she replies. He is a god and, therefore, smelled like musk, she adds.
Nothing could be further from Gopi's circumstances than stories of gods in which all impediments are magically wished away, but the teenager becomes obsessed with how he smells after all the hours he spends cleaning toilets, helping his alcoholic father cut up bodies in a hospital morgue and burying the unclaimed dead.
With his classmate and best friend Adim (Shravan Upalakar), he resolves to acquire musk, make a perfume from it and dispel the stink around him. That is a tall order for the two boys.
Raising the money to buy musk from a local supplier is the biggest challenge. But Gopi, egged on by Adim, resolves to find a way to get what he wants. He has had enough of the troubles that his caste identity has caused him.
Discrimination is an inescapable everyday fact of Gopi's life. In the film's opening sequence, we see him in his school uniform cleaning a toilet. His vial of perfume is empty but the boy cannot bring himself to throw it away.
His classmates subject him to casteist slurs. One of them sees him help an older cousin, Mangal (Ajay Chavan), clean gutters. Gopi is mocked at school the next day. Mangal nearly suffocates to death in a septic tank but, unsurprisingly, he himself is blamed for the near-tragedy.
His school education is impeded when his debt-ridden father loses his job at the morgue. The doctor enlists Gopi as his assistant, a job that leaves him with no time to attend classes. He insists that he wants to focus on his studies but his mother, Asha (Vaishali Kendale), tells him that marks do not feed anybody, work does.
No matter how much you study, you will still be a sweeper, she says to Gopi. The screen goes blank at this point and remains dark for a while. So, is this where it is all going to end for the academically gifted Gopi? As the opportunities slip away, Gopi can only rue his fate.
In one scene, Asha rips a textbook into two when Gopi refuses to miss school and go to work. He is not at liberty to defy his mother. The work that Gopi does in the morgue is obviously not pleasant. But Kamble does not show limbs and body parts, using sound effects instead to convey the chilling mature of the post mortems that Gopi assists his father and then the doctor with.
Trips to a shop of perfumes owned by Adim's uncle are a source of excitement, no matter how short-lived, for Gopi. All through the 100-minute Kastoori, Adim is by Gopi's side, lifting his spirits or giving him a reality check. The world them is unforgiving, but the duo does not give up.
Marathi is the language of the village but Gopi and Adim communicate in Hindi with each other. Gopi's family, too, speaks Hindi. Othering has several layers and several reasons. Caste, religion, language, profession - the two boys have to contend with many degrees of separation. But they soldier on cheerfully.
Gopi wins a Sanskrit essay writing competition. The prize ceremony is scheduled for Republic Day. Adim is thrilled to bits but Gopi isn't sure he'd be able to make it to school. He does not have much time to acquire the musk that he is looking for.
Much of Kastoori's power springs from its eschewal of fancy technical flourishes. It is a simple film about a complex reality. The first-time director knows exactly what he is out to articulate. He uses his resources, including the two young actors, with kind of skill and precision that belies his lack of experience.
If you care about cinema that has something to say about the world you live in, Kastoori is essential viewing.
महुआ मोइत्रा मामले में आज लोकसभा में एथिक्स कमेटी की रिपोर्ट पेश हुई. सदन में कांग्रेस नेता अधीर रंजन चौधरी ने इस मामले पर बोलते हुए कहा कि ये काफी लंबी रिपोर्ट है, कम से कम तीन-चार की मोहलत इस रिपोर्ट को पढ़ने की मिलनी चाहिए.
दिव्यांगों के लिए समावेशी समाज बनाने में बुनियादी सेवाओं तक पहुंच, शिक्षा और नौकरियों के मामले में समान अवसर और अधिकारों की रक्षा शामिल है. यह निष्कर्ष सामने आया दिव्यांग अधिकारों के विशेषज्ञों और उनके पक्षधरों के बीच चर्चा में, जो NDTV के साथ साझेदारी में ह्युंडई द्वारा की गई पहल 'समर्थ' के लॉन्च के अवसर पर की गई. पैनल पर थे : डिसएबिलिटी राइट्स एडवोकेट निपुण मल्होत्रा; दिव्यांगता अधिकार प्रचारक धन्या रवि; लेमन ट्री होटल्स लिमिटेड में वरिष्ठ उपाध्यक्ष (सस्टेनेबिलिटी और ईएसजी) आराधना लाल; अधिवक्ता दामिनी घोष तथा अर्बन डिज़ाइन, जना अर्बन स्पेस की निदेशक नित्या रमेश.
As The Archies star Agastya Nanda was posing solo at the screening of his film last night, his aunt Aishwarya Rai Bachchan playfully teased him. As he posed solo, Aishwarya said, "Agy solo." She jokingly added, "Agy, get used to it."
A police constable - on a vehicle check duty - was injured after being hit by a speeding car in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow yesterday, the police said.
The incident was reported from Lucknow's Awadh crossing last evening.
A video captured by a security camera in the area shows the constable standing on the road when the speeding car hits him and drives on.
The constable was tossed in the air before he fell on the road, the video shows.
Amit Kumar is being treated at a hospital where he was taken by the passersby. "He suffered serious injuries in the accident," police said.
Police said the traffic police personnel followed the car and the driver of the vehicle was arrested. "The driver tried to flee the scene after the accident but we caught him," police said.
Officials said the car was coming from the wrong direction and a case has been registered against the driver.
The first big takeaway for the Congress, and the opposition as a whole, from the results in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana is that the post-Karnataka momentum is lost, or at least has taken a huge hit.
Despite the fact that it was only one state, the scale of victory in Karnataka in May 2023, gave the Congress a bounce and bolstered the opposition. The BJP seems to have snatched that with its emphatic victories in the Hindi heartland.
The Telangana win for the Congress is just consolation in the broader national context. Even there the numbers for the Congress are just five more than the half-way mark - 64 for the Congress and one for its ally. That is cause for nervousness.
Given the recent history of defections and governments being toppled, the Congress will have to watch its back in Hyderabad. There is no room for any friction over the choice of chief minister.
This is exactly why the party is in a hurry to stake its claim to form a government in Telangana.
Be that as it may, the loss for the Congress nationally will reflect in the power equations within the INDIA grouping. Post-Karnataka, the Congress was buoyed to play the role of the glue and the leading force in bringing the INDIA grouping together.
There were murmurs of unhappiness among strong regional players over the power equations. For instance, the push for a caste census wasn't a collective decision; the Trinamool Congress was not convinced it was the right way forward.
Further, the fact that the INDIA grouping could not come together for the assembly polls, and the acerbic language used by Congress leader Kamal Nath - the Congress's Chief Ministerial face in Madhya Pradesh - were not exactly team-bonding moves.
In hindsight, the Congress could have publicly reprimanded Kamal Nath and put up a strong message against the slighting of allies. It should have sacrificed more of its interests in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh to accommodate allies and ensure the alliance was strengthened.
The Trinamool has already said the results show the need for collective leadership and consultation with senior leaders.
These comments will gain strength and the Congress will now have to play an equal in the alliance. The results weaken its position considerably.
There was only a southern silver lining - the INDIA grouping will now control Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram. But the BJP, which has already forged an alliance with the Janata Dal Secular (JDS) in Karnataka, may look to pacts with parties like the BRS, YSR Congress Party or even the TDP and its estranged ally AIADMK.
Such alliances could be consequential in 2024. While the INDIA grouping and the Congress cannot take the southern story for granted, without a stronger narrative they can't even begin to script a story in the Hindi heartland for 2024.
For the moment, regional allies will have to do the heavy lifting and the Congress needs to find a stronger narrative. State-specific narratives where it's taking the BJP head on without ignoring the smallest of small players.
(TM Veeraraghav is Executive Editor, NDTV)
Disclaimer: These are the personal opinions of the author.
The sensex jumped 1,383.93 points and settled at an all-time high of 68,865.12 on Monday. Nifty alsp jumped 418.90 points and closed at record 20,686.80. The jump follows BJP's big win in three statev elections yesterday.
The energy stocks climbed 3% and financial services rose up 2.6%, leading sectoral gains. Small- and mid-caps gained about 1% each, also hitting new all-time highs, according to news agency Reuters.
BJP won in three out of four states yesterday including Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and lost to Congress only in Telangana.
The Nifty had hit a record high on Friday, on the back of strong quarterly growth and monthly factory activity data.
On Friday, the Nifty had hit a record high on Friday too, on the back of strong quarterly growth and monthly factory activity data.
Arshdeep Singh felt that it was simply divine intervention and unhinged faith from his skipper Suryakumar Yadav which enabled him to defend 10 runs in the final over of a thrilling fifth T20 International, wherein India pipped Australia by just six runs. The left-arm seamer has been profligate at the death in T20Is for more than one year and after giving away 37 runs in his first three overs on Sunday, no one would have thought that he would be able to defend just 10 with the dangerous Matthew Wade on strike.
"I gave away too many runs but God gave me another chance and the support staff believed in me. To be honest, nothing was going in my mind. Surya bhai told me whatever has to happen will happen," a beaming Arshdeep said at the end of the match, having nailed those block-hole deliveries, giving away only three runs.
On his own bowling, he said, "A lot of lessons learnt but I will come back from the mistakes."
Skipper Surya felt that the young team ticked all boxes in a comprehensive series win by 4-1 margin.
"It was a good series. The way the boys showed their skills was commendable. We wanted to be fearless, we wanted to enjoy when we were in the middle. I told them, "do whatever is right and just enjoy your game," and they did the same. So very happy with that." Surya admitted that had there been Washington Sundar to support the two spinners, they would have won more easily as pitch assisted slow bowlers.
"If he (Washington Sundar) would have been there it'd have been an add-on. At Chinnaswamy, 200 is easier to chase. 160-175 is a tricky told here. After 10 overs, I told the boys that we have a game on." Player of the match Axar Patel had no hesitation in admitting that it was fun to bowl on a track with no dew to make life easy for batters.
"Today was fun. There was dew in the first four matches. Today, it was a tailor-made wicket for me. After a couple of games, I was able to find my rhythm." Having already bowled alongside Ravi Bishnoi in a few Syed Mushtaq Ali games for Gujarat, it became easier to operate in tandem, the senior spinner said.
"We played a few games together for Gujarat as well. We complement each other, hope this partnership grows." Bishnoi, the 'Player of the series' said that he didn't want to pitch it up as there was a chance to get hit.
"My plan is simple - bowling stump to stump works, just short of length works, pitching it up can be hit. I wanted to be a typical leg-spinner by bringing the long-on up." The challenge will be different on away tour to South Africa, a place where he played the U19 World Cup in 2020.
"South Africa will throw different pitches so but I'll try to attack there too." PTI KHS KHS DDV
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Assembly Election Results: आज मध्य प्रदेश (Madhya Pradesh), राजस्थान (Rajasthan), छत्तीसगढ़ (Chhattisgarh) और तेलंगाना (Telangana) में हुए विधानसभा चुनाव (Assembly Elections 2023) के नतीजे घोषित हो रहे हैं. सभी राज्यों से शुरुआती रुझान आने के साथ ही परिणाम की तस्वीर भी साफ होती दिख रही है. छत्तीसगढ़ में बीजेपी की बढ़त पर रमन सिंह ने क्या कहा, यहां देखिए.
Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli are arguably two of the greatest batters of all time. Nearly every top batting record is held by the two India greats. In Test cricket, Tendulkar hold the record of scoring most number of centuries (51), while Kohli recently surpassed him to become the batter with the most number of tons in ODIs. Tendulkar is also the leading scorer in Tests and ODIs, while Kohli holds the same record in the shortest format of the game.
However, out-of-favour Pakistan pacer Junaid Khan has labelled Rohit Sharma as the greatest Indian batter.
When asked to choose either Tendulkar or Kohli as the greatest Indian batter, Junaid, instead, went for the current Indian team captain, Rohit.
"I am going to say Rohit Sharma (when asked who's the better batter between Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli). He has all kinds of shots in his arsenal. Virat is a great player. But the way Sachin batted in a different era, he would have scored more than 100 centuries in today's time. Everybody calls Rohit 'The Hitman' because of his incredible 264. He has also scored multiple double hundreds (in ODIs). This is rare, because he has done it more than once. He has also hit the most number of sixes," Junaid said on Nadir Ali Podcast.
After the T20 World Cup in 2022, Rohit had actually been reluctant to play the shortest format as he focused on 50-over cricket.
Earlier this week, Rohit's request to the BCCI for a break from white-ball cricket in South Africa despite being offered T20 captaincy has been accepted, while Jasprit Bumrah has been named his deputy for the two Tests starting December 26.
"Rohit has been offered T20 captaincy but he is in UK on a holiday and wants an extended break after four months of gruelling season till end of the World Cup. But as captain, he has the highest respect for the dressing room and if he agrees to lead India in T20 World Cup, he will lead," a BCCI source told PTI on condition of anonymity.
AirPods are one of the best truly wireless earbuds you can purchase if you own an iPhone and want to take advantage of all the software features such as seamless device switching, spatial audio with head tracking, and Find My support. However, there are several fake wireless audio products available today that claim to work just like AirPods - they even look like the real ones! We tell you how to stay safe from fake wireless earphones and more on the latest episode of Gadgets 360 with Technical Guruji.
A surfeit of everything - length, violence, love, obsession and toxicity - and shrill drama designed to trigger trauma - that is what Animal, written, directed and edited by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, peddles. The sickeningly violent father-son action drama rarely pauses for breath.
The older man's wife pipes up once in a while in an attempt to get a word in edgewise but fails miserably. The husband shuts her up. The son's wife has much more to say, but all the vacuous verbiage that she foists upon her husband - and the audience - is just that, vacuous verbiage.
Mixed with bushels of superficial style, the unbridled excess of the Ranbir Kapoor starrer just goes on and on, deigning to stop at absolutely nothing. When the hero's elder sister is ragged in college, he, a schoolboy with a pathological sense of entitlement, barges into her classroom with a gun and fires several rounds.
His father ticks him off sternly and even calls him a criminal. But the boy is beyond chastisement. He believes that it is perfectly fine for a man to stand up for his sister when she is in trouble. The rest of the noxious film offers a litany of excuses for a protagonist who is clearly in need of psychiatric care.
Ranbir Kapoor delivers a powerful performance that is supported with customary elan by Anil Kapoor. But because the film is propelled in the main by problematic means and instincts, the efforts of the two stars can only go abegging. You want to look away when the two are peddling their wares.
The story of a boy's manic adoration for his super wealthy industrialist-father who does not have the time to reciprocate the overflowing filial ardour is nearly three and a half hours long. But that is only one of the reasons why Animal is an exhausting film. In every which way, it is an all-out assault on the senses.
Animal is the kind of film that would have us believe that it is no big deal for a loving son to go berserk when it comes to tackling those who threaten the well-being of his dad and his two sisters. Since danger seems to lurk over the family at every corner, he has the licence to be as boorish as he wants to be.
The protagonist (Ranbir Kapoor) goes hell for leather, spills tons of blood, kills tens of people and blows hot and hotter when he figures out that a conspiracy is indeed afoot to eliminate the patriarch and rob his family of the steel plant that it owns.
Even in love, there is no room for niceties for this my-way-or-the-highway guy. He does not so much as fall in love as make a grab for it. He does not propose marriage. He literally demands it.
All that he appears to be interested in is unquestioning allegiance from the girl, Geetanjali (Rashmika Mandanna), who he had the hots for as a schoolboy but hasn't met since his angry dad, Balbir Singh, packed him off to the US in the hope of seeing him turn a new leaf.
But nothing changes. Ranvijay Singh is back and he is worse than ever before. The lady plays along without a whimper. Not only does she not demonstrate any sort of willpower of her own, she also seems to be thrilled at the prospect of being swept away from her engagement party and hustled into a marriage against her parents' wishes. He own does not count for much.
Not that she does not have a voice but her utterances and positions are mere reactions to what the man in her life does entirely of his own volition and then feigns that his actions are consensual. When he strays from his wife and develops a bond with another girl (Triptii Dimri), he proffers the kind of untenable logic that only a man like him can.
If the hero is the way that he is, can the antagonist (Bobby Deol, who struggles to make an impact in a severely abbreviated appearance) be any different? He is not. The bad guy - he lives in faraway Scotland and pretty much does whatever his damaged heart desires - pops up after Animal has run well over half its course.
Not to be left behind, the vicious villain spares no effort to prove that he is as bloodthirsty as Ranvijay Singh, the scion of the business group that owns Swastik Steel. The two men are caught in a deadly blood feud. A vile attack on Balbir Singh (Anil Kapoor) by men who want to wrest control of the ageing tycoon's business empire elicits a reprisal so venomous that is triggers an unending cycle of violence.
To justify that it is a man's world, Animal presents two men who are as physically impaired as they are mentally scarred. One loses all sense of taste and smell and is unable to hear after sustaining six bullet wounds that push his heart to the brink of collapse.
The other cannot speak. He communicates with the help of a brother who serves as a sign language interpreter. When the two men square off in the climax - it is, like such clashes usually are in vengeance sagas of this sort, staged on the tarmac of an airstrip.
If you think that the physical shortcomings that the warring pair has to deal with are meant to be seen as a metaphor for what men of their ilk lack, banish that thought. Everything that the hero does in order to ensure that he has his way is backed up with an odious justification. What motive could be greater, Animal seems to ask the audience, than a man's desire to win the attention of his distracted father?
If there is anything at all that can be deemed to be a takeaway from this off-putting and tiresome film, it is the background music. The gratuitously gory action sequences are accompanied on the soundtrack by folksy songs - Marathi, Punjabi, the works.
One action scene has a whistled tune to go with it, another has a piece played on a string instrument. Music, unfortunately, is the last thing that Animal is likely to leave you with as you troop out of the theatre wondering what all the deadening din was about.
