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It was born in the break, all those decades ago — that moment when a song’s vocals dropped, instruments quieted down, and the beat took the stage. It was then that hip-hop came into the world, taking the moment and reinventing it. Something new, coming out of something familiar.

Bumble India has shared a few statistics from their nationwide survey as well. They have reported that 83 per cent of women in India have faced online harassment of some sort and one of three of these women had to endure it weekly. The incidents of cyberbullying did not see a decrease since the lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Instead, 70 per cent of the women in the survey believe these incidents have increased during this period. Bumble also said that 59 per cent of women in the survey felt unsafe.

WhatsApp is testing the ability to play videos sent to the user directly from the notifications panel for iOS beta. As per a tweet by WABetaInfo, the possibility to view videos directly in the push notification is available for any WhatsApp iOS beta users having 2.18.102.5 version installed. It is expected to roll out for all users via the App Store, though an exact date is unknown at this point. There is now word on when the feature will be released for Android users.

Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Kabir Singh, which starred Shahid Kapoor in the lead role, defied criticism for its misogynistic content and emerged as a box office hit. In the years since the film’s release, discourse around it has refused to die down, and now, actor Adil Hussain has said that it’s the only film in his career that he regrets being a part of.

Former Brazilian and Barcelona star Ronaldinho has said he wishes that Leonel Messi “finishes his career at Barcelona”.

The latest offering from an Israeli company called Sightful––a laptop that comes with an Augmented Reality (AR) glass instead of a screen––is making rounds on the Internet.

“Everything is changing and even what Bollywood is, is changing all the time. Especially cinema from Kerala; there is an immense range of films being made. Even arthouse films get distribution in Kerala, which doesn’t happen in the rest of the country. The audience in Kerala is really open to watching different kinds of films,” Payal said.

Raj told The News Minute, “Mammootty sir and I have a few sequences in which we come face-to-face. But I had to shoot a big scene on my very first day on the sets and that involved him as well. I play a Tamilian named Vetrivel Shanmugha Sundaram and I was originally given lines or dialogues in Tamil. Since I don’t speak Tamil, I had to put in a lot of effort to learn the lines and show up.”