Up and DownGetting cautious after the fatal incident of a hoarding collapse in Mumbai on Monday, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has swung into action to avoid any similar incident in the city as the municipal commissioner has directed officials to survey all the hoardings in the city and submit a report within the next two days.
Up and DownHDFC twins – comprising of HDFC Bank and Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) were the biggest contributor to Sensex’s fall on Thursday. They were followed by Reliance Industries (RIL) and ICICI Bank. Up and DownAnother new feature is Focus Assist, that allows users to work on their Windows 10 PCs without the distraction of notifications. With Focus Assist, users will be able to turn off social media post alerts and email notifications, or set them to a certain time of the day, and increase their productivity. This feature can also create exceptions for specific accounts and contacts, so users can streamline the alerts they receive as they work.Buy Now | Our best subscription plan now has a special priceAfter accusing Made in Heaven (MIH) Season 2 makers of basing Radhika Apte’s character on her life without giving her credit, Yashica Dutt got into an online spat with writer Sumit Baudh. Sumit had called Yashica a ‘hypocrite’ for not crediting his 2007 article in her 2019 book, Coming Out as Dalit: A Memoir, while she asked for credit from MIH makers. The luxury brassware brand P-TAL, which was featured on the latest season of Shark Tank India, shared a Reel on Instagram thanking the five sharks who invested in the brand. “We are sending the cheques back to all the 5 sharks from Shark Tank India who invested in us,” the brand began its attention-grabbing post by saying, implying that the rare all-shark deal didn’t work out. But the post, and its accompanying video, revealed that not only did the deal work out, it has also brought happiness to the artisans who craft the brand’s brass and copperware items.Up and DownFor lovers of K-drama romances, here’s one for you. Sweet Home star Lee Do-Hyun plays a math prodigy Seung-you who becomes close to his math teacher, played by Lim Soo-jung, at a prestigious high school, that is full of corruption. The show, which promises a lot of mystery as well, will be available for viewing on Rakuten Viki from November 3.Here are four chic updos inspired by B-town divas that can help you beat the frizz.Foxx made the announcement on social media, where he posted audio of him, Diaz and NFL star Tom Brady talking. “I don’t know how to do this, you know?” Diaz, who officially confirmed her retirement from Hollywood in 2018, says in the clip. Up and DownThe Pixelbook will reportedly have a price tag of $1199 (or approx Rs 78,276) when it goes on sale. The device features a brand new design and a working stylus called “Pixelbook Pen”. Though there’s a still some debate about whether the Pixelbook will run Chrome OS or a Chrome OS and Android hybrid. Previous reports have claimed that Google has been developing a new operating system called Fuchsia that is being designed for “modern phones and modern personal computers”.The printed strips now hang flush to the edges of the 1642 painting in the museum’s Honor Gallery. Their addition restores to the work the off-center focal point that that rebellious Golden Age master Rembrandt originally intended.It was brought to our attention when Twitter users from around the world started calling out the brand for culturally hijacking the attire that is traditionally worn in countries like India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.LRO’s narrow-angle camera, one in a suite of cameras known as LROC, took this image during one of the three orbits during which it happened to be close enough to Danuri. The relative velocity between these spacecraft was about 11,500 kilometres per hour. This required NASA’s teams to have perfect timing to point LROC in the right direction and take a picture of the Danuri, which is South Korea’s first spacecraft on the Moon.At high concentrations, lead is known to wipe out populations of micro-organisms, thereby slowing down decomposition of matter. The micro-organisms themselves, along with plants and other animals, could develop a tolerance for the metal, resulting in permanent changes to the genetics of their population.Exports rose to 13,978 units in June, as against 5,702 units in May, it added.Talking about last year, when he was being treated for cancer, Neill, who played the lead role of Dr Alan Grant in Jurassic Park, shared, “I can’t pretend that the last year hasn’t had its dark moments. But those dark moments throw the light into sharp relief, and have made me grateful for every day and immensely grateful for all my friends. Just pleased to be alive.”Modi had previously visited southern parts of Bengal on March 1 and 6, including a rally in Barasat near Kolkata, where he criticised the ruling TMC over the Sandeshkhali issue. The chief minister’s office asked the Labour department to ensure that private companies in the state capital, too, announce holidays during the period. Education minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy had on Thursday morning ordered a two-day holiday for all educational institutions across the state given the weather conditions. This was following inundation of several main roads, underpasses and residential colonies in the city after continued spells of rain. The state has also sounded a high alert for districts and ordered the administration to be vigilant and move residents to safer places.A former DCP of the Commissioner’s Task Force, a wing of Hyderabad Police, was on Friday arrested by the city police in connection with the case of phone tapping and destroying certain computer systems and official data.How many pancakes are too many pancakes? On the latest episode of Shark Tank India season three, several varieties of pancakes were devoured as two founders of a flourishing food startup left the panel of sharks impressed with their pancakes. Akashdeep Dan and Sundeep Singh, founders of Uncle Peter’s Pancakes, appeared on the show and began their pitch by feeding the sharks their pancakes. The duo claimed theirs is an “authentic” pancake brand which has chain of restaurants and a cloud kitchen, offering more than 15 varieties of the American breakfast snack.Actor Prithviraj Sukumaran’s directorial debut Lucifer is a winner at the box office. The film, starring superstar Mohanlal, became the fastest Rs 50 crore earner in the history of Malayalam cinema. Film trade analyst Ramesh Bala had shared, “#Lucifer has done ₹ 50+ Cr Gross for the Opening weekend at the WW Box office. The fastest Malayalam movie to do that..”Saudi champions Al-Ittihad sold more than 56,000 tickets for Karim Benzema’s presentation at Jeddah’s King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in only a few hours after sales were announced on Wednesday.Avatar: The Way of Water continues to wreak havoc at the box office. After a stupendous opening of around Rs 41 crore, the film is expected to have scored another big total on its second day. The film has already crossed Rs 1500 crore worldwide.For the event at St David’s Cathedral in Pembrokeshire, Wales, the Princess opted for the Queen’s diamond and pearl earrings. Notably, these are the same pair of earrings which Kate wore several times in the week following the monarch’s passing.With the ultimate Dunki-Salaar face-off just two months away, film viewers across the country are avidly tracking every single update about these movies to gauge which will come out on top. Both Rajkumar Hirani’s Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Dunki and Prashanth Neel’s Prabhas-starrer Salaar Part 1 – Ceasefire will hit the theatres on December 22, 2023.