football 6th may 2023The company has already recovered many first stages of Electron rockets in various ways — having them return to Earth with a parachute, splashing them down in the ocean, and even trying to catch them mid-air using a helicopter. Rocket Lab analysed the boosters recovered previously but this is the first time one has been moved back into the standard production line in preparation to be launched again.Some stories keep coming back, more so in Tamil cinema. It could be because of the dearth of creativity or taking comfort in familiarity, but these old stories keep on returning like a bad cold. Sometimes, it works like Atlee’s Raja Rani, a modern rehash of Mani Ratnam’s Mouna Ragam. It could be the treatment or a few good scenes or performances that overshadow the film’s redundancies. But those are the rarest of rare scenarios. Mostly, you get something like Romeo, which in a sense is another iteration of Mouna Ragam.In China, a bizarre poll has been initiated to identify and list the ‘ugliest’ buildings and pieces of architecture within the country. As we write, a public poll is underway, which has already identified a ‘violin-shaped church’, an ‘upside down house’ and a hotel modelled on a ‘Russian doll’ as entries. |
football 6th may 2023Director-composer Gangai Amaran has reacted strongly to Vairamuthu‘s recent comment about the ongoing music vs lyrics debate, which many took as an indirect dig at composer Ilaiyaaraja. The lyricist claimed that even though both music and lyrics are equally important for a song, only the language (lyrics) can give name to a track. He added, “People who understand this are nyaani (wise). Those who don’t are agyaani (ignorant).” This was a directed at Ilaiyaaraja, who is called a Isai Nyaani (music genius) by his fans. Now, Ilaiyaaraja‘s younger brother has lashed out at Vairamuthu for his statements and called him ungrateful. The GSAT-7 would reach its assigned orbital slot of 74 degree east longitude in the geostationary orbit within the next 10 days,the Bangalore-headquartered ISRO said. On September 14,the communication transponders in UHF,S,C and Ku bands are planned to be switched on,it said. The last season ended on a cliffhanger with ‘Sachiv ji’ Abhishek Tripathi’s (Jitendra Kumar) future in Phulera in danger after Pradhan-Pati’s (Raghubir Yadav) altercation with a local politician. Panchayat Season 3 trailer clears the air for the viewers as Abhishek Tripathi declares that he isn’t going anywhere. He says in the trailer, “Achha bhala resign kar chuka tha, vapas aa gaya iss gaon mein (I resigned from this job for the good, but I came back to this village).”