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Metaverse: Marc Zuckerberg rebrands Facebook as ‘Meta’

October 29, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: Mark Zuckerberg, co-owner and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of social media giant Facebook Inc. has renamed his company Meta Platform Inc., popularly known as Meta, to rebrand the tech behemoth, showing its transition from being a social media firm to the metaverse. A blue infinity logo replaced the thumb logo that symbolized the […]

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Demise: Kannada superstar Puneeth Rajkumar, 46, dies of cardiac arrest

October 29, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: Kannada superstar Puneeth Rajkumar suffered a massive cardiac arrest and passed away in Bengaluru on Friday morning. The 46-years-old’s manager Satish confirmed the death, saying the film star suffered a major cardiac arrest while working out in a gym on Friday morning. He was rushed to Vikram Hospital where he was admitted to […]

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James Michael Tyler ‘Gunther’ from Friends Passed Away At 59

October 25, 2021 Vinayak Barot

Ahmedabad: James Michael Tyler succumbed to prostate cancer and passed away in his Los Angeles home on Monday. He was 59 years old. Confirming the news of his demise, Tyler’s manager Toni Benson said in a statement, “The world knew him as Gunther, but Michael’s loved ones knew him as an actor, musician, cancer-awareness advocate, […]

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Oldie of the Year: Queen Elizabeth II, 95, declines the ‘honor’!

October 20, 2021 virendra pandit

Avya Mathur New Delhi: British Queen Elizabeth II has politely yet firmly declined the annual Oldie of the Year title presented by a magazine, The Oldie, as she felt she failed to fulfill the relevant criteria. The British magazine published the 95-year-old Queen’s response on Wednesday. The Oldie of the Year award celebrates the […]

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Eminent actor Arvind “Ravan” Trivedi, 82, passes away in Mumbai

October 6, 2021 virendra pandit

Ahmedabad: Veteran Gujarati and Hindi actor Arvind Trivedi, who essayed the unforgettable role of Lanka’s monarch, Ravan, in Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan tele serial in the 1980s, passed away in Mumbai on Tuesday night He was 82. His end came at his Kandivali residence in Mumbai, where he succumbed to a heart attack and multiple organ […]

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Entertainment: Telugu filmmaker, businessman RR Venkat passes away

September 27, 2021 virendra pandit

Mumbai: Businessman and Telugu film producer RR Venkat passed away in Hyderabad on Monday due to kidney failure. He was 54. He was undergoing renal infection treatment at a hospital in Hyderabad. Owner of RR Movie Makers, Venkat had produced several blockbusters and star-studded big-budget films. Besides Tollywood, his distribution house had also financed the […]

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Entertainment: Amazon Prime ties up with OTT platforms

September 24, 2021 virendra pandit

Mumbai: Amazon Prime Video has partnered with 8 over-the-top (OTT) platforms to introduce Prime Video Channels, beginning Friday. These channels will play content from streaming services like Discovery+, DocuBay, Eros Now, Hoichoi, Lionsgate Play, Manorama Max, MUBI, and Shorts TV. The annual add-on subscription plans start from Rs. 299 for Discovery+, Eros Now, and Shorts […]

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Entertainment: Zee to merge with Sony

September 23, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (ZEEL) and Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) on Wednesday announced to merge their operations, digital assets, linear networks, and program libraries under an exclusive non-binary agreement. The agreement entitles Sony India to 52.93 percent shares, with ZEEL founder Subhash Chandra receiving 2.1 percent shares, as a non-compete fee, while […]

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British era’s secret tunnel linking Delhi Assembly with Red Fort found

September 3, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: A secret tunnel-like structure has been found inside the Delhi Legislative Assembly on Thursday, linking it to the Red Fort. Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel said many knew about the existence of the tunnel and the gallows. “I decided to see it in the 75th year of India’s Independence.” “However, we have […]

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Entertainment: Actor Siddharth Shukla, 40, dies of heart attack

September 2, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: Well-known film and television actor Siddharth Shukla died of a suspected heart attack in Mumbai on Thursday morning. The 40-year-old was rushed to Cooper Hospital, Mumbai, but passed away before he reached there. “He was brought dead to the hospital,” a senior official told media. A forensic doctor said, “Initial reports indicated that […]