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Not everyone can claim to have spent his birthday in the company of wild cats. But then, not everyone is Dharmendra, the He-man of the Hindi screen. In the late seventies, it was a working salgirah for Dharamji who at 40-plus was one of the busiest actors in Bollywood. That day, he was shooting for Mohan Segal’s 1979 action-adventure Kartavya. A […]
His father, producer-director Shakti Samanta, was looking for a new girl to cast opposite Shammi Kapoor in Kashmir Ki Kali and chanced upon Sharmila Tagore’s picture in a Bengali magazine. “She thought she looked like a kali. Enquiries revealed that she had already worked with Satyajit Ray (in Apur Sansar and Devi) and was doing a few other Bangla films,” reminisces Samanta’s filmmaker-son […]
Save the much-hyped Katrina-Vicky wedding, the only other name currently trending on social media is Vishal Garg, the CEO of Better.Com. His ominous call left the 900 employees, who dialed in, without a job post the session. The Zoom call, which went viral, laid off nine per cent of its total workforce (10,000). The employees […]
Less than 24 hours after Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel inaugurated the RTI portal as a mandate by the Gujarat High Court, it was down and not functioning. Vibes of India checked the portal at least four times during the day and found that the site was down. (screenshots below). The Right to Information Act […]
While replying to a tweet, maverick entrepreneur and world’s richest person Elon Musk praised the Indian-origin talent in technology. Some of the world’s top tech companies, such as Google, Microsoft, IBM, Adobe and now Twitter are all headed by persons who grew up in India. It is amazing for both India and US together as […]
Constitution Day, which is also known as National Law day is celebrated in India on November 26 every year in order to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution of India. In November 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted the Constitution of India that came into effect on January 26, 1950. MyGovIndia took to Twitter […]
In September 2021, in what seems like the biggest crackdown on Cryptocurrencies in the World, the Chinese Government declared all Crypto transactions as illegal. Two months later there is news that the Indian Government will bring in a Bill that will prohibit all Private Crypto Transactions with certain ‘exceptions’ and will provide a framework for […]
As Microsoft’s latest attempt to take on Google’s Chrome OS, Windows 11 SE has been released targeting entry-level users – students and educators. It is optimised for Microsoft apps including the Office suite and Edge browser. The users can also get third-party apps including Zoom and Chrome. Windows SE 11 has been specifically designed for […]
Diwali or Deepawali, the Hindu Festival of lights, signifying the victory of luminescence over darkness, good over evil has gone global in today’s ever shrinking world. The Indian diaspora, especially Gujaratis and Punjabis, present in every corner on earth since centuries have been celebrating this festival of joy, believed to have started with the God […]
1) Book Launch – Really Fake by Nishant Shah, Alexandra Juhasz and Ganaele Langlois When: October 27, 2021 | 5 pm to 7 pm onwards Where: Ahmedabad University Bookstore Charges: N/A Contact: Register via google form- https://forms.gle/xU2X5wB3F4Z3MxfY6 About the event When the book came out – written, conceived, and launched, as it was, through the […]
Let me start by saying that no one sleeps worse than a baby. I don’t know how this phrase originated, but it’s all lies. After three months of sleep deprivation, new parents ask themselves whether they will ever get a good night’s rest again. Not to fear, all is not lost. It is at the […]
Erwin Schrödinger, 1933. Photo: Nobel Foundation/Public Domain. Quantum physics is one of the most remarkable developments of the 20th century. Until the early 1900s or so, Isaac Newton’s laws of motion dominated the study of the physical universe. They were later ‘upgraded’, for the most part, by Albert Einstein’s theories of relativity, and together, they […]
Much in the same way as Google did with “Alphabet”, Facebook is planning it’s journey towards becoming metaverse with different name where Facebook would be just one product along with many products such as Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus, and more under a parent company. The idea signals the tech giant’s ambition to be known for more […]
Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar said that modern Indian women want to stay single, are unwilling to give birth even after marriage and desire children by surrogacy. He criticized the western influence on Indian society, asserting Indian youngsters are no more interested in living with their parents in a joint family. “Today, I am […]
World Health Organisation stated that Hepatitis B is “a life-threatening liver infection caused by the hepatitis B infection (HBV) and can put individuals at higher risk by causing chronic infection”. Contrary to this, research conducted in Sabarkantha by the Indian Institute of Public Health- Gandhinagar (IIPH-G) and two other diabetes care centres situated in Vadodara […]
World Postal Day is celebrated every year on 9 October. This year’s theme of World Post Day is Innovate to Recover. People relied on the postal services during the lockdown that was imposed due to the covid-19 breakout. Hence, this year’s theme is to encourage more people to use the postal and gather ideas for […]
Making an announcement in Tesla’s annual shareholder meeting yesterday, Elon Musk informed that Tesla will move its headquarters from Palo Alto, California to Austin Texas. Tesla in California benefitted from considerable incentives for electric-vehicle buyers and green-energy initiatives apart from being in vicinity of Stanford University and Silicon Valley location near other technology giants like […]
Two events passed me by this week. Both happen every year. September 30th is celebrated as International Translation Day, the feast of Saint Jerome, the translator of the Holy Bible, considered the patron saint of translators. You could read more about Saint Jerome on the Encyclopedia Brittanica website. Translation, often, seems like an invisible activity. […]
The number of deaths recorded in India due to Covid-19 is highest among all the countries falling under the lower-middle-income classification as per a study by World Bank’s analyst – Philip Schellekens. According to the World Bank income classification, India falls under the lower-middle-income countries (LMICs) category. Schellekens’ analysis states that the excess mortality rate […]
SR Box Cricket : Date & Time: September 22 | 8:30 Pm to 10:30 PM It’s 20 overs night box cricket match !! We have mixed teams of boys and girls !! We want more and more girls to participate and show that they can play cricket along with the boys !! NAKSHATRA NAVRATRI & […]
