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The new Hindi trailer of ' Incredibles 2 ' is here and it has marked the official entry of Bollywood's very own Kajol into the superhero world. Shared by Kajol herself, the trailer shows Kajol (or, err.her voice) donning the hat of Helen Parr, aka Elastigirl, with elan. In her tweet, Kajol wrote in Hindi which roughly translates to 'Meet a family which is like your family, yet it is not'. Just a few days ago, the news broke out that the 43-year-old actress will do the voiceover for the much-loved character of Elastigirl for the Hindi version of the film. The news was shared by Kajol herself on her Twitter account. The movie is based on the life of Parrs, a family blessed with superpowers. Its prequel, the first in the series, was released in 2004. The animated film is slated to release on June 15.

Reliance Jio has introduced exclusive offers on two Samsung devices -- "Galaxy J2 (2018)" and "Galaxy J7 Duo" -- bundling them with cashbacks and other benefits for Jio users. As part of the scheme, for "Galaxy J2 (2018)," Jio subscribers can avail instant cashback vouchers up to Rs 2,750 along with a 100GB 4G data benefit, read the information available on Jio website. Similarly, "Galaxy J7 Duo" is available for purchase with double data benefits that would come with four and more recharges. For users subscribed to Jio prepaid plans of Rs 198 and above, the offers on both the devices will be valid till September 30. Customers can get access to more information about the offers on Reliance Jio's official website.

Actor Rana Daggubati says he falls in a category of neutral actors, and has always believed in getting involved in content with no regional barriers. "I interestingly fall under a category of neutral actors and filmmakers who have been constantly involved in content with no regional barriers," Rana told IANS. "'Baahubali' was really the film that broke most barriers of what regional cinema can do nationally. I hope that more films like these are made, and can make the impact that 'Baahubali' was able to," added the actor, who is pushing content of all type with his Kwan South, a joint venture with Kwan Entertainment. The actor, who has worked in the southern film industry as well as in Bollywood, feels it is important to find content that is nationally applicable. "I was able to find that very early into my career because I started working in the films at a very young age. In the process of filmmaking, language is only one of t...

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru has made it to the list of top 100 in the Times Higher Education (THE) World Reputation Rankings 2018. The last time it was featured was in 2011. The annual ranking highlights the top 100 global university brands, which now includes IISc in the 91-100 band. Commenting on the rankings, Phil Baty, editorial director of Global Rankings for THE, said, “Only 100 institutions in the world make it to this annual list of the most powerful university brands, so it is a highly significant achievement to be included — and fantastic to see an Indian presence this year.” The list was compiled from a globally representative survey of more than 10,000 senior academics. IISc was the only Indian institute to have made it this year. “ That prestige – that ‘brand’ – is vital for any university in attracting the necessary talent to allow it to compete and thrive, as well as drawing in strategic partners, philanthropy and investment. As in...

The plunge in the average exports realisations for shrimps is hitting the bottom-line of the stakeholders across the supply chain associated with the USD five billion Indian seafood export market . The export prices of shrimps, the key contributor to the country's seafood basket, have plunged by more than 20 per cent in past few months, due to increased supply from competing nations Vietnam, Thailand, Ecuador. While the exporters are stating that there has been a sharp drop of two dollar per kg in prices of key verities compared to last year which is over 30 per cent. One exporter on the condition of anonymity said for a particular grade of a shrimp the price is around $5.40 per kilogram of shrimp presently which 30 per cent lower than year and major fall was seen in last few months. Falling rupee has not been able to help much, said the exporter. While the shrimp farmers, mainly in Andhra Pradesh, are forced to go for one crop against the normal practice of doi...

HMD Global, a Finnish company behind the Nokia-branded phones, on May 29 announced the Nokia 5.1, Nokia 3.1 and Nokia 2.1. The trio of smartphones brings host of improvements in term of features and specifications over their predecessors – the Nokia 5 , Nokia 3 and Nokia 2 . Built from a single block of 6000 series aluminium, the Nokia 5.1 gets a bigger and modern screen of 5.5-inch in 18:9 aspect ratio. Not just the screen, the resolution has also been raised to fullHD+ to make it sharp and crisp for watching multimedia content. The phone is powered by MediaTek Helio P18 octa-core processor, which runs at a maximum frequency of a 2.0 GHz. In terms of imaging, the phone’s primary camera has been upgraded with a 16-megapixel sensor that supports phase detection auto-focus. To accommodate new format screen, the company has moved fingerprint sensor to the back and the capacitive navigation keys of the predecessor are now replaced with on-screen navigation keys. Being a Google And...

The International Energy Agency has said there will be a net increase in carbon emissions due to electric vehicles when considering life-cycle emissions in countries, like India and China, which have a carbon-intensive power generation mix. In its report on electric vehicle, IEA says under the New Policies Scenario, India will reach an 11 per cent EV market share by 2030 (for all modes combined, excluding two- and three-wheelers where the share will be 70 per cent). Under the EV30@30 Scenario outlook, India’s electric mobility transition could develop a favourable policy environment and achieve a 25 per cent EV market share by 2030 across all modes, except two and three-wheelers where over 70 per cent of sales will be electric by the same year. "This transition can be supported with the adoption of car and ride-sharing systems, suggesting that the country to some extent may leapfrog from a low personal vehicle ownership rate to shared mobility while access to motorise...

Rajinikanth , the superstar is alive and kicking in the trailer of his new film, rather racially referred to as "Kaala". ' Kaala ' Rajinikanth, it seems, is the son of the soil. Dark (kaala) thoughts are vanquished as he seethes against those who toil to torment the farmer. He rages against the landlord played by Nana Patekar, who it is quite clear from the trailer's first shot, is a formidable adversary for our hero. Rajinikanth not only plays the hero of the farmers a la Aamir Khan in "Lagaan" without the dhoti, he also takes on Nana as only he can. Interestingly, Nana plays a nuanced, scholarly adversary. So we can safely assume that this time Rajinikanth's herogiri won't be offset by plain unalloyed evil. This is a more complex villain. Nana addresses the masses and refuses to be a snarling lip-curling villain. That he insisted on learning the Tamil language from scratch for this part is a measure of the actor's diligent commi...

Bollywood stars Salman Khan and Jacqueline Fernandez are facing the ire of the netizens for forcing an 'unwilling child' to hug Jacqueline. Jacqueline had taken to social media to share a clip of the stars' appearance on a reality TV show where the 'Sultan' star can be seen persuading a young boy, a contestant, to give her a hug. The two were present on the show to promote their upcoming film 'Race 3.' While Salman and Jacqueline took it all in fun, this did not go down well with their fans and followers. "Negating consent and all that we are teaching kids about how their bodies are theirs. *slow clap*," wrote one user. "Kid of 5 or 6 says he doesn't want to hug Jacqueline Fernandez . Celeb panel laughs. "Aise kaise?" Repeatedly he says he doesn't feel like hugging her. Body language suggests same. Salman Khan forces him to hug her. Forces him to "tightly hug her" once again. Consent be damned,...

The much-awaited trailer of the biopic, ' Sanju ' is here and it offers an intriguing mix of emotions, comedy, drama and most importantly, shock. The gripping trailer gave an insight into the life of Sanjay Dutt aka Sanju baba - be it his girlfriends, his drug addiction, his career, his conviction, downfall, his sentence, his acquittal, and then his uprising once again. While most of the public will be aware of the events, director Rajkumar Hirani brought the stories behind such events to the forefront. He dug to the bottom of real-life story behind the façade of the illustrious actor. Ranbir looks amazingly convincing in the role of Dutt. The younger actor took to the latter's persona like a charm. The trailer also touched upon his equation with various members of his life, portrayed by Paresh Rawal, Sonam Kapoor, Vicky Kaushal, Manisha Koirala, and Anushka Sharma. There were some disturbing scenes from Dutt's jail term which made the audience a...

Pick up any flagship phone these days, and it features wireless charging. But there’s a catch: Almost no phone manufacturer bundles in a wireless charger. Thus, the customer, after paying big bucks for a phone with myriad features is often unable to use one of the most-touted ones. A quick search on any shopping site reveals a wide range of wireless chargers, more specifically those which adhere to the Qi charging format. But most are from unknown Chinese manufacturers, and thus, there’s no guarantee about what they would turn out to be. Thankfully, accessories major Belkin has a solution. The Boost-up Wireless Charging Pad (Rs 2,999) is compatible with most modern smartphones. I used it with the Apple iPhone X and the Samsung Galaxy Note8 . Initially, I faced a problem. The iPhone X had absolutely no charge, so I was apprehensive about whether I had placed it properly. Thankfully, there’s a green LED that lights up once the phone is aligned right. The charger comes in ...

Facebook is set to offer its WhatsApp payment services to the whole of India as early as next week in an attempt to win market share, even though its partners aren’t all ready, said people familiar with the matter. The messaging app will partner HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank to process the transfers, and State Bank of India will join once it has the necessary systems in place, the people said. Facebook was aiming for a full rollout with four partners but decided to go ahead with just three as its rivals were racing ahead, the people said, asking not to be named as the information isn’t public. The entry of Whatsapp into India’s payments space has been likened to WeChat, which reshaped payments in China when it expanded beyond messaging. The pilot version of WhatsApp Pay — started with 1 million users in February — received rave reviews, threatening the market share of incumbents Google Tez and Alibaba-backed Paytm, which lack the benefits of a social network. “ Wha...

CBSE class 10th results 2018 have been announced. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released the results on its official website — cbse.nic.in. CBSE students can also check their results on cbseresults.nic.in and cbse.examresults.net. CBSE results were earlier expected to be announced at 4 pm today but it has been preponed by almost two hours. According to CBSE officials, 186,000 students have got compartment. This counts up to 11.45 per cent of the total candidates appeared for the CBSE 10th class exams. 131,493 students have secured 90 per cent and above, according to Times of India. 27,476 students have scored 95 per cent and above. Other websites that will show the CBSE 10th results 2018 are -- Google search page, Bing search page, UMANG app. How to check the results when you are offline If you're not connected to the internet, you can also check your score through Microsoft's application's SMS Organizer. SMS Organizer is a free Android ...

Vivo, a Chinese mobile phone brand, was one of the first smartphone manufacturers to launch consumer-ready notch screen-based smartphone the Vivo V9 in India . Now, in another first, the company is gearing up to launch an in-screen fingerprint sensor-based device the Vivo X21. The smartphone will be Flipkart-exclusive and will go on sale starting May 29. The Vivo X21 is a flagship smartphone with top of the line specifications. The phone sports a vivid fullHD+ super AMOLED 6.28-inch notch-based screen, which has an embedded fingerprint sensor at the lower bottom. The phone boasts premium glass-metal-glass sandwich design, which is in-line with other premium offerings. Powering the smartphone is a rather modest Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 system-on-chip (SoC), paired with mammoth 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage, expandable up to 256GB using microSD card. The dual-SIM smartphone boots Android Oreo out of the box covered under company’s customised skin called as the Fu...

Coca-Cola launched its first ever alcoholic drink today in Japan -- a fizzy, lemon-flavoured concoction laced with spirits that seek to capitalise on the growing popularity of "chuhai" alcopops enjoyed especially by young women. Although the US firm dabbled in the wine business in the 1970s, the experiment in Japan is "unique" in the company's 125-year history, said Coca-Cola Japan president Jorge Garduno. From today, three new "Lemon-Do" drinks -- containing three, five and seven percent alcohol -- will be available in the southern Kyushu region of Japan. A 350-millilitre can will set you back 150 yen ($1.40). "This is a pilot project in the region which has a sizable market," Masaki Iida, spokesman for Coca-Cola's Japanese unit, told AFP. He declined to reveal the exact spirit in the drink, as the recipe is a closely guarded secret. Coca Cola product developers got the idea after visiting Japanese-style "iz...

Chennai Super Kings beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets to win the VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL 2018). It was a cake walk for the CSK players as they went past the projected score of 178 with 9 balls to spare. A vintage Shane Watson knock gave CSK a fairytale IPL glory after missing out the tournament for two consecutive years due to a spot-fixing scandal. The Aussie's 117 out of 57 balls runs single-handedly won the game for CSK. He hit a magnificent century in the ultimate IPL match of the season. Ambati Rayudu hit the winning runs with 9 balls to spare as CSK won the title for a 3rd time. CSK showed utter dominance over SRH as they beat them in all the four encounters they had in this year's edition. The SRH bowlers failed to display the scintilating form that they carried through most of the tournament, except Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Raashid Khan, who showed some prowress against the Chennai brigade. While Bhuvi was the most economic, with an economy ra...

Manpasand Beverages is locked in lower circuit of 20% at Rs 345, also its 52-week low on the BSE, after the company announced the resignation of statutory auditor Deloitte Haskins & Sells with effect from May 26, 2018. The company said the board has appointed Mehra Goel & Co as statutory auditor of the Company with effect from May 27, 2018 to fill the casual vacancy. Till 09:48 am; a combined 47,401 equity shares changed hands and there were pending sell orders for 578,246 shares on the BSE and NSE. Manpasand Beverages said that the board meeting scheduled on May 30, 2018 to consider audited financial results and to recommend dividend, if any, has been cancelled, due to sudden resignation of existing auditors. “ We would like to inform you that subsequent to resignation of M/s. Deloitte Haskins & Sells, Chartered Accountants, Vadodara, (FRN:- 117364W) the Statutory Auditors of the Company with effect from May 26, 2018, the Board of Directors of the Compan...

CBSE Class 12 result was released today. CBSE Class 10 Result 2018 will be declared on May 28. According to a media report, Central Board of Secondary Education may declare CBSE 10th result on Monday. CBSE will release the results on its official website cbse.nic.in or cbseresults.nic.in. Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced CBSE 12th result on Saturday with the overall pass percentage of 83.01 percent. The top three regions were Thiruvananthapuram with 97.32 percent, Chennai 93.87 percent, and Delhi with 89 percent. "The board congratulates all the students. The girls have taken a lead of 9.32 percent ahead of boys. The pass percentage has also increased by 1 percent. There are nine toppers this year with the first topper at 499 marks, the second topper 498, and seven toppers at 497 marks," Public Relations Officer (PRO) CBSE Rama Sharma said. "The CBSE has also set up special counselling facility for dealing with post-result anxiety. The to...

Amazon.com said a series of miscues picked up by one of its voice-activated Echo speakers during an Oregon couple’s private conversation resulted in the chat being recorded and sent to one of their acquaintances without their knowledge. The tech company responded Wednesday to a KIRO 7 news report that the pair got a phone call recently from the acquaintance, one of the husband’s employees, saying “unplug your Alexa devices right now. You’re being hacked.” The Portland couple used Amazon’s voice-activated devices throughout their home to control heat, lights and security, according to the news report. ALSO READ : Alexa gets screen: Amazon Echo Spot a good introduction to smart assistants Amazon explained the series of events that triggered the episode in an emailed statement. The Echo woke after hearing a word in the couple’s conversation that sounded like “Alexa” — the usual trigger to begin recording. The speaker later heard “send message” during the conversation, at whi...

Chennai Super Kings beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets to win the VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL 2018). Shane Watson single-handedly won it for CSK by hitting a magnificent century in the biggest game of the season. He made 117 runs. He had scored a century in the earlier stage of the tournament. Ambati Rayudu hit the winning runs. Coming back from a two-year suspension due to spot-fixing scandal, CSK showed utter dominance over SRH as they beat them in all the four encounters they had in this year's edition. SRH bowlers looked out of form. Barring Bhuvneshwar and Raashid, all the others leaked runs heavily. With this win, CSK lift the IPL trophy for the third time in the seven finals they have played. Earlier, Bhuvneshwar Kumar was back in the attack and gave just 8 runs. His figures were 4-1-17-0. Rashid came back to bowl his last and Shane Watson completed his 2nd century of the season. Rashid gave 12 runs in his last over. He ended with the figures of 4-1-24-0. CSK n...

Exercising your legs is necessary for a healthy brain and nervous system, said a new study that showed that neurological health depends on signals sent by leg muscles to the brain and vice versa. The results gave doctors new clues as to why patients with motor neuron disease, multiple sclerosis, spinal muscular atrophy and other neurological diseases often rapidly decline when their movement becomes limited. Reducing exercise makes it difficult for the body to produce new nerve cells -- some of the very building blocks that allows one to adapt to stress and challenges in life. "Our study supports the notion that people who are unable to do load-bearing exercises -- such as patients who are bed-ridden, or even astronauts on extended travel -- not only lose muscle mass, but their body chemistry is altered at the cellular level and even their nervous system is adversely impacted," said Raffaella Adami from the University of Milan, in Italy. During the study,...

The death of the legendary Sridevi came as a blow to all her friends, fans and co-stars. Nagarjuna , who worked with her in Telugu and Hindi films, says Sridevis death served up a lesson to him and he feels her contribution to the southern film industry must not be underestimated. "I still can't believe she is gone. Life is so unpredictable. The suddenness of Sridevi 's death has made me appreciate my loved ones more. It's important to live every moment positively and beautifully," Nagarjuna said. Nagarjuna, who was as shocked as the rest of the nation by Sridevi's sudden demise in February at a Dubai hotel, says her contribution to cinema cannot be undermined. "She was equally important to Hindi and south cinema. Her contribution to cinema in the south -- whether it was Malayalam, Telugu or Tamil, cannot be undermined. In Telugu, I can vouch for her professionalism and talent. Sridevi could do anything." He recalled how Sridevi worked with bot...

Telugu actor-producer Ram Charan says he is ready to explore Bollywood and wishes to work with Rajkumar Hirani. While "Baahubali" fame actor Prabhas and Malayalam movie star Dulquer Salmaan are working in Bollywood films like "Saaho" and "Karwaan" respectively, asked if he has any favourite director in Bollywood, Ram said: "I am a huge fan of Rajkumar Hirani sir and would love to work with him. "He is one of those filmmakers who is balancing the art and commerce rightly in his films. I so wish to work with him. I have also watched a few films of Vishal Bhardwaj and he makes some amazing pieces of cinema. Working with him would be such a pleasure." Ram has already worked in Bollywood as he featured in "Zanjeer" in 2013. Asked if there's a criteria he has for a Bollywood project, he said: "Yes, I tried it earlier and it did not do so well. But if I am getting something interesting, why not? I will surely give tha...

The domestic cellphone industry has flagged possible duty evasion in imports of the completely built unit (CBU) of mobile phones, suspected of Chinese origin, from Asean countries under the free trade route. In a letter to Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia, Indian Cellular Association (ICA) said there is a possibility of customs duty evasion in import of CBUs from Asean countries at zero duty as the mobile devices contain more than 65 per cent material from non-Asean origin. Government has imposed 20 per cent import duty on mobile phones to promote indigenous manufacturing of the devices as they have security implications. “ We wish to bring to your notice the possibility of substantial case of customs duty evasion in the case of import of CBU of mobile phones from Asean countries, specially Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand, at nil rate,” ICA National President Pankaj Mohindroo said in the letter. India has signed free trade agreements with Asean countries which covers...

As it marks its entry into the premium-affordable housing segment, Bengaluru-based real estate giant Embassy Group is turning to technology to woo customers in an effort to offer a truly differentiated experience from its rivals. The company is dabbling with the idea of smart homes and has roped in Amazon to fit every apartment in its upcoming Embassy Edge project in North Bengaluru with Echo smart speakers and accompanying smart devices. Homeowners will be able to control lights and appliances with their voice and will even be able to remotely monitor their homes through Amazon ’s service. The project will have a little over 800 homes and will be completed in the next four years. “ Being the first in real estate to bring this integration of voice-enabled homes in India, we believe that this will revolutionize the residential sector. We will be replicating this concept in our other residential projects across micro markets,” said Jitu Virwani, Chairman and Managing Dir...

In Qualifier 2 of Vivo Indian Premier League (IPL 2018) Kane Williamson-led Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will take on Dinesh Karthik's Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Friday. A two-time champion, KKR will be aiming to exploit SRH's recent run of poor form when the two teams square off in what promises to be a high-octane IPL Qualifier 2 match. KKR stormed into the IPL Qualifier 2 by defeating Rajasthan Royals by 25 runs at the same venue, while Sunrisers Hyderabad lost to Chennai Super Kings by 2 wickets in a nail-biting encounter in Mumbai in Qualifier 1. SRH got the benefit of being one of the top two teams in Vivo IPL points table and received a second shot at qualifying for the final tie, while Rajasthan, which entered the playoffs ranked fourth were knocked out. KKR have ticked all the right boxes in theior past few IPL 2018 matches, with four wins on trot. Table-toppers Sunrisers, on the other hand, have slipped after finishing on top of th...

The 2018 FIFA World Cup will be the 21st version of the mega tournament, a quadrennial international football contest played by the men's national teams of the member nations of FIFA. It is scheduled to take place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded the hosting rights on 2 December 2010. This will be the first World Cup held in Europe since the 2006 tournament in Germany and the first ever to be held in Eastern Europe. A total of 64 matches will be played in 12 venues located in 11 cities and the final will take place on 15 July at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. Here is a list of the 12 stadiums that are going to host the mega event. Central stadium is located in Yekaterinburg, Russia. The stadium has a capacity of accommodating 35,000 people. Out of the 12 stadiums of Russia involved in the FIFA World Cup, this is the only stadium situated in Asian Russia while all others are situated in European Russia. Fisht Olympic stadium is an o...

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and decided to bowl.The bowlers took advantage of the pitch and took early wickets.Both Narine and Uthappa were dismissed within the first 4 overs. KKR stood at 32/3 at the end of 5 overs. KKR were scoring just run a ball before Andre Russell came into bat. He scored a six off the first ball he faced .Russell made a quick 49 of just 25 balls, helping KKR reach a target of 169/7 at the end of the 20 overs. Ajinkya Rahane and Rahul Tripathi opened the innings for Rajasthan Royals.Both of them attacked the KKR bowlers and led RR to a decent start.KKR was in desperate need for wickets, therefore Narine was introduced into the attack but he too went for a lot of runs. RR were in a good position before Kuldeep Yadav took the wicket of KKR Captain Ajinkya Rahane in the 15th over .Yadav conceded only 3 runs in that over. Soon samson was also dismissed and KKR were back in the game. After Stuart Binny got out for a duck in the 18th over Rajastan...

Major fire broke out in a hospital in east Delhi early on Thursday morning, an official of Fire Services said. The official said they received a call around 2:40 a.m. and 20 fire tenders were pressed into service to extinguish the fire at the Dharamshila Narayana Superspeciality Hospital in Vasundhara Enclave. Another official, however, said that the fire did not break out inside the hospital but behind a building in an open space. He said flames were extinguished at 5:30 a.m. and no injuries were reported. He added that main building of the hospital was safe.

Free heart surgeries will be available for children with congenital defects at the Aligarh Muslim University's (AMU) Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College (JNMC) after the varsity signed a deal with a British charity. The collaboration with the Healing Little Hearts (HLH) charity was initiated by AMU Vice Chancellor Tariq Mansoor, Tabassum Shahab (Pro Vice-Chancellor) and Shamshul Zoha, an AMU alumnus. Javaid Akhter (Registrar), Mohammad Hanif Beg (Chairperson, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery) and Azam Haseem signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with HLH's Sanjiv Nichani (Consultant Paediatric Interventionist) and Zoha. "Since independent researches show yearly births of over 100,000 babies with congenital heart defects in India, it is high time to take necessary steps for helping these children with heart ailments," said professor Beg. Many children requiring corrective heart surgeries do not get treated due to financial constraints and ev...