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One should be able to use their success to take more risks, not less: M Night Shyamalan

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 Indian-American filmmaker M Night Shyamalan, famed for his twist endings in Hollywood, says the initial success he achieved after “The Sixth Sense” started to feel like a trap as it blinded him with a desire to get accepted. The filmmaker followed the 1999 movie’s success with blockbusters — “Unbreakable”, “Signs” and “The Village” but his career saw a dip in the mid-2000s with critically panned “Lady in the Water”, “The Last Airbender” and “After Earth”. Shyamalan, who is back with his latest thriller “Old” about a family’s beach vacation gone…

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SC asks Uttar Pradesh to reconsider its stand to hold even symbolic Kanwar Yatra

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The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to apprise it by July 19 on whether it would reconsider its decision to hold a symbolic Kanwar Yatra in the state, saying the right to life is paramount. A bench of Justices RF Nariman and B R Gavai said that it is of the prima face view that all kinds of sentiments are subservient to Article 21 of the Constitution. It said the Uttar Pradesh government cannot be allowed to hold Kanwar Yatra in view of Covid . The…

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Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba set to seek vote of confidence

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Nepal’s new Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is set to face a vote of confidence in the reinstated lower House of parliament on Sunday, according to media reports. Deuba, 75, the president of Nepali Congress, took the oath of office and secrecy on July 13, a day after a five-member Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana reinstated the dissolved House of Representatives for the second time in five months. The first meeting of the restored House will be held at 4 pm local…

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Discoms’ outstanding dues to gencos fall 15.25 pc to Rs 82,305 cr in May

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Total outstanding dues owed by electricity distribution utilities or discoms to power producers fell 15.25 per cent to Rs 82,305 crore in May 2021 from a year ago. Distribution companies (discoms) owed a total Rs 97,111 crore to power generation firms in May 2020, according to portal PRAAPTI (Payment Ratification And Analysis in Power procurement for bringing Transparency in Invoicing of generators). The outstanding dues of discoms towards electricity producers have been increasing year-on-year as well as month-on-month for years showing perennial stress in the power sector till February this…

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Mumbai rain fury: 25 die in house collapses after landslides

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Twenty five people died in house collapses triggered by landslides following incessant overnight rains in Mumbai, which caused severe water logging and disruption of suburban train services and vehicular traffic in the financial capital on Sunday, officials said. The Western Railway and Central Railway briefly suspended suburban train services in Mumbai after the heavy rains, and many long distance trains were terminated or regulated at various stations, officials said. Seventeen people died as a compound wall came crashing down on some houses located on a hillock after a landslide, a…

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India records 38,949 fresh Covid cases

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 India recorded 38,949 new COVID-19 cases, which took the infection tally to 3,10,26,829, while the death toll reached 4,12,531 with 542 more fatalities, according to Union health ministry data updated on Friday ? The active cases have declined to 4,30,422 and comprise 1.39 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate stands at 97.28 per cent, the data updated at 8 am showed It said that a decrease of 1,619 has been recorded in the number of active cases in a span of 24 hours The…

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Largest wildfire in Oregon expands further; new evacuations

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Firefighters scrambled on Friday to control a raging inferno in southeastern Oregon that’s spreading miles a day in windy conditions, one of numerous conflagrations across the US West that are straining resources. Authorities ordered a new round of evacuations Thursday amid worries the Bootleg Fire, which has already destroyed 21 homes, could merge with another blaze that also grew explosively amid dry and blustery conditions. The Bootleg Fire, the largest wildfire currently burning in the US, has now torched an area larger than New York City and has stymied firefighters…

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Prisoners released during COVID-19 second wave will not surrender until further orders: SC

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The Supreme Court on Friday ordered that prisoners, who were released by the high powered committees (HPCs) of states during the second wave of COVID-19 following its direction, will not be asked to surrender until further orders. A special bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana also asked the HPCs of states to file within five days the norms being adopted by them in implementing its May 7 orders on release of prisoners for decongesting jails. The top court also asked the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) to file…

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Sensex surges over 100 pts in early trade; Nifty tops 15,950

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Equity benchmark Sensex jumped over 100 points to touch record intra-day high in early trade on Friday, tracking gains in index majors Reliance Industries, HDFC twins and ITC despite a largely negative trend in global markets. After surging to a peak of 53,290.81 in opening session, the 30-share BSE index was trading 111.60 points or 0.21 per cent higher at 53,270.45 in initial deals, while the broader NSE Nifty rose 33.60 points or 0.21 per cent to 15,957.80. ITC was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, surging over 1…

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Film personalities pay tributes to ‘inspiration’ Surekha Sikri: She was a top-class performer

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Veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal, Neena Gupta and Manoj Bajpayee among others on Friday paid tributes to three-time National Award-winning actor Surekha Sikri and remembered her as one of the greatest talent of the entertainment industry. Sikri, known for her nuanced performance in Tamas , Mammo , Badhaai Ho , died following a cardiac arrest at a hospital in suburban Mumbai this morning. She was 75. Benegal, who has worked with Sikri in Mammo , Sardari Begum and Zubeidaa , said it was a delight to see Sikri perform. For the…

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