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The first look of the forthcoming science fiction feature “Ashwatthama”, fronted by Vicky Kaushal, was revealed by the makers on Monday and the actor said he is looking forward to start shooting for the project. The film will see Kaushal playing the titular mythological character who was given the boon of immortality. Directed by Aditya Dhar and produced by Ronnie Screwvala, “Ashwatthama” is described as a “futuristic sci-fi, based on a character from the chapter of Mahabharata”. As per the epic, Ashwatthama was the son of guru Dronacharya, who fought…

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Seizure of animals can be done under 2017 rules of PCA Act pending litigation: Centre to SC

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The Centre on Monday justified in the Supreme Court the 2017 rules under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act, 1960, and said that there is difference between seizure and confiscation of animals and a plea can be filed in the concerned court seeking release of seized animals. The top court said that confiscation of animals can only happen after the conviction of a person under the PCA Act and it cannot be done during the pendency of trial. A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices AS…

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Sensex rallies over 400 pts to fresh intra-day record; Nifty tops 14,450

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Equity benchmark Sensex surged over 400 points in early trade on Monday to top the 49,000 mark for the first time, tracking gains in IT stocks amid largely positive trend in global equities and massive FPI inflow. After touching a record intra-day high of 49,260.21, the 30-share BSE index was trading 405.45 points or 0.83 per cent higher at 49,187.96. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty jumped 112.45 points or 0.78 per cent to 14,459.70 in opening deals. It hit a fresh intra-day high of 14,474.05. On the Sensex chart, Infosys…

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Pelosi says House will impeach Trump, pushes VP to oust him

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday the House will proceed with legislation to impeach President Donald Trump as she pushes the vice president and Cabinet to invoke constitutional authority to force him out, warning that Trump is a threat to democracy after the deadly assault on the Capitol. Pelosi made the announcement in a letter to colleagues, saying the House will first vote to push Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the powers of the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office. After 24 hours, she said, the House would…

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Modi urges youngsters to join Startup India international summit

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called upon youngsters to attend ‘Prarambh’, the Startup India international summit on January 15 and 16, saying it seeks to bring together top minds from industry, academia, investment, banking and finance besides young start up leaders. He also shared his LinkedIn post in which he noted that virtual interactions have become the new normal during the COVID-19 pandemic and said a big advantage of this is that people can be a part of programmes sitting at home. “With most events being held virtually, it has…

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It took me 16 years to figure out my voice, says Anubhav Sinha

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“Mulk”, “Article 15” and “Thappad” have established Anubhav Sinha as a prominent voice in contemporary cinema, but the director says it took him over a decade to find his calling. Sinha, who was interacting with the audiences after delivering Satyajit Ray Memorial Lecture at the 26th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) here on Saturday evening, started his journey with the 2001 hit “Tum Bin” and went on to make films like “Dus”, “Cash” and “Gulaab Gang”. “It took me 16 years to figure out my voice. The most important question…

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Pitch is good to bat on and two gentlemen out there have proved how good they are: Ashwin

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Ravichandran Ashwin reckons that the 22-yard strip at the SCG has eased considerably and backed two of India’s finest exponents of Test match batting — Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteswar Pujara — to once again come good in a pressure situation. India will need to bat 90 plus overs on the final day of the third Test and score another 309 runs with Pujara and Rahane aiming to save the match by batting out the whole day. “The pitch has been quite slow, and it has been good to bat on.…

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Centre seeks dismissal of review petition on PM CARES Fund

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The Centre on Saturday sought dismissal of a review petition seeking information about funds received by the Prime Minister’s Citizens Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situation (PM CARES) Fund. The Union government told the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court that audit statement of receipt and payment accounts of the PM CARES Fund for 2019-20 was available on the trust’s website. An affidavit was filed by Pradeep Srivastava, Under Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office, before a division bench of Justices Sunil Shukre and Anil Kilor in response to…

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Big steel, cement firms operating as a cartel; need to place regulator: Gadkari

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Big players in the steel and cement industry are indulging in cartelisation to jack-up prices, Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has said, pitching to place a regulator for the sectors. It will be difficult to achieve Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream of making India a USD 5 trillion economy if the steel and cement prices keep going up, Gadkari said, pointing out the target of investing Rs 111 lakh crore on infrastructure projects in the next five years to aid the economy. It can be noted that allegations of…

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Indonesian divers find parts of plane wreckage in Java Sea

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Authorities said they determined the location of the crash site and black boxes of a Boeing 737-500 on Sunday, a day after the aircraft crashed into the Java Sea with 62 people on board shortly after taking off from Indonesia’s capital. The head of Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency, Bagus Puruhito, said officials believe they identified the location of the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder the so-called black boxes because emergency signals transmitted by the devices were detected by a navy ship’s sonar system. We have determined…