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Singer Shreya Ghoshal interview on music trends | Video Credit: The Hindu Maestro Ilaiyaaraja’s first film recording was full of drama. Way back in 1976, even as the composer assembled his musical team to record the first song of his debut Tamil film ‘Annakili’, the power went off.Shreya Ghoshal’s first film recording, too, was nothing short of crazy. She had no clue that her debut song (‘Bairi Piya’ in Devdas) was being recorded. “It was a blessing in disguise,” she recalls, “He (director Sanjay Leela Bhansali) had heard me on TV and some albums, and picked me to sing for…

The near-term outlook of the global economy is being shaped by trade-related policies of major economies amid slowing pace of disinflation and these policies could stoke inflation, engender tighter financial conditions, and heighten market turbulence, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) officials said in the February edition of RBI Bulletin released on Wednesday.  “A strong dollar, driven by U.S. economic resilience and trade policy pivots, could exacerbate capital outflows from emerging economies, push risk premiums higher, and intensify external vulnerabilities,” they said in the article ‘State of the Economy’. The ‘last mile’ of disinflation may become more challenging in such an environment,…

Poster of ‘Hancock’; Zendaya | Photo Credit: Sony Pictures and MARIO ANZUONI/REUTERS Actor Will Smith recently dropped a bombshell that has left fans of the 2008 superhero movie Hancock eagerly anticipating a sequel.The actor revealed that a follow-up film is in the works, and he’s eyeing none other than Zendaya for a role in the movie, according to Deadline.During the livestream, Smith expressed his excitement about the potential sequel and said, “There’s a really cool Hancock 2 idea… We haven’t even talked about it.” He then dropped a major hint about the film’s casting, adding, “I’m going to give you…

Through “Global Investor Meets”, State governments compete with each other every year to show-case themselves before the investor community and the elite, thereby giving the indication that employment promotion through new investments stands out as their policy plank. In the early part of the present century, the economic cold war between Gujarat and Maharashtra led to a search for new strategies of attracting investments. In 2003, the then Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi, came up with the idea of ‘Vibrant Gujarat’ as an experimental project, offering a meeting place for potential investors. Various State governments including Kerala, Tamil Nadu…

LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 02: Daniel Craig poses with the Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film, in the winners room at the 45th Critics’ Circle Film Awards at The Mayfair Hotel on February 02, 2025 in London, England. | Photo Credit: GARETH CATTERMOLE The world of superhero films has been dealt a significant blow with the news that Daniel Craig has exited the upcoming DC film Sgt. Rock.The movie, which was set to reunite Craig with director Luca Guadagnino, was highly anticipated by fans and critics alike. However, with Craig’s departure, the project’s future is now uncertain, as per…

BBMP officials remove Optical Fibre Cables (OFC) which were hanging at Avenue Road, Bengaluru in 2018. | Photo Credit: File Photo The story so far: The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), a multilateral organisation launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2019, put out a report earlier this month studying Indian telecom networks’ preparedness in the event of disasters. The report suggests ways in which State governments can better prepare for calamities that may impact telecom networks.Why is it important? Telecom networks are crucial to handling disasters, because they allow the State and National Disaster Management Authorities to communicate quickly…

A scene from the play | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Prashant Damle returns with a dose of laughter. The acclaimed Marathi film, television, and theatre actor is set to perform in Hyderabad this weekend with Gela Madhav Kunikade, a beloved Marathi play first staged at Shivaji Mandir, Dadar, in 1992. Featuring Tanvi Palav, Akshata Naik, and Vinay Yedekar, this production has completed 1,800 shows to date and will be staged in Hyderabad for the first time.Comedic timing Prashant Damle and Vinay Yedekar in the play | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Prashant Damle attributes the play’s enduring success to its sharp…

Fines for DSA violations can reach as much as 6% of a company’s global annual revenue [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS WhatsApp has hit a user criterion set out in landmark EU tech rules, the unit owned by Meta Platforms said, meaning it is required to do more to tackle online illegal and harmful content.Messaging platform WhatsApp in a February 14 filing said it had about 46.8 million average monthly active users in the 27-country European Union in the six month period to December 2024, above the 45-million-user threshold set out in the Digital Services Act (DSA).”We can indeed confirm…

Hunter Schafer poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘Kinds of Kindness’ at the 77th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 17, 2024. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP) | Photo Credit: Scott A Garfitt US trans actress Hunter Schafer, known for HBO hit show “Euphoria,” has said her passport gender marker was changed to male, slamming the Trump administration which has demonized any recognition of gender diversity.Schafer blamed the policies of US President Donald Trump for the modification of her gender — despite having identity documents marked female “coming up on a decade now”…

At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 86.88 and gained further ground to trade at 86.79 against the greenback during early deals on February 20, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The rupee appreciated 19 paise to 86.79 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday (February 20, 2025), as the American currency and crude oil prices retreated from their elevated levels. Forex traders said there is a negative bias for the USD/INR pair amid a muted trend in domestic equities and the unabated foreign fund outflow is weighing on investor sentiments. At the interbank foreign exchange, the…