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Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Father Finds A Naked Man In Teen Daughter's Room. He Does This
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Tuesday, April 29, 2025
US Accounting Firms Expand Ops In India To Address Talent Crunch: Report
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Monday, April 28, 2025
What Is 'Grandpa Gang', Facing Trial Over Kim Kardashian's $10 Million Jewellery Theft
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Sunday, April 27, 2025
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Saturday, April 26, 2025
Tahawwur Rana Not Cooperating, Giving Evasive Replies: Mumbai Police
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Friday, April 25, 2025
"Surrender Or Perish": 10,000 Soldiers Encircle Maoists In Biggest-Ever Op
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Thursday, April 24, 2025
What Is Kalima? The Sacred Islamic Verse Cited By Pahalgam Survivors
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Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Man Who Killed Fashion Icon Maurizio Gucci Shoots Son: Report
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Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Vatican Releases Photo Of Pope Francis In Coffin Ahead Of His Funeral
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Monday, April 21, 2025
Ex-Central Banker Vs Veteran Politician: Who's In The Race To Lead Canada
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Sunday, April 20, 2025
"Won't Lead To Anything": Russians Question Logic Of Putin's Easter Truce
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Saturday, April 19, 2025
Workers Given Electric Shock, Nails Pulled Out By Employer In Chhattisgarh
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Friday, April 18, 2025
30-Year-Old Becomes Billionaire On US IPO Of Chinese Tea Chain
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Thursday, April 17, 2025
Who Is Krish Isserdasani, Indian Student Whose US Deportation Was Paused In Landmark Case
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Wednesday, April 16, 2025
WHO Seals Landmark Accord On Tackling Future Pandemics
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Tuesday, April 15, 2025
PM Modi Greets People On 'Himachal Diwas'
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Monday, April 14, 2025
मां तनुजा की काजोल ने शेयर की खूबसूरत पुरानी तस्वीरें, लिखा- मुझे लगता है कि यह जेनेटिक है...
एक्ट्रेस काजोल ने आखिरकार खुलासा कर ही दिया कि उन्हें साड़ी के प्रति प्रेम कहां से मिला. काजोल ने इंस्टाग्राम हैंडल पर अपनी मां तनूजा की एक पुरानी तस्वीर पोस्ट की, जिसमें वह एक मैगजीन के कवर पेज पर साड़ी में बेहद खूबसूरत लग रही थीं. पूजो उत्सव की तरह दिखने वाली साड़ी में अपनी एक और तस्वीर जोड़ते हुए, काजोल ने कैप्शन में लिखा, "मेरी शानदार खिली हुई मां! और साड़ियों के लिए उनका प्यार.. मुझे लगता है कि यह आनुवांशिक है."
मां-बेटी की यह जोड़ी देसी परिधान में बेहद खूबसूरत लग रही थी, उन्होंने इसे बेहद शालीनता और शिष्टता के साथ पहना था. जो लोग नहीं जानते उन्हें बता दें कु तनुजा अपने समय में एक सफल एक्ट्रेसेस में से एक थीं और उन्होंने 'दो चोर' (1972), 'मेरे जीवन साथी' (1972), 'हाथी मेरे साथी' (1971), 'अनुभव' (1971), 'जीने की राह' (1969), 'ज्वेल थीफ' (1967), 'बहारें फिर भी आएंगी' (1966) सहित कई फिल्मों में अभिनय किया। 'चांद और सूरज' (1965), 'आज और कल' (1963) और 'हमारी याद आएगी' (1961), ये कुछ नाम हैं. तनूजा ने फिल्म निर्माता शोमू मुखर्जी से विवाह किया और उनकी दो बेटियां हैं, काजोल और तनिषा मुखर्जी.
काजोल जल्द ही आने वाली पौराणिक हॉरर फिल्म 'मां' में मुख्य भूमिका निभाती हुई नजर आएंगी. इस चर्चित फिल्म के इस साल 27 जून को सिनेमाघरों में आने की उम्मीद है. काजोल के साथ इस ड्रामा में रोनित रॉय, इंद्रनील सेनगुप्ता, जितिन गुलाटी, गोपाल सिंह, सुरज्यसिखा दास, यानि भारद्वाज, रूपकथा चक्रवर्ती और खेरिन शर्मा भी अहम भूमिका में नजर आएंगे.
विशाल फुरिया द्वारा निर्देशित, 'मां' की पटकथा सैविन क्वाड्रास द्वारा प्रदान की गई है. जियो स्टूडियोज और देवगन फिल्म्स द्वारा प्रस्तुत, 'मां' अजय देवगन और ज्योति देशपांडे द्वारा निर्मित और कुमार मंगत पाठक द्वारा सह-निर्मित है. इसके अलावा, काजोल के पास कायोज ईरानी की 'सरजमीन' भी है। वह अपनी अगली फिल्म में इब्राहिम अली खान, पृथ्वीराज सुकुमारन, टोटा रॉय चौधरी और राजेश शर्मा के साथ स्क्रीन स्पेस साझा करती नजर आएंगी. उनके लाइनअप में चरण तेज उप्पलपति की 'महाराग्नि- क्वीन ऑफ क्वींस' भी शामिल है.
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Sunday, April 13, 2025
Jaat Box Office Collection: तीन दिन में दिखा जाट का जलवा, सनी देओल की फिल्म ने कमा लिए इतने करोड़
सनी देओल की जाट का जलवा जोरों पर चल रहा है. इस फिल्म ने एक अच्छी शुरुआत की और अभी फिल्म मेकर्स के जारी किए गए आंकड़ों की मानें तो फिल्म ने तीन दिन में देशभर में 32.2 करोड़ रुपये की कमाई कर ली है. इस कमाई के साथ ये फिल्म फुल स्पीड में आगे बढ़ रही है और पूरी उम्मीद है कि संडे और मंडे की छुट्टी का असर इसकी कलेक्शन पर भी देखने को मिलेगा और जल्द ही ये 50 करोड़ का आंकड़ा भी पार कर जाएगी.
गोपीचंद मलिनेनी के डायरेक्शन में बनी जाट में सनी देओल, रणदीप हुड्डा और विनीत कुमार लीड रोल में हैं. इस फिल्म में एक्शन का फुल डोज है और सनी देओल एक बार फिर अपना 90 के दशक वाला एक्शन अवतार स्क्रीन पर लेकर आए हैं. ये फिल्म अगर आपने अभी तक नहीं देखी है तो इसे मिस करने की भूल ना ही करें क्योंकि बॉलीवुड में इस तरह की मसाला फिल्म काफी लंबे समय से नहीं आई है. इस फिल्म में काफी कुछ ऐसा है जिसका अंदाजा आप ट्रेलर से नहीं लगा पाएंगे लेकिन जब फिल्म देखेंगे तो समझ पाएंगे कि पूरी कहानी को किस तरह पिरोया गया है.
जाट नहीं था जाट का नाम!
सनी देओल से खास मुलाकात में हमें जानकारी मिली कि जाट का असली नाम जाट नहीं था. सनी ने बताया कि जब ये फिल्म उन्हें ऑफर हुई तो इसका कुछ भी नाम नहीं था लेकिन जब उन्होंने स्क्रिप्ट पढ़ी तो उन्हें लगा कि जाट से बेहतर कोई नाम नहीं हो सकता.
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Gujarat Man, Wife Die After Taking Poison, Their 3 Children Hospitalised
A man and his wife died after they and their three teenaged children allegedly consumed a poisonous substance in an attempt to die by suicide in Gujarat's Sabarkantha district, police said on Sunday.
The exact reason behind the incident, which took place in Vadali town, was not yet clear, an official said.
The couple, their two sons and a daughter started vomiting on Saturday morning, following which some neighbours called an ambulance, and the five family members were rushed to a private hospital for treatment, the official from Vadali police station said.
"From there, they were referred to the civil hospital in Himmatnagar around the afternoon. The couple later died during treatment," he said.
A case of accidental death was registered at Vadali police station, and further probe was being conducted to look into the reason for the extreme step, the official said.
They have been identified as Vinu Sagar (42) and his wife, Kokilaben (40). Their children -- 19-year-old daughter and sons aged 17 and 18 -- are under treatment, the police said.
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Saturday, April 12, 2025
Trump Wants US To Stop Changing Clocks For More Daylight. What It Means
US President Donald Trump has once again called for an end to the practice of changing clocks for Daylight Savings Time. He urged Congress to stop shifting time twice a year as it adds an unnecessary financial burden on the country.
Mr Trump, on Truth Social, wrote, "The House and Senate should push hard for more Daylight at the end of a day. Very popular and, most importantly, no more changing of the clocks, a big inconvenience and, for our government, A VERY COSTLY EVENT!!!"
For decades, people have been debating whether or not to implement daylight saving time. Several politicians and leaders have demanded that this biannual practice be discontinued.
In December, Donald Trump had criticised the biannual clock change on social media. Back then, he said, "The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn't! Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation."
However, a few months after strongly supporting permanent Daylight Savings Time, he called it a "fifty-fifty issue." He said half of the people want to keep changing timings every autumn and fall, while the rest don't want it.
He said, "It's something I can do, but a lot of people like it one way, a lot of people like it the other way."
Senator Ted Cruz said that people would agree on stopping changing clocks twice a year, but there's disagreement on which time we should keep permanently. He said some want to extend evening sunlight as it is useful for playing sports and outdoor fun, while others prefer standard time as it leads to better sleep.
Even in 2022, the bill proposed by the US Senate, led by Democrats at that time, urged the elimination of the twice-yearly changing of clocks. Since the Republican-controlled House did not take up the bill, it never reached then-President Joe Biden's desk.
Daylight saving time is basically when the clocks are moved forward by an hour every autumn. On November 2, the clocks 'fall back,' meaning that the time will be set back one hour.
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Friday, April 11, 2025
UK Police Force Blocks White Applicants In Favour Of Minorities: Report
West Yorkshire Police (WYP), one of the UK's biggest police forces has temporarily blocked applications from white British candidates as it attempts to boost diversity. Those deemed to be from the "under-represented" groups can lodge their applications for the constable entry programmes early, a report in The Telegraph has claimed.
A whistleblower cited by the publication claimed that Black and Far East Asian candidates were considered "particularly under-represented and given a “gold” ranking, followed by those of south-east Asian origin".
"This feeds into a general theme where the pipeline for anyone white British is strangled, whilst anyone not white British is ushered through onto the next available stage," added the whistleblower who was involved in going through the job applications.
Notably, WYP is the fourth largest force in the UK with a report earlier this year claiming that it spent more money on diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) than any other force. On its website, WYP admits that because of the lack of ethnic minority officers, it must accept applications "all year round from these under-represented groups".
"We are currently accepting applications for the two police constable entry programmes (uniform and detective) from people from our under-represented groups. If you are not from one of these groups, please keep checking this page for future recruitment opportunities," the website reads.
"Enabling people from an ethnic minority background to apply early does not give them an advantage in the application process, it simply provides us with more opportunity to attract talent from a pool of applicants who reflect the diverse communities we serve."
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DEI in Britain
This is not the first instance when UK institutions have come under the scanner for promoting diversity hiring. It was reported last month that the Royal Air Force (RAF) was facing a shortage of pilots owing to the failure of a diversity hiring scheme. Candidates who were previously rejected and older applicants who have experience in "flying-related" roles were being urged to reapply for the various roles, to offset the damage.
It was under Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston's tenure that the Air Force pledged to have 40 per cent women and 20 per cent of personnel from ethnic minorities by 2030. As the diversity hiring policies were pushed, air chiefs were told to stop choosing "useless white male pilots", the leaked emails showed.
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Thursday, April 10, 2025
Who Is Tahawwur Rana, Pak-Origin 26/11 Attacks Accused Extradited To India
Tahawwur Rana, wanted in connection with the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, is being flown to India. He lost his legal battle against extradition in the US. Rana is expected to be produced before a Delhi court on Thursday.
Rana is accused in a conspiracy case filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) linked to the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people. He is being brought back on a special flight, which is expected to land this afternoon.
Who is Tahawwur Rana?
Tahawwur Hussain Rana was born on January 12, 1961, in Chichawatni, Punjab, Pakistan. He studied at Cadet College Hasan Abdal, where he became close friends with David Headley, who later became a co-conspirator in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. Rana joined the Pakistan Army Medical Corps and served as a captain-general duty practitioner.
In 1997, he left the military and moved to Canada with his wife, who is also a doctor. Both Rana and his wife became naturalised Canadian citizens in 2001.
He then moved to Chicago and started several businesses, including First World Immigration Services, which had offices in Chicago, New York, and Toronto. He also founded a 'Halal slaughterhouse' that processed goats, sheep, and cows according to Islamic laws.
Rana owns a home in Ottawa, Canada, where his father and brother live. His father was a school principal near Lahore, and one of his brothers is a psychiatrist in the Pakistani military, while another is a journalist for a Canadian political paper.
The 64-year-old was also involved in a terror plot targeting the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten for publishing cartoons of Prophet Muhammad in 2005. The plan, codenamed the "Mickey Mouse Project," aimed to behead the newspaper's staff in Copenhagen and throw their heads onto the street. Rana worked on this plot alongside David Headley. The attack couldn't be carried out after Headley was arrested before it could take place.
Rana allegedly helped Headley set up a front office in Mumbai used for planning the 26/11 attacks. According to the NIA chargesheet, Rana provided logistical and financial support for the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that killed 166 people. He was arrested in the US in 2009, and after exhausting all legal options against extradition, he is now being brought to India.
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When 26/11 Accused Tahawwur Rana Plotted To Behead Newspaper Employees
Tahawwur Rana, a Pakistani-born Canadian national and key accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, is being extradited to India. The 64-year-old is being flown in on a special flight and will be produced before a Delhi court on Thursday, April 10, authorities said.
Rana has been named in a conspiracy case filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with the 2008 Mumbai attacks that left 166 people dead. However, his terror trail is not limited to Mumbai. Investigations and testimonies have linked him to another chilling plot that went by an unusual name - The Mickey Mouse Project.
What Is The Mickey Mouse Project?
Behind its cartoonish codename, The Mickey Mouse Project was an international terror plot aimed at the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. The paper had drawn the ire of radical Islamist groups after publishing cartoons of Prophet Muhammad in 2005. Back in the day, the images triggered global protests and widespread condemnation in the Muslim world.
Rana, along with co-conspirator David Headley, plotted an attack to exact revenge. According to Headley's testimony, the plan was to storm the newspaper's office in Copenhagen using explosives and firearms.
The targets were Flemming Rose, the cultural editor, and Kurt Westergaard, the cartoonist whose work provoked outrage. The FBI later confirmed the chilling nature of the attack, saying the objective was to behead staff members and throw their heads into the streets of Copenhagen to send a message of terror.
Why The Plot Failed
Rana, a former cadet in the Pakistani military and a trained medical professional, later moved to Canada. There he gained citizenship before settling in Chicago.
The codename 'Mickey Mouse Project' was used by Headley and Rana to mask the gravity of their intentions. The plot, however, never reached execution. Headley was arrested in October 2009, preventing the attack from being carried out. He later entered a plea bargain with US prosecutors, admitting to his role not just in the Danish plot but also in scouting locations for the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
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"Reproduced Verbatim...": Singapore Court Nixes Order By Ex-CJI-Led Panel
The Singapore Supreme Court has set aside a ruling from an arbitration tribunal led by ex-Chief Justice of India Deepak Mishra after observing that 47 per cent of its contents - i.e., 212 of 451 paragraphs - were copied verbatim from two prior awards involving him.
Two other senior judges - ex-Madhya Pradesh High Court Justice Krishn Kumar Lahoti and ex-Jammu & Kashmir High Court Chief Justice Gita Mittal - were also part of that tribunal.
A Singapore Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon and Justice Steven Chong found the earlier awards were used as "templates... to a very substantial degree" and observed, "It is undisputed that at least 212 paragraphs... were retained. This has several implications."
The Supreme Court's Court of Appeal said that while it is not improper for an arbitrator to resolve two related disputes, the fault lay in "portions from the Parallel (i.e., the two earlier) Awards (being) reproduced in the (third) Award without even being adjusted for differences..."
This, the court said, could lead a fair-minded observer to reasonably suspect the tribunal may have been influenced by the earlier decisions.
The dispute in question involved a special-purpose vehicle managing freight corridors in India and a consortium of three companies involved in infrastructure projects.
Specifically, it asked if a 2017 government notification increasing minimum wages meant the consortium could claim additional payments under their contract.
In November 2023, after negotiations failed, the matter went for arbitration in Singapore, where the tribunal led by ex-Chief Justice Mishra ruled in favour of the consortium.
The Singapore High Court later heard an appeal - the award was copied from two previous awards involving the same presiding arbitrator, i.e., ex-CJI Mishra, who chaired all three tribunals. His co-arbitrators in November 2023, though, were not involved in the earlier ones.
The High Court found natural justice principles had been breached by failing to independently assess the parties' arguments and applying incorrect contractual terms and legal principles.
This also created the appearance of bias, the High Court said.
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Wednesday, April 9, 2025
MP Board Result 2025: एमपी बोर्ड कक्षा 10वीं, 12वीं रिजल्ट की तारीख और समय पर जानिए क्या है लेटेस्ट अपडेट
MP Board Class 10th and 12th Result 2025: एमपी बोर्ड के 10वीं और 12वीं की बोर्ड परीक्षा दे चुके लाखों छात्रों के बोर्ड रिजल्ट का इंतजार जल्द ही खत्म होने जा रहा है. मध्य प्रदेश माध्यमिक शिक्षा मंडल (MPBSE) बहुत जल्द एमपी बोर्ड कक्षा 10वीं, 12वीं का रिजल्ट जारी करेगा. एमपी बोर्ड 10वीं और 12वीं का रिजल्ट 20 से 22 अप्रैल 2025 के बीच जारी किया जा सकता है. खबरों की मानें तो यह संभावना इसलिए जताई जा रही है कि इस साल बोर्ड ने मूल्यांकन प्रक्रिया में सुधार किया है, इसलिए पिछली बार की तुलना में एमपी बोर्ड 10वीं, 12वीं रिजल्ट 2025 जल्दी जारी किया जाएगा.
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वहीं कुछ मीडिया रिपोर्ट्स में यह कहा जा रहा है कि अभी एमपी बोर्ड कक्षा 10वीं और 12वीं की कॉपियों की चेकिंग का काम चल रहा है. कॉपियों की जांच के तीन फेज पूरे हो चुके हैं और चौथे फेज की शुरुआत 6 अप्रैल से कर दी गई है, जो जल्द ही पूरी कल ली जाएगी. ऐसे में एमपी बोर्ड 10वीं, 12वीं का रिजल्ट अप्रैल 2025 अंत तक जारी किया सकता है.
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एमपी बोर्ड 10वीं और 12वीं परीक्षा 2025 का आयोजन फरवरी-मार्च महीने में किया गया था. एमपी बोर्ड कक्षा 10वीं की परीक्षा 27 फरवरी से 19 मार्च 2025 तक वहीं एमपी बोर्ड कक्षा 12वीं की परीक्षा 25 फरवरी से 25 मार्च तक आयोजित की जाएगी. इस साल एमपी बोर्ड 10वीं, 12वीं की परीक्षा में 18 लाख से अधिक छात्र-छात्राओं ने भाग लिया है.
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Hurt Over Rs 2-3 Crore Loss, Mary Kom Leaves Husband Onler: Report
Married since 2005, Indian boxing legend Mary Kom is reportedly going through a tough phase in her personal life. Mary and her husband Karung Onkholer, aka Onler, are said to be on the verge of divorce, having been living apart from each other for a while now. The trouble in the couple's paradise is said to have started after Mary's husband, Onler's defeat in the 2022 Manipur Assembly Elections. The couple had reportedly spent Rs 2-3 crores while campaigning, but the defeat in the elections left the two shattered.
As per a report in Hindustan Times, Mary has since moved to their Faridabad house with all four children. Onler, on the other hand, is in Delhi.
"Mary moved to Faridabad with their (four) children, while Onler has been living in Delhi with some family members," a source close to the couple told the paper. "Their differences escalated after the elections. Mary was reportedly unhappy about the financial losses - around INR 2-3 crores - incurred during the campaign and (the fact) that he lost."
The report also claimed that Onler wasn't keen on entering the political landscape but agreed to contest elections on Mary's insistence.
"It was Mary's idea. He didn't want to contest and had warned her that Manipur's political landscape was volatile at the time," the paper quoted a source as saying. "After the defeat, things worsened. Their usual marital disagreements turned serious, and Mary moved into her Faridabad house with the kids."
No official communication from the couple has yet been made public, but a boxer, on the condition of anonymity, has said that the rumours of Mary and Onler getting a divorce might actually be true. In fact, the boxer even claimed that Mary is also in a relationship with another boxer's husband.
"The separation rumours about Mary Kom and Onler might not be just rumours. No one knows the reason for sure, though. Everyone whispers about Mary ma'am being in a relationship with another boxer's husband. Speculation has been fuelled further by her recent Instagram posts featuring him as her business associate."
Thes report also pointed out the pain Onler has had to go through since Mary moved out.
"He's heartbroken. He has always been a devoted father and gave up his football career to support Mary and raise their kids. Now he's unable to meet them, and it's taken a toll on him emotionally. It is no secret that he put his career on hold so that Mary could build hers," the source said in the report.
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Tuesday, April 8, 2025
यूपी के इस शहर में भगवान कृष्ण की सबसे ऊंची प्रतिमा, श्रद्धालु कभी भी कर सकते हैं दर्शन
Gaur city lord Krishna temple : भगवान श्री कृष्ण के दर्शन के लिए लोग यमुना और वृंदावन का रुख करते हैं. यह दोनों जगहें कृष्ण भक्ति का केंद्र हैं. हर दिन यहां पर हजारों की संख्या में बांके बिहारी के दर्शन के लिए श्रद्धालु पहुंचते हैं. वृंदावन में प्रवेश करते ही आपको हर तरफ श्रीकृष्ण और राधा के नाम का जप सुनाई पड़ेगा. यहां जाने के बाद आप कृष्ण भक्ति में रम जाते हैं. इसके साथ ही एक और शहर कृष्ण भक्ति के लिए उभर रहा है, वो है ग्रेटर नोएडा. जी हां, यहां पर हाल ही में भगवान कृष्ण की एक भव्य प्रतिमा का अनावरण किया गया, जो देश की सबसे ऊंची 108 फिट की मूर्ति है. ऐसे में आइए जानते हैं यह प्रतिमा कहां पर स्थित है और कैसे यहां पर पहुंच सकते हैं.
ज्योतिष से जानिए इन तारीखों पर जन्मी लड़कियां होती हैं एक अच्छी पत्नी और गर्लफ्रेंड
कहां स्थित है कृष्ण मूर्ति
यह भव्य प्रतिमा ग्रेटर नोएडा के सेक्टर 19 स्थित यमुना एक्सप्रेस-वे के किनारे गौड़ सिटी प्रोजेक्ट के बराबर बनाई गई है. यहां पर आप कभी भी आकर श्रीकृष्ण के दर्शन कर सकते हैं. साथ ही यमुना एक्सप्रेस वे से गुजारने वाले यात्री भी इस प्रतिमा का दर्शन कर सकेंगे.
इस प्रतिमा के अलावा यहां पर गौड़ ग्रुप द्वारा हरे कृष्णा हरे राम गौड़ मंदिर भी है, जहां पर जाने के बाद आपको शांति, सुकून और आध्यात्मिकता का एहसास होगा.
आपको बता दें कि इस मंदिर में भजन स्थल, आरती और अभिषेक की व्यवस्था की गई है. साथ ही पर्यटकों के लिए पार्किंग, विश्राम केंद्र भी है. यहां पर हर रोज कृष्ण लीला की डिजिटल प्रदर्शनी का भी आयोजन किया जाता है.
नोएडा के इस मंदिर में भी कर सकते हैं श्री कृष्ण के दर्शन
हम यहां पर प्रसिद्ध कृष्णा टेंपल इस्कॉन के बारे में बात कर रहे हैं. यह मंदिर कृष्ण भक्ति के साथ श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता के प्रचार-प्रसार के लिए भी जाना जाता है. इस मंदिर में श्री कृष्ण और राधा रानी की सुंदर मूर्तियां विराजमान हैं. साथ ही यहां पर अर्जुन को उपदेश देते हुए कृष्ण की मूर्ति भी स्थापित है.
कहां स्थित है
इस्कॉन मंदिर नोएडा अग्रसेन मार्ग, नोएडा सैक्टर 33 में स्थित है. यह मंदिर कृष्ण जयंती पार्क के पास है. आपको बता दें कि इस मंदिर में 6 बार आरती होती है, जिनमें मंगला, धूप, राज भोग, संध्या और शयन आरती शामिल है. यह मंदिर सुबह 4 बजे खुल जाता है. एकादशी व्रत के दिन तो यहां पर 24 घंटे कीर्तन का आयोजन किया जाता है.
(Disclaimer: यहां दी गई जानकारी सामान्य मान्यताओं और जानकारियों पर आधारित है. एनडीटीवी इसकी पुष्टि नहीं करता है.)
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Monday, April 7, 2025
Metal stocks crash : ट्रंप टैरिफ के कहर से मेटल स्टॉक्स का बुरा हाल, टाटा स्टील 11% से ज्यादा टूटा
आज यानी सोमवार की सुबह शेयर बाजार में बड़ी गिरावट देखने को मिली. सेंसेक्स-निफ्टी 5 फीसदी की गिरावट के साथ खुले. वहीं,मेटल सेक्टर की कंपनियों के शेयर (Metal stocks crash) बुरी तरह से टूटे. इसकी सबसे बड़ी वजह अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति डॉनल्ड ट्रंप की नई टैरिफ पॉलिसी (Trump Reciprocal Tariffs) और चीन की जवाबी कार्रवाई मानी जा रही है, जिससे ग्लोबल ट्रेड वॉर (Global Trade War) का डर और गहरा गया.
Tata Steel का शेयर 11.56% लुढ़का
BSE मेटल इंडेक्स 6.52 फीसदी गिर गया. टाटा स्टील का शेयर (Tata Steel stock Price) करीब 11.56% गिरकर 52 हफ्तों के निचले स्तर पर पहुंच गया. नेशनल एल्युमिनियम कंपनी लिमिटेड 11.22%, APL अपोलो ट्यूब्स 10%, SAIL और JSW स्टील करीब 10% और जिंदल स्टेनलेस भी 9.91% तक टूट गया.
वहीं, हिंदुस्तान जिंक, हिंडाल्को, NMDC और जिंदल स्टील जैसे बड़े नाम भी 8 से 9 फीसदी तक गिरे. इससे पहले शुक्रवार को भी मेटल स्टॉक्स में 8 फीसदी से ज्यादा की गिरावट आई थी.
मेटल कंपनियों के लिए खतरे की घंटी?
रिलायंस सिक्योरिटीज के एनालिस्ट श्रीराम अय्यर ने कहा कि ट्रंप की रेसिप्रोकल टैरिफ और चीन की 34% टैरिफ वाली जवाबी कार्रवाई ने निवेशकों में डर बढ़ा दिया है. इससे इंडस्ट्रियल कमोडिटीज की डिमांड पर असर पड़ सकता है, जो मेटल कंपनियों के लिए खतरे की घंटी है.
ऐसे में अगर ग्लोबल ट्रेड वॉर और तेज होता है तो मेटल सेक्टर (Metal Sector) को और नुकसान झेलना पड़ सकता है. मार्केट एक्सपर्ट्स का कहना है कि जब तक अमेरिका और चीन के बीच टैरिफ को लेकर कोई हल नहीं निकलता, तब तक मेटल स्टॉक्स में उतार-चढ़ाव बना रहेगा.
ये भी पढ़ें- टाटा मोटर्स को तगड़ा झटका, JLR ने अमेरिका को शिपमेंट रोकी, 13% लुढ़के शेयर
ट्रंप की टैरिफ पॉलिसी से अमेरिका में मंदी का खतरा गहराया, JP मॉर्गन ने कर दी बड़ी भविष्यवाणी
Stock Market Crash: ट्रंप के टैरिफ से ग्लोबल मार्केट में हाहाकार, क्या लौट आया है 'ब्लैक मंडे'?
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Supreme Court Slams UP Cops For Converting Civil Suits Into Criminal Cases
Pulling up Uttar Pradesh police over frequent conversion of civil cases into criminal cases, Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna today said this is "wrong" and shows a "complete breakdown" of the rule of law. The court warned it will order damages if similar petitions are filed in the future. The court paused criminal prosecution in a case, and asked Uttar Pradesh police chief Prashant Kumar and the investigating officer to file a response within two weeks.
The Chief Justice remarked that lawyers in Uttar Pradesh have forgotten about the civil jurisdiction.
The case in question related to a cheque bounce case. The police had issued a summons and filed a chargesheet after converting the civil suit into a criminal case. The petitioner approached the court against this and alleged that the police took bribes for converting the case.
"This is wrong, what is happening in UP. Everyday civil suits are being converted to criminal cases. It's absurd, merely not giving money cannot be turned into an offence. I will ask the Investigation Officer (IO) to come to the witness box. Let the IO stand in the witness box and make out the case of crime. We direct it, let him learn his lesson, this is not the way you file chargesheets," the Chief Justice said, adding, It is strange, this is happening day in and day out in Uttar Pradesh," he said.
This is not the first time the Chief Justice has flagged the growing trend of conversion of civil cases into criminal cases. In December last year, he had noted that this practice was "rampant" in some states. He had said that frequently converting civil cases into criminal cases burdened the judiciary with matters that can be dealt with by civil jurisdiction.
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Sunday, April 6, 2025
After Kerala 'Dog Leash' Video Sparks Outrage, Employees Add A Twist
A video purportedly showing employees at a private firm in Kerala's Kochi being subjected to inhumane treatment has sparked massive outrage, but in an apparent twist, many of the employees have claimed that the harassment allegations were fake.
The video showed an employee being walked around on his knees like a dog with a leash around his neck. Reports suggest some employees were also allegedly made to lick coins on the floor as a punishment for failing to meet their sales targets.
Kerala's Labour Department ordered a probe after a local news channel aired the disturbing visuals.
However, some employees at Keltra - a marketing firm - have backed the company and claimed they never faced such workplace harassment, at least two local media outlets reported. The videos were circulated to tarnish the company's reputation, they claimed.
The police too have found the video to be deceptive.
The Incident
Speaking to a local channel, some employees accused the company's management of using degrading methods to punish underperforming employees. According to police, the alleged incident occurred in Perumbavoor near Kaloor where the firm is located.
The police said it did not receive any complaint and that the company has denied the allegations.
The visuals carried by the news channels were "shocking and disturbing", said state labour minister Sivankutty. A probe has been ordered, and a report has been sought from the district labour officer, he added.
The State Human Rights Commission and Kerala State Youth Commission have filed separate cases. Such practices are unacceptable in a civilised society and legal action should be taken, said the Youth Commission's president M Shajar.
New Twist
The police have called the video deceptive. A former manager named Manaf had some issues with the company's owner and he had shot the video with some trainees - who were new to the company - claiming that it was a part of their training.
Mathrubhumi reported that some employees have also trashed the charges against the company. A woman who works at the marketing firm has claimed she never had such experiences and that they feel safe at her workplace. Another employee claimed they have no sales target, and their salary is commission-based.
In a statement to the police, the man seen crawling on the floor has also claimed that the video was shot to settle a dispute between some other employees, according to the local outlet. He claimed he had joined the company only four months ago and had agreed to be part of the video. The video was made public after the managers had a dispute and disciplinary action was taken against some employees, he claimed.
He has reportedly given a similar statement to the district labour officer.
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Saturday, April 5, 2025
सिंकदर का बॉक्स ऑफिस कलेक्शन देख आप भी कहेंगे सलमान खान तुस्सी हो असली सिकंदर, जो कहा कर दिखाया
साजिद नाडियाडवाला की फिल्म सिकंदर धीमी रफ्तार से ही सही, लेकिन 200 करोड़ रुपये के कलेक्शन की तरफ बढ़ रही है. जैसा भाईजान ने पहले ही ऐलान कर दिया था कि उनकी खराब से खराब फिल्म भी हो फैन्स उसे 100-200 करो़ड़ रुपये का कलेक्शन दिलवा ही देते हैं और यह बात उनकी सच होती नजर आ रही है. छठे दिन सलमान खान की सिकंदर ने 4.56 करोड़ रुपये की कमाई करते हुए ये साबित कर दिया है कि भाईजान का क्रेज कम नहीं हुआ है.
सलमान खान की स्टार पावर से लैस सिकंदर का बॉक्स ऑफिस कलेक्शन धीमी रफ्तार से ही सही, लेकिन लगातार बढ़ रहा है. सिंकदर ने छठे दिन 4.56 करोड़ रुपये की कमाई की. जबकि इसने 5.38 करोड़ रुपये ग्रॉस कलेक्शन किया है. गौर करने वाली बात ये है कि भारी स्तर पर पायरेसी के बावजूद सलमान का स्टारडम फिल्म को बॉक्स ऑफिस पर मजबूती से टिकाए हुए है.
सलमान खान की सिकंदर | सिकंदर का बॉक्स ऑफिस कलेक्शन |
सिकंदर बॉक्स ऑफिस कलेक्शन डे 1 | 35.47 करोड़ रुपये ग्रॉस, 30.06 करोड़ रुपये नेट |
सिकंदर बॉक्स ऑफिस कलेक्शन डे 2 | 39.37 करोड़ रुपये ग्रॉस, 33.36 करोड़ रुपये नेट |
सिकंदर बॉक्स ऑफिस कलेक्शन डे 3 | 27.16 करोड़ रुपये ग्रॉस, 23.01 करोड़ रुपये नेट |
सिकंदर बॉक्स ऑफिस कलेक्शन डे 4 | 13.85 करोड़ रुपये ग्रॉस, 11.73 करोड़ रुपये नेट |
सिकंदर बॉक्स ऑफिस कलेक्शन डे 5 | 8.28 करोड़ रुपये ग्रॉस, 7.02 करोड़ रुपये नेट |
सिकंदर बॉक्स ऑफिस कलेक्शन डे 6 | 5.38 करोड़ रुपये ग्रॉस, 4.56 करोड़ रुपये नेट |
इस तरह सलमान खान की सिकंदर ने छह दिन में 129.51 करोड़ रुपये का ग्रॉस बॉक्स ऑफिस कलेक्शन किया है जबकि 109.74 करोड़ रुपये नेट बॉक्स ऑफिस कलेक्शन किया है. महज चार दिन में सिकंदर ने वर्ल्डवाइड 150 करोड़ रुपये का आंकड़ा पार कर लिया था, और भारत में केवल पांच दिन में 100 करोड़ क्लब में एंट्री मार ली थी. फिल्म अभी तक वर्ल्डवाइड 174.34 करोड़ रुपये का कलेक्शन कर चुका है. सलमान खान एक बार फिर बड़े पर्दे पर लौटे हैं और इस बार उनके साथ हैं बेहद खूबसूरत रश्मिका मंदाना. फिल्म ‘सिकंदर' को प्रोड्यूस किया है साजिद नाडियाडवाला ने और इसे डायरेक्ट किया है ए.आर. मुरुगादॉस ने.
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IPL Live: Will Dhoni's Tactics vs DC Bring CSK's Campaign Back On Track?
Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals LIVE Updates: Delhi Capitals (DC) face Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Match 17 of IPL 2025, hoping to continue their unbeaten run in the tournament. DC have a 100 per cent record after two matches, while CSK have lost two of their three matches so far. CSK batting coach Michael Hussey has hinted at MS Dhoni leading the side if regular skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad doesn't recover in time from his elbow injury. Gaikwad had taken a blow on his right forearm while trying to step down the pitch off Tushar Deshpande in the second over during CSK's defeat to Rajasthan Royals last week. (Live Scorecard)
IPL 2025 Live Updates - Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals Score, straight from MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai:
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Friday, April 4, 2025
अब नहीं चढ़ेगा काल भैरव मंदिर में शराब का भोग, यहां जानिए क्या थी मदिरा चढ़ाने के पीछे मान्यता
Ujjain temple Kaal Bhairav ban liquor : मध्य प्रदेश में 1 अप्रैल से कई बड़े बदलाव किए गए हैं. जिसमें सबसे बड़ा है शराबबंदी, जी हां. मप्र के 19 धार्मिक स्थलों पर शराब बैन कर दिया गया है. इसका सबसे बड़ा असर महाकाल की नगरी उज्जैन में पड़ेगा, क्योंकी यहां के काल भैरव मंदिर में मदिरा का भोग लगाया जाता है. ऐसे में महाकाल मंदिर के आस-पास की दुकानों पर आसानी से शराब मिल जाती थी, लेकिन अब यहां पर मदिरा की विक्रय पर रोक लगा दी गई है.
चैत्र नवरात्रि की अष्टमी और नवमी को लेकर है कंफ्यूजन, यहां पंडित से जानिए सही तिथि और मुहूर्त
ऐसे में अब श्रद्धालुओं को भोग लगाने के लिए अपने साथ में ही शराब लेकर आना होगा . क्योंकि शराबबंदी लागू होने के बाद धार्मिक नगरी उज्जैन में सख्ती से इसका पालन पालन किया जा रहा है. ऐसे में आइए जानते हैं काल भैरव मंदिर में शराब चढ़ाने के पीछे क्या है मान्यता...
क्यों लगाया जाता है शराब का भोग
काल भैरव मंदिर में शराब के भोग लगाने के पीछे कई तरह की मान्यताएं हैं. जिसमें सबसे ज्यादा प्रचलित है कि इसकी शुरुआत राजा विक्रमादित्य के शासनकाल में हुई थी. इसके अलावा काल भैरव को तांत्रिकों का देवता कहा जाता है और तांत्रिक कामों में इसका उपयोग किया जाता था. यही कारण काल भैरव को शराब का भोग लगाया जाता है.
यह भी माना जाता है कि काल भैरव की पूजा तांत्रिक परंपरा के अनुसार होती है. इस विद्या में शराब को पंचतत्व माना जाता है.आपको बता दें कि तंत्रिका पूजा में शराब का उपयोग सांसारिक बंधनों से मुक्ति पाने के लिए किया जाता है. इससे साधना में रुकावट नहीं आती है. यही कारण काल भैरव मंदिर में शराब का भोग लगता आ रहा है.
शराब चढ़ाने के बाद क्या किया जाता है
हालांकि, जो शराब काल भैरव को भोग लगाई जाती है, उसका सेवन नहीं किया जाता है. वहीं, काल भैरव मंदिर में शराब चढ़ाने को लेकर कई तरह की बातें कही जाती हैं. लोगों का दावा है कि जिस पात्र में शराब डाली जाती है, वह खाली हो जाती है. वह शराब आखिर में जाती कहां है, इसका पता आजतक नहीं लग पाया है. लोगों का कहना है कि शराब मूर्ति पी जाती है.
(Disclaimer: यहां दी गई जानकारी सामान्य मान्यताओं और जानकारियों पर आधारित है. एनडीटीवी इसकी पुष्टि नहीं करता है.)
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Opinion: Why Does Your AI 'Ghibli' Look So Terrible? Because It Is
Earlier this week, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman joked on X (formerly known as Twitter), “Can y'all please chill on generating images, this is insane our team needs sleep”. This was a reference to the massively popular online trend of Studio Ghibli-style images being churned out by OpenAI's new ChatGPT Image Generator. Altman's words struck me as deeply ironic — the whole point of AI art, as its proponents keep reminding us, is that sleepless nights are not required to create these images. Users worldwide currently ‘Ghiblifying' their personal photographs aren't losing any sleep. The only people involved in this situation who've spent sleepless nights creating art are Studio Ghibli's Hayao Miyazaki and his team of artists, animators, et al. In other words, the people currently being ripped off by half the planet because in 2023, the Japanese government declared that copyrighted works could be used, sans permission, for AI-training endeavors (a position that the US, the UK and the EU are still distant from, legally speaking).
When Theft Is Art
The ongoing Studio Ghibli situation really is the perfect distillation of AI art discourse—an act of material theft and creative bankruptcy is being paraded as pathbreaking innovation. And you're being asked to shift your gaze from the scene of the crime and focus instead on the genteel faces and kind eyes of Studio Ghibli grandmas.
To my mind, there are three principal aspects of the AI art debate: material (pertaining to the labour-capital relationship between artists and corporations), legal (pertaining to the ownership/distribution of art) and aesthetic (pertaining to inherent artistic value). And on all three planks, generative AI—at least in its current shape and form, exemplified by OpenAI's ChatGPT—seems to me to be a net negative for humanity in general, and a crushing blow in particular to artists and creators everywhere.
Manufacturing Consent
First, the material aspect. Let's say you are a freelance artist and designer who was commissioned to create a few minor logos and webpages for a mega-corporation, a couple of years ago. At the completion of said project, you were paid what you assumed was a fair wage. But now, a couple of years later, you realise that the mega-corporation is also deeply invested in AI, and has been feeding all of your work (not just the finished product, but stage-updates and mockups as well) into the data-guzzling, AI-training machine. You never consented to this process, but your consent may have been manufactured by vaguely-phrased clauses buried deep within your standard-issue freelancer's contract.
In this way, the mega-corporation gets to use your work twice: once in the usual way, and then once more for AI-training. The mega-corporation gets two bites at the apple but has to pay only for the first one. This is theft in the most ab initio, first principles sort of way. Every day is a cost-cutting day if you can simply get free work off people.
The Copyright Loophole
The second aspect speaks to legalities, which in this case means the concept of copyright. For successive decades, large corporations told us that copyright law was sacrosanct, that without the legal protections that controlled access, writers and artists and creators everywhere would be impoverished. You might remember the tragic suicide of Aaron Swartz (1986-2013), the genius programmer behind the RSS web feed format and the development of Reddit. Swartz was threatened with 50-plus years in prison for downloading a stash of JSTOR articles (JSTOR is a repository of paywalled academic articles) off MIT servers, which prompted him to take his own life.
But now, we are suddenly being told by Altman and co. that unless we suspend the idea of copyright completely and allow copyrighted works to be chewed up by AI-training ventures, we are being anti-progress and undemocratic. It's funny how ideas of progress, fairness and the “greater good” seem to gravitate around the interests of billionaires, shifting one way and then another in sync with share prices and investor valuations. Why should independent artists and creators embrace a technology and an extra-legal framework explicitly designed to undercut and eventually replace them? In 2024, Mira Murati, then-CEO of OpenAI, said that AI will definitely replace some creative jobs but that it was alright because “maybe those creative jobs shouldn't have existed in the first place”. In the ‘growth-hack' model of the universe favoured by Silicon Valley executives like Murati, creativity is an active threat that can and should be snuffed out by machine logic, the imperceptible hum of digital ones and zeroes. No surprise then, that influential groups of creators worldwide are suing OpenAI and co. for copyright infringement—the comedian Sarah Silverman is leading one such lawsuit against Meta, for example, while The New York Times has its own lawsuit against OpenAI.
Art Minus The Artist
The third aspect of the situation speaks to the purely aesthetic, the raw artistic value (if any) of AI-generated imagery. Every single professional artist I have spoken to or heard online testifies to how terrible, soulless and emotionally hollow AI-generated art is. Quite simply, the tech simply isn't very good. How could it be any good, when the vast majority of culturally significant art is, in fact, still protected by copyright law? Existing image generators are being trained on leftovers, discards and amateur/learner fare, for the most part, with Japan being a rogue exception, of course, thanks to its whimsical interpretation of copyright. For professional artists, the most common ongoing use case is to create mockups or demos for prospective clients—demonstrating what a particular style or color palette might plausibly look like. And even there, as professionals would know, there are significant limitations to the output.
The reason why AI-generated art is so terrible brings us to an intangible fourth aspect of the situation: the philosophical. Think about the very concept of image generators for a minute—they seek, essentially, to conjure art out of thin air while completely isolating the (ChatGPT) user from the process. An artefact minus the artistry. A hunk of butter that's all hunk and no butter is futile, both nutritionally and ontologically.
An artist's work, especially when it's beyond a certain minimum quality, speaks to their very soul, the story of their life. And the story is ingrained upon their callused hands, like a grand old tree marking the passage of every solar cycle with a concentric ring. To remove the process of learning your craft, to remove the inevitable sequence of mistake-correction-growth from an artist's life, is downright dystopian and a fundamentally antagonistic attitude towards art and artists.
An Insult, Indeed
Back in 2016, Hayao Miyazaki himself was given a brief demonstration of AI-based animation techniques, and it left the veteran animator and filmmaker unimpressed, even shaken. The phrase he used to describe the experience was “an insult to life itself”. I think he was absolutely right. If you're currently getting a chuckle out of ‘Ghiblifying' your last year's Himachal road-trip, I'd urge you to listen to the man responsible for those genteel faces and kind eyes.
(Aditya Mani Jha is an independent writer living in New Delhi. His first work of nonfiction will be published by Oxford University Press in 2025)
Disclaimer: These are the personal opinions of the author
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Thursday, April 3, 2025
Why Monkeys Are Better At Yodelling Than Humans
Yodellers of the world, you never stood a chance: Monkeys will always be better at yodelling than humans because they have a "cheap trick" hidden in their voice box, scientists revealed Thursday.
When monkeys howl -- or yodellers yodel -- they rapidly switch back and forth between low and high frequency sounds.
This is in contrast to opera singers, who are trained to precisely control how they gradually move from note to note, in a way that is pleasing to listen to.
Yodellers and monkeys, however, make bigger jumps far more abruptly, creating vocal breaks that sound like Tarzan's yell.
When yodelling, a human might be able to jump an octave, which doubles the frequency.
Monkeys can manage three and half octaves, according to a new study.
A "cheap trick" in their larynx means these monkeys will always beat humans, senior study author Jacob Dunn of the UK's Anglia Ruskin University told AFP.
Both humans and monkeys have a pair of vocal folds in their larynx which vibrate to create sound.
But monkeys have an additional pair of membranes that gives them a far wider pitch range, the international team of researchers discovered.
This is thought to give monkeys, which are social creatures, a more complex way of communicating with each other.
All other primates, and even ancient human ancestors, appear to have this special tissue, Dunn said.
At some during our evolution, humans seem to have lost these membranes, he added.
But the shame of being inferior yodellers may have been worth the trade-off.
To be able to speak clearly, humans needed a "streamlined" larynx -- and these membranes would have gotten in the way, Dunn explained.
"If you put a human brain on the primate larynx" it would struggle to speak intelligibly because of the membranes and other things like air sacs, he said.
For the study, the researchers put sensors on the necks of some monkeys at Bolivia's La Senda Verde Wildlife Sanctuary.
This allowed them to see what was going on in the larynx of black and gold howler monkeys, tufted capuchins, black-capped squirrel monkeys and Peruvian spider monkeys.
The spider monkey was the best yodeller, managing around four octaves, Dunn said.
The researchers also studied the larynges of dead monkeys and used computer modelling to analyse the frequencies.
The study was published in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.
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Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Opinion: Trump & The Ayatollah: It's a Pity Both Can't Lose
Whoever said history repeats itself was not talking about Trump 2.0 and Iran. In 2018, during his previous term, Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) meant to restrain Iran from developing atomic weapons, calling it “the worst possible deal”. He further imposed a “maximum pressure” policy that led to an 81% contraction in Iran's crude oil exports, its economic lifeline. He authorised the assassination of an Iranian general in Baghdad in early 2020. Last year, during Trump's re-election campaign, an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate him was uncovered. On February 5, soon after re-entering the White House, Trump restored the “maximum pressure” policy against Iran. Subsequently, the US intensified consultations with Israeli leadership to prevent Iran's nuclearisation. Why, then, exactly a month later on March 5, President Trump wrote to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei proclaiming that he did not want to hurt Iran and its great people and suggested bilateral dialogue to resolve the nuclear issue?
'Deception Of Public Opinion'
Iran's reaction to this Trump initiative was equally fork-tongued. Even before he had read Trump's letter, the Iranian Supreme Leader publicly spurned the offer, calling it a “deception of public opinion”. He pointedly added, "When we know they won't honour it, what's the point of negotiating?” Three weeks of Iranian fire-eating rhetoric against the United States and Israel followed. But then, on March 27, an adviser to Iran's supreme leader said that Tehran “has not closed all doors to resolve its disputes with the United States and is ready for indirect negotiations with Washington.” Iranian Foreign Minister amplified, “Our policy is still to not engage in direct negotiations while under ‘maximum pressure' and military threats, however, as it was the case in the past, indirect negotiations can continue." Adding another twist to the tail, while President Trump's letter was delivered by a UAE official, an Iranian response was conveyed via Oman, which hosted such indirect US-Iran talks during Biden's presidency.
What exactly is going on amidst this shadowboxing, and what is the likely endgame?
A Little History
While Iran was never colonised by the West, it was often subject to political coercion aimed at economic exploitation, particularly by the Anglo-Persian oil company founded in 1908. In 1951, Iran's populist Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh and the Iranian parliament nationalised the company, prompting the UK and the US to covertly arrange a successful coup against the elected government. They strengthened the Shah, a megalomaniac autocrat, who acted largely as a Western vassal and the US-appointed “Policeman of the Persian Gulf”. However, in early 1979, a protracted popular uprising deposed him and brought in Ayatollah Khomeini, a Shia clergyman and fierce critic of Shah and his Western backers. The fledgling Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), a theocratic democracy, was born and tapped into Iranians' adherence to Shia Islam and anti-Western sentiments to gain strength. The IRI survived a bloody eight-year-long war with Iraq that began in 1980, various internal dissensions and insurgencies, serious geo-political turbulences in the neighbourhood, particularly in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as unmitigated Western eco-political sanctions and attempts to isolate the country and demonise its policies.
The Choking Of The JCPOA
For the past two decades, Tehran's nuclear technology programme has been a recurring and growing source of tensions with the West and the regional powers. They believe that Iran, blessed with huge deposits of hydrocarbons, does not need an extensive and expensive nuclear programme. It is widely suspected to be a Trojan Horse to acquire nuclear weapon capability. Although Iran, a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, has always denied such ambitions, it has also asserted its right to nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. After extensive negotiations, seven global powers, including the United States, and Iran agreed in 2015 on a JCPOA that put in place strict restrictions, including an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspection regime on the Iranian nuclear programme, in general, and the uranium enrichment cycle in particular. In return, many of the Western economic sanctions on Iran were lifted. However, Trump 1.0's withdrawal from the JCPOA in 2018 upended the arrangement and provided Iran with the justification to enrich uranium beyond the stipulated 20% limit.
Separately, the Iranian acquisition of substantive missile and drone capabilities has also raised eyebrows. Its robust support to some regional regimes and non-state actors, such as Hamas, Hezbollah and Houthis—collectively dubbed as the “Axis of Resistance”—has inflamed tensions with Israel and the US, which last month jointly reiterated their determination to disallow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon capability. Israel, widely believed to have nuclear weapons, calls the Iranian nuclear programme “an existential threat”. Indeed, the antagonism between Jewish and Persian civilisations dates back at least to 587 BCE, when the first Jewish temple was destroyed by the Babylonian army under King Nebuchadnezzar II.
Suspicion Above All
This short but extensive background puts in broad relief the long mutual suspicion arrayed against any successful resolution of Iran-US-Israel hostility. However, the issue is as broad as it is long. Iran is already a formidably potent foe that has both battle-hardened, technologically competent and ideologically motivated military capability and a siege economy. If it further acquires deliverable nuclear weapons, it would become virtually invincible. In such an eventuality, Tehran would upend the longstanding Pax Americana in the Gulf and could configure the regional geostrategic stability that currently favours US-Israeli preponderance. Consequently, both Trump and Netanyahu are determined to prevent such a scenario from coming to pass.
At the same time, any objective SWOT analysis would show that Iranian nuclear assets are geographically diversified and well-defended—often physically located deep underground. Tehran has openly warned that any attack on its nuclear facilities would attract a swift and disproportionate response against the US-Israeli interests in the region. Further, such an act is likely to unsettle the crucial global oil and gas market. While the Muslim Ummah is not quite fond of Iran and its aggressive policies, no Muslim country would publicly approve of Iran being attacked in this manner. The country's regional neighbours, many with pro-Iran Shia minorities, would be particularly wary of the resultant instability. Although the clergy-led government is brittle and unpopular, a foreign invasion is likely to provide a much-needed rallying cry for its support base. Israel's right-wing government has its reasons for not only supporting any US military action against Iran but also participating in it, but Iranian retaliation could be even bigger and more vicious than seen last year. Moreover, a surgical destruction of nuclear capabilities would not be enough, the invaders may need to ensure that those are not revived. This may necessitate a regime change, and the past US experiences in the neighbourhood, viz. Iraq and Afghanistan, are dissuasive. Hence, a military campaign against Iran's nuclear assets may not be the preferred option. It can, at best, be a Pyrrhic victory without any guarantee of success.
Will Economy Be The Decider?
Iran's Achilles Heel is its economy, long hobbled by Western sanctions and drained by the heavy unproductive outgo on subsidies, defence and nuclear portfolios, and burdened with the need to support the regional proxies and allies. While Iran has a diversified economy, oil and gas exports are still its mainstay. The Western economic sanctions, in general, and the American “maximum pressure” campaign in particular, have seriously dented it. Although the sanctions caused serious socio-economic problems, such as public disaffection due to high inflation (40%; national currency has lost 90% of its value since 2018), youth unemployment (22.7%), etc., the regime stayed on course with its nuclear policy. During the past few months, however, the regime has been shaken as its regional proxies (in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen) suffered serious setbacks. Further, Israeli air attacks and covert operations against Iran have exposed the latter's vulnerabilities. The regime has, nevertheless, sought to exude strength. It remains to be seen if by agreeing to the indirect negotiations with the Trump administration, Iran is indicating a higher degree of flexibility. Tehran's counter-offer may simply be a ploy to buy more time. For Trump, too, the negotiations offer a low-cost option: an agitprop strategy to divide the Iranian leadership. Last month, Russia, too, offered to mediate between the US and Iran; but the recent turbulence in the Kremlin's relations with the White House over the Ukrainian conflict ceasefire might have put that offer in some doubt.
Given the low mutual credibility and long list of grievances, the proposed negotiations have a fairly small chance of success. Similar talks were held in Oman during Biden's presidency, and they failed to resolve the issue. A parallel can be drawn with three well-publicised summits Trump held with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that failed to denuclearise Pyongyang. Further, the motives of the two sides may not coalesce: For Trump, a successful conclusion would, by definition, require a deal tighter and more intrusive than the JCPOA. On the other hand, Iranian leadership would perhaps be happy to buy more time, thwart the threat of an all-out war and negotiate a reduction in the sanctions regime.
No Easy Deal
The negotiations are likely to be protracted and complex. In case a breakthrough nuclear deal is reached, the possibility of more ambitious workover straddling various geopolitical and economic issues in suspended animation for nearly five decades, such as softening of Iranian anti-US and anti-Israel profile, faster removal of sanctions, return of frozen Iranian assets as well as leveraging Iran's economic opportunities for hydrocarbons and infrastructure, etc., cannot be ruled out. Such a comprehensive US-Iran makeover would have profound implications for the region as well as the global oil and gas ecosystem. Some details are likely to emerge by the time Trump pays his first foreign visit in his second term next month to three Gulf countries, viz. Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar. The timeline for proposed indirect negotiations would have to keep in mind the lapse of the JCPOA architecture in October 2025, after which the “Snapback” of some other sanctions on Iran may be invoked.
At a different level, it would be fascinating to watch the forthcoming indirect and secret US-Iranian negotiations. After all, who can predict the outcome of a tryst between a self-styled “transactional” deal-maker and those who coined the word “Bazaar” and raised negotiations to the art of Mutazayedat, or overbidding. As Henry Kissinger put it pithily, albeit in a different context, “it's a pity both sides can't lose".
(The author is a former Indian Ambassador and a specialist on the Middle East. He currently heads Eco-Diplomacy and Strategies, a Delhi-based consultancy.)
Disclaimer: These are the personal opinions of the author
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UK Firm Trashes NYT Report On "Sensitive Tech Transfer" To Russia Via HAL
British aerospace manufacturer HR Smith Group has slammed a New York Times report that accused it of transferring sensitive technology to a blacklisted agency supplying Russia with weapons via an Indian state-run company. The allegations are "entirely false", the company told NDTV, echoing responses from sources trashing the charges against them and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), a government-owned aerospace company.
"These allegations made by the New York Times are entirely false. HR Smith Group takes its supply chain obligations extremely seriously and follows all applicable export controls. We maintain rigorous supplier oversight and supply chain monitoring to uphold the highest standards of compliance," said a company spokesperson.
The alleged products exported to India were for use in a satellite-based search and rescue network that supports life-saving operations across land, sea, and air. They "are not designed for military use", it asserted.
The Group said they were not provided any evidence to support the claim that its products were shipped to Russia.
"The only apparent connection is a common Harmonized System code - an international product classification number used for customs purposes, covering a wide range of products. This code alone does not show what the product is or where it originates from and therefore cannot be used to establish a link, which the New York Times has misleadingly done," it said.
The NYT article that ran with the headline "Major Donor to Reform U.K. Party Sold Parts Used In Weapons to Russian Supplier" had accused HR Smith Group of selling transmitters, cockpit equipment, and other sensitive technologies worth nearly $2 million to Russia.
Both the UK and US had banned such sales in the wake of the Ukraine war.
Some of the shipments reportedly went via Hindustan Aeronautics Limited - and had the "same identifying product codes". The report claimed that HAL received 118 shipments from HR Smith Group between 2023 and 2024, and sent 13 shipments of the same products to Rosoboroneexport, a Russian arms agency blacklisted by the US and UK, during the same period.
HAL has not yet responded to the charges.
Sources had earlier told NDTV that the report was "factually incorrect and misleading". Accusing the US-based outlet of trying to "distort facts to suit a political narrative", they said HAL had followed all international obligations on strategic trade controls.
The sources also urged "reputed media outlets to undertake basic due diligence while publishing such reports."
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Myanmar Quake: What It's Like Being Trapped Under Rubble, Survivors Show
Over 2,000 people have died following the deadly earthquake in Myanmar, with rescue workers, sniffer dogs and paramedics rushing to find survivors from rubble as the golden rescue window closes fast, diminishing the realistic chances of survival. Amid the chaos, stories of survival are starting to emerge from the ground zero as rescuers continue to grapple with the scale of devastation.
A video emerged on social media showing an elderly woman and her two teenage granddaughters trapped in a small pocket of air under the debris of their home. The girls filmed their desperate cry for help as they used a butter knife to bang on broken concrete to get rescuers' attention.
2 girls and their grandmother keep calm while trapped under rubble in the Myanmar earthquake. They've been rescued, but many are still missing.
— Yelisaveta Petrov (@YelisavetaPaUSA) March 31, 2025
My heart aches imagining their terror—the crushing weight, the desperate gasps for air during Myanmar's devastating earthquake. But… pic.twitter.com/QZTaybBTYj
The trio was trapped under wreckage for a frightening 15 hours before the rescuers pulled them to safety.
Two other women experienced a similar horror when they waited for five agonising hours for rescues to find them under the rubble of their collapsed hotel in Mandalay, where they sat crouched under broken ceilings amid piles of wreckage.
The duo, who don't want to be identified, shared their borrowing ordeal during an interview with CNN.
"We were trapped in total darkness, but the good thing is we had a phone and we could use its light to see. If we didn't have that, we could have died. We could see to clear rubble from on top of each other," one of the women told CNN.
"While being trapped, we learned that nothing is permanent, and the most important thing to do before death is to live a happy life and to do many good deeds. Don't do bad things, because karma will follow you," said another woman.
But alongside the miraculous rescues, tales of devastating losses have also reverberated through Myanmar.
Two hundred Buddhist monks were crushed by a collapsing monastery, fifty children killed when a preschool classroom crumbled, and seven hundred Muslims were struck while praying at mosques for Ramadan.
Survivors Without Food, Shelter
Aid groups arriving in the worst-hit areas of Myanmar said there was an urgent need for shelter, food and water for survivors. Civil war in Myanmar, where the junta seized power in a coup in 2021, has complicated efforts to reach those injured and made homeless by the Southeast Asian nation's biggest quake in a century.
The junta's tight control over communication networks and the damage to roads, bridges and other infrastructure caused by the quakes have intensified the challenges for aid workers.
"In the hardest-hit areas ...communities struggle to meet their basic needs, such as access to clean water and sanitation, while emergency teams work tirelessly to locate survivors and provide life-saving aid," the UN body said in a report.
The International Rescue Committee said shelter, food, water and medical help were all needed in places such as Mandalay, near the epicentre of the quake.
"Having lived through the terror of the earthquake, people now fear aftershocks and are sleeping outside on roads or in open fields," an IRC worker in Mandalay said in a report.
"There is an urgent need for tents, as even those whose homes remain intact are too afraid to sleep indoors."
The 7.7 magnitude quake, which hit around lunchtime on Friday, was the strongest to hit the Southeast Asian country in more than a century, toppling ancient pagodas and modern buildings alike.
State media has reported Myanmar's casulties at 2,065, with more than 3,900 injured and at least 270 missing.
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Hard-Hitting Netflix Drama 'Adolescence' To Be Shown In UK Schools
The Netflix drama "Adolescence", which has sparked widespread debate about the toxic and misogynistic influences young boys are exposed to online, is to be shown in UK secondary schools, officials said on Monday.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who met the creators of the show alongside charities and young people at his Downing Street office, called the move "an important initiative" which would help start conversations about the content teenagers consume online.
Starmer said he had watched the drama -- in which a 13-year-old boy stabs a girl to death after being radicalised on the internet -- with his own teenage children and that it had "hit home hard".
The internet and social media meant "ideology" can now be "pumped directly into the minds of our children", he added.
"Adolescence", which was released on March 13, follows the aftermath of the schoolgirl's fatal stabbing, revealing the dangerous influences boys are subjected to online and the secret meaning youngsters are giving to seemingly innocent emojis.
Maria Neophytou of the UK's children's charity NSPCC said the meeting with the prime minister had been a "critical milestone".
"The online world is being polluted by harmful and misogynistic content which is having a direct impact on the development of young people's thinking and behaviours. This cannot be allowed to continue," she said.
The series has resonated with an audience increasingly disturbed by a litany of shocking knife crimes committed by young people and the misogynistic rhetoric of influencers like Andrew Tate.
Earlier this year it emerged that Axel Rudakubana, a British teenager who stabbed to death three young girls in a knife rampage last July, had viewed footage of another high-profile stabbing just before the attack.
Pressures on young people
Australia notably banned access to social media for all under-16s late last year.
"Adolescence" also highlights the "incel" (involuntary celibacy) culture of males who feel unattractive to the opposite sex and harbour a hatred of women.
Netflix's vice president of UK content Anne Mensah said the series had "helped articulate the pressures young people and parents face".
"Adolescence" had 24.3 million views in its first four days, making it Netflix's top show for the week of March 10-16, according to the entertainment industry magazine Variety.
New UK rules requiring technology firms to tackle illegal content on their platforms -- including extreme pornography and child sex abuse material -- came into force on March 17 as part of the government's Online Safety Act, but were dismissed as "timid" by critics.
Ian Russell, whose daughter Molly died aged 14 in November 2017 after viewing harmful material on social media, said the approach had been dominated by media regulator Ofcom's "fear of legal challenge and their eagerness to placate the tech companies".
"Worried parents across the country are dismayed by yet more half measures," he added.
"Adolescence" writer Jack Thorne said he hoped a solution could be found to the issues raised by the series.
"It's about other people ... being given the opportunity to have conversations they haven't had before and that they should have had that might lead to policy change and things being made better for our young people," he told Sky News after the meeting.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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Ghibli Art: Fun Trend Or Privacy Nightmare? Experts Warn Of Risks Involved
AI-created Ghibli-style artwork is sweeping social media, with users posting breathtaking, surreal images based on Studio Ghibli's animation. OpenAI's recent ChatGPT update has made it simple for users to create illustrations that look like the classic style of Hayao Miyazaki's movies. The trend has turned everything from scenes in movies to personal family photographs into Ghibli-style visual images. Apart from creating digital sensation, the viral trend has also raised privacy concerns among the internet experts and social media enthusiasts. Experts caution against possible data threats, calling on users to be mindful of how their personal data can be treated when using AI image-generation technology. While having fun, privacy concerns cannot be ignored in this fast-emerging trend.
Proton, a platform that works on data privacy and security, noted on X, "From the risks of data breaches, once you share personal photos with AI, you lose control over how they are used since those photos are then used to train AI. For instance, they could be used to generate content that may be defaming or used as harassment."
Think this is a fun trend? Think again.
— Proton (@ProtonPrivacy) March 27, 2025
While some don't have an issue sharing selfies on social media, the trend of creating a "Ghibli-style" image has seen many people feeding OpenAI photos of themselves and their families.
Here's why that's a problem:
1/4 pic.twitter.com/o9VqS3Teoe
The platform further warns that "many AI models, particularly those used in image generation, rely on large training datasets. In some cases, photos of you, or with your likeness, might be used without your consent."
British futurist Elle Farrell-Kingsley also tweeted that uploading pics/thoughts to AI tools risks exposing metadata, location, and even sensitive data - esp for kids. If it's free, you (& your data) are the price. If you're fine with that, great, but it's good to be aware."
Ghibli-style AI art is everywhere, but some concerns:
— Elle Farrell-Kingsley (@ellefkingsley) March 28, 2025
1️⃣Privacy: Uploading pics/thoughts to AI tools risks exposing metadata, location, even sensitive data—esp for kids.
⚖️If it's free, you (& your data) are the price. If you're fine with that, great but it's good to be aware pic.twitter.com/l6HxjP3vtO
These X handles are not alone; many digital privacy activists have raised concerns over OpenAI's Ghibli-style AI art generator, claiming it may compromise user privacy by using personal photos to train AI, leading to loss of control over their usage.
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