Author: Dr Anand Mali

Electronics City Police discovered on Tuesday, 16 March, that Hitesha Chandranee, the alleged victim who accused a Zomato delivery boy, Kamaraj of assault, has left Bengaluru. This comes a day after Kamaraj filed a counter FIR against Chandranee for allegedly hitting him with slippers and abusing him repeatedly for the delayed delivery of her food order The FIR has been filed in the Electronic City police station against Hitesha Chandranee under sections 341 (wrongful restraint), 355(assault or criminal force), 504 (intentional insult), and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC, News18 reported. Chandranee, a model and make-up artist, had on March…

The Indian government seeks to propose a law banning cryptocurrencies under which anyone involved in its trading or holding such assets could be fined, according to reports. Trading, mining and holding cryptocurrency could soon be illegal in India as the Indian government is proposing a new Bill that could ban all transactions related to cryptocurrencies. According to a report by Reuters, the new Bill proposes to criminalise possession, issuance, mining, trading and transferring crypto-assets including Bitcoin, Dogecoin and other cryptocurrencies. Instead, the bill would give holders of cryptocurrencies up to six months to liquidate, after which penalties will be believed,…

FACEBOOK’s smart glasses could be used to “teleport” people to their office or to see their friends. This is according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg who said the glasses could make you feel like you’re in the same room as someone even if you’re far apart. The billionaire made the comments to The Information. He told the publication: “Rather than calling someone or having a video chat, you just kind of snap your fingers and teleport, and you’re sitting there and they’re on their couch and it feels like you’re there together.” Zuckerberg thinks this tech could help reduce some of…

After Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s interview with Oprah Winfrey, Simi Garewal accused Markle of ‘playing the race card’ to make herself into a victim. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey has created quite a stir all over the world. In the two-hour special CBS interview, Winfrey guided the two former senior royals as they discussed racism and dysfunction inside the royal family. Following the interview, many celebrities have reacted to the shocking revelations by the couple, while some have supported Meghan, some are unconvinced by the Suits actress’s claims. One of the first few Indian…

India has entered the second phase of immunization against novel coronavirus. Above 45-years-old are being administered homegrown vaccines against the virus Covaxin and Covishield. A senior citizen in West Bengal’’s Dhupguri area died allegedly after being administered the Covishield vaccine, prompting his family members to lodge a police complaint, an official said on Tuesday. Krishna Dutta (64), a businessman from the Jalpaiguri district, died at a local hospital, where he was rushed after he complained of breathlessness. According to the family members “Dutta was administered the vaccine on Monday. He was having breathing issues at night, and taken to hospital,…

Karina Oliani crossed a total distance of 100,58 m (329 ft 11.76 in), achieving the world’s longest tyrolean traverse over a lava lake,” reads a part of the caption shared by GWR. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Guinness World Records (@guinnessworldrecords) Guinness World Records (GWR) often takes to Instagram to share about such records which are both fascinating and scary, in equal parts. To celebrate the occasion of International Women’s Day 2021, they posted on such a record created by wildlife enthusiast and medical physician Karina Oliani. The post describes how this adventurer, hailing from Brazil,…

Covid-19 has blown the carefully knitted human civilization and gave us a herculean task to reshape the world. All Indians realized the gravity of the situation and were left with no alternative but for prolonged quarantine. Employees are upended by the impact and businesses have a huge responsibility to stand firm until the difficult phase passes. Companies couldn’t provide the same experience as before to customers as well as employees. Almost all companies had to prepare for remote working and tried to conduct a regular meeting to motivate the employees and keep the business ongoing. Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani said…

Indian crowdfunding platform GoFundMe has raised close to 46 lakh inr for Subhakar Khadka, An Uber driver of South-Asian origin Who assaulted by a woman in San Francisco. The female passenger Refused to wear a mask, verbally Assaulted the driver of Nepali Origin on March 6. 32-year-old Khadka said the assault was Racially motivated. He said that when he picked up the three women near San Bruno Ave. and Silver Ave., one of the passengers wasn’t wearing a mask and got angry when he asked her to put one on. Two of the three women in the vehicle started yelling…

The ‘most expensive drug in the world’ has Been approved by the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) to cure a rare genetic disorder. The one-off gene therapy Zolgensma, manufactured by Novartis Gene Therapies, has a reported list price of ₹18 crore (£1.79 million) per dose, NHS England said in a statement Monday. The life-changing drug ‘Zolgensma’, considered the world’s most expensive drug and approved by the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) to cure a rare genetic disorder has gone viral. But if you follow the news emerging out of India, you may have heard in the first week…

In a shocking incident in the US, an Uber driver was coughed on, pepper-sprayed and assaulted by passengers who ripped off his mask after he says he asked them to wear a face covering. According to a Daily Mail report, Subhakar Khadka, 32, says he was racially abused by the three women after picking them up in the Bayview area of San Francisco on Sunday. The footage filmed on Khadka’s car camera showed one of the women coughing in his direction before leaning forward to grab his phone and then rip off his mask. Khadka, from Nepal, said the trouble…

Have you ever wanted to travel into space, but thought to yourself “hey, I don’t think I can afford that”? Probably not, but in case you have, you might have the opportunity to fly around the moon for free. Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa had announced his desire to take eight members to the Dear Moon mission in collaboration with Elon Musk’s SpaceX that would be the first civilian lunar mission. And within three days he has been flooded with over 3,00,000 applications from around the world. Taking to Twitter on Thursday, Yusaku revealed that his Dear Moon Project has received…

Kirill Tereshin, AKA “Popeye”, was the bloke who became an overnight internet sensation for the simple fact that he’s got abnormally-large biceps. And no, it’s not because he loves an “arm sesh” and a couple of protein shakes down at his local gym. It’s because he injected petroleum jelly into them a few years back. And the swelling has gotten so bad that it’s beginning to hinder him during day-to-day life, with doctors warning that Popeye could potentially lose his arms – or even his life. Although it certainly won’t be the last time he goes under the knife. “I’m…

The man, Shankar Gombi from Karnataka was declared dead by a private hospital in Belagavi after keeping him under two-day observation. The hospital administration also asked his family to take his body for his last rites. In a shocking incident, a 27-year-old man who was declared brain dead after an accident got goosebumps and also moved his hands just when a doctor was about to start his post-mortem and touched him. The man, Shankar Gombi from Karnataka was declared dead by a private hospital in Belagavi after keeping him under two-day observation. The hospital administration also asked his family to…

A rooster fitted with a knife for an illegal cockfight in southern India has killed its owner, sparking a manhunt for the organisers of the event, police said As per news, the rooster had been fitted with a three-inch knife called a “kodi kathi” prior to the blood sport event, which was being held at the Yellamma Temple in Jagtial District, Telangana, on February 22 However, as the bird tried to escape, its 45-year-old owner was inadvertently impaled in the groin by the blade. The knife had been attached to the rooster’s leg. The owner died from loss of blood…

A huge metal ball in the middle of a beach can attract attention. And if its origin is unknown, it can grace international headlines and spark all kinds of theories on social media A mysterious titanium ball weighing 41 kilograms and covered in Russian text has been found on a beach in the Bahamas. Experts believe it could be a part of a spacecraft. A British woman, Manon Clarke, spotted the 41kg reflective ball poking out of the sand while she was walking with her family at Harbour Island on Wednesday evening. “We went walking to a different spot than…

Guatemala President Alejandro Giammattei expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday as India donated 2,00,000 doses of the Covishield to help the North American country battle COVID-19. Giammattei thanked PM Modi for donating the vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and manufacturing India rather than selling it. He added that the Government of India did not ‘hesitate’ to support Guatemala after Modi’s administration learnt of the difficulties it faced in battling the virus. “Thanks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the generous donation of 200 thousand doses of vaccines #Covishield that will help us save lives and immunize frontline…

Identical twins Mayla and Sofia underwent the same five-hour-long gender reassignment surgery after ‘never identifying as boys’ while growing up. The 19-year-olds grew up in south east Brazil, saying they never felt comfortable in their male bodies and dreamed of transitioning. In February 2021, they both underwent sex reassignment surgery. They say that they have always known that they were girls. The 19-year-old Rezende who is currently studying medicine stated in an interview that, “I always loved my body, but I didn’t like my genitalia.” Gender reassignment surgery is covered under Brazil’s nationalised health care, but there are only five…

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has “major concerns” about cryptocurrencies, Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Wednesday, flagging potential risks to financial stability. Das said he had communicated his concerns to the government, which has largely opposed trading in private cryptocurrencies in recent years. He said the RBI’s plans to launch its own digital currency remained a “work in progress”. “We have major concerns from the financial stability angle,” Das told the news channel in an interview, adding that the RBI was “targeting to launch” a digital currency. “It will be very difficult and not possible for me to give…

Car hits cyclist, drives with victim’s body on vehicle’s roof for 10 km A car smack into a cyclist, carried the victim on the vehicle’s roof for 10 kilometres, and then ran away after disposing of the body near Punjab’s Sunny Enclave area, police said. The victim was identified as Yogender Mandal (35), who was hit by Singh’s car. The impact of the collision was so severe that Mandal’s body landed on the car’s rooftop. The driver, instead of stopping the vehicle, kept on driving at least for 10 km. He later dumped the body and sped away. Police registered…

India’s first AC railway terminal in Bengaluru, built at an anticipated cost of ₹314 crore, is all set to be inaugurated later this month. And if you are someone who sought luxe while traveling, this railway terminal promises to provide you an airport-like experience. Named after Bharat Ratna Sir M Visvesvaraya, this is Bengaluru’s third railway terminal in Baiyappanahalli area and has been a long-standing demand for introducing more express trains connecting the IT city. The terminal will have an upper-class waiting hall, a VIP lounge with a digital real-time passenger information system, and a lavish food court Railways minister…

Tesla Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Elon Musk on February 19 defended Tesla’s purchase of Bitcoin, saying that owning some of the digital currency is “adventurous enough” for an S&P 500 company. “Having some Bitcoin, which is simply a less dumb form of liquidity than cash, is adventurous enough for an S&P500 company,” Musk tweeted on Thursday in response to an interview with Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao. Musk also said he is an engineer, not an investor, and that apart from his stock in Tesla, he does not own any equity. Musk even compared Bitcoin with fiat currency or government-issued currency…

The Beer Factory Possibly Dates Back To The Era Of King Narmer King Narmer founded the First Dynasty and ruled over 5,000 years ago. He also unified Upper and Lower Egypt. Egyptian and American archaeologists have discovered a brewery in the ancient Egyptian city, Abydos and they have claimed that it could be the oldest beer-producing factory in the world. According to a report, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mostafa Wazir has said that the factory possibly dates back to the reign of King Narmer. Many historians consider him as the founder of the First Dynasty of Egypt,…

Fans went absolutely berserk following Ravi Ashwin’s stellar all-round show in Chennai with social media getting flooded with hilarious memes, hailing the all-rounder. One such meme was shared by Ashwin’s wife Prithi Narayanan in which the talismanic off-spinner has been placed in a morphed poster of 2020 South Indian movie featuring Vijay Sethupathi in the lead Indian off-spinner R Ashwin put up a sterling show to notch up his fifth Test century against England on Day Three of the second Test in Chennai on Monday (February 5). Ashwin’s wife Prithi is one of his biggest supporters and it didn’t take…

A PACK of stray dogs in Russia have reportedly been turned blue “by pollution from chemical waste” from a factory. The dogs were spotted by local residents who say the animals’ fur has been turned blue by “chemical waste” from a Soviet-era factory in Dzerzhinsk, east of Moscow in Russia. Local authorities are reportedly visiting the site to check on the animals after concerned locals photographed the animals. Residents are claiming the animals have been turned blue by chemicals from the hydrocyanic acid factory, which closed six years ago due to financial probimage However, the plant’s bankruptcy manager, Andrey Mislivets,…

Results of the Femina Miss India 2020 beauty pageant made headlines as three beautiful ladies emerged winners following a unanimous verdict by jury members Falguni Shane Peacock, Neha Dhupia, Chitrangada Singh and Pulkit Samrat.  View this post on Instagram A post shared by Femina Miss India (@missindiaorg) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Femina Miss India (@missindiaorg) Manasa Varanasi from Telangana was crowned Miss India 2020, but it is the runner-up, Manya Singh from Uttar Pradesh, who is hogging all the limelight with her inspirational story behind the journey of winning the title. Manya comes from a…

Doctors and pro-democracy protesters in Myanmar raised their hands in three-finger salute, a gesture of rebellion inspired from The Hunger Games movies, to protest against the military coup that ousted the country’s democratically elected government. The gesture of resistance against tyranny was first invoked in real life from the silver screen during demonstrations in neighbouring Thailand against a military coup in 2014. So much so, that it was banned by military in Thailand to silence criticism In Myanmar, civilians in the country have been raising their voices against the army rule by taking part in civil disobedience campaigns and banging…

Salesforce is revamping its work policies and workspaces to incorporate a hybrid work model while allowing some employees to work remotely on a permanent basis. The new guidelines, which Salesforce is calling “Work From Anywhere,” offer employees three different options for how they’ll work going forward: flex, fully remote, and office-based. Salesforce said the decision to offer new ways of working was based on employee wellness surveys the company has been sending around since the onset of the pandemic. “An immersive workspace is no longer limited to a desk in our Towers; the 9-to-5 workday is dead, and the employee…

We all know that trees are priceless because they provide us with the oxygen we breathe. However, for the first time in India, guidelines on the valuation of trees have been set. The five-member Supreme Court-appointed committee of experts appointed to set a guideline about the valuation of trees , “A tree’s monetary worth is its age multiplied by ₹74,500,” The committee has added in its report that a heritage tree with a lifespan of well over 100 years could be valued at more than Rs 1 crore and also that the monetary worth of a project for which hundreds…

One of South Korea’s wealthiest people, the billionaire founder of the country’s biggest mobile messenger operator KakaoTalk, promised Monday to give away more than half his wealth. The decision by self-made Kim Beom-su, worth around $9.4 billion, is an unusual one for the world’s 12th-largest economy, where business is dominated by sprawling family-controlled conglomerates. “I have pledged to donate more than half of my assets throughout my life to solve social issues,” Kim said in a message sent to all of Kakao’s employees seen by AFP. KakaoTalk, a free messaging service founded in 2010 has effectively replaced SMS texting in…

A couple in Tamil Nadu tied the knot 60 feet under water in the Bay of Bengal near the coast of Neelankarai in the south of Chennai. V. Chinnadurai and S. Swetha, both software engineers, married under water on Monday morning and exchanged garlands. Chinnadurai, the groom, said that he and Swetha dived under water during the auspicious time before 7:30 a.m., following the priest’s directives. Incidentally, the groom is a licenced scuba diver while the bride only started to learn scuba diving a month ago to be ready for her marriage. For the wedding dive, as many as eight…

In a case that will go down in history as a first, an Indian-American student Randeep Hothi managed to win round one of his legal battles with millionaire Elon Musk. The Tesla CEO was recently unable to stay a defamation lawsuit filed by Hothi, an ardent critic of Tesla, against Musk after a California judge dismissed his pleas that the case was baseless and an attempt to silence the millionaire’s free speech. Hothi is a 2009 graduate of t University of California, Berkeley, and his parents live in Fremont, where Tesla also has its auto plant. Hothi is part of…

The discovery has been hailed as one of the “best examples” of a dinosaur footprint ever found in the UK. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Amgueddfa Cymru (@museumwales) A four-year-old girl has stunned paleontologists after finding an “internationally important” dinosaur footprint on a trip to the supermarket Lily Wilder was walking along the coast between Barry and Sully with her father Richard when she spotted what experts from Archaeology Cymru are calling “the finest impression of a 215 million-year-old dinosaur print found in Britain in a decade”. The perfect print, which her family initially thought may…

The RBI is exploring the possibility of launching a digital version of rupee, the central bank has said. “Private digital currencies (PDCs)/virtual currencies (VCs)/crypto currencies (CCs) have gained popularity in recent years,” the RBI in its report, Payment and Settlement System in India, has said. The report highlights steps taken by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which have transformed India into a country riding high in the evolution of digital payments. “In India, the regulators and governments have been sceptical about these currencies and are apprehensive about the associated risks,” the RBI said. The RBI said to measure the…

Ahead of the Republic Day, the Union Home Ministry on Monday released the list of Padma Awards. Among the Padma Vibhushan awardees are former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe; singer SP Balasubrahmanyam (posthumous); Belle Monappa Hegde, archaeologist BB Lal and Narinder Singh Kapany (posthumous). Sridhar Vembu, the Chief Executive Officer of software firm Zoho, and Rajini Bector, promoter of FMCG company Mrs Bectors Food Specialities are among the 102 Padma Shri awardees this year. Both are honoured for their outstanding achievements in the business field.Vembu tweeted- Business magnate Sridhar Vembu was born in a family of farmers in a small…

Some London locals tipped off the police complaining about a birthday party amid a lockdown in the UK Cops in London raided a Zoom birthday lockdown party of a rich socialite after some passers-by mistook cardboard cutouts as real people Millionaire Steve Varsano had organised a zoom party at his Mayfair offices in London to celebrate his girlfriend Lisa Tchenguiz’s 56th birthday. The 64-year-old had dozens of Lisa’s pals join in to celebrate over video phone. As part of the festivities he ordered 70 cardboard cut-outs of friends and placed them around the room while the real guests took part…

Amitabh Bachchan’s recent appeal to the Madhya Pradesh government to reunite a police couple living in different cities didn’t fall on deaf ears. While participating in Kaun Banega Crorepati(KBC), a traffic constable from Mandsaur had explained to the mega star about his plight that his wife was posted away in Gwalior and he was living alone in Mandsaur.who is also a constable in the same department, for over three years Bachchan appealed, “Whoever is looking after the transfers in the state, should make sure that this couple is posted in one place. Please unite them, it won’t cost you anything.”…

Getting one of the world’s richest persons’ attention is no easy task but relentless effort coupled with some bit of quirk has yielded results for a video game creator. Layabout Vladimirov, an independent game developer, tweeted SpaceX founder Musk more than 150 times over the past year, asking permission to use the company’s name and logos. On January 13, he finally got a response. “Dear Elon, I’m a game dev. And I am making a game about colonizing Mars with you and SpaceX in it. If you think it’s cool, all I need is the “Go ahead” to use your…

Bakcen George, Allwyn Joseph and Ratish Bhalerao decided to give a whole new meaning to Work-From-Home with their month-long cycling trip in the midst of the pandemic. To be more specific, there’s a trio of friends who have been working from their cycles.They cycled all the way from Mumbai to Kanyakumari while not missing office. The Covid-19 crisis also dampened plans of many as using public transport is discouraged during the pandemic and going outside also has its risks It was the idea of 31-year-old Bakcen who first thought of it in November. Although initially, he was the only one…

This is one New Year challenge announced by a Pune restaurateur that is driving foodies and bike-lovers crazy. A restaurant in the outskirts of Pune is offering a unique proposition to increase the flow of customers to his restaurant. The restaurant has announced that they will award a brand-new Royal Enfield Bullet 350 to any customer who can finish the Bullet Thali within 60 minutes Pune eatery ‘Hotel Shivraj’ which is offering a brand new Royal Enfield bullet bike if you finish their ‘Bullet Thali’. The bike touted to be worth 1.65 lakhs is almost every bike lovers’ dream come…

Lieutenant Colonel GYK Reddy, an Indian Army officer has indigenously developed a ‘microcopter’, report. The microcopter can be used by Indian army to carry out surveillance inside a terrorist hideout. It is particularly useful in Jammu and Kashmir where cases of terrorists hiding inside a building are common. Para Special Forces battalion in Jammu and Kashmir has successfully carried out the trials of the microcomputer and further improvements are being carried out. It was showcased at an event to showcase innovation by the Indian Army in Delhi. Also the Indian Army has selected SWITCH unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) made by…

The national child rights body issued a notice to Sajjan Singh Verma and asked him for an explanation for the regressive comment Madhya Pradesh Congress legislator Sajjan Singh Verma on Wednesday stirred a controversy with his remark on a woman’s minimum age for marriage. “According to doctors, a girl is ready for reproduction by the age of 15,” he said at a press conference in Bhopal. “…On what basis does girls’ marriage age should be increased to 21 from 18?” The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights sought an explanation from Verma. “The commission is deeply concerned with such…

With travel taking a backseat because of the pandemic, many people are unable to visit their homes and are feeling homesick. Well, to ease their homesickness, a company based in the United Kingdom called ‘My Baggage’ has started selling bottled air for people who are missing their native places. The idea for this product came after the company conducted research that linked the human sense of smell with emotional memories One company is selling bottles of air from the United Kingdom for homesick residents stuck abroad. My Baggage is selling the “authentic” air from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland…

People collect a lot of things, but Ottocar J can one-up literally everyone with his massive collection of Porsches. Yep, he’s collecting cars because why the hell not? On his 80th birthday, he picked up his 80th Porsche – a Boxster Spyder finished in Miami Blue from the Porsche assembly plant in Zuffenhausen, Germany. Porsche has revealed that Ottocar collects his cars in person whenever possible. The first car he collected from the company himself was a 911 Carrera 3.0 in 1977. Ottocar had a goal of collecting 80 Porsches by age 80, which he has accomplished. To mark this…

An amazing sequence of events happened in public space recently. Much to the people’s delight. In a bizarre case of animal menace, a monkey in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur caused a flurry of activity after it started raining currency notes outside the registry office. Well, someone was up to monkey business for sure! And guess what, it was literally a monkey that was seen throwing huge wads of cash out of a bag. Now, we are not talking small sums of money coming out of a wallet. What we are referring to is a huge stash that was nonchalantly being thrown…

Flight SJ182 carrying 50 passengers has disappeared over the sea, shortly after takeoff from Jakarta, reports claim. The Sriwijaya Air plane took off from the Indonesian capital on Saturday and was heading to Pontianak in West Kalimantan province when it lost contact with the control room, according to local media reports. The plane – believed to be a Boeing B737-500 – is understood to have fallen 10,000 feet in less than 60 seconds just four minutes after it took off. Indonesia’s Transportation Ministry said on Saturday that it had lost contact with a passenger jet after it took off from…

POLICE have apprehended a 29 year old woman for pouring hot water on her husband after a marital dispute. In a statement to Mwebantu, police spokesperson Esther Katongo said police received a report  of Grievous Bodily Harm which occurred on January 1, 2021 around 23:00 hours at SOS in Matero North in which Gift Bwalya 48 of  Ranchdale reported on behalf of her younger brother Derick Bwalya 46 of SOS that his wife poured hot water on his body. Mrs Katongo said it was reported that the victim was at his matrimonial home while his wife, Susan Mundlongwa who was…

India will soon start a mega vaccination drive against coronavirus infection across the country. The healthcare and frontline workers and those above 50 years old will receive the jab on a priority basis The healthcare and frontline workers and those above 50 years old will receive the jab on a priority basis. India on Sunday approved the restricted emergency use of two vaccines against novel coronavirus — Covishield by Serum Institute of India and Covaxin developed by Bharat Biotech. Following the recommendations of the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19, the state government has started identifying beneficiaries. Nearly…

Himachal Pradesh on Monday reported cases of bird flu after Rajasthan, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh, with officials confirming that migratory birds found dead at Pong Dam Lake in Kangra district have tested positive for the dreaded avian influenza. Around 1,800 migratory birds, most of them bar-headed geese, have been found dead in the Pong Dam Lake sanctuary in Himachal Pradesh. The district administration in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra has banned the sale and purchase of chicken, eggs, and other poultry items owing to the bird flu scare. Exercising his powers under Sections 34 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, the official…

Disappointed by sons’ behaviour, A 50-year-old man from Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district has bequeathed half his property to his dog in his will. Om Narayan Verma, resident of Badibaba village in Chand tehsil, has four daughters and a son. But he is in no mood to leave anything for the children. As per his will, notarized two days ago, he owns 18 acres of land which will be divided equally between his wife and his dog. Believe it or not, Om Narayan Verma has divided his property into two halves and has named his wife and his pet dog as…

Bengali actor Swastika Mukherjee says she has braved through several highs and lows in her career to stay independent and fearless. Swastika Mukherjee, who stars in “Black Widow”, “Paatal Lok” and “Dil Bechara”. and is known for her unconventional choice of films, also said, “It’s tiring, it’s exhausting to be fearless.” She added that she has been very particular about the projects she becomes a part of, even if it means that she does less work. “If I wanted to do mediocre work, I could be shooting every day,” she added. Mukherjee said that her inclination towards women-centric stories meant…