Mumbai: The most awaited Bollywood mythological film ‘Adipurush’ has hit the headlines before its release. The film is directed by Om Raut and stars Prabhas, Kriti Sanon, and Saif Ali Khan in lead roles. It is set to hit the screens next month and some of the netizens and politicians are making it controversial. If you are planning to watch this movie, we will let you know that you have to spend just Rs 100 to watch it.
Yes, it isn’t so cheap. In a unique style to promote the film, the makers of Adipurush are using an interesting tactic to drag audiences. The makers informed in the description box of the trailer that one can purchase Adipurush’s ticket just by spending Rs 100. The description read, “BOOK TICKETS!! Get 2 tickets for the price of 1.” This offer is valid across India including Hyderabad.
Earlier, after the release of the teaser of the movie, the makers of the film were trolled for ‘poor’ VFX. The release date of this mythological film too was changed following backlash but it seems that most of the audiences got impressed by the trailer.
The makers are receiving both positive and negative comments on social media platforms. Adipurush is set to release in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam languages on the 16th of June this year. It features Prabhas as Raghava, Kriti as Janaki, and Saif as Lankesh.
Imphal: The total curfew that prohibited the movement of any person outside their homes will be relaxed for three hours in violence-hit Manipur’s Churachandpur district on Sunday morning to allow the people to buy essential items such as medicines and food, according to a notification.
The curfew imposed under section 144 of the CrPC will be relaxed from 7 am to 10 am, it said.
It was also relaxed on Saturday for two hours from 3 pm to 5 pm.
“With the law and order situation improving in Churachandpur district and after talks were held between the state government and various stakeholders, I’m pleased to share that the curfew will be partially relaxed as per the details shared below (sic),” Chief Minister N Biren Singh tweeted on Saturday night, sharing a copy of the notification.
The curfew was imposed on May 3 after violent clashes broke out between tribals and members of the majority Meitei community, which has so far displaced thousands of people and killed at least 54.
The notification issued by Churachandpur district magistrate Sharath Chandra Arroju said, “Subsequent relaxations shall be reviewed and notified based on assessment of the prevailing law and order situation.”
The clashes broke out after a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organised in the ten hill districts of the state to protest against the Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.
Meiteis account for about 53 per cent of Manipur’s population and live mostly in the Imphal valley. Tribals — Nagas and Kukis — constitute another 40 percent of the population and live mostly in the hill districts.
Wanted: an animal-loving billionaire who might consider buying 1,993 threatened white rhinos instead of a new superyacht or a Picasso, or a Picasso onboard a superyacht.
John Hume, a South African multimillionaire who started a rhino breeding project with about 200 animals 30 years ago, is selling all the rhinos and the 8,500-hectare (21,000 acres) conservation ranch where they live in what must rank as one of the most unusual ever online auctions.
Bids for the farm, 100 miles south-east of Johannesburg, start at $10m (£8m) and close at 5pm on Monday 1 May – international save the rhino day. Also included alongside the rhinos – which make up about 10% of the world’s total rhino population – are 213 buffaloes, five hippos, seven zebras and 11 giraffes.
Hume, 81, who made his fortune building timeshare resorts, said he was selling up after spending $150m on the project and he could no longer continue to support the rhinos.
John Hume, hotel magnate and owner of the Platinum Rhino Project. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images
“I’ve used all my life savings spending on that population of rhinos for 30 years. And I finally ran out of money,” he said. “I’m hoping that there is a billionaire that would rather save the population of rhinos from extinction than own a superyacht.”
His daughter-in-law Tammy Hume said Hume called an emergency family meeting last year when he realised he would soon no longer be able to meet the £8,000-a-day cost of securing and feeding the rhinos. The farm employs about 100 people, including vets, rangers and security guards to protect the animals from poachers. There is also a helicopter for air patrols.
Hume said selling the Platinum Rhino Project was the only option, after failing to overturn a global ban on selling rhino horn to fund the farm. The horn, which is used as an ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine, is said to be more valuable, by weight, in the hidden economy than elephant ivory, cocaine or gold.
Veterinarian Michelle Otto stands with a sedated and blindfolded rhino after trimming its horn at the ranch of the breeder John Hume. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images
The farm has a licence to trim rhino horns, which it claims helps protect them as it makes the animals less of a target for poachers. The Humes said the trimmed rhino horn is DNA-profiled, microchipped and kept in a secure location – and not sold.
Hume said he fell in love with rhinos after retiring to a small ranch in the countryside with a small crash of rhinos. “I’m sympathetic and emotional. Rhinos are underdogs. They stand the least chance of surviving poaching,” he told the Daily Maverick. “It’s impossible to say what these 2,000 rhinos have cost me. Billions. I was rich then. And now I’m not.”
Hume said his “ideal buyer is a person or foundation with a passion for conserving rhinos and the means to keep the breeding project going”.
He added: “With 200 rhinos born a year, the project has the power to make a significant difference and bolster declining rhino populations on the African continent.”
Tammy Hume said the family had spoken to several “high net worth individuals” who had expressed interest in buying the farm as a philanthropic gift to conservation efforts. They have also been in discussions with ecological foundations and zoos across the world.
She had hoped to fund future conservation work by releasing 100 of the rhinos into the wild but could not find a charity or philanthropist to fund the effort. “Trimming [horns], we understand that there is enormous concern about but it was just one idea of how to generate an income,” she said. “Another was to create a nature market from rewilding rhinos … but no one was willing to pay for it.”
A three-week-old rhino waits to be fed. Photograph: Luca Sola/AFP/Getty Images
As of Friday no bids had been placed but Hume said several people had registered for the auction and paid a 90,000 rand (£4,000) registration fee.
“We hope the auction has set off alarm bells around the world, that we can’t continue to look after the rhinos financially, and these animals need a new saviour.”
Almost all (98.8%) of the southern white rhinos occur in only four countries: South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and Kenya. They were, according to the WWF, thought to be extinct in the late 19th century, but in 1895 a small population of fewer than 100 individuals was discovered in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. After more than a century of protection and management, they are now classified as “near threatened” and about 18,000 animals exist in protected areas and private game reserves. They are the only one of the five rhino species that are not endangered.
A spokesperson for the WWF said: “[We] are working with rhino conservation experts to better understand the current and future potential conservation contribution of the white rhino at Platinum Rhino and the role of captive breeding operations in white rhino conservation. Although the numbers of rhinos that have been bred at Platinum Rhino represent a notable percentage of white rhinos left in the world, it is unfortunately increasingly the case in rhino conservation that our challenge is not a shortage of rhinos but a shortage of conservation areas with safe suitable rhino habitat.”
[ad_2]
#White #rhinos #sale #careful #owner #tycoon #billionaire #buy #conservation #ranch
( With inputs from : www.theguardian.com )
When Robyn decided to spring-clean her home in 2019, she was hoping for a fresh start after her divorce. “I was living in Melbourne with my two children and working as an urban designer for the government,” she says. As part of the clear out, she put two sofas for sale on eBay.
Chris spotted the advert and immediately got in touch. “They were by the same designer as the bed I’d bought and matched perfectly,” he says. “Robyn’s description was intriguing, too. She’d added information about her life, and her dogs and kids enjoying the couches.” At the time Chris was working as a photographer, living in Melbourne with his son.
They agreed a price and a time for Chris to come and collect one of the sofas. “Two guys my age arrived at my front door in their exercise gear,” says Robyn. “I was chatting a million miles an hour.” She managed to convince Chris to buy the other sofa in the set, and the pair exchanged numbers under the premise of arranging the payment. “There was definitely some chemistry there,” she says. Chris admits he was “captivated” by Robyn. “It was a real pleasure to meet someone so stylish with a good sense of humour.”
As soon as they left, Robyn’s daughter asked what was going on. “I said: ‘I think one of them might ask me out.’” Three days later, Chris invited her for a coffee. “We met at 3pm and didn’t leave until 9pm, after dinner,” she says. Chris admits they “even dressed the same” for the date, in blue jeans and striped shirts.
Robyn knew she wanted to see him again. “For me it was all very new and overwhelming, but also really exciting,” she says. “Because I’d not long been divorced, my parents were still coming down from Queensland a lot. I remember having to borrow their car to go on dates a few times. My mum was home, asking me how it all went. It felt like a teenage flashback.”
Chris and Robyn at Pambula Beach, New South Wales.
Describing the early days as a “rollercoaster” of emotions, Robyn says they became a serious couple quickly. “In January 2020 we went to Queensland with our families to hang out together.” A few months later they were temporarily separated by lockdown, but went for another family trip in June. “Everyone gelled really well,” says Robyn. “We spent five weeks by the beach, home schooling the kids and swimming every morning.”
Chris also proposed during the trip, although the repeated lockdowns stopped them having a wedding. “My parents also got really sick during the pandemic,” says Robyn. “My mum had cancer and my dad had a hip replacement and fluid on the brain. All our plans were shelved while my parents went through periods of really bad health. Chris was really supportive during that time. He has lots of empathy.”
They moved in together, at Robyn’s house, in February 2022, with all three children and the sofas that she had sold to Chris back in 2019, which are still going strong. The couple have also bought a home near the beach in New South Wales, where they would like to move in future. “Brady Bunch-ing families is never easy and we have taken that challenge on,” Chris says. “It’s very rewarding and it’s been a lovely experience.”
Robyn believes that communication and compromise are key to a happy, blended family. “There’s a deep level of commitment between us and knowing we want the same things,” she says. “I love how many similarities Chris and I have. It’s soothing and calming to know that we can grow old together.”
Chris acknowledges that it can be harder to meet people in your late 40s, but says he and Robyn share the same vision. “I love her energy and she’s very vibrant. She’s also very capable and has a strong mind. I’m very lucky to have a second chance in life at love.”
[ad_2]
#met #arrived #door #buy #sofa #chemistry
( With inputs from : www.theguardian.com )
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Cable Car Corporation on Monday cautioned Tourists of falling in the trap of Touts.
A statement issued said that “It has come to the notice of the Management of the Cable Car Corporation that some of the tourists fall into the trap of touts and some miscreant elements regarding tickets of Gulmarg Gondola project”.
It reads that “All Our esteemed tourists are informed through this press note that the tickets of Gulmarg Gondola Project are available only through online mode on official website www.jammukashmircablecar.com and there is no other means to get the ticket of Gulmarg Gondola Project”.
There is a transparent system of online ticketing of Gulmarg Gondola and the question of black-marketing of Gondola tickets does not arise, therefore, our esteemed tourists are advised not to fall prey to the propaganda of touts and do not go for gondola booking by any mode other than online booking through official website www.jammukashmircablecar.com
The intending tourists/visitors are advised to plan Gondola ride as per availability of tickets on the official website.
SIT to question TSPSC Secretary, member in paper leak case today
Hyderabad: A new revelation has been made in the investigation of the Telangana State Public Service Commission examination. A lover has reportedly bought the DAO exam paper for Rs 6 lakh for his girlfriend. The duo was produced before the magistrate and remanded in judicial custody.
The disclosure of TSPSC papers has become a sensational issue in the state and has created a political storm. Following protests by opposition parties and student organizations, the government formed an SIT to probe the matter. Loukik, a lover, had allegedly bought the paper for the examination to be held on February 26 by paying Parveen Rs 6 lakh for the Divisional Accounts Officer (DAO) for her beloved Sushmita.
After the leak of the papers, the Telangana State Public Service Commission cancelled the DAO exam along with other examinations. The SIT probing the case issued notices to hundreds of people and questioned them and arrested 17 people so far. Which includes this lover couple.
According to the reports Loukik managed to bought the question paper for DAOs entrance test from Praveen by paying a whopping Rs 6 lakh, however it was not immediately clear how Loukik got in touch with one of the main accused in the scandal Praveen. But Loukik reportedly gave the leaked paper to his girlfriend Sushmita to help her ace the entrance examination. While checking Praveen’s bank statements, the SIT found out the transaction of Loukik.
The SIT summoned the commission’s secretary to its office and instead of issuing a notice to chairman Janardan Reddy, who had assumed the democratic post of inquiry, his statement was recorded at his office.
The SIT is also questioning all candidates of the Group-I preliminary exam who scored 100 and above marks out of a total of 150 marks.
SRINAGAR: The Directorate Of School Education (DSEK) on Friday warned all recognised private schools to stop compelling parents to buy books, stationary items, and uniforms from a particular shop.
DESK in a circular said that said that directorate and its subordinate offices are receiving a lot of complaints from the parents against the private schools forcing them to buy certain items from shops recommended by them.
“The books prescribed by these schools should have been available in the open market. There are some more complaints from parents wherein it is said that a large number of books are being prescribed by the private school authorities for primary classes, which unnecessary burdens the tender minds and mars the creativity,” DESK said in a circular.
Further, some private schools are forcing parents to purchase extra books for classes 6th, 7th & 8th in addition to the books prescribed by JKBOSE which amounts to extra burden on the learning of students and goes against the recommendations of National Education Policy 2020 which advocates age appropriate burden free learning of students, the order reads.
The order further reads,” The schools by prescribing additional books are going against the guidelines which are not prescribed by the Board to which the schools affiliated not only flout the recommendations envisaged in Rule 8A of J&K School Education Rules, 2010 & revised guidelines of School Bag Policy, 2020 released by Department of School Education and Literacy Ministry of Education, Government of India, but also poses extra financial burden on parents.”
Resorting to such illegal practices by few private schools is against the ethics and norms/ guidelines issued by the Government from time to time.
Henceforth, all private schools shall notify through their websites the list of subjects and the books prescribed by the Board to which they are affiliated and no other subject or book shall be made mandatory. Under no circumstances, any school shall ask parents to buy books from a particular bookshop, it said.
“It is enjoined upon all the private recognized schools to desisit from compelling the parents to purchase books or uniforms from any particular shops and change of books thereof. Further, parents should be given wider choice to purchase of books or uniforms from the open market. Any deviation from these instructions, if noticed shall be viewed seriously and action will be taken as per the provisions of law which inter-alia includes de-recognition of schools, withdrawal of managing body,” the order said.
DESK directed all Chief Education Officers to constitute special monitoring teams involving cluster heads, Zonal Education Officers to verify the complaints received on account of sale of books and uniforms by the private schools/ prescribing additional books or pressing parents for purchase from any particular shop. Action taken in this regard shall be submitted to this Directorate on monthly basis.
SRINAGAR: The Centre on Wednesday said that 185 persons from outside Jammu and Kashmir bought land in the Union Territory during 2020, 2021, and 2022.
In a written reply to a question, Union Minister of State for Home, Nityanand Rai, informed the Rajya Sabha that only one person bought land in 2020, while 57 persons bought land in 2021 and 127 in 2022. “Further, as per the information provided by the Union Territory of Ladakh, no land has been bought by persons from outside the UT during the last three years,” he said.
He said, as per the information provided by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir, a total of 1559 Indian companies, including multinational companies, have made investments in the UT.
“In the 2020-21 financial year, 310 entities invested, while 175 invested in 2021-22 and 1074 in 2022-23,” he said, adding that as per the information provided by the Union Territory of Ladakh, no Indian companies, including multinational companies, have invested in the UT during the last three years. (KNO)
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government has paid Rs 16,900 crore to Adani Power and Tata Power for purchasing electricity during the last two years, the state Assembly was informed on Monday.
As per the data tabled by Energy Minister Kanubhai Desai during Question Hour, the state government paid Rs 8,160 crore to Adani Power Mundra Ltd while Rs 8,784 was paid to Coastal Gujarat Power Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Power, in 2021 and 2022.
While responding to a set of questions raised by Congress MLAs about the purchase of electricity from these private players, Desai said the state government paid Rs 2,760 crore to Adani Power in 2021 to buy 5,589 million units while Rs 5,400 crore was paid to the firm in 2022 for nearly 6,000 million units.
In 2021, the state government paid Rs 2,751 crore to Tata Power to buy 7,315 million units, while the cost came to Rs 6,033 crore for 10,446 million units in 2022.
The data suggested per unit cost of Rs 2.83 paid to Adani in January 2021 went up to Rs 8.83 per unit in December 2022 (provisional). Similarly, Tata Power charged Rs 4.92 per unit from the government in 2022 against Rs 1.80 in January 2021.
Desai said the per unit cost of electricity went up after 2018 due to “exponential rise” in the price of imported coal, which had forced such power generators to shut their plants in Gujarat.
To ensure people of Gujarat get uninterrupted power, the state government had signed new supplementary agreements with Adani to pay as per the actual cost of fuel, said Desai.
Again in 2021, when gas and imported coal prices saw significant rise, the state government, to ensure uninterrupted power supply, bought electricity from these firms under “special temporary arrangement” as approved by the Centre and state government, Desai said in the Assembly.
Telangana Agriculture Minister Singireddy Niranjan Reddy (File Photo)
Hyderabad: Agriculture minister Singireddy Niranjan Reddy said the central government is refusing to purchase rice grains from Telangana despite the lack of rice grains in the country.
“Central government says that there is no rice in the country at present. Telangana is the largest producer of paddy and the crop is being cultivated on 56.44 lakh acres in Yasangi. However, the Centre is refusing to buy rice grains from us,” he said while attending the Kisan Mela on Saturday.
The Kisan Mela was conducted by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) at the Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP).
He alleged that the Centre does not have scientific estimations of the crops that need to be cultivated. “The crops being cultivated in the various parts of the country should be estimated and the growth of crops that are needed should be facilitated based on these numbers,” Singireddy said.
The agriculture minister said that there is a lot of demand for medicinal plants in the international markets. “Cultivation of medicinal plants should be encouraged as without medicinal plants there will be no medicines for the 800 crore people in this world,” said the BRS leader.
Singireddy said that cosmetic products made from chemical ingredients are harmful to health and natural medicinal plants can give a higher quality of life. “Natural products are gaining popularity in society. China dominates the global market for medicinal plants. Farmers should be encouraged to grow the crops that are in demand,” he said.
