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When Janatha Garage’s Team Proved Media Wrong
Just when the positive buzz started building up for NTR’s Janatha Garage before the audio launch, a section of media began propagating false rumours that the film’s director Koratala Siva and cinematographer Thirru were at loggerheads on the sets.Fans were deeply upset with these rumours as the media was only targeting to rattle the hype which has already surrounded the film. However, it is the Janatha Garage’s team which is having the last laugh over the media.
During the film’s audio launch event which concluded last night, Janatha Garage’s team, including Koratala Siva, was full of praises to Thirru and his spectacular cinematography.The team members were particular about highlighting Thirru’s work in their speeches, and it was not even a pre-planned retort to the ill-mouthed media which hoped to gain by propagating negativity on the film.
Those who have seen the trailer would agree that if there was no harmony between Koratala and Thirru, the film’s output wouldn’t have been so grand. So dear media, take a chill pill.
Trending: #ThikkaKudirindhaBrother!!!
The ‘Cheppanu Brother’ controversy seems to have given birth to another cold war with #ThikkaKudirindhaBrother hashtag started trending on twitter.It is well known that #CheppanuBrother hashtag trended a few months ago after Bunny had refused to utter Pawan Kalyan’s name on the stage during the success meet of ‘Sarrainodu’. After receiving a cold treatment from fans of Pawan on social media, Bunny had to give a clarification behind his audacious loose talk.
During the promotions of ‘Thikka’, Sai Dharam Tej has taken leverage of this ‘Cheppanu Brother’ controversy and gave silent punches to Bunny in his bid to become the darling of Pawan fans. Fans of Bunny, who were hurt with Sai Dharam’s antics, are now exploding on social media after Sai’s ‘Thikka’, which released today, had received poor word of mouth. They have started #ThikkaKudirindhaBrother hashtag and trending it on top.
We have to wait and see how Sai Dharam reacts to this problem. Will he apologize or go all guns blazing at fans of Bunny especially when he has the full support of Pawan fans? A new cold war between Sai and Bunny has started for sure.
Will Jagan Brave E Coli Virus In Krishna Pushkaralu?
The much awaited Krishna Pushkaralu have begun yesterday and lakhs of devotees are thronging to the mighty Krishna River to take the holy dip. Already, several political honchos and celebrities have taken the holy bath in the Krishna waters.Following the tragic stampede that took the lives of several devotees during the Godavari Maha Pushkaralu last year, AP CM Nara Chandrababu Naidu has instructed the officials to take stringent measures to avoid any unwarranted incidents.
Meanwhile, a section of media (Pro-Jagan), started reporting an news alarming news that a deadly virus named E Coli has been found in the Krishna waters after environmental authorities collected a few water samples.While there has been no official statement issued by the environmental officials, the media house seems to be desperately trying to corner Chandrababu by spreading vague rumours.
Media’s propaganda will now irk Jagan as the YSRCP President will be in dual minds about taking the holy bath in Krishna. If he takes the holy dip, Jagan himself will nullify these reports. And if he doesn’t take the dip, he will face the backlash from the devotees. It’s advantage Chandrababu either ways.
South Park’ game maker invents fart-smelling VR system
The creators of an upcoming “South Park” video game have developed a stinky spin on virtual reality. Ubisoft unveiled plans Friday for a VR mask that will pump fart smells into gamers’ nostrils as they play the game “South Park: The Fractured But Whole.”
The system called the Nosulus Rift won’t be available for sale. It was designed for use at live events, such as the Penny Arcade Expo and Gamescom. The latest “South Park” game casts players as the gassy new kid in town and lampoons superhero culture.
Ubisoft senior producer Jason Schroeder says the technology is “the most immersive way” for players to experience the character’s superpower. The 20th season of the animated adult series is set to premiere Sept. 14 on Comedy Central.
New tool can recover smartphone data to help solve crimes
Washington: Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have developed a new technique that could help law enforcement officials gather data from smartphones while investigating crimes.The increasing use of mobile technology in today’s society has made information stored in the memory of smartphones just as important as evidence recovered from traditional crime scenes.
The new technique, called RetroScope, moves the focus from a smartphone’s hard drive, which holds information after the phone is shut down, to the device’s RAM, which is volatile memory.”We argue this is the frontier in cybercrime investigation in the sense that the volatile memory has the freshest information from the execution of all the apps,” said Dongyan Xu, professor at Purdue University, who led the research along with colleague Xiangyu Zhang.
“Investigators are able to obtain more timely forensic information toward solving a crime or an attack,” Xu said. Although the contents of volatile memory are gone as soon as the phone is shut down, it can unveil surprising amounts of forensic data if the device is up and running.It was discovered that apps left a lot of data in the volatile memory long after that data was displayed, Xu said. To uncover that data, researchers including doctoral students Rohit Bhatia theorised that rather than focusing on searching for that data, the phone’s graphical rendering code could be re-targeted to specific memory areas to obtain and bring up several previous screens shown by an app.
RetroScope makes use of the common rendering framework used by Android to issue a redraw command and obtain as many previous screens as available in the volatile memory for any Android app. The screens recovered, beginning with the last screen the app displayed, are presented in the order they were seen previously.”Anything that was shown on the screen at the time of use is indicated by the recovered screens, offering investigators a litany of information,” Xu said. In testing, RetroScope recovered anywhere from three to 11 previous screens in 15 different apps, an average of five pages per app.
The apps ranged from popular social media platforms Facebook and Instagram to more privacy-conscious apps and others. “We feel without exaggeration that this technology really represents a new paradigm in smart phone forensics,” Xu said. “It is very different from all the existing methodologies for analysing both hard drives and volatile memories,” he said.
Ram Breaks Into Tears Meeting His Little Fan
Young hero Ram may well be known for his hyperactive acting and reclusive lifestyle. Today, he proved that there’s also a soft side to his celebrity image. Today, Ram broke into tears when he met his 5-year-old girl fan who is suffering from paralysis.Ram has been shooting for his latest film Hyper in Vizag. His little fan named Kundana Poorna Chandrika, who is in an immovable position due to paralysis from her waist, is a die-hard fan of Ram’s dances and wanted to see him perform live as she came to know that Ram is shooting in town.
Chandrika’s parents who already took her to meet Ram during Shivam’s shooting in Vizag, started looking for ways to meet Ram again and appealed to a news daily about their plight. Ram saw the news and immediately rushed to Chandrika’s house and surprised her.Chandrika, who loved playing with Ram on Shivam’s sets, was thrilled to see Ram. Meanwhile, Ram enquired about her medical condition and even checked her medical reports.
In the end, when Ram asked Chandrika about her wish, she said that she wants to see Ram perform live on Hyper’s sets and this made Ram emotional and couldn’t hold back his tears.
Thai police look for suspects after bombs hit tourist sites
We hope we may have some suspects today or tomorrow,” Police Gen. Pongsapat Pongcharoen, a deputy national police chief, told reporters on Saturday.There was no claim of responsibility for the attacks on Thursday and Friday, which followed a successful referendum last weekend on a new constitution that critics say will bolster the military’s power for years to come.
The violence appeared aimed at dealing a blow to the country’s tourism industry, which brings in crucial income to the government. One small bomb exploded on a beach in Patong on the island of Phuket and four others rattled the seaside resort city of Hua Hin, prompting businesses to shut their doors, streets to empty and anxious tourists to huddle inside their hotels.
Eleven foreigners were wounded in the blasts, including nationals of Austria, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands.“We hope we may have some suspects today or tomorrow,” Police Gen. Pongsapat Pongcharoen, a deputy national police chief, told reporters on Saturday. He did not elaborate, but said police were gathering evidence and that international militant groups were not believed to be behind the attacks.
Speaking late Friday, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said the attacks “struck at the hearts of all Thai people.”
Royal Thai Police Col. Krisana Patanacharoen also said on Friday that it was “too early to conclude” who was behind the attacks. But he said the bombings followed “a similar pattern used in the southern parts of the country” a reference to a low-level insurgency in the country’s largely Islamic south that has ground on for more than a decade and killed more than 5,000 people.
Southern militants fighting for greater autonomy have carried out sophisticated, coordinated attacks before, but most have hit three provinces in the far south that were not among those targeted this week.The violence occurred just ahead of the first anniversary of the Aug. 17 bombing of Bangkok’s popular Erawan Shrine, which left 20 dead and injured more than 120 others. Thai authorities said that bombing was revenge by a people-smuggling gang whose activities were disrupted by a crackdown, but analysts suspect it might have been the work of Uighur separatists angry that Thailand forcibly repatriated more than 100 Uighurs to China.
Foreign governments, including the United States, issued warnings urging travellers to use caution and avoid affected areas. Many of the tourists interviewed on Saturday were resuming their vacations while keeping an eye for any sign of trouble.“We feel pretty safe. At first we had a lot of mixed feelings, because we didn’t know the area well enough,” said Lexus Chlorad (21), from New York, after arriving in Hua Hin on Friday afternoon.
Carl Suensson (68), from Sweden, said on Saturday that “today it’s pretty OK, but yesterday was scary.”
“We follow the news 24 hours. Wherever there’s a lot of people, like the market, bars behind Hilton, the train station, we try to avoid it,” he added.The first bomb exploded in the southern province of Trang an area full of beautiful beaches and tourist islands killing one person and injuring six, according to police. Then on Thursday night, attackers in Hua Hin hid bombs on a busy street filled with bars and restaurants, planting them inside two potted plants and were detonated by remote control about half an hour apart.
One Thai woman was killed and about 20 people were wounded, 11 of them foreigners.
Last Sunday, Thai voters approved a referendum on a new constitution that is supposed to lead to an election next year. Critics say it is undemocratic and is fashioned to keep the military in control for at least five more years even if a free election is held.Friday’s blast took place on a public holiday marking the birthday of Thailand’s Queen Sirikit. The junta has repeatedly said that defending the monarchy is a top priority, and the army and its allies are eager to ensure a smooth succession for King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s longest-reigning monarch.Many foreigners living in Thailand have gotten used to bouts of violence.“I’ve seen it go up and down going through all the coups and everything,” said Gabrielle Boccer, a Swiss—Australian who has lived in Thailand for 25 years. “I’m just a little wary, but life goes on.”
When Indians insult Army, why should anyone join it?
Internal and External security of any nation is paramount to its existence. People of any country respect their armed forces and defence personnel to the core. However in India it is completely opposite. Indians right from the poorest of the poor to the powers that be expect the armed forces to serve them under all circumstances and difficulties but will not show the due respect.
when it comes to respect, whether it is in pay commission,fighting terrorists, helping in natural calamities, handling riots, protecting politicians, people and the powers that be treat armed personnel as their slaves. True that the are slaves of the nation but without one should show due respect when armed forces are ready to make supreme sacrifices even to separatists in Kashmir.
During encounters with terrorists,Army often face accusations of false encounters and govrenment and IAS babus along with human right organisations tie their hands robbing them off their first fire option thus putting their lives in risk. Successive governments fail to take care of the families of the armed personnel who laid their lives making supreme sacrifices. Politicians boast of one rank one pension but after many decades, even in 7th pay commission they didnot get their due.
Government headed by PM Modi constituted committee headed by retired judge AK.Mathur for 7th pay commission. The panel had many members representing various sections of employees but what surprised many is none from the armed forces was included to address their problems. Many wonder how other members can understand the troubles of the army personnel who are gaurding the rough terrains.
After the recommendations of AK.Mathur was accepted by the Government, Armed forces dashed off a letter to the PM Modi and defence minister Manohar Parikkar. Even during 6th pay commission report, armed forces wrote letter to the then PM and defence minister and now the situation is similar as they faced lowering of status.
AKMathur bluntly says Armed forces are getting the best but what he failed to explain is how could IAS officer in Guwahati can get equal pay and extra allowance on par with a soldier working in Siachin, known to be the toughest terrain to guard. Unless until Government and people of the country learn to respect Armed forces, no one will come forward to serve the nation putting their lives in risk. Instead they prefer lucrative software jobs and fly to other countries.
