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Balayya to fight Greeks in Georgia
Nandamuri Balakrishna’s Prestigious 100th film, Gautamiputra Satakarani is heading to Georgia for the next schedule. A massive war sequence which comes in climax of the film will be canned in this schedule where Satavahana soldiers will fight with Greeks. These hefty battle episodes are to be canned in scenic locations of Mount Kazbeg in Georgia, very close to Russia border. 1000 soldiers, 300 horses and 20 chariots are to be used functionally for presenting the grandeur in climax.
This is the second foreign schedule of the film after its first schedule in Morocco. The makers are shooting non-stop for the film so as to make sure the movie releases on January 12th, 2017 release as Sankranthi Special. The recently released first look poster of the film is greeted to good response and increased hype on the film.
Shriya Saran is playing the female lead in the film. She will be seen in the role of Vasishta Devi and will be seen as mother of two in the movie. Devi Sri Prasad who earlier composed music for Balakrishna’s Legend, is composing music for this film and it is Devi’s first historical film. The movie will have two Bollywood faces – Hema Malini playing Balakrishna’s mother and Kabir Bedi who will be seen in an important roles.
Just 2,500 Crs Aren’t Enough Modi Ji: Babu
Andhra Pradesh CM Nara Chandrababu Naidu is buoyed by the deals he signed with several Chinese companies to the tune of nearly 55,000 crores during his just concluded China trip. However, the CM had to feel the disappointment in his home turf.
Babu flew down to New Delhi directly from China and met with the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely regarding the centre’s promise to allot funds for Amaravati construction. But, Arun Jaitely reportedly told Babu that the Modi government can only afford to give 2,500 crores.This left Chandrababu disappointed and speaking to the media in Vijayawada, the CM said that so far the centre has given 1,500 crores for the capital construction and that Arun Jaitely has told him that the centre can only give another 1,000 crores more.
Babu said that he can’t even lay high-tension underground electric cables in the capital area with the funds sanctioned by the centre. A deeply dejected Babu said that he will pressurise the centre in all the ways possible and convince it in understanding the financial plight of the state. Babu further expressed confidence that AP and its people will build the capital on its own.
Water Wars With Babu
Already, Andhra Pradesh’s CM Nara Chandrababu Naidu is neck deep into water wars with his arch rival and Telangana CM KCR over the allocation of the waters and construction of various projects on the Godavari and Krishna rivers.Now, Chandrababu has found himself into yet another water war with his Tamil Nadu counterpart J Jayalalithaa. Recently, Jayalalithaa wrote a strongly worded to Chandrababu expressing severe concerns over Babu’s decision to increase the height of the check dam across Palar river at Perumballam village in Chithoor District near the Andhra-Tamil Nadu border.
The Tamil Nadu CM came down heavily at Babu and the Andhra Pradesh irrigation department for causing widespread panic in Tamil Nadu and warned of a strong protest against the Babu government. In her letter, Jayaa said that Palar is a River which is already deficient in water supply. This river supports an ayacut of about 4.20 lakh acres in Tamil Nadu. Farmers in the Northern Districts of Tamil Nadu are solely dependent upon this River for irrigation and for drinking water supply to several towns and villages in the Northern Districts of Tamil Nadu.
Jaya further pointed out that on February 10, 2006, the Government of Tamil Nadu filed a suit in the Supreme Court seeking to prevent the AP government from constructing any structure across the Palar River in violation of the Madras-Mysore Agreement, 1892.Jayaa has also requested Chandrababu to personally intervene in the matter and pass the instructions to the irrigation officials to take quick and appropriate steps to bring the level of the check dam back to its original level.
Cricket In Olympics for 2024?
Cricket in unarguably the most popular game in India and it is reasonable for any other sports professional complaining about their less popularity just due to cricket in India. But needless to mention, Cricket is not that popular internationally because superior countries like America, China, Japan and Europe are still away from this game.
According to the latest statement released by Italy board of Olympics, India can gain a better prominence as the former decided to add cricket in Olympics in 2024 if they win the bid for it.
There was this proposal since sometime to make T20 format cricket as a part of Olympics. But this time with Italy Olympic board statements, chances are high that Cricket can be added to Olympics in 2024. If that happens, India gets a fairer chance to shine country’s pride in Olympics too.
Three big fools In Telangana
Verbal war between TRS and opposition party leaders reached a crescendo. Telangana Panchayat Raj minister J Krishna Rao called the TDP working President A Revanth Reddy a big fool for opposing the Palamuru – Ranga Reddy lift irrigation project taken up in their native Mahbubnagar district.
The minister wondered why TDP was opposing the project which has been conceived by TDP government in the united Andhra Pradesh. Revanth is mudslinging against TRS government only to get media attention.
He also took strong exception to the allegations made by congress senior leader DK Aruna and BJP leader Nagam Janardhan Reddy that thousands of crores of rupees siphoned off by ruling party leaders in awarding contract works to the agencies. The two leaders also behaving like fools, Krishna Rao added.
Bangladesh hostage crisis ends, 6 militants killed
Bangladesh’s worst hostage crisis ended on Saturday when heavily-armed commandos stormed a popular eatery in Dhaka in the diplomatic enclave and killed militants who had been holding many people, including foreigners, captive for over 12 hours.Gunshots and sounds of explosion rocked the area at 7.40 a.m. local time as security forces launched an offensive to end the siege at the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka’s Gulshan diplomatic zone.Tuhin Mohammad Masud, a commander of the elite Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) which stormed the cafe, said there had been a number of casualties, including six hostage-takers.
“We have gunned down six of the terrorists,” Mr. Masud told reporters.A total of 18 people were rescued from the restaurant, a senior police official said.Among the rescued are Indian, Sri Lankan and Japanese nationals. Some of them are injured, said Mohammad Jashim, a deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.An RAB official said at least five bodies were recovered during the raid, but did not confirm whether they were of hostages orgunmen.The hostage crisis followed a Friday night gun-battle with police that left at least two senior officers dead and 40 people injured.
Fire-fighters rushed to the scene after the raid this morning with extinguishers, probably to put out flames from explosions. A medical team also rushed to the scene with stretchers.According to unconfirmed reports, at least one foreigner has been shot during the raid inside the cafe.Army men in armoured personnel carriers (APCs) had moved in with commandos. Over 1,000 rounds of gunshots were fired and almost 100 blasts were heard in the first half an hour of the raid, media reports said.Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack through its Amaq news agency, nearly four hours after the hostage crisis unfolded, according to the U.S.-based SITE Intelligence group, which monitors jihadist activity online.
It later issued a number of photographs of what it said were scenes from inside the restaurant.The pictures showed what appeared to be a number of bodies lying in pools of blood.Amaq also claimed that 20 people had been killed in the attack.Heavy firing and explosions continued at least for an hour after the operation began. A resident of a building, just 50 yards from the scene, reported spotting snipers firing from their guns.Shots were also fired from armoured personnel carriers (APCs). Grenades were also apparently exploded. Later, the APCs broke through the walls and entered the restaurant premises.
After hours of quiet at the Holey Artisan Bakery where terrorists were holding hostages, a fresh round of heavy gunfire rang out in the morning.On Friday night, terrorists shouting “Allahu Akbar” barged into the Holey Artisan Bakery, frequented by diplomats and expatriates, and opened indiscriminate fire at around 9.20 p.m., local time.The military-led rescue operation today was launched jointly by a navy commando squad, paramilitary BGB, elite anti-crime RAB along with special police units.According to CNN, senior U.S. officials believe that the attack has been probably carried out by al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, which was declared as a terrorist organisation by the U.S. only a day earlier.
According to a local news channel, one of the persons being held captive, messaged his relative that the terrorists are using them as human shields.A hostage was also seen tied up in a chair on the balcony of the restaurant.The deceased policemen have been identified as officer in-charge of nearby Banani police station, Salahuddin Ahmed and Additional Commissioner of Police Rabiul, identified only by his first name.An Argentine national and a local escaped after taking refuge in a nearby house when the gunmen entered the restaurant.Police said they have detained two employees of the eatery for questioning.
A kitchen staff of the restaurant, who managed to escape, said several armed men entered the restaurant and took the chief chef hostage. “They set off several crude bombs triggering panic,” he added.The Muslim-majority Bangladesh has witnessed a wave of deadly attacks on religious minorities and secular bloggers by suspected Islamist militants.A 48-year-old Hindu priest was on Saturday stabbed and critically injured by unidentified assailants in Bangladesh’s Satkhira district.Earlier on Friday, a Hindu priest and a Buddhist leader were brutally hacked to death by machete-wielding Islamic State militants while another Hindu man survived a bid on his life.
Indian media outlets choose to ‘block the blockers’
“If you can block their ads, they can block content on their website from you.” This is the notion that most Indian digital media outlets will be following in the near future, with a few prominent ones who have already started doing so.A recent report by FactorDaily has brought to light that digital media outlets in the country will soon be ‘blocking’ people who block their ads, from reading content on their website.
Some Indian media houses have already started blocking individuals who use ad-blockers to shield ads on their website.While Forbes was the one of the first globally recognised websites to start it, there have been many other foreign websites who have applied the same method.Now approximately ten media outlets in India are in line to follow the footsteps of the American business magazine.
The report precisely pointed out that two prominent media outlets have already started it since yesterday. The same had been confirmed to FactorDaily by internal staff from those two media houses. The unnamed sources further went on to say that other major websites will be adapting the same methodology soon.This could significantly impact 122 million (second highest after China) news readers in India who have enabled ad-blocker, according to a PageFair, which is an anti-ad blocking solution provider.
The reason media outlets are aggressively pushing users to abolish ad-blocking software is due to the significant loss in revenue they have to encounter.With a considerably growing online presence among Indian publishers, page views and ads make up account for most of the profit but with the advent of ad-blockers, they have been deeply affected financially.
However, in a country like India, Internet speed and data are major pain points, and therefore, most users employ ad-blockers as an apt solution. In fact, users also find ads annoying; another reason they tend to block them. Other than that, an ad-free website looks better, loads faster, and maintains optimum security.For the large number of digital media advertisers in the country and worldwide, ad-blockers are vexatious but the move to ‘block the blocker’ just might be a good ploy by online media publishers to get things back on track.
Apple patents tech for deactivating cameras at live concerts
The system uses infrared signals to send messages to your phone to tell it to shut down video recording.Apple’s patent illustration showed a phone at a concert with the words “recording disabled” on screen.“An infrared emitter can be located in areas where picture or video capture is prohibited, and the emitter can generate infrared signals with encoded data that includes commands to disable the recording functions of devices,” the patent said.
“An electronic device can then receive the infrared signals and temporarily disable the device’s recording function based on the command,” it added.The California-based US tech firm was awarded the patent on Wednesday amid growing concerns that live-recording by hundreds of camera phones spoils the experience of attending a music concert live.
In the past, various artists including Adele have been outspoken about fans filming their shows, with many claiming that it spoils the experience for other fans.It’s not known whether Apple plans to put the patent into use and the company did not respond to a request for comment.
Tech-firms often patent their new inventions without actually using them.The development comes as musicians and actors regularly complain about the growing use of mobile phones and selfie sticks at live performances, which allow fans to immediately share content on social media for the millions of people who didn’t actually pay for tickets.
However, many civil liberty advocates have expressed their concerns over the technology, claiming it to be intrusive.The same technology can also be used to black-out the covering of live protests by activists, they claimed.
Om Namo Venkatesaya goes on floors
King Nagarjuna began the regular shooting of his devotional next, Om Namo Venkatesaya from today in Hyderabad. The shooting is going on in the temple set erected in Annapurna 7 acres studio while a Raja Durbar set is being erected in the other floor of the studios. The movie will be shot for 40 days in both these sets.
The makers have roped in actresses like Pragya Jaiswal, Vimala Raman, Pavani Gangireddy and Anushka (Cameo) for their film. This is the fourth time collaboration of Nagarjuna and Veteran director Raghavendra Rao for a devotional film. Earlier they have teamed up for the films like Annamayya, Rama Dasu and Shiridi Sai.
Few days ago, we have also let out a news that TV Artist, Saurabh Jain who acted in the roles like Vishnu, Rama and Krishna is finalized for Lord Venkateswara Swamy role in the movie. Keeravani is scoring music for the film. He already finished recording few songs for the film. More details of this project later!
