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Winners boycott National Film Awards

  The prestigious national awards were attended by only handful of recipients. 70 winners out of 131 have boycotted the function protesting the decision made by Information and Broadcast Ministry. The ministry has earlier decided that only 11 out of 131 awards would be personally given by the President and the rest would be delivered by Smriti Irani (minister of I&B). Earlier the winners have expressed their dissent by signing a petition, mentioning that they felt "dejected rather than honoured for our work". However, no one took a serious note of their dissent and the program was scheduled as usual.

Paid amount to a porn star – Trump

  After Bill Clinton, it seems to be the turn of Trump to get involved in a sex scandal. After continuously denying the affair with porn star Stormy Daniels, trump has now admitted of paying huge amount to keep her silent. It seems that his lawyer has paid 130,000 dollars to the porn star about an alleged sexual encounter in 2006 between her and Trump. Now that Trump has admitted his payment, it could not be an easy task for him to contest the presidential elections for the second term.

World’s tallest statue in Maharashtra

  When it comes to the issues such as poverty, unemployment, pollution, corruption, nepotism... India might hold a leading position. But India also takes a leading positing in making some weird records. One such record would belong to statues. We always try to build tallest and largest statues in the world. This is all about the statue of Shivaji Maharaj being constructed by the Maharashtra government. The statue will be constructed in the Arabian Sea and will be named as Shiv Smarak. Earlier the height of the statue was decided to be at 210 meters. However the height was increased to 212 meters after a Buddha statue was built in china at 208 meters to make it the world`s largest statue.

No alliance with BJP- Kumaraswamy

  Till recently, the elections in Karnataka were termed as battle between congress and BJP. Surprisingly, Deve Gowda`s Janata Dal began to take firm chances in many segments. Opinion polls began to suggest some seats in the bag of Janata Dal making it a deciding factor in forming the government. Fears began to rise in both congress and BJP that Janata Dal could either take away their chances of victory or spoil them. As the rumours began to tour regarding a secret alliance between BJP and JD... the chief ministerial candidate of JD Mr. Kumara Swamy has vehemently denied that there would be alliance with either congress or BJP. Further he expressed confidence that his party would gather enough seats to form a government of its own.

Cambridge Analytica is to be shut down

  A month ago, no one was aware of the name Cambridge Analytica, but now it has become a household name. Several reports have claimed that this London based firm has gained free access to millions of Facebook accounts, which were then utilised to manipulate the user’s decision during the US presidential elections. Though the firm denies such reports, its reputation has certainly gone down within a few weeks. Owing to such reputation, the firm has decided to solve an insolvency petition and close down its operations.

Delhi – most polluted city in the world

India might boast itself to be the largest democratic country in the world, but our capital has too many hash tags that are offensive. According to the date compiled by World Health Organisation (WHO) for cities with population of more than 14 million, Delhi stood first and Mumbai got the fourth place. Cairo (Egypt) got the second place and Dhaka (Bangladesh) was placed at the third position. Delhi has been consistently placed in the first position of polluted cities despite the pompous claims made by the governments on curbing the pollution in the city. The data is analysed on the basis of PM10 levels of pollution in the air. While the safety limit of such level is 60, Delhi has recorded an astounding 292 PM level.

Will chop the nails of critics- Tripura CM

  Tripura CM seems to be on roll of controversies. After his bizarre comments about internet during Mahabharata and Diana Hayden... he probably got frustrated with the response he received. So this time, he tried to throw some fire balls at his critics. ``If someone pokes, or interferes (in my work) his nail should be chopped off. No one can touch my government,’’ said Biplab in a recent meeting. Now that Prime Minister Modi himself has summoned Biplab on his controversies, hope there would be an end to such comments.

Taj Mahal is turning into green

  You heard it right and that is not just a rumour. The judges of Supreme Court themselves has made a curious observation on the most popular monument of India. Hearing a petition upon the maintenance of Tajmahal, the judges have observed that the monument is turning into brown and green shades. There has been recurring concerns that the love symbol made of white marble is being discoloured due to pollution and encroachments. River Yamuna which used to flow nearby the monument has also dried up resulting in soaring temperatures that could destroy the delicate structure. The court has chided the government for not utilising the expertise to protect the monument.

Dating service from Facebook

  Mr. Zuckerberg is too intelligent. When he found that things are falling apart for the Facebook after the data leak controversy, he took another arrow from his quiver. This time Facebook is trying to turn into a cupid for the bachelors. There are 200 million users on the Facebook who has mentioned their status as SINGLE. Now, Facebook would soon be launching a service that would let those SINGLES to seek their partners. As expected, the shares of the Facebook rose at 1.1% after this announcement.

Balayya to direct NTR biopic

  It has been a long held dream of Balakrishna to direct a movie. And stars seem to have their own way of turning his dream into a reality. Balayya would soon be directing his dad’s biopic - NTR. As we know that ace director Teja has walked out of the movie due to creative differences with Balayya, veteran director K.Raghavendra Rao has been approached to hold the responsibility. However Raghavendra Rao too is not keen to handle the project. So, Balayya was left with the only choice of making the movie all by himself. Well! that would be an interesting watch.  

After Facebook, now its twitter leaks

  The world of social media might have been shaken with the Facebook leaks. Behold! Here is the latest shock! Now twitter seems to be in deep trouble with similar allegations. According to a report Aleksandr Kogan, a psychology researcher with University of Cambridge has gained access to twitter accounts in 2015. Such information has been used for influencing the users in the fields of politics and marketing. However, twitter has denied these allegations.

Kathua rape case is minor issue- Deputy CM

  The rape case of eight year old minor girl in Kashmir might have sparked controversy among the whole nation… now the deputy CM of Kashmir has added some more fuel to it. Kavinder Gupta who has sworn in as the new deputy chief minister of Kashmir has said something that could induce afresh protests. Addressing to the reporters after his sworn in ceremony, Kavinder has describes the rape case as a minor incident and not much importance should be given to the incident. The BJP is already in neck deep storm after sending two of it's legislators to the rally that supported the culprits in the Kathua rape case.

Modi summons Tripura CM over rude comments

  Previously no one used to be aware of the name of Tripura CM. Now, thanks to Biplab Kumar Deb, everyone in the country knows him to be the CM of Tripura. Reason- Biplab has been consistently making controversial comments. First he crossed the barriers of intelligence by stating that `internet existed even in the times of Mahabharata'. Then he said that Indian scientists were able to create miracles in space basing on `our ancestral knowledge'. He didn't stop there- Biplab showered some hatred on miss world Diana Hayden by stating that she is not fit to be miss world and she doesn't represent Indian women. And it seems that Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself had to step in to stop the disastrous run of Biplab. Sources reveal that Modi has summoned Biplab for giving him a strong class. Hope that it would put some brakes on the statements by Biplab.

Nobel peace prize for TRUMP

  Seems to be an amusing idea… but you shouldn't be shocked if it turns into reality. Trump has already been nominated for the prize along with the presidents of North and South Korea. Reason- Trump has initiated the peace talks between North and South Korea which had locked their horns for more than six decades. The Nobel Academy has a bad reputation of easily surrendering to the American interests. It has even embarrassed the white house by offering Nobel Peace Prize to Barak Obama even before completing the first year of his term as US president.

Have you heard about the shoe doctor?

  What would you call a person who repairs the shoes? – A cobbler! Well here is the height of creativity of a cobbler in Haryana. He calls himself as Shoe Doctor who would heal the shoes that get hurt. He named his shop as Dr Nasseeram’s hospital'. This has of course attracted the attention of social media which started sharing his banner… and has finally reached Anand Mahindra who is one of the leading businessmen in India. Anand was thrilled with the marketing strategy of the shoe doctor and send his guys for helping the shoe doctor. Dr. Nasseeram is now living happily with a modern shop built by the employees of Anand Mahindra.

Rahul lost his hopes on life

  Well it seems that the congress party president Rahul Gandhi is taking some cue from his rival in using sentiment. Readers were aware that the plane which he is traveling to Hubli has developed a technical snag in the midair. This has of course raised some eyebrows and led to a complaint by the congress party that the technical snag is `intentional' and `unexplained'. Now Rahul is using this incident to gain sympathy from his party members.  “A few days ago, we were on our way to Karnataka on an aircraft. And the aircraft suddenly came down by 8,000 feet. I thought gaadi gayi. At that moment, it struck my mind that I have to go to Kailash Mansarovar. So, I would require your leave for 10 to 15 days after the Karnataka Assembly polls,” said Mr. Gandhi addressing his party members at the Jan Aakrosh ralley at Delhi.

NRI woman found dead in bathtub

  We are yet to forget the shocking demise of Tollywood goddess Sridevi in the bathtub and here is yet another such incident. A NRI woman was found dead in her bathtub of a luxury hotel in Faridabad on Thursday. She is identified as 45 year old Ritu Kumar who lived with her husband in the US. Making the case more complex, Ritu was found to be wearing clothes suggesting that she was not taking bath at the time of her death. There were neither blood stains on her body or in the tub. However her husband who is in US has not suspected any foul play in his wife’s death. Then what happened to Ritu!

More data leaks on FB

  You might have thought that Cambridge Analytica is the only firm that has gathered data from Facebook and misused it. Hold on! In its quarterly report shared with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Facebook management has admitted that more such incidents might have taken place. "Such incidents and activities may include the use of user data in a manner inconsistent with our terms or policies, the existence of false or undesirable user accounts, election interference, improper ad purchases, activities that threaten people's safety online or offline, or instances of spamming, scraping, or spreading misinformation," revealed the company.

26 parents jailed for letting kids drive- HYD

It could be proud moment for any parent to see his kid drive a vehicle. But he could be a menace on the roads. Law has explicitly stated that minors can’t drive a vehicle unless without a special permission. Till now, the traffic police used to act sympathetically in such cases. But the trend seems to have changed. Reports show that the traffic police in HYD have sent 26 parents to jail within a span of two months (March and April). Please beware parents!!!