December 2020 – Page 3 – Bengaluru Bytes

5Dec

By Manas KhuranaNo Comments

RRR shoot moved to Mahabaleshwar

Jr NTR and Ram Charan are playing the lead roles in the film RRR. The film is making a great deal of uncommon interest among the crowds. Rajamouli is the director of the film. The producers are right now shooting the film in Mahabaleshwar and the affirmation has come out authoritatively. "It's time to hustle! A very short schedule in and around the beautiful locales of Mahabaleshwar with @tarak9999 & @AlwaysRamCharan is underway at a brisk pace." tweeted team RRR. A couple of days back, they affirmed that the night shoots have reached a conclusion for group RRR. "Goodbye winter nights!!! Wrapped up a major action sequence schedule after almost 50 days of night shoot. Andddd nowww… Gearing up for a new schedule in some exotic locations :)" According to the film unit, Mahabales...

Flipkart to turn off PhonePe, digital payments business esteemed at $5.5 billion

5Dec

By Manas KhuranaNo Comments

Business

Flipkart to turn off PhonePe, digital payments business esteemed at $5.5 billion

Walmart Inc-controlled Indian e-commerce firm Flipkart said on Thursday it was incompletely turning off PhonePe in a move pointed toward augmenting the digital payments platform's access to funding to fuel its development. PhonePe will bring $700 million up in essential capital, Bengaluru-based Flipkart said in an explanation. "Recognizing the momentum that has been achieved, as well as PhonePe’s significant growth potential, Flipkart’s Board determined that this was the right time to partially spin-off PhonePe so it can access dedicated capital to fund its long-term ambitions over the next three to four years," Flipkart said. The funds will be collected at a post-cash valuation of $5.5 billion from existing Flipkart speculators drove by Walmart, the assertion said. Flipkart will ke...

Indian Classical music stays active as online academies see a huge expansion in enrolments

2Dec

By Gunjan SaxsenaNo Comments

Entertainment

Indian Classical music stays active as online academies see a huge expansion in enrolments

It took a pandemic and a lockdown for nine-year-old Ahana Balaji to at last select for Hindustani Classical music classes, something she had been planning to accomplish for longer than a year. An understudy of Carnatic music who likewise plays the guitar and learns Bharatanatyam, Ahana had next to no an ideal opportunity to seek after Hindustani Classical music during her pre-pandemic daily schedule. “Most of my day went in commuting as I had to travel to various parts of Chennai to take my music and dance lessons. However, the pandemic shifted my classes online and I saved a lot of time that I otherwise spent travelling,” says the resident of OMR in Chennai who has been taking online lessons since March. Like Ahana, a few music aficionados went to online classes during the pandemic...