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...

National wrestling championships pushed to January a week ago

28Nov

By Manas KhuranaNo Comments

Sports

National wrestling championships pushed to January a week ago

The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has deferred the following month's national title to January 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. WFI Assistant Secretary Vinod Tomar revealed to PTI that the prevailing conditions have constrained them to push the Nationals by at any rate a month. “The situation is far from ideal. It is not possible to conduct Nationals. We will try to host the championships towards the end of January next year,” said Tomar. It implies the following year will see two public titles. “We have done that in the past too when circumstances dictated such a step,” Tomar said. The current year's titles were scheduled to be held in Gonda, UP from December 18-20 yet Tomar said if there are more intrigued states, they should think about changing the venue. Th...

Russia says India to provide 100 million doses of Sputnik antibody

27Nov

By Manas KhuranaNo Comments

World

Russia says India to provide 100 million doses of Sputnik antibody

One of the engineers of Russia's Sputnik V Covid immunization reported on Friday that India-based drugmaker Hetero will deliver in excess of 100 million dosages of the punch. “Hetero, one of India’s leading generic pharmaceutical companies, have agreed to produce in India over 100 million doses per year of the world’s first registered vaccine against the novel coronavirus infection – Sputnik V,” the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said in a statement, adding that production was expected to start in early 2021. Recently, Russia said break results from the Sputnik V clinical preliminaries indicated the antibody was 95 percent compelling, like other global immunization producers that have likewise distributed test outcomes demonstrating adequacy paces of 90% and higher. Russia...

Sergino Dest ‘fits perfectly’ at Barcelona, says Jordi Alba

26Nov

By Parth SinhaNo Comments

Sports

Sergino Dest ‘fits perfectly’ at Barcelona, says Jordi Alba

Jordi Alba talked about how he considers Sergino Dest is an ideal qualified for Barcelona after the 20-year-old scored his first goal for the club in Tuesday's Champions League prevail upon Dynamo Kiev. Dest opened the scoring toward the beginning of the second half with a well-taken goal that sent Barca on their way to an agreeable triumph in Ukraine. Undoubtedly the goal was the feature of a solid presentation by Dest on his re-visitation of the team, and Alba thinks the new signing from Ajax has a major future in front of him at the Camp Nou. Dest was back in the beginning XI after Sergi Roberto was precluded for two months. The 20-year-old would now be able to anticipate bounty more game time and has the ideal opportunity to make certain about the right-back opening with Robe...

Sana Khan changes her name after getting married to Mufti Anas

23Nov

By Vedika KulkarniNo Comments

Entertainment

Sana Khan changes her name after getting married to Mufti Anas

Sana Khan, who got married to Surat-based Anas Sayed, has now changed her name after turning Mrs. Sayed. She has shared her new name on Instagram as Saiyed Sana Khan. More pictures from her wedding are likewise out at this point. In the pictures, Sana was found in a red lehenga. She was found in a colossal gold and pearl necklace, matching earrings and maangtika. Her bridal makeup was additionally on-point. Sana had shared the first picture from her wedding. She resembled a vision in a white outfit and covered herself with an abaya. The previous actress and 'Bigg Boss 6' ex-contestant took to her Instagram page and shared the official wedding photograph to Anas. In the photograph, the previous entertainer who quit showbiz in October this year glanced excellent in a red lehenga ch...

PM Narendra Modi holds a meeting to audit India’s Coronavirus immunization methodology

21Nov

By Vedika KulkarniNo Comments

World

PM Narendra Modi holds a meeting to audit India’s Coronavirus immunization methodology

PM Narendra Modi on Friday held a virtual meeting with top officials including those from the centre's think-tank NITI Aayog on India's methodology for building up a COVID-19 immunization and making it accessible to the masses. "Held a meeting to review India's vaccination strategy and the way forward. Important issues related to progress of vaccine development, regulatory approvals and procurement were discussed," PM Modi tweeted. "Reviewed various issues like prioritisation of population groups, reaching out to HCWs, cold-chain Infrastructure augmentation, adding vaccinators and tech platform for vaccine roll-out," he tweeted. Held a meeting to audit India's immunization procedure and the path forward. Significant issues identified with progress of immunization improvement, reg...

Russell Wilson outmaneuvers Kyler Murray as Seattle Seahawks beat Cardinals to lead NFC West

20Nov

By Manas KhuranaNo Comments

Sports

Russell Wilson outmaneuvers Kyler Murray as Seattle Seahawks beat Cardinals to lead NFC West

Carlos Hyde scrambled for a season-high 79 yards and a score and Russell Wilson tossed two scoring passes as the Seattle Seahawks broke a three-path tie on the NFC West with a 28-21 triumph against the meeting Arizona Cardinals on Thursday night. The Seahawks (7-3) moved a half-game in front of the Los Angeles Rams (6-3), who play Monday at Tampa Bay, and a game in front of the Cardinals (6-4). Hyde was back in action subsequent to missing three games because of a hamstring injury. The Seahawks' league-most noticeably awful safeguard restricted the Cardinals' top-ranked offense to 314 yards, more than 100 underneath their normal (425.5). Arizona increased only 57 yards hurrying subsequent to entering with an alliance best normal of 168.9 per game. The Cardinals arrived at Seattle...

RBI’s swift resolution of Lakshmi Vilas Bank to keep up sector stability: S&P

19Nov

By Yash MehtaNo Comments

Business

RBI’s swift resolution of Lakshmi Vilas Bank to keep up sector stability: S&P

S&P Global Ratings on Thursday said the Reserve Bank of India's swift resolution of troubled Lakshmi Vilas Bank will keep virus under control and help keep up soundness in the banking system. The Reserve Bank has proposed merging Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) with DBS Bank India Ltd (DBIL). As a feature of the proposition, DBIL, the entirely possessed auxiliary of Singapore-based DBS Bank, will infuse Rs 2,500 crore into the consolidated substance to help its financial position. S&P said this arrangement is positive for India's financial area and will carry genuinely necessary help to LVB, which has been battling for a long time. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had put the private-area loan specialist under brief restorative activity (PCA, or under watch by the national ban...