Odisha Minister tests corona positive, 7th such case in state

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Odisha Minister tests corona positive, 7th such case in state

Odisha School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash said on Monday that he and his wife had tested coronavirus positive.

The Minister tweeted that he and his wife Sangeeta Dash were in home isolation and their condition was stable.

He also advised those who had come in contact with him in the last seven days to get themselves tested.

Dash is the seventh Minister in the state to have tested corona positive. Over 30 lawmakers, including three MPs, have also tested positive in the state.

Dhenkanal MLA Sudhir Kumar Samal too confirmed his corona positive status on Monday.

Earlier in the day, BJP’s Odisha unit President Samir Mohanty said that he also tested positive and was hospitalized as per the advice of the doctors. Mohanty was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences at Bhubaneswar.

Bengal court convicts wife in New Town lawyer murder case

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Bengal court convicts wife in New Town lawyer murder case

A West Bengal district court on Monday convicted Anindita Dey, the wife of deceased Calcutta High Court lawyer Rajat Kumar Dey, in connection with the murder of her husband and tampering evidence in the case.

The Chief Judicial Magistrate’s court at Barasat in Kolkata’s adjoining North 24 Parganas will pronounce the judgment on Wednesday.

Earlier, New Town police had arrested Anindita Dey for allegedly murdering her husband. She had divulged misleading statements during the course of interrogation on the basis of which she had been booked by the sleuths.

Police sources said that Rajat Kumar Dey was chocked to death using a mobile phone’s charger cord. The investigators had seized Anindita’s mobile phone and laptop for further inquiry and found out further evidence of the case.

Rajat was found dead under mysterious circumstances inside a room in his flat at DB 97 in the New Town-Rajarhat area on November 25, 2018. His wife Anindita had initially claimed that Rajat had died due to cardiac arrest. But the autopsy had confirmed that Rajat had died due to strangulation.

Amyra Dastur flies off to Chennai to shoot film with Prabhudeva

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Amyra Dastur flies off to Chennai to shoot film with Prabhudeva

Actress Amyra Dastur is currently in Chennai to shoot of her upcoming film, Bagheera, with Prabhudeva.

Taking to Instagram, Amyra shared pictures from inside her flight from Mumbai to Chennai. “First time in an airplane since the lockdown,” she captioned one of the images, in which she is seen wearing a mask and face shield.

On Instagram Story, she also posted a picture of a place where she arrived after boarding the flight and asked people to guess the name of the place.

Reportedly, Amyra’s new Tamil film starring Prabhudeva is psycho-mystery. Prabhudeva sports a bold avatar.

Amyra made her Bollywood debut in the 2013 release, “Issaq”, alongside Prateik Babbar. She was later seen in films like “Kaalakaandi”, “Rajma Chawal”, “Made In China”, and “Prassthanam”.

Rijiju lays foundation stones for various sports facilities in Ladakh

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Rijiju lays foundation stones for various sports facilities in Ladakh

Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday laid foundation stones for various sports facilities costing over Rs 12 crore rupees in the union territory. Rijiju laid foundation for a synthetic track & astro-turf for football in Lehat Open Stadium. The estimated project cost is Rs 10.68 crore and scheduled to be completed by January next year. Similarly, the construction of gymnasium hall in NDS indoor stadium would cost about Rs 1.52 crore and construction will be completed by March 2021.

Rijiju suggested Ladakh UT Administration constitute awards and incentives like jobs for local sports persons to encourage them to excel in the sporting field. He also asked the ice hockey associations across the country to come together to get the recognition for the sport by following the laid down procedures. He reminded the federations that in principle his ministry has recognized ice hockey as a national sport.

For sports infrastructure and development in Ladakh, he announced relaxations at the function. He asked the UT administration to send proposals to develop sporting infrastructure in places with a thousand population in Ladakh. Under the Khelo India program, his ministry would relax the norms and provide funds and the facilities meant for districts in the places suggested by the administration as Khelo India district sub-centers. Similarly, sportspersons excelled in local events would get training in 23 centers of excellence across the country, depending on their sporting disciplines.

Speaking on the occasion, Ladakh Lieutenant Governor RK Mathur appealed to Rijiju to tap the potential in Ladakh for sports development. He suggested that during the winter, people from other parts of the country should come to Ladakh to experience and learn winter sports.

Samantha Akkineni has 12 million Instagram followers

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Samantha Akkineni has 12 million Instagram followers

Southern star Samantha Akkineni has garnered a fan following of 12 million on Instagram. The actress shared the news on Monday with a new picture and also thanked her fans.

“12 million Now and forever. Thank you for this amazing shot @vaishnavpraveen @thehouseofpixels,” she wrote alongside the image that has Samantha posing on a sofa in a shimmery dress.

The actress recently shared that she starts her weekend by doing 108 Surya Namaskars.

Samantha has made a name for herself in the Tamil and Telugu film industries. She is known for her performances in films such as “Ye Maaya Chesave”, “Neethaane En Ponvasantham”, “Eega”, “Mersal” and “Rangasthalam”. She impressed all with her role in “Super Deluxe” last year.

She will soon be seen in the second part of “The Family Man”.

ByteDance not selling TikTok’s US biz to Oracle: Chinese media

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ByteDance not selling TikTok’s US biz to Oracle: Chinese media

State-owned Chinese media on Monday reported that ByteDance will neither sell TikTok’s US operations to Oracle nor give the source code to any US buyer in that country.

State-owned China Global Television Network (CGTN) said it “has learned from sources that ByteDance will also not sell TikTok’s US operations to Oracle”.

Reacting to the report, the Foreign Ministry said that it supports Chinese businesses to protect their own rights and interests.

Wang Wenbin, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson, criticized the US government’s ruthless threats and the crackdown on the Chinese business operations in the US, reports Global Times.

“The hunt for TikTok in the US is a typical example of government extortion. China firmly opposes this act and will firmly support the relevant company to protect its own legal rights and interests,” Wang said at a routine press conference in Beijing.

On Sunday, the New York Times and other US media outlets reported that Bytedance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, has chosen Cloud major Oracle over Microsoft to run its US operations as a ‘trusted tech partner’.

Microsoft said in a statement that its bid for TikTok operations in the US was rejected.

“ByteDance let us know today they would not be selling TikTok’s US operations to Microsoft. We are confident our proposal would have been good for TikTok’s users while protecting national security interests,” Microsoft said.

“We would have made significant changes to ensure the service met the highest standards for security, privacy, online safety, and combating disinformation, and we made these principles clear in our August statement,” the tech giant added.

According to the NYT, it was unclear whether TikTok’s choice of Oracle as a technology partner would mean that “Oracle would also take a majority ownership stake of the social media app”.

This is different from an outright sale and appears to suggest Oracle will help run TikTok’s US operations with its Cloud technologies.

US President Donald Trump had signed executive orders that threaten to ban TikTok in the US market unless the Chinese company finds a US buyer before September 20. Trump has also threatened to ban TikTok if a deal is not reached as soon as September 15.

The business sales talk of TikTok in the US hit a roadblock after China updated the technology export rules. The update covers Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies used by ByteDance.

China in August updated the list of technologies that are subject to export bans. The new list, released jointly by China’s Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Science and Technology, added 23 items to export restrictions while technical parameters of 21 items were revised.

The new update in the export rules covers restrictions on technologies such as text analysis, content recommendation, and voice-recognition. The technologies on the list cannot be exported without approval from the authorities in China.

ByteDance had said “the company will strictly abide” by the new export rules imposed by China.

Deepak Kochhar tests Covid positive, lands in AIIMS

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Deepak Kochhar tests Covid positive, lands in AIIMS

Former ICICI Bank chairman Chanda Kochhar’s husband Deepak Kochchar who was recently arrested in a money laundering case by the Enforcement Directorate has tested positive for Covid-19.

Kochhar has been admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here, the businessman’s legal team confirmed to IANS over the phone. His Counsel Vijay Aggarwal who met him on Sunday in the ED office also made himself self-quarantined.

A Special Court earlier this month sent Kochhar to 11 days ED custody after the federal agents arrested him in a money-laundering case.

Kochhar, the husband of the high-profile former ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar, is facing charges of money-laundering in the ICICI Bank-Videocon Group case.

A Special Prevention of Money Laundering Act Court had sent him to the ED custody till September 19.

The action came nearly a year after the Central Bureau of Investigation launched a probe against Videocon Group Director Venugopal Dhoot, his companies Videocon International Electronics Ltd. and Videocon Industries Ltd, and the Kochhars.

Following the CBI complaint, the ED launched its own probe into the money-laundering angle, and earlier this year, provisionally attached assets valued at around Rs 78 crore, including a flat in Mumbai, land, and plant and machinery of a wind power project in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, which were “owned/controlled” by the Kochhar.

The probe revealed that bank loans were refinanced and new loans aggregating to Rs 1,730 crore were sanctioned to Videocon and its group companies, and these loans later became non-performing assets (NPA) for ICICI Bank on June 30, 2017.

Khattar back in Chandigarh after Covid-19 recovery

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Khattar back in Chandigarh after Covid-19 recovery

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday returned to the state capital Chandigarh after recovering from Covid-19.

He asked people to follow all guidelines like wearing masks and physical distancing to prevent the spread of the virus.

Khattar was discharged from the Medanta hospital in Gurugram on September 10.

After testing positive for novel coronavirus on August 24, just ahead of the day-long monsoon session of the state Assembly, he was admitted to Medanta hospital for treatment.

Rajkummar Rao-Shraddha Kapoor starrer ‘Stree’ releases in Japan

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Rajkummar Rao-Shraddha Kapoor starrer ‘Stree’ releases in Japan

The Shraddha Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao-starrer horror comedy Stree has released in Japan.

Shraddha took to Twitter to share the news, with a poster of her 2018 film. “#Stree is all set to conquer #Japan! Releasing today, beware (sic),” she captioned the poster.

Helmed by Amar Kaushik, “Stree” revolves around the people of Chanderi village, where the spirit of a woman attacks men at night during four days of a religious festival every year.

Apart from Shraddha and Rajkummar, “Stree” also features Pankaj Tripathi, Aparshakti Khurana, and Abhishek Banerjee, among others. Nora Fatehi’s special dance number “Kamariya” has gone on to become a rage.

Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the theatres in Japan reopened in mid-May when the government started easing restrictions. Initially, the cinema halls in Japan started with the screening of old Hollywood classics like “Ben-Hur” (1959), “East of Eden” (1955), “Bonnie and Clyde” (1969), and “The Towering Inferno” (1974).

Haryana bans visit to Kurukshetra, Pehowa on September 17

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Haryana bans visit to Kurukshetra, Pehowa on September 17

The Haryana government on Monday announced the imposition of ban on gathering during “Amavasya” on September 17 at pilgrimage sites — Kurukshetra and Pehowa — due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The devotees usually congregate at Kurukshetra and Pehowa for “pindaan” of their forefathers on “Pitrapaksha”.

To prevent the spread of the corona, the Kurukshetra administration imposed a complete ban on the gathering of devotees at both the pilgrimage sites on September 17, an official statement said.

Lok Sabha passes two AYUSH Ministry Bills

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Lok Sabha passes two AYUSH Ministry Bills

The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the National Commission for Homoeopathy Bill, 2020, and the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Bill, 2020 by voice vote on the first day of the Monsoon Session.

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan introduced both the bills in the absence of AYUSH Minister Shripad Yesso Naik in the House.

The homeopathy Bill seeks to improve the medical education system through the availability of adequate and high-quality homeopathy practitioners across the country. The Bill promotes equitable and universal healthcare by making the services of homeopathy professionals accessible to all citizens.

The Bill promotes national health goals, encourages homeopathy practitioners to use the latest medical research in their work and also to contribute to research, and facilitates maintenance of a homeopathy medical register for India. It is flexible to adapt to the changing needs and ensures an effective grievance redressal mechanism.

The National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Bill too aims to improve access to quality and affordable medical education. The purpose is to ensure the availability of adequate and high-quality professionals in the Indian System of Medicine in the country.

It also promotes equitable and universal healthcare, promotes national health goals, encourages medical professionals to adopt the latest medical research in their work, and also to contributes to research.

The Bill also focuses on an objective, periodic, and transparent assessment of medical institutions and facilitates, maintenance of a medical register of the Indian System of Medicine and enforces high ethical standards in all aspects of medical services, and flexibility to adapt to the changing needs, and an effective grievance redressal mechanism.

English football clubs concerned about financial health: report

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English football clubs concerned about financial health: report

Half of the clubs across England’s top four football leagues are worried about their financial condition and 43 percent say they have been approached by outside investors in the last 12 months, as per a report from accountancy and business advisory firm BDO.

“Many clubs were already struggling to balance the books, but Covid-19 has accelerated and exacerbated the problem,” said Ian Clayden, BDO’s national head of professional sports.

“At club level, as well as working hard to activate new revenue streams, there is a trend towards leveraging future receivables to manage current liquidity constraints. Care needs to be taken of course to secure the future rather than mortgage it and kick the problem into the long grass. Supplementing incomes now will only help in the medium term if action is being taken to dial back player costs – which inevitably take time.

“If matches continue to be played behind closed doors for an extended period, we may see a number of clubs, particularly in the lower leagues, at risk of insolvency or takeover in the coming year,” he added.

Clubs in England’s top four divisions stood to collectively generate record revenues of more than 6 billion pounds ($7.6 billion) before the 2019/20 season but due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the financial struggles have intensified and left some in dire straits, the BDO report further said.

ByteDance not to sell TikTok’s US operations to Oracle: CGTN

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ByteDance not to sell TikTok’s US operations to Oracle: CGTN

In an interesting development, ByteDance has reportedly said it will neither sell TikTok’s US operations to Oracle nor give the source code to any US buyers, state-owned China Global Television Network (CGTN) reported on Monday.

The report came as The New York Times and other US media outlets reported on Sunday that Bytedance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, has chosen Cloud major Oracle over Microsoft to run its US operations as a ‘trusted tech partner’.

The CGTN said that it “has learned from sources that ByteDance will also not sell TikTok’s US operations to Oracle”.

ByteDance declined to comment on this matter, the report added.

In an earlier statement on Sunday, Microsoft said its bid for TikTok operations in the US was rejected.

“ByteDance let us know today they would not be selling TikTok’s US operations to Microsoft. We are confident our proposal would have been good for TikTok’s users while protecting national security interests,” Microsoft said.

“To do this, we would have made significant changes to ensure the service met the highest standards for security, privacy, online safety, and combating disinformation, and we made these principles clear in our August statement,” the tech giant added.

According to the NYT, it was unclear whether TikTok’s choice of Oracle as a technology partner would mean that “Oracle would also take a majority ownership stake of the social media app”.

This is different from an outright sale and appears to suggest Oracle will help run TikTok’s US operations with its Cloud technologies.

The business sales talk of TikTok in the US hit a roadblock after China updated the technology export rules. The update covers Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies used by ByteDance.

China in August updated the list of technologies that are subject to export bans. The new list, released jointly by China’s Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Science and Technology, added 23 items to export restrictions while technical parameters of 21 items were revised.

The new update in the export rules cover restrictions on technologies such as text analysis, content recommendation, and voice-recognition. The technologies on the list cannot be exported without approval from authorities in China.

ByteDance had said “the company will strictly abide” by the new export rules imposed by China.

105-year-old woman fights Covid at home, survives

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105-year-old woman fights Covid at home, survives

The 105-year-old Kamalamma Linganagouda Hiregoudra has become the center of attraction in Karnataka’s Koppal district after her grandson reportedly cured her of Covid-19 with his Ayurvedic formulas.

Koppal is one of the backward districts of the state and has been a hotspot for coronavirus.

Hiregoudra’s grandson Srinivas Hyati is an Ayurvedic doctor practicing in the state.

As the elderly woman had a fever, she had undergone a corona test which came positive but she was reluctant to be hospitalized.

“It was a challenge to treat her at home. However, she had no other health issues and that was a great advantage for us to treat her like any other Covid-19 patient. She was not worried about the virus and cooperated for the treatment in home isolation,” Hyati said.

Her family members said she had stopped taking food saying her life was about to end. “But we forced her to consume at least ‘ganji’ (porridge) and water along with the prescribed medicines that helped her to recover,” a family member claimed.

After taking these home remedies for sometime when she underwent a corona test recently, the result was surprisingly negative, the family member said.

Great Learning ropes in Virat Kohli as brand ambassador

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Great Learning ropes in Virat Kohli as brand ambassador

Ed-tech company Great Learning on Monday announced the appointment of Virat Kohli, as its brand ambassador.

The captain of the Indian cricket team, who also topped a recent ranking of India’s most powerful celebrities, will now be the face of the Great Learning brand, the company said.

He will lead the brand’s latest ‘Power Ahead’ campaign, which underlines the importance of lifelong learning and showcases how high-quality learning at the right time can help professionals and students’ power ahead in their careers.

“Kohli is the obvious choice to be our brand ambassador because he best embodies the great learning ethos of excellence and continuous learning,” Mohan Lakhamraju, Founder and CEO, Great Learning, said in a statement.

“We are looking forward to this association with Kohli through which we wish to spread the message that now, through the high quality online learning offered by Great Learning, anyone can grow and succeed,” Lakhamraju added.

The company is also launching a multi-film campaign with Kohli during the upcoming Dream 11 IPL, where the brand is Associate Sponsor on Disney + Hotstar.

The films showcase Kohli reflecting on the brand’s philosophy of continuous learning being a necessity for sustained career growth, something he embodies only too well in his game.

“Great Learning is a leader in the professional learning space and has built a reputation for delivering high-quality education and career transformations,” said Kohli.

“I also share the same passion for excellence that Great Learning does and am excited about our association,” Kohli added.

Earlier this month, Great Learning had announced a collaboration with Northwestern University School of Professional Studies in the US to launch an online ‘Master of Science in Data Science Programme’ in India.

The fully online, 18-months-long Master’s program offers an opportunity to earn a world-class master’s degree from a global top-30 ranked university for graduates and working professionals in the country.

Covid-19: NRL players could face 100M AUD pay cut over next 2 years

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Covid-19: NRL players could face 100M AUD pay cut over next 2 years

The National Rugby League (NRL) of Australia could cut players’ salaries by more than 100 million Australian dollars (about $72.8 million) over the next two years due to the financial blow caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, The Australian has revealed.

The NRL had informed the players union that Covid-19 would cost them at least 400 million Australian dollars ($291.1 million) in 2021 and 2022, writes Xinhua news agency.

NRL players are entitled to 29.5 percent of the game’s total revenue pool, according to the collective bargaining agreement. However, as the league suffers from Covid-19, players could be forced to share the financial pain.

The NRL had offered the players a 10 percent pay cut for each season. But after enduring a 20 percent pay cut to restart the competition this year, players insisted the reduction should be no more than five percent.

With the grand final only weeks away, Australian Rugby League Commission chair Peter V’landys remained confident that an agreement will be reached in time despite the haggling.

“It is not just the revenues of the NRL (that have dropped), it is the revenues of the clubs. They are doing it a bit tougher than we first thought,” V’landys said.

“There is a collective bargaining agreement there anyway. It says they get a certain percentage of revenue. If we did that, they would be getting a lot less than what the offer is.”

Not only relying on players, but the NRL is also doing its own part to cut costs, with details set to be announced at the end of the month.

India records 92K new cases, Covid tally crosses 48L

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India records 92K new cases, Covid tally crosses 48L

With a massive spike of 92,071 cases, including 1,136 deaths in 24 hours, India’s total tally of Covid-19 cases reached 48,46,427, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare data on Monday.

Out of the total cases, 9,86,598 are the active ones, 37,80,107 have been discharged, while 79,722 lost the battle against the viral disease. In the last 24 hours, 77,512 patients were discharged.

While the recovery rate is 77.88 percent, the fatality rate is 1.65 percent, the data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.

On July 17, India had logged 10 lakh cases, which then doubled to 20 lakh in 20 days, on August 7. The country added another 10 lakh on August 23 and went past 40 lakh on September 5.

Maharashtra continues to be the worst-hit state with a total of 10,37,765 cases, including 29,115 deaths; followed by Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Uttar Pradesh.

According to the data from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), India conducted 9,78,500 sample tests in a single day on Sunday, taking the total number of samples tested so far to 5,72,39,428.

On the global front, India remains the second worst-hit nation with the Covid-19 pandemic while the US leads the board with 65,19,121 total cases and 1,94,041 deaths. The maximum number of deaths occurred in the US followed by Brazil and India.

Meanwhile, on Sunday, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare asked Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh to make adequate oxygen availability while ensuring unrestricted intra as well as the interstate movement of the oxygen.

To allay fears regarding the safety aspect of the coronavirus vaccines, the Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that he will be happy to take the first dose. He assured the vaccine will be first made available to those who need it the most, irrespective of their paying capacity.

Big B 1st celebrity voice on Amazon Alexa in India

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Big B 1st celebrity voice on Amazon Alexa in India

Amazon Alexa on Monday announced a partnership with Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan to create a unique voice experience for its Indian fans.

The Amazon Alexa team will work closely with Bachchan to capture his voice and deliver a new voice experience to customers.

It will include popular offerings like jokes, weather, shayaris, motivational quotes, advice, and more.

Big B’s voice will be available on Alexa devices next year, the company said.

“Bachchan’s voice is truly memorable for any Indian who has grown-up with Bollywood. This combination delivers a perfect pitch to further delight and simplifies the lives of our customers,” said Puneesh Kumar, Country Leader for Alexa, Amazon India.

Alexa in the US already has the voices of several celebrities like Samuel L. Jackson, but this is the first time that the Indian Alexa will get the voice of a Bollywood celebrity.

One can invoke the conversation between Alexa and Amitabh Bachchan and make the celebrity talk to you by saying “Hey Alexa, Say hello to Amitabh Bachchan”.

“Technology has always given me an opportunity to adapt to new forms. Be it in movies, TV shows, podcasts, and now, I am excited to create this voice experience in partnership with Amazon and Alexa. With voice technology, we are building something to engage more effectively with my audience and well-wishers,” Bachchan said on joining Alexa’s voice experience.

Alexa is also available on the Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote, Fire TV Edition, the free Alexa app as well as the Amazon shopping app (Android only).

In addition, several third-party devices like mobile phones, Bluetooth speakers, headphones, wearables, and smart TVs also come with Alexa built-in.

Namit Das’ new musical turn: Actor tries recreating Rafi’s ‘Badan pe sitare’

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Namit Das’ new musical turn: Actor tries recreating Rafi’s ‘Badan pe sitare’

Actor Namit Das continues with his tryst as a singer and composer, covering hits melodies with his band

Namit’s latest cover is a rendition of the Bollywood classic “Badan pe sitare lapete huye”, from the Shammi Kapoor-Vyjayanthimala starrer “Prince”. The Mohammad Rafi original was composed by Shankar-Jaikishen and written by Hasrat Jaipuri for the 1969 release.

Namit has performed the remake with bandmate Anurag Shanker.

“This golden hit classic has been celebrated by listeners for over 51 years. The original song was given a very modern arrangement of music and style of rendition. With his divine voice, Rafi saab made it a dance anthem for eternity. One of the edgiest on-screen personas in Bollywood, Shammi Kapoor, has inspired not only actors but creators from across the board with his unique performances and style,” said Namit.

“We take one of his signature songs and bring down an epic old school funk arrangement on it. It is the last of the quarantine jams before we get back to our own material starting with a live release this month,” he added.

On the acting front, Namit is currently shooting for his upcoming film, “Aafat-E-Ishq”.

Odisha reports highest spike of 4,198 corona cases

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Odisha reports highest spike of 4,198 corona cases

Odisha registered 4,198 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, its highest single-day spike so far, taking the state’s total tally to 1,55,005, a health official said on Monday.

With 11 more Covid-19 fatalities in the last 24 hours, Odisha’s death toll reached 637.

While Cuttack district recorded four deaths, Khordha and Balangir districts registered two each, and Kandhamal, Nayagarh, and Mayurbhanj districts one each.

Of the new cases, 2,476 were reported from quarantine centers while 1,722 were local contacts.

Odisha’s active cases now total 35,673 whereas 1,18,642 patients have recovered so far.

Meanwhile, BJP state unit President Samir Mohanty was admitted to a hospital here after testing positive for coronavirus.

Mohanty tweeted to request all those who had come in contact with him in the past few days to isolate themselves and get tested.

“Due to corona symptoms, I went for a test and was found positive. I am doing well, but as per the advice of doctors, I have been hospitalized for treatment. I request all those who came in contact with me in the past few days to kindly isolate themselves and get tested, if necessary,” he tweeted.

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