Bull-run persists in precious metals; gold above Rs 56k/10 gm

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Bull-run persists in precious metals; gold above Rs 56k/10 gm

Amid the global uncertainty, investment demand, and supply concerns, touching fresh record levels has become the new normal for gold and silver prices. Continuing with the bull run, gold futures on Friday touched a new all-time high of Rs 56,191 per 10 gram.

Currently, the active October contract of gold on the MCX was trading at Rs 55,950 per 10 gram, higher by Rs 105 or 0.19 percent from the previous close.

For gold, it has been the global economic uncertainty amid the pandemic which has made investors flock towards the yellow metal, which is traditionally considered a safe-haven asset.

Similarly, the futures contracts of silver on MCX surged recorded a new high on Friday as it touched Rs 77,949 per kilogram.

The September contract of silver is currently trading at Rs 76,900 per kilogram, higher by Rs 848 or 1.12 percent from its previous close.

According to market experts, industrial and investment demand have picked up of late for silver as economies are opening up gradually post the pandemic-related lockdowns. Further global supply constraints have been a major factor for the recent surge.

Peru, the world’s second-largest silver producer, saw its mine supply fall by one-third due to the COVID-induced lockdowns.

US initial unemployment claims fall to less than 1.2 mn

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US initial unemployment claims fall to less than 1.2 mn

The number of initial unemployment claims in the US fell to 1.186 million last week, following an increase for two consecutive weeks, the Labour Department.

In the week ending August 1, the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits dropped by 249,000 from an upwardly revised 1,435,000 in the prior week, Xinhua news agency quoted the Department as saying in a report on Thursday.

Initial unemployment claims peaked at a record 6.87 million in the week ending March 28 amid theCOVID-19 shutdowns, with figures declining for 15 weeks consecutively, before the trend was reversed in the week ending July 18 amid a resurgence in COVID-19 cases.

With the latest numbers, more than 55 million initial jobless claims have been filed over the past 20 weeks, indicating a mounting economic fallout related to the pandemic.

The report also showed that the four-week moving average, a method to iron out data volatility, decreased by 31,000 to 1.34 million.

The data comes one day before the Labour Department releases its monthly jobs report.

Sri Lanka’s ruling party wins parliamentary polls

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Sri Lanka’s ruling party wins parliamentary polls

The ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) led by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa won a landslide victory in the August 5 parliamentary election by gaining a majority in the new 225-member parliament, the Election Commission said on Friday.

The SLPP won 145 seats, making it the single largest party to gain a nearly two-thirds majority in Parliament reports Xinhua news agency.

The Samagi Jana Balawegaya or the United People’s Front, led by former presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa was the runner-up by winning 54 seats while the ITAK, a Tamil political party, won 10 seats.

One of Sri Lanka’s oldest political parties, the United National Party, led by former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe did not win any seats.

Rajapaksa will be sworn in as the nation’s new Prime Minister following his party’s victory, likely by the weekend after which a new cabinet will be appointed next week.

According to the country’s constitution, the cabinet will be limited to 30 ministers.

Rajapaksa, in a short statement on his official Twitter account soon after the party’s victory, thanked his voters and expressed gratitude to them for placing their trust in President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and himself.

“We will ensure Sri Lanka will not stand disappointed during our tenure,” Rajapaksa said.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in a statement released late on Thursday night said he was confident of establishing a strong parliament following the SLPP’s victory.

Sri Lanka held its parliamentary election on August 5 which was declared as one of the most peaceful elections held in the island country’s political history.

A 71 per cent voter turnout was recorded.

Sri Lanka’s new Parliament will convene on August 20.

Odisha sees single-day record of 1,833 new corona cases

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Odisha sees single-day record of 1,833 new corona cases

Registering its highest single-day surge, Odisha reported 1,833 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking its total tally to 42,550, the Health Department said on Friday.

The state also registered its highest single-day corona casualties during the period. With 12 more patients succumbing to the virus, the state’s death toll reached 247.

Three deaths each were reported from Sundargarh and Ganjam, and one each from Mayurbhanj, Kendrapada, Sambalpur, Bhadrak, Dhenkanal, and Gajapati.

Dhenkanal and Mayurbhanj districts reported their maiden COVID-19 deaths.

Of the 1,833 new cases, 1,118 were detected at quarantine centers while 715 were local contact cases.

Maximum 298 cases were reported from Khurda district, followed by Ganjam (279), Rayagada (152) Cuttack (124), Sundergarh (110), Kalahandi (84), Balasore (69), Puri (67), and Nayagarh (61).

For the first time, the Khurda district crossed the Ganjam district in the number of positive cases.

Delhi HC nod for DU’s online Open Book Exams

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Delhi HC nod for DU’s online Open Book Exams

The Delhi High Court on Friday gave its nod for the conduct of online Open Book Examinations (OBE) for final-year students of Delhi University.

Justice Prathiba M Singh, while giving the go-ahead, passed certain directions to be followed by the DU and the University Grants Commission (UGC).

The court directed that the questions should be posted on the online portal as well as emailed to all the candidates.

“Students are to be given two hours for attempting the question papers. One extra hour shall be granted for uploading of the answer sheets on the portal,” the court said.

It directed that an auto-generated email shall be sent to the students to acknowledge that their answer sheets have been accepted.

The bench also directed the CSC Academy — whose Common Service Centres will be used by the students lacking in requisite infrastructure to sit in the exams — to notify all its centers to be used for the conduct of OBE.

“DU Grievances Officer shall redress the emailed complaints of students regarding the process within 48 hours. If not, the matter shall automatically be referred to the Grievances Redressal Committee,” the High Court added.

The court had on Wednesday reserved orders on a batch of pleas that challenged the university decided to conduct online Open Book Examinations for final-year students.

Initially, the varsity announced that the exams would commence from July 1, but later postponed the same to July 10 and again till August 15 without giving a specific date for examinations.

20GB Intel data with key chip secrets leaked, probe on

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20GB Intel data with key chip secrets leaked, probe on

An anonymous hacker has broken into chipmaker Intel, publishing a link on the social media to a 20GB data containing confidential intellectual property (IP) related to key chip engineering.

Many of the files in the 20GB folder allegedly “have NOT been published ANYWHERE before and are classified as confidential, under NDA or Intel Restricted Secret.”

According to a report in Tom’s Hardware quoting Swiss IT consultant Till Kottmann, the password-protected zips in the folder may be accessed using either “Intel123” or “intel123” as the password, which may have been set by Intel itself.

The folder which is circulating wildly on social media has been billed as “Intel exconfidential Lake Platform Release ;)” and was originally posted on the mobile messaging platform Telegram.

Intel replied to the data breach, saying the company was investigating this situation.

“The information appears to come from the Intel Resource and Design Center, which hosts information for use by our customers, partners, and other external parties who have registered for access. We believe an individual with access downloaded and shared this data,” the company was quoted as saying in the report.

Kottmann earlier posted on Twitter a link to a file-sharing service that contained the 20GB Intel folder.

Some reports claimed that some of the leaked files are marked with NDA license agreements to “Centerm Information Co. Ltd., a Chinese company established and existing under the laws of the People’s Republic of China”.

According to Kottman, the files were obtained earlier this year.

The anonymous leaker said more files will be shared soon, and “the future parts of this leak will have even juicier and more classified stuff.”

The report cautioned against downloading any file from the link as it may pose a hacking risk.

Intel’s Resource and Design Center is dedicated to providing the company’s partners with non-disclosure documentation (NDA) documentation for product integration purposes.

Play ShareChat videos in WhatsApp soon on iOS and Android

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Play ShareChat videos in WhatsApp soon on iOS and Android

Facebook-owned WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature to allow ShareChat users to play videos within its main app in the picture-in-picture mode.

Spotted by WABetaInfo that tracks WhatsApp in Beta, the support for the ShareChat video service is available in the latest WhatsApp beta for iOS and Android.

“Latest updates officially support the possibility to play videos shared on ShareChat within WhatsApp,” the website said on Thursday.

Once you tap the play icon on a ShareChat video, WhatsApp will begin to reproduce the video in the picture-in-picture mode.

The functionality will be available on both WhatsApp for iOS and Android.

“To be sure to be on a compatible version, you should install the latest WhatsApp beta for iOS 2.20.81.3 and WhatsApp beta for Android 2.20.197.7”.

The home-grown regional language social media app ShareChat has a user base of over 60 million monthly active users spread across the country and available in 15 languages, including Hindi, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, Odia, Kannada, Assamese, Haryanvi, Rajasthani, Bhojpuri and Urdu.

The Bengaluru-based regional language social platform has become so popular that even Twitter came on board when the four-year-old company raised $100 million in its Series D round of funding last year.

ShareChat said last month that its short video sharing platform Moj has crossed five million downloads from Google Play Store in just about a week since the beta version of the TikTok rival was released.

Twitter to now label state-controlled media accounts

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Twitter to now label state-controlled media accounts

Twitter has announced it would not amplify tweets by state-controlled media outlets and label the accounts of government-linked media, as well as key government officials from the five permanent member countries of the UN Security Council: China, France, Russia, the UK, and the US.

The micro-blogging platform said the new labeling policy would include accounts of key government officials, including foreign ministers, institutional entities, ambassadors, official spokespeople, and key diplomatic leaders from these five countries.

“At this time, our focus is on senior officials and entities who are the official voice of the state abroad,” the company said in a statement late on Thursday.

The move will make affected accounts less likely to appear in search results or notifications.

Twitter will also label accounts belonging to state-affiliated media entities, their editors, and their senior staff.

The move will impact state-controlled media organizations like Russia’s RT and China’s Xinhua news agency.

In 2019, Twitter banned all state-backed media advertising and political advertising from Twitter.

“For transparency and practicality, we are starting with a limited and clearly-defined group of countries before expanding to a wider range of countries in the future,” said Twitter.

The company said that at this time, they are not labeling the personal accounts of heads of state, as these accounts enjoy widespread name recognition, media attention, and public awareness.

“Institutional accounts associated with their offices that changeover depending on election results will be labeled, however”.

However, state-financed media organizations with editorial independence, like the BBC in the UK or NPR in the US for example, will not be labeled.

“We will also no longer amplify state-affiliated media accounts or their Tweets through our recommendation systems including on the home timeline, notifications, and search,” Twitter announced.

Twitter will notify any account that’s labeled and if the “account owner believes we’ve made a mistake, they can reach out to us directly”.

After Google, Facebook tells staff to work from home till mid-2021

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After Google, Facebook tells staff to work from home till mid-2021

Facebook has told its 48,000-strong workforce to stay at home through July 2021 and is giving an additional $1,000 to each employee to buy supplies for a home office.

The social network had earlier allowed the staff to work remotely through the end of 2020.

“Based on guidance from health and government experts, as well as decisions drawn from our internal discussions about these matters, we are allowing employees to continue voluntarily working from home until July 2021.

“In addition, we are giving employees an additional $1,000 for home office needs,” a Facebook spokesperson was quoted as saying in The Verge on Thursday.

With the Covid-19 pandemic hardly showing any sign of slowing down, Google last month said it would allow its nearly 2 lakh employees to work from home till the middle of next year if their roles permit.

“To give employees the ability to plan ahead, we are extending our global voluntary work from home option through June 30, 2021, for roles that don’t need to be in the office,” Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in an email to employees.

Google had earlier set January 2021 as a tentative timeline for its workers to return to offices.

Twitter has allowed employees to work from home “forever” if they wish so.

In May, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg laid out a detailed remote-working plan to make half of his workforce work from home by 2030.

According to him, about half of Facebook employees would work from home five to 10 years from now.

While Amazon and Apple expect their employees to return to their respective offices in January, most other tech companies also appeared to be hoping to work from home to last till the end of the year.

Facebook purges 1,800 fake accounts targeting domestic audiences

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Facebook purges 1,800 fake accounts targeting domestic audiences

Facebook has removed nine networks consisting of nearly 1,800 accounts, Pages, and Groups from its main platform and Instagram that were involved in coordinated inauthentic behavior.

More than half of these networks focused on domestic audiences in their own countries, including in the US, Brazil, Ukraine, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Yemen.

Much of the activity Facebook removed in July was linked to commercial entities and individuals associated with political campaigns and political offices, the social network said in a statement on Thursday.

In the US, Facebook removed 54 Facebook accounts, 50 Pages, and 4 Instagram accounts and linked the network to Roger Stone, a long-time Republican and trusted ally of US President Donald Trump.

“This network focused on domestic audiences. We first started looking into this network as part of our investigation into the Proud Boys’ attempts to return to Facebook after we had banned them from the platform,” said Facebook.

The company identified the full scope of this network following the recent public release of search warrants pertaining to the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller in response to a joint petition from The New York Times, CNN, the Associated Press, The Washington Post, and Politico.

“Our investigation linked this network to Roger Stone and his associates,” the company said.

Facebook in July removed over 100 fake accounts and pages that were posting misinformation with links to Stone.

The company also purged 303 Facebook accounts, 181 Pages, 44 Groups and 31 Instagram accounts belonging to a network that operated from many regions around the world including the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Germany, the UK, Finland, and France.

It targeted primarily English and Chinese-speaking audiences globally and Vietnam.

“Our investigation linked this network to Truthmedia, a digital media outlet, which is now banned from our platforms,” said Facebook.

Domestic campaigns like these, said Facebook, raise a particularly complex challenge by blurring the line between healthy public debate and manipulation.

Rhea Chakraborty may skip ED summons

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Rhea Chakraborty may skip ED summons

Model-turned-actress Rhea Chakraborty, who has been accused of abetting late actor Sushant Singh Rajput to suicide, is unlikely to appear before the Enforcement Directorate officials, her lawyers indicated here on Friday.

“Rhea Chakraborty has requested a postponement of recording her statement till the Supreme Court hearing,” said her lawyers here. The Supreme Court is expected to hear next week Rhea’s plea seeking transfer of the Bihar Police probe to Mumbai Police.

Her name figures in FIRs lodged by both the Patna Police and the CBI. The investigation into the June 14 death of the 34-year-old actor has been handed over to the CBI and also the ECIR of the Enforcement Directorate, after much wrangling between the Mumbai Police and Sushant’s home state police.

Sushant’s father lodged the first FIR in the case against Rhea and six others on July 25 at the Rajiv Nagar police station in Patna.

Among other things, Sushant’s family has accused Rhea also of swindling large sums of money from his bank accounts.

The ED reaction to her request is not yet available.

Shivaleeka Oberoi on being an outsider in Bollywood

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Shivaleeka Oberoi on being an outsider in Bollywood

Budding actress Shivaleeka Oberoi admits it is not easy for an outsider to carve a path in Bollywood, and says that one needs to have immense self-belief to survive the journey.

“Honestly, it is not easy,” Shivaleeka told IANS, when asked how tough it is for an outsider to find a way and sustain in Bollywood, and then added: “But if you believe in yourself and if you are actually talented, and you reach the right places… I have a belief that you have to be in the right place at the right time. Destiny plays a very important role.”

“I never thought that I would be an actor. My mom is from a different line, my dad does something else and my sister does something else. I’m the only one in the acting field. My grandfather (Mahavir Oberoi) had produced a film once, but he passed away when my father was young, and since then we had no touch with the industry. I actually found my way, in terms of being on a film set, by becoming an assistant director. I gained maximum experience and knowledge by being an AD. It really helped me as an actor,” she added.

Before her debut as an actor, Shivaleeka worked as an assistant director on “Kick” and “Housefull 3”.

She made her acting debut in 2019 with the romantic thriller “Yeh Saali Aashiqui” opposite Amrish Puri’s grandson Vardhan Puri, and will next be seen in “Khuda Haafiz”, co-starring Vidyut Jammwal.

Looking back at her short journey so far, she said: “It was not easy. To be very honest, what comes easy does not last. My parents have always taught me that ‘jo bhi chaiyeh life mein uske liye hardwork karna padega’ (you have to work hard to achieve what you want).”

For Shivaleeka, that meant lots of auditions. “I have given an insane amount of auditions, and that’s how I bagged my first film, and then second. My role in ‘Khuda Haafiz’ is completely different from what I portrayed in my first film. It is a huge jump and people are going to see that variation.”

“Your versatility as an actor is the only thing that really matters in this industry. For me, being a complete outsider, I kind of felt that it is important to show different shades and a variation to your characters,” she said.

Her next release “Khuda Haafiz” is a romantic action thriller inspired by real life-events, and has been directed and written by Faruk Kabir. It will release on August 14, on Disney+ Hotstar VIP.

Talking about the direct-to-OTT release, Shivaleeka said: “We all wish for a theatrical release, but knowing the situation around, safety comes first. With OTT, the film will reach a maximum audience. Everybody can watch the first show. It is a great move by the producers. (In the end), you just want your film to be watched by maximum people.”

Sushant’s legacy extends in the song ‘Khulke jeene ka’: Shashaa Tirupati

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Sushant’s legacy extends in the song ‘Khulke jeene ka’: Shashaa Tirupati

Sushant Singh Rajput celebrates life in the song Khulke jeene ka, picturized on him in his last release, Dil Bechara. Shashaa Tirupati, who voiced the song, feels that the number infused with positivity could be an extension to the legacy of the late actor.

“For the longest time, I really wanted to sing for a film that starred Sushant Singh Rajput, and it didn’t happen. I was completely oblivious to the fact that ‘Dil Bechara’ had him as the male lead. When the news of his demise broke and I went through social media seeing the details of the cause, that’s where I read that ‘Dil Bechara’ was his last film,” Shashaa told IANS about the actor, who was found hanging at his Mumbai residence on June 14.

“I was very shocked at that moment. Initially, it was very emotional but it translated into a point where I kind of felt that singing a song with the lyrics being ‘Khulke jeene ka tareeka tumhe dikhate hain’ (ways to live life to the fullest) — just the fact that in a way it could be an extension to Sushant’s legacy,” she added.

Composed by AR Rahman and written by Amitabh Bhattacharya, the song is sung by Arijit Singh and Shashaa. She calls it a masterpiece.

“It’s one of those songs that you always go back to. When you listen to it (you wonder) how the idea occurs to him (Rahman). Intertwining notes, the harmonies just hug each other so beautifully and personally. I am a massive fan of Amitabh Bhattacharya’s work. The kind of words he has used — everything about it is so beautiful and in the current situation, I feel so deeply applicable,” she said.

“The times that we are going through right now, it’s something that we have forgotten or lost touch with, and ‘Khulke jeene ka’ acquaints you to that,” shared the National Award winner.

She has worked with Rahman on quite a few film songs, including the award-winning track “Vaan Varuvaan”.

“Rahman Sir is one of those people you don’t take away from, just musically or only something creatively. Having one conversation with him gives me so much insight spiritually. It taught me so much about life in general or just applying things on a day-to-day basis that are otherwise are difficult to tap into,” she said.

“Other than that, I think he has the capacity to create gold out of pebbles — to know what the capacity of any talent is. He has that strange capability of knowing what he can get out of the minutest talent or the biggest talent. In a lot of ways, he creates that talent in a lot of us including myself. There are songs that I have sung for him that I never thought I’d be able to render. These are the things you realize, and go ahead and apply in your creations as well,” shared the singer.

Eng v Pak 1st Test: Abbas, Afridi, Masood put Pak in driver’s seat

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Eng v Pak 1st Test: Abbas, Afridi, Masood put Pak in driver’s seat

Pakistan fast bowlers were all over the England batting lineup as the hosts were reduced to 92/4 at the end of Day 2 of the first Test at Old Trafford in Manchester on Thursday.

Mohammad Abbas took two wickets while Shaheen Afridi struck once after Shan Masood’s 156 off 319 balls helped Pakistan to a first-innings total of 326.

Afridi provided the breakthrough off the fourth ball of the first over itself, trapping Rory Burns in front of the middle stump.

The umpire did not raise his finger initially but captain Azhar Ali went for the review. The replays went the visitors’ way. Burns’ opening partner Dom Sibley found it just as difficult to adjust to the fiery spells of Afridi and Abbas and fell two overs later.

This meant that England had Ben Stokes and Joe Root in the middle within the first six overs of their innings. Even Stokes, who has enjoyed stellar form over the past year and a half, could not survive for long as Abbas’ delivery swung past his outside edge struck the top of his off stump.

Root hung on with Ollie Pope as the latter finally gave England a steady flow of runs. The pair put up 50 for the fourth wicket before the England captain edged Yasir Shah to wicket-keeper Mohammad Rizwan.

Jos Buttler and Pope then saw England through to Stumps. Earlier, Shan Masood raced to his 150 and his epic knock was finally ended by Stuart Broad. The ball hit his back pad and while he called for a review, the replays only confirmed the on-field umpire’s decision. Masood walked off to warm applause from his teammates.

Brief Scores: Pakistan 326 (Shan Masood 156, Babar Azam 69; Stuart Broad 3/54) vs England 92/4 (Ollie Pope 46*, Jos Buttler 15*; Mohammad Abbas 2/24)

Covid-19 deaths in Brazil top 98,000

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Covid-19 deaths in Brazil top 98,000

Brazil has recorded 1,237 new deaths from Covid-19, bringing the national death toll to 98,493.

Tests also detected 53,139 new infections, bringing the total caseload to 2,912,212, said the health ministry on Thursday, Xinhua reported.

A total of 2,047,660 people have recovered.

The state of Sao Paulo, Brazil’s most populous state, is the epicenter of the national outbreak, with 598,670 infections and 24,448 deaths. The death toll in the city of Sao Paulo has passed 10,000.

Brazil is one of the countries hardest hit by the pandemic, second only to the United States, both in terms of caseload and death toll.

Chinese mainland reports 10 new imported Covid-19 cases

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Chinese mainland reports 10 new imported Covid-19 cases

The Chinese mainland reported 10 new imported Covid-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 2,120, the National Health Commission said on Friday.

Of the new imported cases, seven were reported in Shanghai and one each in the provinces of Liaoning, Jiangsu, and Sichuan, the commission said in its daily report, Xinhua reported.

Among all the imported cases, 2,014 had been discharged from hospitals after recovery, and 106 remained hospitalized, with one in severe condition, the commission said, adding that no deaths had been reported from the imported cases.

Prabhas in sci-fi thriller Movie

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Prabhas in sci-fi thriller Movie

Going by the latest Bollywood buzz, Prabhas might be starring in a massive mythological drama that will be produced by Bhushan Kumar, who runs T-Series.

It is known that Bhushan Kumar is partnering with UV Creations for Prabhas’s ‘Radhe Shyam’. Apparently, he might be roping in Prabhas for one of his future projects.

Reportedly, Bhushan Kumar is planning to make a mythological film with an ensemble star cast. Details regarding the director and other principal cast are unavailable for now.

However, this project might not commence in the near future. Prabhas will be working with Nag Ashwin for a sci-fi thriller which will be completed only by the end of 2023. He might be working under Bhushan Kumar’s production only after he wraps up Prabhas21.

Prabhas attained nation-wide fame with Baahubali and his fans would be more than excited to see him in a mythological drama soon.

Pawan Kalyan is spending a lot of time in his farmhouse

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Pawan Kalyan is spending a lot of time in his farmhouse

Every actor is doing something or the other during the lockdown in order to keep their fans engaged and keep themselves occupied with work rather than sulking in boredom. Samantha is gardening, Rana is getting married, Nagarjuna is hosting Bigg Boss and Megastar is recording interviews for his upcoming auto-biography. So what is Pawan Kalyan doing?

Apart from the fact that he will be looking into lots of political stuff as he happens to be the president of Janasena Party, Pawan is giving a thought regarding his films too. While he is reading scripts and listening to stories, that writer inside him is back to work, we hear. Though Pawan’s earlier stories including that of the one he wrote for Jhonny and Sardar Gabbar Singh haven’t clicked, the superstar hasn’t given up.

Reports are coming that Pawan has dedicated a couple of hours time to writing some stories as he is spending a lot of time at his farmhouse these days. He is said to have written two stories already, while he wants to direct and act in one of them, the other one he might just produce. Some young writers are also sitting down with Pawan, to record and write his thoughts, and share their feedback on the actor’s new creations.

Actor Samir Sharma killed himself

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Actor Samir Sharma killed himself

The 44-year-old actor – seen in Balaji Telefilms’ popular TV shows “Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi” and “Kahaani Ghar Ghar Ki” – was found hanging in the kitchen of his Malad flat, police said, adding that they suspect he killed himself.

His body was found by a security guard who alerted other members of the apartment complex. The actor was living on rent at the Malad home.

A case of accidental death has been registered. “We have not found any evidence that suggests he may have been killed. Also, no suicide note has been found at the house so far. We are still investigating the case,” an officer said. The body has been sent for autopsy.

Samir Sharma – a familiar face on the small screen – was also seen in the 2009 Bollywood movie – “Hasee Toh Phasee”. He acted in several TV shows- “Dil Kya Chahta Hai”, “Geet – Hui Sabse Parayi” and “Left Right Left”.

Condolences poured on social media as the news of his death broke, nearly two months after Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead at his Mumbai home. The 34-year-old’s death had triggered debate on mental health.

Vijay Deverakonda has launched the teaser

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Vijay Deverakonda has launched the teaser

Tollywood young sensation Vijay Deverakonda is a household name now, thanks to his breathtaking performance in ‘Arjun Reddy. Currently, he is one of the top actors in the Telugu film industry. As someone who came to this level without any industry background, he knows how hard it is to enter films and gain a foothold. For this precise reason, he is always at the forefront when it comes to promoting the works of any budding stars or technicians.

Continuing this heartening trend, Vijay Deverakonda has launched the teaser of small-budgeted film ‘Colour Photo’ which features Suhas in the lead role. For those who struggle to recollect the name, Suhas was seen in a host of films as a supporting actor. Films like Majili, Dear Comrade, and Prati Roju Pandage are some of those. Chandini Chowdary is playing the leading lady in Colour Photo while noted actor Sunil will be seen in a surprise role in this film.

Vijay Deverakonda shared the teaser of ‘Colour Photo’ on his Twitter account. Take a look. The film is helmed by Sandeep Raj who is making his debut with this flick. It is produced by Sai Rajesh Neelam and Bunny Muppaneni under Amrutha Production banner who previously scored blockbusters with films like ‘Hrudaya Kaleyam’ and ‘Kobbari Matta’ featuring Sampurnesh Babu.

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