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Rs 196cr cyber safety centre at IIT-Kanpur

At a time when the threat of cyberattacks is growing, including those from China, the Union government has approved Rs 196 crore for a national technical centre at IIT Kanpur to counter such threats. Besides, in a first for the country, the institute will also roll out an MTech degree in cyber security from the next year. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2VwqyfK

Indian woman wins Commonwealth short story prize

A woman from Ranchi currently studying in the US has won £5,000 after her tale about a Hindu girl falling in love with a Muslim boy beat more than 5,000 entries from 49 countries to win the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Kritika Pandey, 29, was announced as the winner for "The Great Indian Tee and Snakes" by Ghanaian writer and editor Nii Ayikwei. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2BnKDOw

PLA puts up signage, China map on Ladakh's bank

After physically occupying an almost 8-km stretch of what India considers its territory on the north bank of Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has created a massive signage in the area to claim it as Chinese land. Located between Finger-4 and Finger-5, the 80-metre-long signage is in the shape of inscriptions and is designed to be visible from the air and capable of being picked up by satellites. from Times of India https://ift.tt/38eYAdK

Gas explosion at clinic in Iranian capital kills 19

An explosion from a gas leak in a medical clinic in northern Tehran killed 19 people, Iranian state TV reported on Tuesday. Spokesperson for the Tehran Fire Department told state TV that the toll had risen to 19 from 13. State-run IRNA news agency also quoted Maleki as saying the dead included 15 women and four men. Maleki added that firefighters had rescued 20 people. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2NFxovc

India gets its wettest June in 12 years

India experienced its wettest month of June in 12 years with 18% above-normal rainfall on the back of timely monsoon onset and its swift advance across the country. Central India, as well as east and northeast, have received the heaviest showers. India received 196.2mm of rain during the month, highest since 2008, when 202mm was recorded during the month, as per IMD. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3dRVXQ5

Party rivals mount fresh pressure on Oli to quit

Nepal PM K P Sharma Oli has come under immense pressure to resign from within the ruling Nepal Communist Party, including from former PM Prachanda. According to Nepal media reports, Prachanda, Madhav Kumar Nepal, Jhalanath Khanal and Bamdev Gautam demanded that Oli quit at a meeting on Tuesday. Oli has gone on record to say that India has been behind the effort to unseat him. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2YPBNCl

Visa processing for UK to resume from July 6

Visa processing for United Kingdom will resume in India next Monday (July 6) in a phased manner. According to VFS Global, UK visa application centres in Delhi, south Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru (Global Tech Park), Chandigarh, Cochin, Hyderabad, Jalandhar, Kolkata and Pune will open from July 6. Chennai centre reopening that day is subject to local lockdown conditions. from Times of India https://ift.tt/31rYPAS

Dan Stevens Explains What Americans Don’t Get About Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga   just hit Netflix last week, offering up hilarious musical comedy hijinks from star, co-writer and producer Will Ferrell and co. Many U.S. viewers may have stuck the movie on believing that Ferrell had invented the whole concept of an annual song competition that unites all of Europe but nope, it’s a genuine institution on the continent that’s been going since the 1950s. Dan Stevens plays flamboyant Russian rock star Alexander Lemtov, the main rival to Ferrell and Rachel McAdams’ Icelandic singing sensation Fire Saga, in the movie and, as a native Brit, he’s always been familiar with Eurovision. However, while speaking to AV Club, he admitted that it’s a hard thing to explain to American audiences who’ve likely never heard of the phenomenon before, teasing that there’s a lot of wonderful weirdness out there that the film didn’t get the space to cover. “It’s such a weird thing to have to describe to people who are in their adult ye...

Here’s How Armie Hammer Could Look As The DCEU’s Green Lantern

Comic book movies have a come a long way in the last 10 years, especially with the MCU’s contributions toward defining what a great cinematic franchise looks like. To say films like Green Lantern have not aged well by comparison is an understatement. It sure is a good thing that Ryan Reynolds has moved on to bigger and better prospects, eh? But maybe it’s high time that the extraterrestrial defenders gets shown some love and hopefully a revival as respectable members of the Justice League . Instagram artist ValentinRomeroArt sure thinks so, as he’s cast Armie Hammer as a member of the Green Lantern Corps in the artwork below. With an army full of ring bearers to choose from, Hammer does indeed look suited to play one of them, namely Hal Jordan. And with WB reportedly working on a Green Lantern TV show for its HBO Max line-up of programming, we might see multiple recruits make their on-screen debuts eventually . Here's How Armie Hammer Could Look As The DCEU's Green Lan...

Watch: Gambit Fan Film Features Explosive Card Tossing And Iron Man Easter Eggs

Fox’s decision to pursue a Gambit solo movie turned out to be a gamble that didn’t pay off. After suffering countless setbacks, the Channing Tatum-fronted X-Men spinoff ended up being a casualty of Disney’s big-money takeover, but fans who were disappointed that they didn’t get to see a live-action Remy LeBeau fly solo now have the next best thing. Actor Nick Batemen has uploaded an unofficial Gambit movie called Play for Keeps to his YouTube account, and it looks pretty authentic. The production values are surprisingly high, or at least no worse than the likes of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and the film is packed with fan-pleasing references to the wider Marvel universe. Directed by Jensen Noen, the 20-minute feature stars Batemen as the Cajun mutant, with Ellen Hollman as Rogue and Anna Butkevych as Magik. The plot follows LeBeau as he gets caught up in a deadly game of poker with someone from his past who’s out for revenge. As you might expect, there’s plenty of explosive card ...

Watch: Danny Trejo Won’t Die In The Prey: Legend Of The Karnoctus Trailer

There are a few types of movie that will never go out of style. Zombie horrors, romantic thrillers with inappropriate age gaps between the leads, dire comedies where attractive twenty-somethings pretending to be teenagers have lots of sex, and monster movies where a band of hardened soldiers travel to a part of the world that the US considers uncivilized and are picked off one by one by a CGI monstrosity. The Prey: Legend of the Karnoctus is another of the latter, and a new trailer provides us with a good idea of what we can expect from it. The story sees a platoon of American soldiers in Afghanistan searching for the Taliban like it’s 2006, only to become trapped in a cave wherein resides an unstoppable monster that begins stalking the grunts and killing them in bloody messes, until it’s down to aging badass Vega ( Danny Trejo ) to take out the creature once and for all. Yes, it’s all very Predator , and if you mentally swap out the Middle Eastern mountains with the jungles of Cen...

When Bhuvneshwar dismissed Sachin for a duck

Bhuvneshwar Kumar burst into the public consciousness as a 19-year-old when he got Sachin Tendulkar out for his first duck in first-class cricket back in 2009. "It was a fortunate moment for me to get him out. I really cannot explain it in words. These are the kind of moments which you can just feel and cannot explain," Bhuvneshwar said in a webinar. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2YHGkXl

Hugh Jackman Opens Up About Filming Wolvie’s Death Scene In Logan

For Hugh Jackman, Logan was a deeply emotional project. The 2017 superhero-cum-western marked his final performance as Wolverine , having played the character for nigh-on two decades. With the dust now settled on his departure, Jackman has opened up a little more about filming Wolverine’s death scene, and here’s what he told Anne Hathaway as part of Variety ’s Actors on Actors issue: “I knew it was going to be my last one way before we wrote it. I made that decision. There was a weight of expectation that I’d been carrying. I was super invested. I felt so in it. I was working with a director that I worked with three times before, who I trust implicitly, Jim Mangold. I remember when we shot that scene, we were shooting very high altitude, and there were thunderstorms going off everywhere, and we had to shut down. He just said, ‘We can’t do this big stunt scene. But we’re just going to do the death scene.’ I’m like, ‘Like, now?’ He goes, ‘I’m just going to have you and Dafne [Keen], ...

Govt blocks 59 Chinese Apps, cites risk to sovereignty

The government on Monday “blocked” as many as 59 Chinese Apps, including TikTok, UC Browser, WeChat, Shareit and CamScanner, for “engaging in activities which are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order”. The move against the “malicious Apps" came after several complaints of stealing of user data. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2BclgPT

Google celebrates LGBTQ activist Marsha P Johnson

Google Doodle on Tuesday celebrated the widely popular US-based LGBTQ+ activist, performer, and self-identified drag queen Marsha P. Johnson, bidding farewell to the Pride month. On June 30 2019, Marsha was posthumously honoured as a grand marshal of the New York City Pride March. Johnson is credited as one of the key leaders of the 1969 Stonewall uprising. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3ibci5Y

KK Venugopal re-appointed as Attorney General

KK Venugopal has been re-appointed as Attorney General of India for a period of one year. ​​"KK Venugopal, Senior Advocate as Attorney General for India for a period of one year with effect from July 1," read the notification. It further read that Tushar Mehta has been re-appointed as the Solicitor General for a period of 3 years or until further orders. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2ZlvEwv

Govt may license import of ACs, TVs to check shipments

The government is looking to license the import of 10-12 items, including air conditioners and several of its components, and parts of television sets as it discourages the entry of foreign goods into the country, especially those from China. ​​While work on licensing of products had started a few months ago, with agarbatti and tyres being among the initial set of items along with palm oil, the list has expanded in recent weeks as tension on the Ladakh border escalated, government sources said. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2VxufSq

Disney Plus Announces Summer Movie Nights Schedule, Includes Marvel, Star Wars And More

Though theaters are opening, there’s not a whole lot of new movies coming out over the next few months. That means most folks will continue to rely on their streaming subscriptions to offer up some fresh films to watch this summer. And Disney Plus is ready to give the people what they want. The Mouse House’s service has unveiled its “Summer Movie Nights” schedule today, which will see a major blockbuster or old favorite go up on D+ every Friday in the coming months. The impressive line-up includes Marvel Studios movies, Pixar,  Star Wars,  musicals and even a bunch of X-Men films . The season will kick off this Friday with the much-anticipated release of  Hamilton , and you can read on for the full schedule: Friday, July 3rd – Hamilton  Friday, July 3rd – The Mighty Ducks  Friday, July 10th – X-Men; Days of Future Past Friday, July 10th – Solo: A Star Wars Story Friday, July 17th – X-Men: Apocalypse Friday, July 24th – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men...