Author Archives: Sayantani Singha

Make in India: Tata Advanced Systems, Bell forge pact to manufacture choppers

Tata Advanced Systems and US-based Bell Helicopter announced an agreement on Thursday for working together to manufacture helicopters under Make in India initiative to meet civil and military requirements. The pact looks to tap the multi-billion dollar potential rotary wing market in India in light utility and reconnaissance segments. The scope is intended to include potential production and assembly capabilities, Read More


Facebook Messenger on iOS now supports 3D Touch

Facebook Messenger app’s latest update for iOS bring support for 3D touch for iPhone 6s/iPhone 6s Plus. The main Facebook app has featured 3D touch for some time now, Instagram was one of the first apps to support 3D Touch Facebook Messenger’s new update will allow users to preview contacts, conversations, photos, videos, stickers, links and locations using the pressure Read More


Jewellery stocks regain shine, up by 10% after government increases excise exemption

Jewellery stocks jumped by up to 10 per cent after the government increased excise duty exemption limit for the small scale industry to Rs 10 crore from Rs 6 crore that could bring relief to gold jewellers. On Wednesday, it also decided to waive the levy on sale of traded goods and relaxed other procedural norms. Shares of Tara Jewels Read More


MH17 families rearing to take legal action to get compensation on second anniversary

The families of the 298 people who died when flight MH17 was downed over Ukraine are steeling themselves for a slew of bitter legal battles, on the eve of the tragedy’s second anniversary. Sunday marks the deadline for relatives to launch action against Malaysia Airlines, which operated the passenger jet that was shot down with a surface-air-missile over war-torn eastern Read More


Maharashtra ATS arrests man with alleged ISIS links

A 31-year-old man with alleged ISIS links was on Thursday arrested by Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS). The man, who is a resident of Parbhani district of Maharashtra, was in touch with another wanted accused Farooque who is based in Syria and was trying to influence youth through social media using different handles and profile IDs, reported ANI news. Earlier in Read More


Shiney Ahuja files case against Great Grand Masti makers for calling a maid Shiney

Trouble refuses to end for Great Grand Masti. The film’s release was brought forward to July 15 after the adult comedy leaked online. Now, a day before its release, actor Shiney Ahuja filed a case against the film for naming a character after him. He has based his case on a report in Bollywood Hungama, which said a maid in the Read More


Watch: Because AIB knows that no one portrays the feeling of finding a Pokémon better than Shah Rukh Khan

All India Bakchod (AIB) is back with yet another AIB take on the recent Pokémon Go phenomenon that has gripped the world. Like everyone else, the funny men of AIB has been bitten by the Pokémon Go bug too. And they have a rather hilarious take on the frenzy, which has people absolutely hooked onto the augmented-reality mobile game. Here’s Read More


Obesity raises risk of premature death in men

Men who are overweight or obese are nearly three times more at the risk of premature death than women, says a study. The findings showed that the premature deaths, defined as those at ages 35-69 years, would be 29.5 per cent and 14.6 per cent for moderately obese men and women respectively. This corresponds to an absolute increase of 10.5 Read More


Men need women’s help to dress up for date: Survey

With men becoming more conscious about how they look and how they are looked at, they are increasingly turning to women for assistance on what to wear on their first date, reveals a new survey. The survey, conducted by content-meets-commerce lifestyle platform LimeRoad and dating app Truly Madly, was done to find out how style conscious men want to look Read More


Kalyana Samayal Saadham Hindi remake still on cards

Producer C.V. Kumar has clarified that the Hindi remake of Tamil comedy “Kalyana Samayal Saadham”, which was rumoured to be shelved, is still on cards despite the delay to take off. “The project is not shelved. Anand L. Rai will be co-producing the Hindi version and the work on the same is currently underway. Although Imran Khan and Shruti Haasan Read More