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- Miss Universe to now include Trans-Gender Women
- Telugu Superstar Ram Charan to act in Zanzeer remake
- Top Indo- Americans in White House
- Facebook to acquire Mobile App started by Indian Engineers
- 820 villages of Bihar to go Green
- Actors Brad Pitt and Anjelina Jolie tie knots finally
- Man rushes to Police after Woman demanded more sex
- Dr. Ambikesh Mahapatra worried about safety of his family
- Scientists play with life on Mars
- Pakistani Fashion Brands to open 200 outlets in India
| Miss Universe to now include Trans-Gender Women Posted: 15 Apr 2012 07:32 AM PDT Miss Universe will now include Trans-Gender Women also. It is changing its rules and will allow transgender women to take part in all of its competitions starting in 2013, the organization and gay rights group GLAAD said on Tuesday. Tuesday’s decision follows a media outcry over the disqualification of Canadian contestant Jenna Talackova from the upcoming Miss Universe Canada contest because she was not a “naturally born female.” Talackova 23, who underwent gender reassignment surgery when she was 19, was reinstated to theCanadian competition last week by businessman Donald Trump, who owns the Miss Universe organization. Talackova has a Canadian passport, driver’s license and other documents that identify her as a woman Following consultations with the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), Miss Universe “discussed a policy change that includes transgender women in time for the start of this fall’s 2013 pageant season; a time when most of the competitions around the world begin to take place,” the two groups said in a joint statement. The change brings Miss Universe into line with other groups that have taken a stand against discrimination of transgender women, including the Olympics, the Girl Scouts of America and TV show “America’s Next Top Model”, GLAAD said. “We have a long history of supporting equality for all women and this was something we took very seriously,” said Paula Shugart, president of the Miss Universe Organization. The exact language, which will abolish the long-standing rule that contestants must be “naturally born females,” is still being worked out, officials said. National beauty pageants are currently being held around the world to chose contestants to compete in the 2012 Miss Universe contest, to be held later this year. |
| Telugu Superstar Ram Charan to act in Zanzeer remake Posted: 15 Apr 2012 06:26 AM PDT Telugu Superstar Ram Charan who became famous with his film Magadheera will act in Zanzeer remake. Teja is not fluent in Hindi, but that isn’t likely to come in the way of his Bollywood debut project – “Zanjeer” remake – as his character lets his silence speak. Nevertheless, the actor is taking Hindi tutorials. Teja, who is superstar Chiranjeevi’s son, will play the role of cop Vijay, a silently seething social outcast. “I’m working on my Hindi for sure. I’ve got a tutor to teach me the nuances. Waise meri Hindi utni buri nahin hai (Anyway, my Hindi is not that bad). But yes, it’s a character who screams through his silence,” said Teja. “So let’s just say I’d let my silence speak louder than my words. That’s how my director Apoorva Lakhia and I are working on my character,” he added. For now, Teja has larger concerns to deal with — like stepping into megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s shoes. Big B, as the latter is fondly called, played Vijay in the original film. “So far dealing with being Chiranjeevi’s son was a challenge enough. But that challenge is nothing when compared with what I face now. To get into the space of India’s biggest star-actor is a prospect that I am not brooding over,” said Teja. But he isn’t mulling over prospective comparison with the much senior Amitabh. “If I think about how I’ll be compared in our ‘Zanjeer’ with Mr. Bachchan, I wouldn’t be able to get into it. I’ve constantly lived under the shadow of comparisons. “When I started in Telugu cinema in 2007, I was judged as the great Chiranjeevi’s son. If I cowered, thinking I was being seen only as an heir-apparent and not an individual, I’d have been immobilised. I just did what came naturally to me,” he said. Teja’s father Chiranjeevi too tried his luck in Hindi films like “Pratibandh” and “Mera Maqsad”, and the young actor feels that language is no bar for him. “He did some films in Hindi and then returned to Telugu cinema. The world has shrunk since then. To me, Hindi cinema is only an extension of what I’m already doing. It doesn’t matter what the language of a film is. A movie is a movie at the end of the day,” he said. Apart from “Zanjeer”, Teja’s most well-known Telugu film “Magadheera” might be remade in Hindi. But Teja says he isn’t interested in doing the film in Hindi. “I’m done with that character and role. ‘Magadheera’ was a special challenge. But to recreate that challenge would be of no use. I’d rather do a ‘Zanjeer’ which has been done earlier by another actor. I’d like to see where I can take that role,” he said. There are also plans to bring the father-son duo together on screen soon. “My father has completed 149 films. I hope to produce his 150th film and be part of it as an actor as well,” said Teja, who has no plans of getting into politics like his father. “I’m happy being an actor. I don’t see myself in the role of a politician at all,” he said. But was there a lot of politics in southern movies? “Not at all,” said Teja, adding: “All of us in Telugu cinema who are working as leading men, share a common platform. We’re competitors on screen. But once we’re out of the studios we’re one big family. “In that sense, cinema is a lot like politics. My father says when he enters the Assembly, all the politicians debate, argue and fight. But once they are done, they become friends again.” |
| Top Indo- Americans in White House Posted: 15 Apr 2012 03:41 AM PDT Indians are in majority next only to Americans when it com President Barack Obama, whose administration has by far the largest number of Indian Americans, has appointed two more to key White House jobs. USAID administrator Rajiv Shah is the highest ranking Indian American appointee. A list of top Indians in the Obama administration: Paula Gangopadhyay, Member, National Museum and Library Services Board, |
| Facebook to acquire Mobile App started by Indian Engineers Posted: 15 Apr 2012 03:13 AM PDT After acquiring Instagram Facebook will acquire privately held Tagtile, a customer loyalty mobile application founded by VMware engineer Abheek Anand and one-time Google engineer Soham Mazumdar. Facebook, which is preparing for an initial public offering, said it will acquire substantially all of the assets of the San Francisco startup and Tagtile founders will join the social networking company, Bloomberg News reported. The financial terms were not disclosed. The entrepreneurs created a system that lets customers use iPhones or Android-powered smartphones to check in at shops and get rewarded with discounts, coupons or loyalty points. To check in, customers need only to tap smartphones on small white cubes that swap information with handsets using sensors. “We started Tagtile with a simple goal — to help local business owners build better relationships with their best customers,” the founders said in a post at the company’s website. “We are happy to announce that we are joining Facebook,” they continued. “It is an opportunity for us to take our goal and do it on a much bigger scale than we could have on our own.” Facebook has been building its mobile services and capabilities as lifestyles increasingly revolved around smartphones and tablet computers. More than 10 million Instagram applications tuned to Apple or Android-powered gadgets have been downloaded since the acquisition by Facebook was announced on Monday, raising the total number of users to about 40 million. |
| 820 villages of Bihar to go Green Posted: 15 Apr 2012 02:22 AM PDT Bihar would energize 820 inaccessible remote villages in – Gopalganj, Saharsa, Supaul and Kaimur – districts under Rajiv Gandhi Rural Electrification programme (RGREP) in Bihar, state hydel power corporation chairman-cum-managing director A K Pandey said. Talking to PTI Pandey said around 40 villages of Baikunthpur and other blocks of Gopalganj district have been identified to cover under RGREP for electrification through non-conventional sources of energy like bio-mas and solar energy. We have already submitted the detailed project reports for around one hundred odd remote inaccessible villages in various district in Bihar, Pandey said. He said he would hold a high level meeting on reviewing the progress of preparations of the DPRs here on April 18. He said around 40 villages would be adopted in flood-prone Saharsa district to cover these remote villages through alternative sources of energy like biomas and solar energy, Pandey said. He disclosed that Bihar State Hydel Power Corporation has been appointed the nodal agency for the electrification of the remote villages virtually inaccessible by roads and fall under the catchment areas of the rivers. |
| Actors Brad Pitt and Anjelina Jolie tie knots finally Posted: 15 Apr 2012 02:08 AM PDT Actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, who have been together since seven years, have finally taken their relationship a step further, and confirmed they are engaged. “Yes, it’s confirmed. It is a promise for the future and their kids are very happy,” people.com quoted Pitt’s manager Cynthia Pett-Dante as saying. However, “there’s no date set at this time,” added Pett-Dante. Jolie, 36, and Pitt, 48, have been together since 2005. They raise six children – Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, and twins Knox and Viv. Beverly Hills jeweller Robert Procop has claimed that he designed an engagement ring for Jolie, with inputs from Pitt. Jolie was spotted wearing her engagement ring this week. “I can confirm that yes, Robert Procop did indeed design an engagement ring for Angelina Jolie, designed in collaboration with Brad Pitt,” Procop’s spokesman said.A lot of thought is said to have gone behind the ring. “Brad had a specific vision for this ring, which he realised over a year-long collaboration. He wanted every aspect of it to be perfect, so I was able to locate a diamond of the finest quality and cut it to an exact custom size and shape to suite Angelina’s hand,” said Procop in a statement. “Brad was always heavily involved, overseeing every aspect of the creative design evolution. The side diamonds are specially cut to encircle her finger. Each diamond is of the highest gem quality,” he added. Pitt was previously married to actress Jennifer Aniston, while Jolie has been wed twice before — first to British actor Johnny Lee Miller and then to actor Billy Bob Thornton. |
| Man rushes to Police after Woman demanded more sex Posted: 15 Apr 2012 12:06 AM PDT A man was forced to escape onto an apartment balcony and call the police for help after his lover refused to let him go – because she wanted more sex. The 43-year-old struck up a relationship with the woman, who is four years older to him, in a bar in Munich, Germany, Monday night. She took him to her apartment where they had sex several times. But when the woman demanded more, the exhausted man pleaded no. If that wasn’t enough, when officers arrived she even tried to lure them into her den. She is now facing possible charges of sexual assault and illegal restraint, Daily Mail reported Friday quoting the German news site The Province. |
| Dr. Ambikesh Mahapatra worried about safety of his family Posted: 14 Apr 2012 11:04 PM PDT Assaulted and forced to spend almost a night in jail for allegedly circulating ‘defamatory’ cartoons targeting Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Jadavpur University professor Ambikesh Mahapatra is now apprehensive about his own and his family’s security. “I am still to come to terms with the assault and my subsequent arrest. Not only my family and I are apprehensive of our security, even other residents of the housing society are now scared,” Mahapatra said Saturday. Mahapatra, who was attacked allegedly by Trinamool Congress workers late Thursday night, filed a police complaint and got the perpetrators arrested. “In my complaint, besides mentioning about the assault on me, I have also said that I was compelled by the attackers to give a written declaration that I was a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) worker and circulated the cartoon at the party’s behest,” Mahapatra said. Following his complaint, four people were arrested Saturday. However, within hours they were granted bail by a court as the charges levelled against them by the police were all bailable. Reacting to the news of his assaulters getting bail, Mahapatra said: “I was made to spend a night (late Thursday-early Friday) in jail and was granted bail only on Friday evening, whereas those who assaulted me were released within hours of their arrest. I have nothing to say… People are seeing everything. They will decide.” “I do not know why he was beaten up and arrested over a trivial issue. I am now very much concerned about the security of my family,” said Jolly, Mahapatra’s wife. “Humour is a part of life and if I get similar mails again I will surely forward them,” was the professor’s reply when asked if he would repeat the act again. The arrest has evoked widespread condemnation from all quarters. |
| Scientists play with life on Mars Posted: 14 Apr 2012 10:02 PM PDT Bungling NASA scientists are believed to have found tiny live microbes on Mars – but mistakenly killed them by boiling them alive, a media report said Saturday. Two spacecraft that landed on the Red Planet in 1976 are now thought to have detected microbes in Martian soil. But scientists at the time failed to spot the signs of life – and cooked the bugs at 160 degrees Centigrade during experiments, The Sun reported. Now an international team has used modern techniques to re-examine data collected by the two unmanned Viking probes. Biologist Joseph Miller, of the University of Southern California, said: “I’m 99 percent sure there’s life there. To paraphrase an old saying, if it looks like a microbe and acts like a microbe – then it probably is a microbe.” During the 1976 mission, nutrients were added to the Martian soil. It would have a similar effect to putting plant food on a garden. The soil gave off a gas, believed to be mainly carbon dioxide. Experts dismissed the possibility that the gas came from bugs. But new tests indicate it did. Unfortunately, the soil was heated in the original tests, killing any microbes, the newspaper added. |
| Pakistani Fashion Brands to open 200 outlets in India Posted: 14 Apr 2012 09:00 PM PDT Pakistan seems to have recognized the power of Indian Market and Consumers. Pakistan-based fashion house Sefam, which already has a store in the capital’s Greater Kailash market, is planning to expand its network in India with 200 stores in the next five years. “Owing to impressive demand for Pakistani dress material in India, we are targeting at significantly strengthening our presence in the country through a dynamic product range,” Zain Aziz, international business head, Sefam Pvt. Ltd, said in a statement. “From dress materials to ready-to-wear, we are planning to launch our collection in more than 200 brand stores in Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh and Ludhiana by 2015,” added Aziz. Sefam, established in 1985, is participating in the ongoing Lifestyle Pakistan Expo here, which is hosting 93 designers from across the border. The brand has its retail presence in over six countries, including Norway, Canada, the UAE, Britain, and Malaysia. They are also opening their stores in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait soon. India too is a lucrative market for the brand. “From a market opportunity perspective, the India fashion industry is growing in double digits, thereby offering Indian and foreign retailers a huge business opportunity,” said Aziz, who feels Pakistani embroidery is a huge draw for India’s fashion-conscious people. “We are delighted to see tremendous amount of interest for Pakistani fashion and traditional embroidery work in India, which brings us to the country,” Aziz said. The brand not only deals in contemporary ready-to-wear and couture lines, but also in home textiles. The other labels from Sefam include Bareeze, Chinyere, Kayseria and Rang Ja. |
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