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Another year. Another controversy surrounding the National Film Awards. On Friday, 7 April 2017, was initially announced that Akshay Kumar’s outing as naval officer Rustom Pavri in last year’s Rustom has won the A-lister his first Best Actor mention at the 64th National Film Awards. The actor even took to Twitter to thank the jury for the honour and to dedicate the win to his wife. A few hours later, the 64th National Film Awards 2017 jury head, director Priyadarshan, said, “Akshay has won the Best Actor award for both Airlift and Rustom. For technical reasons, only Rustom is mentioned in the list of awardees. But he has given contrasting and extremely sensitive performances in both Airlift and Rustom, and we thought it was only fair to honour him for both.” Interestingly, Priyadarshan has helmed four Akshay starrers, including Hera Pheri. How does an actor win an award for two performances? And, if the criterion was an actor’s range over multiple films in one year, did the

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=918xbxYPxE4 Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina met in Delhi today, signing 22 agreements including a 500 million dollar line of credit to Dhaka for the purchase of military hardware, the first such agreement of its kind between the two countries. India also extended another 4.5 billion dollars in a line of credit to Bangladesh for infrastructure projects, taking the total line of credit extended by India to over 8 billion dollars over the last few years. However, there was no pact on the Teesta water sharing treaty, a big disappointment for Dhaka in particular since West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is still opposed to it. The Teesta river runs through Bengal into Bangladesh and the treaty allows for 50:50 water sharing during the lean season. But Ms Banerjee feels it will be detrimental to her state's interests. In his statement to the media, Prime Minister Modi said, "I am very ha

As the Goods and Services Tax Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha, it also brought India at the center of the global economy. With the passing of the bill, many international newspapers published their views on how the GST Bill brings a new wave of economic reform in the country. The Washington Post, highlighting the unity in the country despite its diversity, said that the bill is a big step toward unifying the country even further, saying that an “economic legacy has to start somewhere.” It also remarked on the time that it would take for the bill to be implemented but had an overall positive outlook towards it. “As with all previous attempts to unify India in various ways, this law’s implementation will probably take years. Results may not be visible by the end of Modi’s first term, in 2019. But with only two years under Modi’s belt — a very short time in India — hopes are still high for a brighter economic future,” it said. In an op-ed piece, Global Times expressed its f

US President Donald Trump has condemned the killing of dozens of civilians in northern Syria in an apparent chemical weapons attack by Syria's air force. It was an "affront to humanity", he said, adding: "When you kill innocent children, innocent babies, little babies... that crosses... many lines." He did not mention Russia, Syria's ally, which says chemical weapons in rebel hands may have been released. But America's envoy to the UN accused Russia of covering up for Damascus. What we know Could there be "no-fly" zones at last? Images of dead children spread over social media Aftermath of attack in pictures  (Warning: graphic images) "Time and time again Russia uses the same false narrative to deflect attention from their ally in Damascus," Nikki Haley said during a heated UN Security Council debate in New York. Hinting at possible unilateral action by the US, she added: "When the United Nations consistently

What's the most popular profession in India besides engineering? It's MBA. If you are an MBA living in India, you are gold in the matrimonial market. There are MBAs everywhere. But somehow finding a job is still difficult. And even when you do find one, the pay you get is so mediocre, it won't even pay your MBA loan for the next 20 years. Well, Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India ( Assocham ) has answered the question everybody is unwilling to answer.  According to the organization, except the top business institutions like IIMs and a few others, the rest of the business schools in India (over 5500 of them) produce graduates who are mostly ‘unemployable'.  And even if they do get jobs, the pay is really abysmal, often amounting to only Rs 10,000 a month.“Barring a handful of top Business schools like the government run IIMs and other few, most of 5,500 B schools in the country are producing sub-par graduates who are largely un-employable r

Reliance Jio on Friday made a slew of announcements related to its Prime membership,  including no tariff for the first three months under the scheme. To avail the offer, customers will have to first subscribe to the Prime membership by paying Rs 99 and also purchase Jio's Rs 303 and other plans. Following which, they will get the first three months as "complimentary" and their paid tariff plan will begin from July. "Every Jio Prime member - when they make their first paid recharge prior to 15th April using Jio's Rs 303 plan (or any higher value plan) - will get services for the initial 3 months on a complimentary basis. Your paid tariff plan will be applied only in July, after the expiry of the complimentary service," Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani said. Jio Summer Surprise  While thanking customers who have purchased the Prime membership, Ambani termed the new offer as Jio Summer Surprise. "The Jio Summer Surprise is the f