Messi and Putellas voted best players at FIFA awards again

World Cup champion Lionel Messi edged Kylian Mbappé again, this time to take FIFA's best men's player award.

The best women's player was Spain's Alexia Putellas for a second straight year.

After steering Argentina to World Cup glory in an epic final against Mbappé's France last year in Qatar, Messi won the best player vote against Mbappé and Karim Benzema and secured the FIFA prize for the seventh time in 14 years on Monday night.

He won the World Cup at his record-equaling fifth attempt.

“It was a crazy year for me,” Messi said. “I could fulfil my (World Cup) dream after fighting for it for so long. And in the end it happened, and it was the most beautiful thing of my career. It's the dream of every player, but very few can achieve it, so I'm thankful to God for being able to do it.”

The three players made the final shortlist in voting by a global panel of national team captains and coaches, selected journalists in each of FIFA's 211 member countries, plus fans online.

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'Everything Everywhere All At Once', 'The White Lotus' sweep SAG Awards

 

The metaverse adventure movie 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' nabbed the best ensemble prize at the 29th Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday evening, reports 'Variety'.

The Michelle Yeoh-starrer also broke records, becoming the biggest film winner in the history of the show, sweeping nearly every category, 'Variety' adds.

But SAG highlights the small screen, as well as the big, notes 'Variety'. The awards-season favourite 'Abbott Elementary', a sitcom about teachers in an underfunded public school, won the best TV comedy ensemble statue. Another series that has been picking up awards, 'The White Lotus', a trenchant look at the over-privileged guests at an Italian resort, took home the best TV drama ensemble honour.

'Everything Everywhere All at Once', one of the few recent indies to break out in a big way at the box office, dominated the evening with four wins, followed by 'The White Lotus', which will be remembered for Jennifer Coolidge, with two victories.

'Everything Everywhere All at Once' has continued to build momentum during a marathon awards season, racking up top prizes as it barrels toward the Oscars in two weeks, adds 'Variety'.

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SS Rajamouli's 'RRR' wins four trophies at HCA Film Awards

 

Filmmaker SS Rajamouli's Telugu blockbuster "RRR" has lifted four trophies at the 2023 HCA Film Awards, including best international film and best action film.

At the award ceremony, organised by Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and held at Beverly Wilshire in Los Angeles on Friday night, the film also took home the award for best stunts, while its Oscar-nominated track "Naatu Naatu" won the best original song trophy.

Rajamouli accepted the award for best stunts and in his speech, the filmmaker praised the film's team for putting their best foot forward.

"In the innumerable action shots in the whole film, there were hardly 2-3 shots where we used body doubles. The actors performed each and every stunt. They are wonderful guys.

"It is the combined effort of the whole team. I thank my whole team for this. We have put in 320 days of hard work to make this film, most of which were taken by the stunts," the director said.

He said the recognition means a lot, not just to him, but to the Indian film industry.

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Don't know how many more days will it take to get over this defeat: Harmanpreet

 

The morale-shattering World Cup defeat is playing havoc with the mind of a crestfallen India captain Harmanpreet Kaur, who doesn't know when will she overcome the near-yet-so-far feeling.

Harmanpreet's bat got locked while trying to complete a second run during the semifinal against Australia on Thursday and that proved to be the turning point of the game as the untimely dismissal of the skipper led to their heartbreaking five-run defeat.

"It is very difficult to control myself. I don't know. Right now, I am sitting in a hangover," Harmanpreet said during a media interaction.

She wore dark shades to hide her tears during post-match presentation ceremony.

It has been a case of near misses for this Indian team, having narrowly lost the ODI World Cup final to England in 2017 and the CWG final to Australia in Birmingham in 2022.

No one knows the pain more than the skipper.

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Keanu Reeves trained for 3 months for 'John Wick 4' action scenes

 

Hollywood star Keanu Reeves is well known for performing as many of his own stunts, which is why he spent nearly three months just training for for the fourth instalment of his 'John Wick' franchise.

Each installment of the Lionsgate-backed action franchise is known for upping the ante, and the case is no different for 'Chapter 4', reports 'Variety'.

"It's been about 12 weeks of training. It's new levels of action," Reeves said in a new featurette for the sequel.

"You know, nun-chucks, which was challenging. John Wick's action asks just a little bit more. And you see the effort and the commitment from the team."

According to Reeves, the most challenging was a car stunt in which his character races around the historic Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

Reeves had to learn how to do a reverse 180 and drift all while reloading his prop gun and shooting it out of the door.

As Reeves explained: "For 'Chapter 4', we wanted to bring the muscle cars back."

"Have we gone too far?" the actor asked about the insane stunts in the film.

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Adani Group firms fall in morning trade; Adani Enterprises tumbles over 9 pc

 

Shares of Adani Group firms fell sharply in morning trade on Wednesday in line with an overall weak trend in the equity market.

Adani Enterprises stock tumbled 9.31 per cent on the BSE.

Shares of Adani Power declined 5 per cent, Adani Transmission fell 5 per cent, Adani Total Gas (5 per cent), Ambuja Cements (5 per cent) Adani Green Energy (4.99 per cent), Adani Wilmar (4.99 per cent) and NDTV (4.55 per cent).

The stock of Adani Ports declined 4.38 per cent and ACC fell 3 per cent.

Many of the group firms also hit their lower circuit limits in morning trade.

The broader equity market also faced weak trend as the BSE Sensex fell 596.95 points or 0.98 per cent to 60,075.77 in morning trade.

Adani Group stocks have taken a beating on the exchanges after US-based short seller Hindenburg Research made a litany of allegations, including fraudulent transactions and share-price manipulation, against it.

The group has dismissed the charges as lies, saying it complies with all laws and disclosure requirements.

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Mumbai Police book SS(UBT) MLA's son in Sonu Nigam manhandling case

 

The Mumbai Police early on Tuesday booked Swapnil P. Phaterpekar, the son of Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Prakash Phaterpekar for the roughing up of playback singer Sonu Nigam, a top official said, in what has emerged to be another 'selfie' related incident in a week.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone VI) Hemrajsingh Rajput said that the incident occurred when Nigam was coming out of a concert in Chembur late on Monday night.

"After the concert, Nigam was coming down from the stage when a person named Swapnil P. Phaterpekar stopped him for a selfie, when Nigam refused, he pushed the singer and two others from the steps, and one sustained injury. We have booked only one accused (Swapnil Phaterpekar) for the incidenta The other volunteers came to the aid of Nigam and he was taken away from there safely," Rajput said.

Swapnil Phaterpekar, President of Sanskar Pratisthan and holding a MBA degree from London and Mumbai, allegedly ran after Nigam for clicking a selfie when the jostling took place, around 11.30 p.m, but was stopped by his security personnel.

Source : https://www.dailypioneer.com/2023/trending-news/mumbai-police-book-ss-ubt--mla-s-son-in-sonu-nigam-manhandling-case.html

Adani Power's Rs 7k cr deal to buy DB Power assets falls through

 

Adani Power Ltd's Rs 7,017-crore deal to buy thermal power assets of DB Power has fallen after the initial pact expired.

"We wish to inform that the long stop date under the memorandum of understanding dated August 18, 2022, has expired," Adani Power said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday.

Earlier in August 2022, Adani Power had informed the bourses that it has agreed to acquire DB Power Ltd (DB Power), which owns and operates a running 2x600 MW thermal power plant at district Janjgir Champa in Chhattisgarh.

Queries regarding the status of the deal sent to Adani Power did not elicit any response.

This assumes significance in view of allegations of fraud against Adani group by the US-based short-seller Hindenburg Research. This issue rocked Parliament also earlier this month and opposition had demanded Joint Parliamentary Committee as well as a Supreme Court monitored probe into the issue.

Source : https://www.dailypioneer.com/2023/trending-news/adani-power-s-rs-7k-cr-deal-to-buy-db-power-assets-falls-through.html

Most Adani group companies rebound in morning trade

 

Shares of most of the Adani group companies rose in the morning trade on Wednesday, with flagship Adani Enterprises gaining nearly 3 per cent.

As many as six Adani group firms were trading in the positive territory, while four were in the red.

On the BSE, the scrip of Adani Enterprises jumped 2.84 per cent to Rs 1,800 apiece, with a market capitalisation of Rs 2.05 lakh crore.

Shares of Adani Wilmar soared 3.33 per cent to Rs 406.70, Ambuja Cements surged 2.35 per cent to Rs 344.55 and NDTV increased 2.31 per cent to Rs 192.70.

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone went up 0.92 per cent to Rs 570.30 and ACC rose 0.64 per cent to Rs 1,842.65 per scrip on the exchange.

However, some of the group firms also touched their lower price bands.

Source : https://www.dailypioneer.com/2023/trending-news/most-adani-group-companies-rebound-in-morning-trade.html

Ayushmann Khurrana's 'Dream Girl 2' to release on July 7

 

“Dream Girl 2”, starring Ayushmann Khurrana, is set to arrive in cinema halls in July this year.

The upcoming film is the follow-up to the 2019 comedy-drama also starring Khurrana, who played a man whose female voice impersonation as Pooja begets attention from others.

The actor shared the new release date of the film in a clip posted on Twitter.

"BREAKING NEWS: @Pooja_DreamGirl is back! #7KoSaathMein dekhenge! #DreamGirl2 releasing in cinemas on 7th July, 2023," Khurrana tweeted.

The movie was earlier scheduled to arrive on June 29.

The clip sees Pooja talking on phone to 'Pathaan'. A voice similar to that of superstar Shah Rukh Khan is heard wishing Pooja 'Happy Valentine's Day'. He then tells Pooja that soon "Jawan" will also release and asks her when will she arrive in theatres.

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Adani group stocks slide in morning trade, Adani Enterprises falls more than 4 pc

 

Shares of Adani group of companies declined in morning trade on Monday, with flagship company Adani Enterprises falling over 4 per cent after credit rating firm Moody's revised the rating outlook on four companies of the conglomerate to 'negative' from 'stable'.

On the BSE, the scrip of Adani Enterprises dived 4.32 per cent to Rs 1,767.60 apiece in the early trade, while shares of Adani Ports and Economic Zone slipped 2.56 per cent to Rs 568.90 per share.

Some of the group firms also touched their lower price bands.

In the morning session, shares of Adani Power plummeted to Rs 156.10, Adani Transmission to Rs 1,126.85, Adani Green Energy to Rs 687.75 and Adani Total Gas to Rs 1,195.35 per share on the bourse. All these scrips declined 5 per cent each.

The scrip of Ambuja Cements plunged 3.34 per cent to Rs 349, Adani Wilmar went lower by 3.31 per cent to Rs 421.65, NDTV nosedived 2.25 per cent to Rs 203.95 and ACC fell 1.49 per cent to Rs 1,853 apiece on the BSE.

In the morning session, the 30-share BSE Sensex was trading 393.56 points or 0.65 per cent lower at 60,289.14 points.

Source : https://www.dailypioneer.com/2023/trending-news/adani-group-stocks-slide-in-morning-trade--adani-enterprises-falls-more-than-4-pc.html

'Bigg Boss 16': Rohit Shetty assigns challenging tasks to the top finalists

 

In the upcoming episode of 'Bigg Boss 16', filmmaker Rohit Shetty, who hosts the stunt-based reality show 'Khatron Ke Khiladi', will be seen making the final five contestants do some daring stunts.

A promo of the upcoming episode features Rohit entering the house in his signature style of action: he enters the house by breaking down a huge glass wall with a kick.

The final five Shalin Bhanot, Priyanka Choudhary, Archana Gautam, MC Stan and Shiv Thakare assemble in the garden area as the filmmaker announces that they would be performing dangerous challenges.

In another promo, Shiv, MC Stan and Archana get a chance to witness their journey videos.

Shiv Thakare walks towards the stage and Bigg Boss praises him by calling "Yaaron Ka Yaar" and Mandali ka "Dil Aur Dimaag".

Source : https://www.dailypioneer.com/2023/trending-news/-bigg-boss-16---rohit-shetty-assigns-challenging-tasks-to-the-top-finalists.html

Australia opt to bat as India hand out Test debuts to Suryakumar and Bharat in opening match

 

Australia captain Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to bat in the opening Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium here on Thursday.

India's charismatic middle-order batter in T20I cricket Suryakumar Yadav made his Test debut along with wicket-keeper KS Bharat, with the Cummins-led Australia handing out the Baggy Green to spinner Todd Murphy.

Former India coach Ravi Shastri handed out the India cap to Suryakumar while Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara presented it to Bharat.

Australia spinner and a member of the playing XI, Nathan Lyon gave the Baggy Green to Murphy.

In a first, the BCCI invited both Suryakumar and Bharat's families to come inside the ground and watch the Test cap presentation ceremony.

Head coach Rahul Dravid congratulated and shook hands with the family members of both the India players.

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'Now our permanent booking is done,' posts Kiara on Instagram after wedding

 

Film actress Kiara Advani and actor Sidharth Malhotra tied the knot on Tuesday.

Kiara-Sidharth took 'pheras' in a place called as Bavdi situated at Suryagarh Hotel in Jaisalmer at 6.30 p.m.

For the royal wedding, the mandap at the hotel was decorated with exotic flowers. There was a reception held after the wedding.

Late night the wedding photos of both Kiara and Sidharth came to the fore where the former wrote on Instagram: "Now our permanent booking is done."

Earlier, a procession was taken out with bandbaje. Sidharth had left with the procession sitting on a white mare.

Karan Johar, Shahid Kapoor and Kiara-Sidharth's families danced in it.

Sidharth's father was sitting on a wheelchair. A Jiya band was specially called from Delhi for the procession which was taken out with Punjabi dhol and music.

On reaching the procession, Kiara-Sidharth's varmala took place. Both garlanded each other with white rose flowers.

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Most Adani group cos rise in morning trade

 

Most of the Adani group companies rose in morning trade on Tuesday, with flagship Adani Enterprises gaining 5 per cent.

Amid volatile trading in the market, as many as eight Adani group firms were trading in the positive territory while two were in the red.

On the BSE, the scrip of Adani Enterprises jumped 15 per cent to its upper price band of Rs 1,808.25 apiece with a market capitalisation of Rs 2.06 lakh crore.

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone surged 8.96 per cent to Rs 595, and its market valuation rose to Rs 1.28 lakh crore.

While Adani Wilmar jumped 5 per cent to Rs 399.40, Adani Transmission increased 5 per cent to Rs 1,324.45, Adani Green Energy went up 2.10 per cent to Rs 906.15, and Adani Green Energy rose 4.21 per cent to Rs 924.90.

Source : https://www.dailypioneer.com/2023/trending-news/most-adani-group-cos-rise-in-morning-trade.html

Ricky Kej wins third Grammy Award, dedicates honour to India

 

Music composer Ricky Kej, based out of Bengaluru, has won his third Grammy Award for the album 'Divine Tides' and dedicated the honour to his home country, India.

The US-born musician shared the award with Stewart Copeland, the drummer of the iconic British rock band The Police, who collaborated with Kej on the album.

At the 65th Annual Grammy Awards, the duo earned the gramophone trophy in the best immersive audio album winner category. They had won a Grammy in the best new age album category for the same album last year.

"Congrats Best Immersive Audio Album winner - 'Divine Tides' Eric Schilling, immersive mix engineer; @copelandmusic, @rickykej & Herbert Waltl, immersive producers (Stewart Copeland & Ricky Kej) #GRAMMYs," announced the Recording Academy, the organisation behind Grammy Awards, on its official Twitter page on Sunday night.

Kej said he was "grateful" for the recognition.

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Kiara-Sid to reach Jaisalmer on Feb 5, families to arrive on Saturday

 

If sources from the Bollywood and Rajasthan hotel industry are to be believed, actors Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra will come on February 5 to tie the nuptial knot in Rajasthan, thousands of km away from Mumbai.

The families will reach Jaisalmer a day earlier, on February 4.

Around 150 VVIPs will reportedly attend this high profile wedding along with the guests from the cinema industry.

Kiara and Sidharth will arrive in Jaisalmer on February 5.

Preparations have also started at the Suryagarh Hotel. Special security arrangements have been made to monitor the security of the VVIP guests who have been invited in the wedding.

Sources said that a wedding planner company in Mumbai is looking after the arrangements.

The Suryagarh Hotel is located about 16 km from Jaisalmer.

Kiara-Siddharth will tie the knot on February 6 at Suryagarh Hotel in Jaisalmer.

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Amul hikes milk price by Rs 3/litre for Delhi, Maha & Kolkata consumers

 

Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (GCMMF) has increased prices of Amul pouch milk (all variants) by Rs 3 per litre with immediate effect.

The price has been increased for the consumers in Delhi, Kolkata and Maharashtra.

"We would like to inform you that the price of Amul pouch milk (all variants) has been revised upwards as under w.e.f. February 2, 2023 night dispatch (February 3, 2023 morning)," the GMCCF said in a statement.

After the price hike, Amul Taaza one liter will cost Rs 54; Amul Gold one litre Rs 66; Amul cow milk Rs 56; Amul A2 Buffalo milk one liter Rs 170. The price has been hiked for all the variants of Amul Milk.

Source : https://www.dailypioneer.com/2023/trending-news/amul-hikes-milk-price-by-rs-3-litre-for-delhi--maha---kolkata-consumers.html

Netflix shares how it plans to maintain account sharing within household

 

Streaming giant Netflix has shared its rules and exemptions to explain how it plans to maintain account sharing within a household.

The company has updated its FAQ pages for countries where it is already testing extra membership fees for account sharing -- Chile, Costa Rica and Peru, reports TechCrunch.

By charging extra fees for extended usage of the streaming service outside the household, the company hopes to reduce account sharing this year.

With the new terms, users are asked to specify their TV as their primary location, and the same Wi-Fi network as the TV should be used to connect all accounts and devices.

"A primary location is set by a TV that is signed into your account and is connected to your Wi-Fi network. All other devices signed into your account on that Wi-Fi network will be associated with your primary location and will be able to use Netflix," the company said.

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Former law minister Shanti Bhushan dies aged 97

 

Former Union law minister and eminent jurist Shanti Bhushan died Tuesday at his home in Delhi following a brief illness, a source close to his family said. He was 97.

Bhushan, who was also a senior advocate, served as the law minister from 1977 to 1979 in the Morarji Desai cabinet.

Bhushan, whose sons Jayant and Prashant Bhushan are leading lawyers, was active in the legal profession till recently and had argued on a PIL in the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored probe into the Rafale fighter jets deal.

Shanti Bhushan appeared in several cases of public importance.

He represented petitioner Raj Narain in the Allahabad High Court in a famous case in which the election of then prime minister Indira Gandhi was annulled for committing electoral malpractices.

He was quite vocal on the issue of corruption which led him to his brief association with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

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