Chennai: The global smartphone giant iPhone has started manufacturing in India. The latest model of the iPhone, the iPhone 11, is being manufactured at the Foxconn plant in Chennai. This is the first time Apple’s top-line model product is being manufactured in India.
The announcement was made by Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Twitter.
In 2019, the assembly of the iPhone XR began in India. Before that, it had manufactured the iPhone SE in 2017 at its Bangalore plant.
Earlier this month, it was announced that it would invest $ 1 billion to expand its iPhone manufacturing network in India.
Kochi: The NIA team will question former IT secretary M Sivasankar again in the gold smuggling case. Shivashankar was directed to appear at the NIA’s Kochi office on Monday.
On Thursday, the NIA had questioned Shivashankar at the police club at Peroorkada in Thiruvananthapuram. The interrogation started at 4 pm and ended at 9 pm.The NIA is looking into the whereabouts of Swapna Suresh, Sarit, and Sandeep, who were arrested in connection with the smuggling of gold in diplomatic luggage to the UAE consulate. The customs team had earlier questioned Shivshankar on the matter.
Jaipur: Sachin Pilot has been involved in legal battles and dramatic moves in court amid political dramas in Rajasthan. The High Court adjourned its judgment after considering a last-minute petition filed by the opposition seeking the Center to join the party as the case was related to disqualification. The High Court has ruled that action should not be taken against 19 dissident MLAs, including Pilot, until the verdict is announced. It is not uncommon for a verdict to be postponed in the case where it was due to be pronounced.
The Pilot has filed a fresh petition in the court just moments before the verdict on Pilot’s petition against the speaker who issued the disqualification notice. Pilot’s latest plea was that the central position was crucial in the case as it relates to the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution and should be heard. The court agreed that it could be heard through extraordinary proceedings.
This is a matter related to the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution. This raises the question of the very existence of the Tenth Schedule. So Sachin wanted the Center to listen to him. The court asked the ASG to know what the central position was and who would come to argue for the center. It is learned that ASG is currently communicating with the Center regarding its position.
There are several crucial things to know, including whether the central government’s case will be heard today in connection with the case. The Solicitor General himself is likely to appear on behalf of the Central Government as he has raised a constitutional issue. If so, the court will have to set another date for hearing the Centre’s arguments. In short, it means that the verdict will be delayed.
At the same time, legal experts point out that the Supreme Court itself has given a detailed ruling on the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution. Many legal experts are asking what it means to hear arguments in this case, replacing the verdict in the case that was to be pronounced.
With this, Pilot has extended the time to make political moves. The Rajasthan High Court has been debating the issue for the past one week. Senior legal experts appeared for both parties.
Nineteen MLAs, including Sachin Pilot and two ministers, were absent from the assembly meeting convened twice by the Congress. The Speaker sent a notice to them pointing this out. The reason was to show cause if the disqualification was not to be ordered. The speaker gave the rebels three days to respond. However, the Pilot went to court claiming that the Speaker did not have the authority to send such a notice in the absence of the Assembly. The MLAs also argued that the Speaker’s action in disqualifying them from resigning from a party would not stand.
Mumbai: The last film of the late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput has been released today. Dil Bechara, directed by Mukesh Chabra, will be released on the OTD platform. The film is set to release on the 40th day after Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead at his home in Bandra. In honor of Sushant, the audience will have the opportunity to watch for free.
The movie will be telecast on Disney Plus Hot Star VIP tonight at 7.30 pm. Newcomer Sanjana Sangi is Sushant’s heroine in the film. The songs in the film, previously released were hits. Dil Bechara is said to be a heart touching love story. The film is inspired by the novel Fault in Our Stars by John Green.
Earlier, actors and actresses had said that Sushant had committed suicide due to discrimination in the Hindi film world. Karan Johar and Salman Khan were also heavily criticized. Sushant Singh Rajput’s death sparks controversy and criticism over nepotism in the Hindi cinema.
•ONE WORD: A movie that keeps losing its track from the beginning, strictly average.
•DETAIL REVIEW:
French Biriyani deals with a group of gangsters who are looking for baggage, in-between a French foreigner Simon who will be mistaken as a carrier and an auto-rickshaw driver Azgar gets involved with the missing baggage. Rest of the story unfolds various incidents happening to find the baggage.
No doubt the direction held by Pannaga Bharana was exceptional but unfortunately not extraordinary when it comes to the story and screenplay. Looking into the plot one can realise that the storyline is simple but while watching the movie it’s evident that the whole making is not that easy like the story, his direction was truly vigilant and stunning, to make it more clear the entire making was passionate.
The story written by Avinash Balekkala is simple which had all the factors for a fun-oriented film but whatever the screenplay was mediocre. The story comprises plenty of several characters which demands many factors for various ongoing situations and those situations are the components which lead to unfolding the film, sadly most of the written incidents doesn’t create an impact or influence to impress the viewers.
The subplots and the character development was not that accurate according to the plot. When looking into the basic storyline the subplot situations were dragged and some scenarios were felt unwanted also at some point the viewers may get confused about many occurring situations. The ensuing scenes of coincidence and unexpected happenings of events seems amateurish because it was felt like the writer is compelling the viewers to think as per his thoughts which were unbearable.
The major drawback I felt in this movie is its screenplay. The inexperience in writing was felt from the middle. The targeted factors of making humour with the mix of a thriller backdrop had given an unsatisfactory feel. Many of the circumstances lack depth and similarly continuity to further heading scenes specifically to the climax has a clear shortage of believability. The script was having the capability of creating various kind of emotions especially friendship and sentiment but woefully none of these was not established. While watching I was expecting a wonderful friendship between the two main characters ( Asgar and Foreigner Simon) but sadly that kind of pure friendship was not used effectively.
Even though the movie suffers from its poor screenplay and predictable storyline the making and direction held by Pannaga Bharana deserves mention. The direction stood favourable and hasn’t lost its grasp; even though the story and screenplay resulted in average the making style is satisfactory, he had sincerely maintained the momentum. If he had involved and put more effort into the screenplay the final result would have been different. The dialogues were written down sharply particularly for the situational comedies. Majority of the humour conversation had worked out to pass out a laughable time.
The director had also succeeded in choosing the right cast; the performance of every major character was impressive. Danish Sait as Asgar had delivered a terrific job, his entire performance was incredible especially when it comes to the situational comedies. Another notable performance was from Sal Yusuf who handled the character called Simon. His innocence, comedies and various emotions of sentiments had brilliantly worked out. The combination scenes of Danish Sait and Sal Yusuf were pleasing to watch. Both of the heroines Disha Madan as the news reporter and Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy as Rahila did a noteworthy performance. Rangayana Raghu as the Sub Inspector of Police was hilarious, his situational comedies we’re fun to watch also R.J. Vicky as Blacky and Pitobash Tripathy as car driver did complete justice to his character.
The musical work composed by Vasuki Vaibhav was outstanding. The songs tuned by Vasuki had helped the movie to get into a terrific level. The title rap song “The Bengaluru Song” was superb with its stunning lyrics and the vocals of Adhiti Sagar was amazingly match to the beats also the rap lyrics of Vaibhav and Avinash Balekkala was flawless to set the scenarios of Bengaluru. The song ”Hogbitta Charles” was also good and the group singers had made a great job. The song “Fakrudeen” was fine and had synced to set the chasing scene. The background scores were excellent, throughout the movie to maintain the impact of the plot the background score had genuinely helped the viewers to engage within the film. The background score at the comedy scenes was fabulous also the BGM tunes at the situational humour area had worked out well. Also several BGM tracks at the crucial areas of the when especially towards the climax was tracked faultlessly.
A sublime work was held by Kharthik Palani who handled the cinematography. The frames of Bengaluru City especially the street Shivaji Nagar was captured charmingly. All of the chasing scenes were glorious and the lighting used for indoor scenes deserves a special remark. After watching the trailer I was shocked to see the poor editing but in the movie the entire editing work was superb, none of the scenes was having any kind of mismatches.
Therefore to conclude French Biriyani had given me an average viewing experience, the beginning was promising but eventually get flattened by its predictable plot and weak screenplay. So overall French Biriyani is not a kind of movie which is meant for everyone but still, those who are fond of slapstick kind of genre French Biriyani may be an ok choice.
Thiruvananthapuram: The assembly session has been postponed to Monday. The move comes amid mounting COVID outbreaks increased in the state.
Meanwhile, a special cabinet meeting will be convened on Monday. A decision may be made on Monday on whether the state needs a complete lockdown again. Earlier on Monday, the assembly was scheduled to convene. Meanwhile, the Chief Minister has called an all-party meeting on Friday. Meanwhile, opposition members have come out against the adjournment of the Assembly.
However, the majority members of the cabinet are of the opinion that there is no need for a complete lockdown at the moment.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had yesterday stated that a complete lockdown would have to be considered in the backdrop of increasing COVID cases in the state.
Thiruvananthapuram: The Water Resources Department has sanctioned Rs 2 crore each to the collectors of nine districts to deal with the damage caused by the sea wreak havoc. The collectors of Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Kannur, and Kasaragod were allotted `2 crores each.
Water Resources Minister K Krishnankutty said the money was allocated for the immediate construction and maintenance of the sea wall.
Thiruvananthapuram: The Enforcement Directorate has arrested the accused in the gold smuggling case. The ED arrested the accused Swapna, Sandeep, and Sarith. Apart from them, KT Ramis has also been arrested. Meanwhile, ED has started proceedings to seize the property of Swapna and Sandeep.
Meanwhile, the customs have launched an investigation into the case, focusing on the financial sources of UAE Consulate former gunman Jayaghosh. The investigation team also collected the account details of the relatives during the home inspection. It is learned that the statements of more people, including the drivers at the consulate, will be recorded soon.
It has been confirmed that Jayaghosh has close links with the gold smuggling accused. Earlier, it was learned that Jayaghosh had gone to the airport with Sarith during the gold smuggling operation. Along with that are the suspicious situations that Jayaghosh puts forward, such as suicide attempts and death threats. It is against this backdrop that the investigation into Jayaghosh is focused.
New Delhi: Indian Railways is gearing up to implement a contactless ticket verification system based on the QR code as it is imperative to maintain social distance in the face of increasing COVID.
The Railway Information System (CRIS), an application center for all regional railway stations, has been launched to display the reserved ticket details in QR code.
The QR code-based ticket verification system was developed by the Prayag Division of the North Central Railway. If the passenger books a reserved ticket from any part of the country, a message containing the URL and QR code will be sent to the passenger’s mobile number. When entering the station or checking a ticket, the passenger can click on the QR code or URL code available on the mobile and the QR code of the reserved ticket will be available on the passenger’s mobile.
The Railways informed that the Railway Examiner can check this QR code quickly. Railway officials were asked to train officials for this.
New Delhi: The Center has provided Rs 346 crore as emergency assistance to flood-hit Assam. The amount has been sanctioned as a first step. The floods affected 26 districts in Assam. So far, 89 people have died, according to the Assam Disaster Management Authority. The floods affected 2,63,1,143 people across the state.
Golpora district was the worst hit by the floods. More than 4 lakh people are affected by the disaster here alone. The worst affected districts are Barpeta, Lakhimpur, Dubri, South Salamara, and Golaghat. So far, the state government has opened 391 relief camps. All 120 animals in Kaziranga National Park were killed in the floods. News agencies report that 147 animals have been rescued.
