CURRENT AFFAIRS: November 2011

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

The health benefits of being single

Single life is underrated. When you’re single you can dance like a crazy thing, flirt with your cute colleague and if your friends ask you to go to LA, then (money aside) why not? Not only can the single life be far more fun, it also has some major health perks. So, if you’re feeling glum about not finding The One, cheer yourself up knowing that being single means you have.

Washington, Nov 29 (ANI): Men do not think about sex the whole day as they also think about other biological needs like sleeping and eating, a new study has suggested.

The research discredits the persistent stereotype that men think about sex every seven seconds, which would amount to more than 8,000 thoughts about sex in 16 waking hours

Why Curvy Women Will Always Score Above Size-Zero Ones?

I have often hated the media/advertising industry for the manner in which they impact our mind, brainwash our sensibilities and make us believe not just an alternate view but its exact opposite, i.e. absolute lies. No, this article is not about how penetrative advertising campaigns can blunt the human brain. I say this simply to underline the fact that the beauty industry and media seem to have joined hands with the modeling and fashion world to peddle a sinisterly twisted image of beauty. Apart from a few handful women who have been able to make peace with their actual body image, most of them remain hooked on to this manufactured perception that thinness equals beautiful.

Excited to cast Sunny Leone in 'Jism 2', Mahesh Bhatt to be on Bigg Boss to meet the porn star in person

Ever since Sunny Leone expressed interest in exploring opportunities in Bollywood, directors have been queuing up to sign the adult film actress for their upcoming ventures. However, directorMahesh Bhatt seems to have beaten the rest in this race. The veteran filmmaker is so keen on working with Sunny Leone that he will be joining her in the Bigg Boss House where she currently resides. Bhatt, who clearly has an eye for talent – given that he has successfully launched iconic stars John Abraham, Bipasha Basu, Kangana Ranaut, and Emraan Hashmi among others – can forsee potential in Sunny and wants to consider her as the lead for his upcoming film ‘Jism 2’.

It’s very possible you could be falling for someone right now and not even realise it. We’ve all had that ‘D’oh’ moment when we realise we’ve been trailing around after someone for months, without really considering that they could be a potential love interest. Here are five signs that you’re chasing him without knowing it – do any of them ring a bell?

Top 5 mobile phones under Rs 10,000 for October & November

This edition of our 'Top five mobile phones under Rs 10,000' has two smartphones that were earlier priced around Rs 15,000.

Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 @ Rs 7,000

It maintained its numero uno status in our last list of 'Best smartphones under Rs 10,000' purely on the basis of its specifications and price.

Why Are Dusky Women Often More Attractive Than Fair-Skinned Ladies?

I was at a coffee-break recently when one of my workplace colleagues announced that he was no longer pursuing the girl he had once described as a blueprint of the kind of women that attracted him. Upon some degree of elbowing, he finally blurted that her somewhat dusky skin turned out to be a bit of turn-off. I had personally never believed that he would have been able to get it started with the lady in question since she seemed far more liberal-thinking and artistically-driven than he could ever be. However, it made me wonder about how many Indian men still have a perception rooted in their minds where ‘being fair’ equals ‘being beautiful’.

Govt fails to break impasse on retail reform

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh speaks during the All India Congress Committee (AICC) meeting, in New Delhi November 2, 2010. REUTERS/B Mathur/Files

By Nigam Prusty and Manoj Kumar

NEW DELHI | Tue Nov 29, 2011 2:34pm IST

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh failed to break an impasse on Tuesday, with opposition parties and his own political allies demanding a rollback of a reform allowing foreign supermarket giants to enter the country's $450 billion market.

FDI policy rocks Parliament for the third day

New Delhi: The controversy over allowing FDI in retail rocked Parliament for the third day on Tuesday with a united Opposition forcing adjournment of both the Houses till Wednesday.

Both Houses were first adjourned till noon after the Opposition created ruckus, and later for the day as the situation didn't improve even after the MPs reassembled after the first adjournment.

Shortly after the Lok Sabha met for the day, members rushed to the Well demanding rollback of the decision to allow FDI in the retail sector.

FDI policy rocks Parliament for the third day

Facebook float could value company at $100bn

Social network will cross the critical 500 shareholder mark by end of 2011, which will force it to file financial data with SEC even if it does not choose to raise $10bn in IPO

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg is said to be preparing a $10bn flotation for spring 2012. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Sunny Leone has brought some refreshing change in the Bigg Boss house. She entered the reality show when tempers were flaring, and the inmates were getting on each other's nerves.

Filmamker Mahesh Bhatt is all set to enter the 'Bigg Boss' house for few hours to offer a lead role to adult movie star, Sunny Leone in 'Jism 2'.

The 63-year-old director-producer says he chose to announce the film on the reality show because of its popularity among the masses.

Noted litterateur Indira Goswami passes away

Assamese litterateur Indira Raisom Goswami, who had taken the initiative to bring the ULFA to the negotiating table, today passed away at a hospital here after prolonged illness.

For the fifth day, both Houses of parliament was adjourned for the day on Monday without transacting any major business as the opposition parties and some members of the ruling party stalled the proceedings on variety of issues including the governmentâ€™s decision to allow 51 per cent FDI in the multi-brand retail trade, the Telangana and the Mullai Periyar.

2G: A day after Kani, Shahid Balwa too gets bail

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Balwa in the 2G spectrum scam case. The Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) had earlier told the court that it is not opposed to the bail plea of Balwa.

The bail conditions of Balwa's bail are the same as for others - surety of Rs 5 lakh and no travel abroad.

Majid Memon, Balwa's lawyer said, "Shahid Balwa got bail following the same lines as SC order. We are hopeful that shahid Balwa will come out of jail by today late evening. Grounds of bail are the same as that of the Apex court."

2G: A day after Kani, Shahid Balwa too gets bail

2G scam: Court reserves order on Shahid Balwa's bail

A Delhi court on Tuesday reserved its order on bail plea of Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Balwa in the 2G spectrum scam case.

The Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday had told the court that it is not opposed to the bail plea of Balwa.

I'm not casting Sunny Leone for her body: Mahesh Bhatt

Bollywood filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt enters the "Bigg Boss 5" house Monday and says he has decided to offer porn star Sunny Leone, who is also participating in the reality show, the lead role in his movie " Jism 2".

New Delhi: Filmamker Mahesh Bhatt is all set to enter the Bigg Boss house for few hours to offer a lead role to adult movie star, Sunny Leone in `Jism 2`.

The 63-year-old director-producer says he chose to announce the film on the reality show because of its popularity among the masses.

The Kerala government on Monday announced that it will go ahead with the construction of a new dam at Mullaperiyar and urged prime minister Manmohan Singh to "intervene strongly" in the dispute and make Tamil Nadu initiate "practical steps" on the issue. "The state government will not go

Grapevine has it that the Badshah of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan will play the lead role in the Hindi remake of 'Kanchana'. It is also said that choreographer-director-actor Lawrence, a popular face in the south who directed the original, will be directing the remake as well.

Bollywood stars tweeted their tributes for Sarangi maestro and classical singer Ustad Sultan Khan, who passed away on Sunday after a pro-longed illness. He was 71.

Shreya Ghoshal tweeted: 'Just heard about the loss of our dear Ustad sultan khan Sa'ab :( I had the gr8 fortune and honour of working with him. Too saddened:('

Beti B: Amitabh, Abhishek hold first press conference after Ash's delivery

Abhishek and Amitabh Bachchan hold a press conference at Jalsa in Mumbai after bringing Aishwarya and Beti B home.

"Goddess Lakshmi has come to our family and we have brought Lakshmi ratna home," said Amitabh Bachchan, who brought his new-born granddaughter to his home Jalsa on Tuesday.Abhishek said his daughter is sweet and doesn't cry much.

The video to Kolaveri, courtesy Sony Music Entertainment India

A Tamil film song in broken English has gone viral on the internet and has kicked up a storm in India.

Tamil actor Dhanush's pop song Kolaveri (Killer Rage) has been viewed on YouTube more than two million times and has been shared over 700,000 times on Facebook since its release last week.

The terrific on screen jodi of John and Akshay is back this Friday with ‘Desi Boyz’. The duo had got rave reviews for their comic timing in ‘Garam Masala’ earlier.

Sanjay Dutt, who runs an escort club in the film, says you don't require a degree to make somebody laugh. Instead you need a pedigree. Well, first-time director Rohit Dhawan has got it. The son of David Dhawan, who gave us some mindless comedies in the last decade before missing the trick, lives up to expectations. He has given us a sleek, upmarket version of what his father has been dishing out all these years.

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said here on Wednesday that Kerala was not against giving water from Mullaperiyar to Tamil Nadu. It was willing to give an assurance to that effect before any forum.

Talking to the media after a meeting of the Cabinet, the Chief Minister said that Kerala was also ready to bear the cost of construction of the new dam to replace the existing Mullaperiyar dam. The recurring tremours in Idukki district was of cause of much anxiety for Kerala.

It seems that the ‘slap fest’ is catching on in our environment these days. The latest one to have joined the slap-happy brigade is model and VJ Pooja Misra, who was thrown out of the Bigg Boss house for hitting co-inmate and VJ Siddharth Bhardwaj, Saturday early morning in the episode that was slated to be aired last night.

Decision to field first in 1996 WC semis stunned me: Kambli

Former cricketer Vinod Kambli on Friday raised suspicion on the 1996 World Cup semi-final between India and Sri Lanka and said he found "something amiss" in the game, a claim which came in for sharp criticism from Sourav Ganguly.

Kambli, who scored 1084 runs in 17 Tests and 2477 runs in 104 ODIs for India, said he was suspicious of then captain Mohammed Azharuddin's decision to field first in the semi-final which was eventually awarded to Sri Lanka because of crowd problem.

KOLKATA (AFP) - Pragyan Ojha and Ravichandran Ashwin shared four wickets as India beat a resilient West Indies by an innings and 15 runs in the second Test to clinch the series at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday.

Yuvraj Singh's Test comeback was again short lived, as the selectors dropped him from the team for the third and final Test against the West Indies, in Mumbai, beginning next week.

The experienced Punjab left-hander made way for Mumbai youngster Rohit Sharma, who himself has battled for consistency since making it to the international stage.

With the all-important tour of Australia coming up next month, the selectors have sent out a loud and clear message that Yuvraj does not fall into their scheme of things as far as Test cricket is concerned.

Rajneesh Gupta presents a statistical look on Yuvraj's showing in Tests since making his debut against New Zealand in 2003.

Born: 12 December 1981 (Chandigarh)

Home Team: Punjab

First Test: v New Zealand at Mohali in 2003-04 (made 20 & 5 at # 6)

Last Test: v West Indies at Kolkata in 2011-12 (made 25 at # 7)

Tests: 37, Runs: 1775, 100s: 3, 50s: 10, HS: 169, Avg: 34.80
Image: Yuvraj Singh

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Heroine will be a landmark in Kareena's career: Bhandarkar

Madhur Bhandarkar's ambitious project Heroine is back on track with Kareena Kapoor stepping into the shoes of actress Aishwarya Rai as the lead actress and the filmmaker says the movie will be a landmark movie in Bebo's career.

"She (Kareena) is a great star. We have always talked about working together and even discussed a lot of films but nothing materialized. But 'Heroine' is a great script and a great story. I am sure it will be a landmark cinema in Kareena's career," said Bhandarkar at the red carpet of Airtel Super Star Awards.

Amid all the fan frenzy, YAHSASVINI RAJESHWAR manages to chat with Chetan Bhagat prior to his “post-release celebration party” of his book Revolution 2020 in the city.

”Chetan Bhagat is the JK Rowling of India,” gushed a star-struck fan during the Chennai launch of the author's latest release,Revolution 2020. Citi Centre was packed to the seams with enthusiastic fans, avid readers and random passers-by who got pulled in by the action. The biggest-selling English-language novelist in India's history (quotingThe New York Timesin 2008) was in the town of his in-laws and the locals went berserk.NXgcaught up with him in the security of a cordoned off corner of Landmark before he got mobbed by fans.

Mumbai: Is the King Khan extending the olive branch to arch enemy Salman Khan? Or was Shah Rukh Khan being politically correct in front of people?

Recently at an awards function, SRK had to give out an award which incidentally went to Salman and in his absence, SRK wished his once friend now enemy was present to receive the award himself.

Actress Vidya Balan is considered one of the most talented actors in Bollywood. But not many know that despite being a popular face on TV, her entry in films was not a smooth one. In fact, the actress had made her debut in a Bengali film, before Parineeta made her a star overnight in B-Town.

Actor Vidya Balan visited the national capital to promote her upcoming release Dirty Picture. And, she did that in full retro style.

Vidya came sporting her in-your-face glares, bell-bottoms and the colourful top.

Still form the movie "Tintin". Photo: Special Arrangement

It was always going to be difficult to adapt onto screen a comic series with a fan base spread across continents, but, the Oscar-winning duo director Steven Spielberg and producer Peter Jackson do not disappoint with “The Adventures of Tintin”.

This is stuff you’d surely want to live 80 years for. A Rs 100cr party that runs for five days, Shakira shaking her hips, a 2.5-crore film made on you, and 500 celebrity guests to cheer you on. And these are just a few of the highlights from DLF honcho KP Singh’s birthday bash in Udaipur, Rajasthan.

Tennis icon Martina Navratilova and international pop diva Shakira turned out to be the star invitees of the most talked about birthday bash in Udaipur on Tuesday. Sportsman David Beckham and wife, singer Victoria, who were also reportedly slated to make an appearance, missed the date to attend the birthday bash of real estate tycoon KP Singh, which was held at Jagmandir, an island on the Pichola Lake in Udaipur.

Nudity symbolises woman power: Nandana

Actor Nandana Sen feels nudity portrayed by her in the film Rang Rasiya symbolises woman power.

"Nudity can be depicted in two ways - when you present a women's body as an object then it's demeaning to a women. The way a woman's body has been presented in this film (Rang Rasiya), it
celebrates the power of women," said Nandana here.

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