The English folklore of Robin Hood and his Merry Men gets a dark makeover in the Jamie Foxx and Kingsman actor Taron Egerton starrer. The film has been directed by Otto Bathurst and written by Ben Chandler and David James Kelly. Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way has produced the film with Safehouse Pictures in association with Thunder Road Films. Robin Hood will release in cinemas on 21 November. Please follow and […]
IN THE past 350 years the Taj Mahal has successfully contended with attacks, robberies and neglect. But the stunning marble mausoleum in Agra, northern India, is struggling to cope with its modern-day enemies: toxic air and filthy water. Commissioned by the Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan, in memory of his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal, the Taj once had a pearly white exterior. This has changed, in part if not in whole, […]
An attempted makeover of a tested storyline is never more than a handful of missteps away from turning into an outright mauling. The latter is exactly what Dhadak metes out to Nagraj Manjule’s 2016 Marathi sleeper hit Sairat. A muddled screenplay, bland storytelling and uneven lead performances leave this glossy Karan Johar production without a proper, palpable heartbeat. With Bittergaon’s Parshya and Archi, beleaguered lovers in whom we were deeply […]
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will soon issue new Rs 100 denomination banknotes in lavender colour. This comes on the back of new designs introduced for Rs 200, Rs 500 and Rs 10 notes, in the last couple of years. “The Reserve Bank of India will shortly issue ₹ 100 denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series,” the RBI said in a statement. While the front side depicts […]
A team of astronomers has reported the discovery of a dozen new moons circling the Jupiter bringing the number of moons circling the giant gas planet to 79. Saturn is the closest with 61 moons circling it. The astronomers spotted the new moons when they were looking for objects on the fringes of the solar system. The confirmation of 10 was announced on Tuesday and two were confirmed earlier. They’re […]
Nitrogen fertilisers are a major part of crop production. Crops need nitrogen to convert sunlight into sugars effectively, and so the nitrogen fertiliser keeps the plant fresh and alive. But like most fertilisers, the nitrogen fertiliser has its disadvantages, which primarily affect the environment. A group of researchers from Washington University have come up with a new fertiliser that is produced by a special kind of bacterium. The team is […]
Human brain is both fascinating and beautiful. Responsible for our actions and the way we think, it is also a deeply complex organ that has intrigued people for long. There are several interesting theories associated with it and they make for an even more informative read. In case you too are curious, here are some points that you might want to mull over. * The adult human brain weighs about […]
A teenager struggles to come to terms with his sexuality in the trailer of Boy Erased. Directed by Joel Edgerton, the coming-of-age drama is based on Garrard Conley’s 2016 memoir of the same name. “Boy Erased is the true story of one young man’s struggle to find himself while being forced to question every aspect of his identity,” according to the official synopsis. Boy Erased will be released in the […]
Minimum Balance Rules, Penalty For Insufficient Balance In SBI Savings Accounts State Bank of India (SBI), the largest lender of the country, requires customers to maintain a certain minimum balance in its savings accounts, except for some like the basic savings bank deposit account. Minimum balance requirements of SBI vary according to the location of the SBI branch in which a customer opens his account. With effect from the start […]
Universal Pictures has released a Glass trailer teaser for the highly anticipated new film from filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan. Glass finds Bruce Willis reprising his role as David Dunn, who is now on the hunt for the superhuman figure of The Beast in a series of escalating encounters. This trailer teaser is kind of a cruel tease as it doesn’t really offer up any footage, but instead relies on a […]
