Thursday, October 31, 2024
Horoscope Today: Read your today's astrological predictions
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Americans brace for gridlock amid talk of voter fraud and stolen election
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Wednesday, October 30, 2024
MIT's AXIS Mission Advances in NASA’s Astrophysics Probe Competition
The Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) project, led by MIT's Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (MKI), is now a finalist in NASA's latest Probe Explorers programme. This mission, backed by a collaboration between MKI, the University of Maryland, and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, aims to investigate the most profound mysteries of the universe. If approved, AXIS will move forward with a one-year concept study, targeting a potential 2032 launch and a projected $1 billion budget.
Exploring New Frontiers in X-ray Astronomy
With Erin Kara, an MIT astrophysicist and associate professor, as the deputy principal investigator, the AXIS mission is set to revolutionise X-ray astronomy. The satellite's advanced technology will allow it to reveal unseen cosmic event. It will help trace back to the origins of massive black holes and intense galactic events. She believes AXIS is poised to answer longstanding questions that shape modern astrophysics.
Groundbreaking Technological Advances
A core component of AXIS's capabilities is its CCD focal plane, a sophisticated imaging array developed with support from MIT Lincoln Laboratory and Stanford University. With speed 100 times greater than previous instruments, this cutting-edge sensor will capture vast volumes of X-ray data, offering a view of distant, faint objects with unmatched precision. The focal plane will work with AXIS's mirror to detect the smallest details of the X-ray universe, laying the groundwork for future missions.
Building on a Legacy of Success
The AXIS mission draws on MKI's expertise in imaging technology which was previously showcased in major missions like the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). Eric Miller, leading the camera team, believes this project will significantly advance both scientific and technological progress, marking a new era in astrophysical research. The AXIS mission is poised to make a lasting impact, laying essential foundations for future explorations of the cosmos.
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024
TVS Reportedly Working to Launch Two New Electric Scooters in India
TVS Motor company reportedly is planning to expand its electric two-wheeler portfolio in India this year and early next year. The brand is reported to launch a new electric scooter this year and another model by March 2025. The company's Chief Executive discussed their Electric Vehicle (EV) plans during an investor call, which confirmed this development. The company is currently offering the iQube in a number of different versions which has been very successful in India. TVS has also introduced the X sports electric scooter. However, due to some technical issues, the brand did not commenced the deliveries of the product. The TVS X was a visually appealing product that could have helped the corporation attract a lot more customers to the showrooms.
According to a report by Bikewale, the brand is reportedly developing a variety of electric scooters. Moreover, the brand is also working on an electric motorcycle. The upcoming bike might come with an affordable price tag. The report further highlights that the brand might be preparing to launch an electric version of Jupiter. Moreover, the brand could also launch an EV for the B2B segment, which might be known as XL Electric.
The brand recently trademarked two names for its electric vehicle, namely E-XL and XL EV. The report further claims that the company might unveil the electric vehicle at the 2025 Bharat Expo, followed by an official launch by March 2025.
Although EV adoption has not yet reached double digits, automakers believe there is a lot more room for growth in this market. Up until August, TVS was the second-biggest producer in India's electric two-wheeler sector, after Ola Electric. With 19,128 vehicles rolling out of the Chakan facility in September, Bajaj Auto surpassed TVS for second place, while TVS manufactured 18,099 units.
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Choti Diwali: Wishes, messages, images, quotes and greetings
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Monday, October 28, 2024
CJ Stroud’s coach calls out Nick Bosa ‘weak’
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PM Modi to launch healthcare projects worth Rs 13k cr on 9th Ayurveda Day
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Sunday, October 27, 2024
Toyota and Suzuki Reportedly Collaborate to Launch a Compact EV in 2025
As per reports, Japanese car manufacturers Toyota and Suzuki are collaborating to launch a new compact electric vehicle (EV), which is expected to hit the global markets next year. The two Japanese automobile giants have signed an agreement to share technologies and models with each other globally. Codenamed ‘bZ' (Beyond Zero), this crossover is dubbed as the compact version of the Toyota bZ4X, which is available in the international market.
Suzuki and Toyota aims to form a partnership which will lead to developing compact vehicles. Their partnership has resulted in successful models which are available in the Indian and European market.
The partnership is part of a effort by Toyota to improve its EV lineup. The company has been continuously working towards improving and expanding its Electric Vehicle catalogue. When launched, bZ will be Toyota's budget friendly EV till date, thus attempting to attract a large pool of customers especially in markets prefers Electric cars.
Upcoming EV Expected Features and Specifications
Toyota's e-TNGA platform will serve as the cornerstone for the bZ. Thus, guaranteeing a strong performance and efficiency base. It can be noted that the Japanese Carmaker is also developing a new SUV. This will be a marketed below the Fortuner in the price range and will be sharing its platform with bZ.
Bz is expected to have an impressive range of over 300 kilometers when fully charged. This will make it suitable for commuting in Urban roads. The overall length is expected to be 3700mm, width 1700mm and a height of 1530mm. The wheelbase is expected to be around 2450mm. This Ev will have a power output of approximately 118bhp and 294Nm, thus making it an ideal and efficient choice for driving in the city.
This can be seen as great initiative between the two companies as both Toyota and Suzuki share a substantial market share in the automobile market. This partnership will especially help Toyota, which has been hesitant about entering the EV market to grab the consumer's attention in the global market.
This collaboration will see a direct rival in Tata Punch EV and the upcoming Hyundai Inster.
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Putin's glory to alien encounters: Baba Vanga's prediction for 2025
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Saturday, October 26, 2024
Forces intensify search after Baramulla ambush
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Friday, October 25, 2024
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Mother adds Google in lawsuit, blames chatbot for causing son's suicide
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
First AI death? US teen was speaking to Daenerys Targaryen before suicide
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'Prince Harry a 'slaughter lamb' in Meghan Markle's wrong scheme of things'
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Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Exclusive - Bigg Boss 18's Hema Sharma reacts to second husband's allegations
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Monday, October 21, 2024
Son’s IAS dream shattered in Kashmir; Karva Chauth turns to mourning in Jammu
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Pakistan-based PAFF links Kashmir tunnel attack to Chinese interests
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US elections: Trump surpasses Harris for the first time, poll shows
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Mark Cuban wanted Elon Musk and Kamala Harris to be friends. Then this happened...
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Sunday, October 20, 2024
SpaceX complains against military supplier for ‘dirty trick’ over Starlink
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New Zealand clinch maiden Women's T20 World Cup title
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Saturday, October 19, 2024
Bihar hooch tragedy kingpin held in Saran as toll rises to 37
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LG clears statehood resolution, CM Abdullah vows to get back what was ‘snatched’
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Friday, October 18, 2024
The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh Review: Prime Video's Indian Immigrant Comedy Plays on Familiar Stereotypes
Whether it's cinema, television, standup performances, or the millions of memes plaguing the Internet, the stereotypical Indian family has always been an object of ridicule. The moms are too controlling, food is uncontrollably spicy, curfews are annoying, privacy is obsolete, academic excellence flows through generations, and well... the list is too long to summarise here. But if you want a catalogue of these, Prime Video might have just what you're looking for. Its latest series, The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh, is an unhinged compilation of these comical familial laws that Indians supposedly stick to and gives an unabashed 228-minute-long commentary on the same.
The show also adressess the awkward nature of conversations around intimacy in Indian families
The eight-episode-long series follows a typical Indian family, The Pradeeps, who have moved to Pittsburgh in the United States –– the land of opportunities, as they call it. The family is headed by Mahesh, the optimistic engineer father who made everyone move across the planet for a SpaceX contract, and Sudha, the brain-surgeon mother who's having a hard time getting her medical license in the strict-on-rules new land. The kids include teenager Bhanu, the eldest daughter who is desperate to fit in the new culture; Kamal, an introverted and shy young man with a bunch of phobias; and Vinod, an optimistic junior high schooler who views the world through his rose-tinted glasses and stays positive even when being bullied.
This, however, isn't merely a story of an Indian family having a tough time adjusting to a foreign land. The Pradeeps are also the prime suspects in an ongoing investigation over a mysterious crime involving their Christian neighbours –– revealed later in the show. Now under the scanner of immigration services, the family is being interrogated over the serious crime, with a possible risk of deportation looming.
The entire series is a sequence of flashback narratives with the two officers in charge trying to break these tough nuts into confessing. The Pradeeps are confronted in groups, trios, couples, and even in isolation, but the brown family couldn't be more disinterested, let alone be intimidated, by the colourful investigative tactics.
The show is driven by the nonchalance of its characters and their wildly different perspectives for every incident. While Sudha might recall a snowstorm causing their car to slide in slow motion before bursting into flames –– “We Indians like to add a little masala to our stories” is how she'd justify the exaggeration –– Mahesh would describe the same day as a positive one that brought a fresh start to their lives. The oscillating narratives extend to the neighbours as well, who have their own twisted versions, adding to the confusion.
Every version seems to be the revelatory truth until the next person drops in with a totally opposite version. The show even attempts to portray the humorous similarities between Indian mothers and religious Christian mothers at one point.
The episodes are short, crisply written, and transition effortlessly. The overall tone stays light and humorous. Even when dealing with grave themes like racism, the show doesn't turn serious at any point. Pradeeps of Pittsburgh chugs along like a mindless high-school drama where the protagonists haven't yet met the harsher realities of life.
Ashwin's character is fascinated by the comfortable lives of US garbagemen, contrasting with their malnourished counterparts in his home country
The show, however, comes with a string of overly used stereotypes and controversial dialogues and analogies that might offend a certain people. For instance, in one scene, Bhanu describes India as a “supermodel with diarrhoea”. Her explanation? Well, the country is beautiful to look at but doesn't offer much to a female teenager because of societal restrictions and curfews. In another scene, we see a disabled white kid mocking a 500 rupee note and calling Gandhi an anorexic Charlie Brown. There are also references to a shy Indian boy getting aroused after brushing past a cow udder. No wonder the series isn't being aggressively publicised in India.
While a little harmless humour doesn't hurt, when a show is premiering globally, it comes with the responsibility of balancing representation to some extent. While I am not exactly calling for a monochromatic picture with just the nation's achievements, or a singularly patriotic narrative that paints the country as the greatest on the planet –– let's leave that to our supremely talented politicians –– a little more sensitivity could have gone a long way. I don't want to dig up the debate about art and cinema influencing the audience's perspective, but for viewers who have never visited India, these representations can build a certain narrative. As someone who lives in the country in question, I can assure you we don't get ready in glittery sarees and sherwanis just to go out for a plate of panipuri, as the Pradeeps might have you believe.
The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh isn't the first American show to opt for this ill-informed portrayal. The Big Bang Theory, perhaps one of the most popular sitcoms of its time, resorted to certain harmful stereotypes about Indians, too. Raj, one of the main characters in the show, couldn't speak to women, relied on his father for his expenses, and sought to control his sister's love life –– justifying his actions with ancient scriptures that declare women as a property of her father or brother. All this despite being a gifted astrophysicist and a man of science. It's time we left these stereotypical representations in the last century, where they belong, and opt for a more realistic portrayal.
The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh, however, works as light-hearted comedy about the familiar troubles of the Indian diaspora in the US –– nothing more. The show is full of brain-rotting and superficial jokes around sex, religion, parenting, and everything brown, and while some stereotypes are exaggerated beyond reason, an Indian audience will easily find moments of relatability. But if you're easily offended, or often finds yourself engaged in heated arguments on Twitter (yes, we know it's called X now) with strangers, and have a keen interest in cancel culture, you should probably skip this one. That being said, I love my nation dearly. Please don't cancel me for recommending this series.
Rating: 6/10
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How Netflix’s ban on password sharing and ad push has worked big time
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Thursday, October 17, 2024
Bihar hooch toll hits 27, may rise further; 13 arrested so far
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Google Sundar Pichai announces big change to company's leadership
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Wednesday, October 16, 2024
NSUI neta held for murder of Chhattisgarh cop's wife, daughter
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US Navy jet with two onboard crashes, search operation under way
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Tuesday, October 15, 2024
K'taka govt advises WFH for IT-BT, private firms as heavy rain hits B'luru
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Did Trump dance for 30 minutes? Or was he 'lost, confused, frozen'? Here's what happened
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Monday, October 14, 2024
Don and Kamala taunt each others mental fitness
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Sunday, October 13, 2024
Iran hit by cyberattacks; 'nuclear facilities & govt agencies targeted'
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Taylor Swift’s attempt to make amends with Travis Kelce fuels gossip and speculation
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Friday, October 11, 2024
Goddess Kali's crown stolen; Durga puja disrupted by radicals in B'desh
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PM Modi has a ‘curious astral energy’, Boris Johnson says in memoir
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Thursday, October 10, 2024
Air India bumps up Airbus order by 85 aircraft
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Has Kate given up on reuniting Prince William and Harry? What royal experts say
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Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Ratan Tata: The industry titan with a golden heart
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Harmanpreet stars as India beat SL to boost semis chances
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Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Was Saleh's dismissal a power play or a necessary move?
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Monday, October 7, 2024
King Charles has started eating lunch for the first time. And it's half an avocado
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Two US women kicked out of Spirit Airlines flight for wearing crop tops
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Amazon Great Indian Festival: Best-Selling Tablets Deals During the Sale
Ready for some shopping? The Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale 2024 is on, bringing plenty of impressive deals across the categories to make the whole shopping experience a notch above. We have seen some lucrative deals and discounts on popular categories like tablets during the sale period. So, if you plan to buy a new tablet for your home or office, now is the best time. Amazon is bringing up to 70 percent off on tablets across different price ranges. One can get some steal deals on Apple iPad, Galaxy Tab series, Xiaomi Pad 6, and more. However, with so many options, it becomes difficult to select the best deals from the rest. So, in order to help you out, we have compiled this detailed list where we will talk about some best-selling tablets during the Amazon Great Indian Festival 2024. So, without further ado, let's get started.
Amazon Great Indian Festival 2024: Bank Offers and Discounts on Best-Selling Tablets
Amazon offers up to 70 percent off various best-selling tablets during the sale period. Additionally, there are special bank deals and discounts. If you are an SBI debit or credit card user, you can avail of a 10 percent instant discount up to Rs 29,750 on the purchase of a new tablet. Moreover, you can also get No-Cost EMIs on popular cards from SBI, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Bajaj Finserv, and more. Moving on, Amazon Pay ICICI Bank credit card will also get 5 percent unlimited cashback. Customers can also get rewards worth Rs 10,000 on the purchase of a new monitor during the Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale 2024.
Amazon Great Indian Festival 2024: Best Deals on Best Selling Tablets
S.no | Product Name | MRP | Deal Price | Buy Now Link |
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1 | Apple iPad (10th Gen) | Rs 34,999 | Rs 29,100 | Buy Now |
2 | OnePlus Pad 2 | Rs 47,999 | Rs 40,999 | Buy Now |
3 | HONOR Pad 9 | Rs 34,999 | Rs 19,999 | Buy Now |
4 | Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ | Rs 32,999 | Rs 18,879 | Buy Now |
5 | Xiaomi Pad 6 | Rs 41,999 | Rs 20,249 | Buy Now |
6 | Redmi Pad Pro 5G | Rs 27,999 | Rs 22,499 | Buy Now |
7 | OnePlus Pad Go | Rs 19,999 | Rs 15,999 | Buy Now |
8 | Lenovo Tab Plus | Rs 34,000 | Rs 16,499 | Buy Now |
9 | Lenovo Tab M11 | Rs 33,000 | Rs 14,749 | Buy Now |
10 | Redmi Pad SE | Rs 14,999 | Rs 11,999 | Buy Now |
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Sunday, October 6, 2024
Goa police expand search for relics row accused, stir subsides
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'We will win': Netanyahu meets troops ahead of Oct 7 attack anniversary
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Saturday, October 5, 2024
Amid China's muscle-flexing, Malabar drill to start on October 8
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Cars owned by 'The Great Khali': Swanky wagons of the WWE Hall of Famer
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Friday, October 4, 2024
This world’s richest family surpassing billionaires' net worth
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Thursday, October 3, 2024
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Population of Hindus & tribals declining in Jharkhand, says PM Modi
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Tuesday, October 1, 2024
HC asks social media firms to provide SOPs for police information pleas
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