Month: August 2014

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Miley Cyrus faces flak from anti-drugs campaigners

August 20, 2014 0

Pop star Miley Cyrus, who has been open about her cannabis use, is being criticised by anti-drug campaigners for posting a video featuring a giant marijuana pipe on her social networking site.

Cyrus uploaded a video of the five foot-long bong on her Twitter page Monday with the caption: “Five foot bong almost complete.”

The pipe is decorated with colourful beads, flowers and plastic toys, and campaigners fear Cyrus is making drug use seem acceptable to youngsters, reports dailystar.co.uk.

Despite lip service, Silicon Valley venture capital still a man’s world

August 20, 2014 0
Sheri Atwood, founder and CEO of SupportPay, talks with her daughter Janicya, 10, during an interview with Reuters in Redwood City

By Sarah McBride SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – When she started her child-support tracking business SupportPay, Sheri Atwood expected all kinds of suggestions – but not the tip she got from a female investor who suggested she dye her blonde hair darker to be taken more seriously by venture capitalists. To Atwood, who eventually won her funding from other backers, the recommendation underscored an attitude in Silicon Valley that women make second-class entrepreneurs. If more women held the purse strings at venture capital firms, the attitude would change, she said. Despite the lip service Silicon Valley has given over the past couple of years to the need to recruit more women venture capitalists, at senior levels the industry’s gender balance hasn’t budged, even as other industries with poor gender diversity show improvements.

North Korea on major sports drive, says Pyongyang official

August 20, 2014 0
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches a basketball game between former U.S. NBA basketball players and North Korean players of the Hwaebul team of the DPRK with Dennis Rodman at Pyongyang Indoor Stadium

By Peter Rutherford SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea hopes to harness the power of sport to raise its image on the world stage through international competitions such as the Olympic Games, and to bolster labour output and national defence by improving its citizens’ well-being, the head of a North Korean sports delegation said on Wednesday. In a rare speech by a North Korean official delivered in the rival South, Yang Song Ho told a sports science congress in Incheon, west of Seoul that the North was working to make sport an everyday concern for the masses. Yang, an assistant professor at Pyongyang’s Korea University of Physical Education, is part of a North Korean delegation that arrived in the South on Tuesday to attend buildup events for the Incheon Asian Games, which open on Sept. 19.

Ajay Devgn wooes the crowd at Dahi Handi celebrations

August 20, 2014 0

“Aata Majhi Satakli” is the dialogue that is making the people go crazy over these days. The feisty super-cop Bajirao Singham is raking in huge moolah at the box office by smashing all the records. The lead star Ajay Devgn tasted the mass magic at the recent Dahi Handi celebrations, as the actor wooed the crowd with his dashing punchline “Aata Majhi Satakli”.

The ‘Singham Returns‘ director Rohit Shetty also witnessed the love of the audience for the film during its screening at a theatre in Mumbai. The audience gave seetis and taalis each time Ajay said “Aata Majhi Satakli”. The most interesting thing was plastic whistles from some sari-clad women, as told by Shetty. The viewers went ga-ga over dialogues like “Mein leta nahin, deta hoon” and were seen repeating the lines.

The same mass magic was witnessed by Ajay and Rohit on the day of Dahi Handi celebrations, as the duo garnered lots of love from the enthusiastic crowd.

Kareena Kapoor’s Madam Tussauds wax statue to flaunt red saree from ‘Ra.One’

August 20, 2014 0

The craze of Bollywood stars is not limited to the nation, but it has spread across the world. For an instance, Bollywood films are receiving warm welcome from the international audience and B-Town stars shine at Madam Tussauds wax museum in the form of their spectacular wax statues. Bollywood personalities present in the form of wax statues at the prestigious museum are Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan and many more.

Going by the fresh news update, the wax statue of Kareena Kapoor will now be seen in glittering red saree of the actress in her film ‘Ra.One‘ in the song “Chammak Challo”. Earlier, the statue was seen in harem pants and black tank top that Kareena donned in the song “Mauja hi Mauja” from ‘Jab We Met‘. Kareena’s actor husband Saif Ali Khan even clicked the photos of this newly adorned replica of the actress. Kareena is quite happy about the new look of her wax statue and said that she wanted her fans to see her statue in a saree and now the statue is looking spectacular in red saree. Also the eyes of statue match with hers, revealed the actress. As per the report, the figure was completed in four months and with 150,000 pounds.

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US looks forward to welcoming Modi

August 20, 2014 0

Washington, Aug 20 (IANS) The US has reiterated that it looks forward to welcoming Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi despite an online petition seeking cancellation of his visit. An online “We the People” petition to the White House initiated by US based Sikhs for Justice had demanded that instead of hosting Modi at White House, President Barack Obama should condemn Modi and ban his Bharatiya Janata Party “for perpetrating violence against Muslims, Sikhs and Christians.” However, State Department spokesperson Marie Harf told reporters Tuesday that a number of signatures were removed from the petition as “some fraud checks indicated a high number of anomalous signatures.” “Users can still sign the petition, and if it garners 100,000 non-fraudulent signatures before the deadline, I think it will receive an official response,” she said. “So again, people are free to express themselves.” “However, we, the President, the Secretary (of State John Kerry) look forward to welcoming Prime Minister Modi to the United States,” Harf said.

Abhishek Bachchan takes Jaipur Pink Panthers Kabaddi team for a movie

August 20, 2014 0

Abhishek Bachchan and his father Amitabh Bachchan are real sports lovers. The duo even attended FIFA World Cup Finale recently. Abhishek has his Kabaddi team Jaipur Pink Panthers in the Pro Kabaddi League and the team has won 7 out of their 9 matches. The team has grabbed 2nd position in the tournament and today, the team will have their match on their home ground in the city for the first time.

However, before playing this match, the owner Abhishek Bachchan felt that the players need to chill out for a while. Abhishek shares a great rapport and camaraderie with players in the team and that’s what encourages the players. Due to this, the coach of the team requested Abhishek to take the team for a film, reportedly. So, Bachchan junior took the team for a movie yesterday.

The Captain of the team, Navneet Gautam shared the happiness by saying that the players feel great in Abhishek’s company and the actor always attempts to motivate the team. The coach wanted the players to be mentally and physically prepared for the match on our home ground today, added Gautam. The grapevine tweeted that Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan may also arrive in Jaipur today to cheer up the team of Abhishek.

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Clooney, Alamuddin write own wedding vows

August 20, 2014 0

Los Angeles, Aug 20 (IANS) Actor George Clooney and his fiancé Amal Alamuddin have reportedly written their own wedding vows, which they will exchange in Italy next month. “This is not going to be a huge Hollywood wedding with Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock flying in to Italy for a week,” said a source.

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Senate Democrats demand liquid nicotine rules

August 19, 2014 0

Two Connecticut lawmakers on Tuesday announced a drive in Congress to require child-proof bottles of liquid nicotine used for e-cigarettes. Backed by 12 Senate Democrats, it’s the latest effort seeking …