Oscar-winner was once told to change his name

Mozart of Madras, Oscar-winning music and composer, A.R. Rahman said “I come from the south, from Chennai. In those days people used to tell me, ‘Nobody can cross this wall and nobody will help you enter Mumbai. I was also told to change my name. But they just turned out to be stories. Everyone accepted me here just as I was."readmore@DailySocial

Akshay Kumar starrer GOLD teaser released

Akshay Kumar starrer GOLD, based on to win first Olympic gold medal for free India in 1948,  teaser has been released. The film also starring Amit Sadh, Vineet Singh, Kunal Kapoor and Sunny Kaushal will be directed by Reema Kagti. TV actor Mouni Roy is also going to make her 1st Bollywood debut through this film. The film is scheduled to release on Aug 15, 2018.watch@YouTube

Maldives Crisis: President Declared Emergency

The Maldives goes unrest after Supreme Court issued an order to free top opposition leaders that includes former President Mohamed Nasheed and former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb.  Defying the  SC order, the President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom on Monday night declared a 15-day state of emergency. "During this time though certain rights will be restricted, general movements, services, and businesses will not be affected," Yameen added.  The situation between the current president and the SC increasingly getting into a bitter standoff position. "This declaration is unconstitutional and illegal," former President Mohamed Nasheed.readmore@ANI

Rejected 1st but couldn't refuse for the 2nd time: Sourav Ganguly

“As the match came to a close, MS Dhoni in a surprise gesture asked me to lead. I had rejected his offer earlier in the day, but could not refuse a second time. Ironically, my captaincy career had begun exactly eight years ago on this very day,” Ganguly has written in, “A Century Is Not Enough”, an autobiography.
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Modicare covers 10Cr. Families

Ten crore poor and vulnerable families are going to be benefited by The National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS) also termed as 'Modicare'. FM Arun Jaitley had termed the plan as "the world's largest government-funded healthcare programme that will cover fifty crore beneficiaries". The initiative will provide ₹5 lakh annual cover to each family that will in sum total requires ₹11,000 crore in state and central funding. And this scheme is going to be launched on 2Oct.readmore@ANI

Indian Defence gets 7.81% more fund in FY2018-2019

Indian gov. allocated an increased defence budget of  ₹2.95 lakh crore for FY 2018-2019, which is 7.81% more than the last year's ₹2.74 lakh crore. ₹1.85 lakh crore is going to be allocated to revenue expenditures which comprise salaries, training, and general services. The amount of around ₹93 thousand crores, allocated for capital expenditure, includes modernization related expenses. And ₹16 thousand crores are estimated for miscellaneous expenses. In terms of GDP, this amount is 1.57%, the lowest since Indo-China war of 1962.readmore@Economic Times

Flipkart Delivered Detergent Bar at ₹55K; FIR Launched

Tabrej Mehaboob Nagrali, a 26-year-old software engineer,  filed an FIR against e-commerce major Flipkart in Byculla police station in central Mumbai for allegedly delivering a detergent bar instead of an iPhone 8. He already made the full payment of ₹55,000. When PTI approached Flipkart, his spokesperson told that the company is already initiated an inquiry into the incident.
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Congress Blew Away BJP in Rajasthan Bypolls

Congress sweeps Ajmer & Alwar parliamentary seats and Mandalgarh assembly seats in the Rajasthan by-elections.From Ajmer, Raghu Sharma won by the margin of 84,414 votes whereas, from Alwar, Karan Singh Yadav won by 1.96 lakh votes. Vivek Dhakar won the Mandalgarh Assembly seat. The result of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) electoral setback is so important because assembly elections in the state are going to be held in December. readmore@The Hindu

Carry your PAN while transacting over ₹2.5 lakh

In the proposed Finance Bill 2018, Gov. of India made 10-digit Permanent Account Number (PAN) mandatory for entities entering into a financial transaction of ₹2.5 lakh or more, effective from April 1, 2018. "It is proposed that every person, not being an individual, which enters into a financial transaction of an amount aggregating to ₹2.50 lakh or more in a financial year shall be required to apply to the Assessing Officer for allotment of PAN," it said. readmore@MoneyControl

India's Record 4th Under-19 World Cup Title

A pic by ICC

India thrashed Australia to win record 4th Under-19 WC title, 1st to claim 4 WC title by any nation. The other 3 WC title India has won were in 2000, 2008 and 2012. India won all matches throughout the tournament and become the highest wicket-taker team in the tournament.Ishan Porel (2//30), Anukul Roy (2/32) Shiva Singh (2/36) and Kamlesh Nagarkoti (2/41) dismissed Australia for 216, on the other hand, Kalra's unbeaten 101 runs made it easy to create history for the 4th time.readmore@ICC Cricket

PV Sindhu Jumped to Semi; Siana Crashes Out

PV Sindhu, world number 4 Rio Olympic silver-medallist, defeated Spain's Beatriz Corrales to reach India Open semi-finals in New Delhi on Friday. She won the match in 54mins with a 21-12, 19-21, 21-11 verdict. Last week silver medalist in Indonesia Masters, Saina Nehwal, lost her quarterfinal in a straight games defeat to USA's Beiwan Zhang 10-21, 13-21.readmore@NDTV