Ahead of the release of his forthcoming film “2.0”, actor Akshay Kumar on Monday treated his fans by launching the film’s special filter on Facebook.
Through the filter, one can try out Akshay’s wrathful avatar look from the film.
“The new face of evil will unveil in three days, experience it yourself with the ‘2.0’ Filter! Try now,” the actor tweeted along with a video in which he can be seen using the filter.
Akshay essays the prime antagonist as an eccentric scientist named Richard in “2.0”, releasing on Thursday.
The film will mark the Tamil debut of Akshay and is his first film with megastar Rajinikanth.
A thermal power plant is seen near residential buildings in Beijing, China on November 21, 2018. (REUTERS File Photo)
Paris, November 26 (IANS): A report by the United Nations and its partners on Monday showed overall global wealth was rising but at the cost of environmental assets, such as water, clean air, forests and biodiversity.
Korea, Singapore and Malta came out on top of a biennial survey of growth in the wealth of nations, according to the preliminary findings which were presented by the UN Environment and partners on the sidelines of the Global Finance Roundtable in Paris.
The Inclusive Wealth Report 2018, the full findings of which will be released in coming weeks, was curated by over 200 economists from around the world.
It explores alternatives to using Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as a measure of a country’s wealth and says the GDP measures the size of a country’s economy, but not its underlying asset base.
Instead, it uses inclusive wealth, which focuses on human and natural capital.
By this measure, 44 of the 140 countries — more than a third — ranked in the report’s Inclusive Wealth Index have declined in inclusive wealth per head since 1998, even though GDP has increased in many of them.
“The health of an economy is drawn from the health of the environment,” Senior Economic Advisor at UN Environment and coordinator of the report Pushpam Kumar said in a statement.
“To make the right choices that will keep us on a sustainable path, we have to be able to properly measure our progress. This report will equip policy-makers with the right numbers, so that they can make the right decisions to deliver results for generations to come.”
The report follows a study from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that found that just 12 years remain to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
It adds in absolute terms, carbon damage is relatively large in high-income countries.
By allowing countries to measure their holistic wealth stock comprising manufactured, human and natural capital, countries can then observe their peaks and troughs over time, mapping out a means for navigating future development endeavours and sustainability.
The Inclusive Wealth Report is a biennial report that seeks to evaluate and report on a country’s wealth and well-being through the Inclusive Wealth index, a tool assessing a nation’s ability to look after its wealth in a way that is sustainable and safeguards its future generations.
New Delhi, November 26 (IANS): After launching its patented flash charging technology in smartphones, Chinese smartphone-maker OPPO on Monday announced that the brand is set to debut an even better version of fast-charging technology — SuperVOOC — with the launch of “R17 Pro” smartphone in December in India.
With SuperVOOC in OPPO’s latest offering, the devices would charge 40 per cent charge in 10 minutes, the company said in a statement.
From VOOC to SuperVOOC, the output power is maximised from 5V, 4A and 20W to 10V, 5A and close to 50W — which will save time and facilitate fast and safe charging.
The technology adopts a bi-cell design, which during charging can distribute the output voltage of 10V and reduce the voltage of each cell by half.
The SuperVOOC technology is also patented by OPPO and has been designed as a solution to the need for a quick, reliable, safe and long-lasting charging technology with a five-core protection that would check the safety level when the phone is charging, the company said.
All nodes including the charging plug, USB cable, mobile phone and battery are separately protected by specialised chips.
Oppo’s VOOC charger was first introduced with the launch of “F1 Plus” smartphone in India in 2016.
Vice President, NSCN (R), Akato Chophy addressing gathering at Aghunaqa on Monday. (Morung photo)
Morung Express News Dimapur | November 26
The 39th Aghunaqa Area Sports Association (AASA) Kukami (GBs) Memorial Trophy started on Monday at Aghunaqa headquarter with Vice President, NSCN (R), Akato Chophy as the chief guest.
Addressing the gathering after hoisting the AASA flag, Akato urged upon the participating sportspersons to be disciplined and humble themselves regardless of their achievements in the sporting field.
“Once we get recognized even at the local level in the field of sports, an individual tends to think that the team cannot surge ahead without his/her participation and maintains self pride which would eventually lead to our loss,” he said and advised the players to be humble.
Akato also pointed out that many players tend to indulge in intoxicants without giving a second thought about how it was going to negatively affect their future performance in the sporting field. “To excel in the field of sports, talent is not the only thing but we need to keep our physique fit and healthy,” he added.
Further, the chief guest dwelled on how the youngsters have begun to immerse themselves with the western culture and gradually forgetting their own culture and tradition. He laid strong emphasize on the need to preserve and promote one’s mother tongue which maintains a strong identity for the people. Akato also urged the youngsters to inculcate the habit of respecting their elders and leaders.
He also briefly recalled how he, along with other leaders of the area, had taken initiatives for development of the area during the earlier days.
Aghunaqa Area Kukami Kuqhakulu, President, Mughavi Awomi delivered the welcome address while Pihekhu and Yetoho villages performed cultural items.
Altogether, 12 villages are participating in the GBs Memorial Trophy which will culminate on November 30.
Mumbai, November 26 (IANS): Further easing the External Commercial Borrowing (ECB) norms, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday reduced the mandatory hedging provision to 70 per cent from 100 per cent.
“On a further review of the extant provisions, it has been decided, in consultation with the government of India, to reduce the mandatory hedge coverage from 100 per cent to 70 per cent,” the RBI said in a notification.
The relaxation in hedging is for Indian companies raising foreign currency-denominated ECBs under Track I, which refers to medium-term borrowings with average maturity between three and five years, the central bank said.
For ECBs raised earlier, the existing hedge will have to be adjusted only to 70 per cent of the outstanding exposure, the RBI said.
“Further, it is also clarified that ECBs falling within the aforesaid scope but raised prior to the date of this circular will be required to mandatorily roll over their existing hedge(s) only to the extent of 70 per cent of outstanding ECB exposure,” it added.
The notification, aimed at reducing hedging costs for foreign loans, comes at a time when the economy faces liquidity issues, particularly the non-banking financial companies (NBFC).
Earlier, the regulator had eased hedging rules by reducing the minimum tenure for borrowing through the ECB route to three years from five years. It had also reduced the tenure required for exemption from mandatory hedging to five years from 10 years.
While the move is likely to boost the local credit market, it will increase the exposure of Indian companies borrowing abroad to fluctuations in the foreign exchange market.
New Delhi, November 26 (IANS): The central government on Monday said it is going into the issue of some airlines charging a fee for advance seat selection through web check-in.
“MoCA (Ministry of Civil Aviation) has noted that airlines are now charging for web check-in for all seats,” the Ministry said on its Twitter handle.
“We are reviewing these fees to see whether they fall within the unbundled pricing framework.”
The Ministry’s decision comes in the wake of two leading budget carriers starting to charge a fee for all seat selections done through web check-in from November 14.
Earlier, only a section of seats were subjected to advance selection fees.
Gandhinagar, November 26 (IANS): The Rs 260-crore ponzi scamster Vinay Shah of Gujarat was arrested by the Nepal police near the capital Kathmandu on Monday, Gujarat police said on Monday.
Shah had been in hiding at his female friend’s house in Nepal, sources said.
Haresh Dudhat, Superintendent of Police (SP), CID crime, said, “Vinay Shah has been arrested from Pokhra near Kathmandu. He was in hiding with his woman friend Chandaa Thapa, who works in a spa in Delhi. Right now he’s in Nepal police’s custody and we already have our teams in Nepal who will get him in our custody after carrying out due procedures.”
According to Dudhat, Shah was arrested under various sections of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act as he carried more currency than is permissible. The Nepal police found Rs 30 lakh cash with Vinay and he was handed over to the revenue department of Nepal.
As India and Nepal are signatories of the extradition treaty, the CID Crime will take Shah’s custody after the Nepal authorities give their clearance, he said Dudhat.
“Going through the call details recordings (CDR), our investigations showed that the Shah couple could be hiding in Nepal. We were in constant touch with the Nepal police, and had sent a team to Nepal two days ago. The Nepal police called up our DGP, CID (Crime and Railways) to inform him of the arrest,” said Dudhat.
Shah carried with him currency of over Rs 30 lakhs in US dollars, pounds and Euros,” said Dudhat.
“The CID crime has recorded over 100 testimonies in the case. After the Shah couple disappeared, the police have recovered Rs 43 lakh from his house and around Rs 38 lakh in different bank accounts,” said Dudhat.
“We are quite confident that the duped people would recover their money. We also want people to come forward and register their complaints,” added Dudhat.
Vinay and his wife Bhargavi had allegedly cheated thousands of investors to the tune of Rs 260 crore through their companies, Archarcare LLP and Digi Locals, police said.
The Vastrapur police has filed three complaints in the case against the Shah couple and two others. The Gujarat government subsequently formed an SIT of CID Crime to investigate the scam.
