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Think or blink!!!

Has anything got left out by mere chance??? :decision:




  • Politics
    [h=3]What the Hell Just Happened?! Clinton, Trump and the Death of the Party[/h] Computer hackers, Kremlin conspiracies, dynastic restorations, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a socialist revolution, the Ku Klux Klan, Twitter trolls, a lascivious ex-congressman with a suspect last name and an egomaniacal reality TV tycoon with a lust for power and molesting women-if that sounds like a U.S. presidential election to you, congratulations! You’re alive on planet Earth in the year 2016. Yes, if you’re reading this right now, you survived political doomsday and are here among the rest of us to pick through the ruins. Somewhere amid the wreckage of smashed conventions and exploded institutions, you might find the tattered remains of predictions made just 18 months ago. All

    The New York Observer




 
Woe to those who can neither spend their money nor hoard it nor deposit it ! :frusty:

[h=3]Deposits over Rs. 2.5 lakh to attract penalty on mismatch: Govt.[/h] New Delhi [India], Nov. 9 (ANI): The government on Wednesday warned that the cash deposits above Rs. 2.5 lakh threshold under the 50-day window could attract tax plus a 200 percent penalty if the cash deposited in bank accounts doesn't match with income declared. The Department would do matching of this with income returns filled by depositors and suitable action may follow," Revenue Secretary Hashmukh Adhia said. "Penalty of 200 percent of the tax payable would be levied if the cash deposited in bank accounts don't match with income declared," he added.

ANI
 
The stunt may be the same... but the actors are different!! :(
Why can't they provide life jackets for the other two actors also?

[h=3]Shocking! Two Actors Feared Dead After Stunt Goes Wrong – Watch Video[/h] The lead actor of the film, Duniya Vijay, also jumped with them but he reportedly had access to a life jacket and swam to the shore on time. The duo were not provided with life jackets and a boat was supposed to pick them up after they had jumped into the water.

Business of Cinema
 
Small mercies for the BIG denominations!!! :rolleyes:

[h=3]RBI says tourists can exchange larger banknotes till November 11[/h] MUMBAI (Reuters) - Reserve Bank of India said on Wednesday that passengers at international airports as well as tourists can continue to exchange 500 and 1,000 rupee notes until Friday, as long as the value tendered does not exceed 5,000 rupees ($75.25). The clarification by the RBI comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday unexpectedly announced that 500 and 1,000 rupee banknotes would be withdrawn from circulation to crack down on rampant corruption and counterfeit currency. For a statement see: http://bit.ly/2eklKH6 ($1 = 66. ...

Reuters
 
Angaip puNNUkku aadiyum veNdumo?

( = Do we need a mirror to see the would in the palm?)

Mishap was outcome of sheer negligence, says stunt trainer

Mumbai [India], Nov 8 (ANI): Stunt trainer Cheetah Shetty on Tuesday said that the death of two Kannada actors during a water stunt on Monday was an outcome of sheer negligence. "I am saddened with the incident and this is an outcome of sheer negligence. In an appalling incident, two Kannada actors yesterday went missing after they jumped from a chopper into the Thippagondanahalli Reservoir during a movie shoot here.

ANI
 
All are equal but apparently some are less equal than the others !!! :(

[h=3]Actors' deaths pure criminal act by filmmakers: Sonu Sood[/h] Mumbai, Nov 9 (IANS) Bollywood actor Sonu Sood, who is known for his action films and recently worked with Jackie Chan on a Indo-China film "Kung Fu Yoga", said that the recent incident of two actors who lost their lives while attempting a stunt was a result of irresponsible attitude of the filmmakers. The actor who has worked in Indo-Chinese collaborative projects like "Kung Fu Yoga" with Jackie Chan and "Xuanzang", a film that has been selected as official entry for the 89th Academy Awards, says their makers took greater care.

IANS India Private Limited
 
I still remember how the lop eared female rabbit pet of my elder son watched the whole movie along me!

[h=3]'Om Shanti Om' being made into musical in Japan[/h] Mumbai, Nov 9 (IANS) Choreographer-filmmaker Farah Khan's 2007 film "Om Shanti Om", which regaled Bollywood audiences with its song and dance sequences, is now being made into a musical in Japan. Farah's directorial, which revoleves around reincarnation and has an ensemble cast, clocked nine years since its release in the Hindi film industry on Wednesday. "Maybe a good day to announce on nine years of 'Om Shanti Om' that it's being made into a huge musical in Japan," Farah tweeted on Wednesday.

IANS India Private Limited
 
We can't make the princes out of the paupers :nono:

but we can make the paupers out of the princes! :)

[h=3]Demonetisation to hit hoarders of black money: Karnataka CM[/h] Bengaluru, Nov 9 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denomination notes will hit hard those who hoarded unaccounted or black money. "Scrapping the high-value currency notes will be a problem for the hoarders of black money. As the state government has no role in the demonetisation, we don't oppose or support it," Siddaramaiah told reporters here on the sidelines of a function.

IANS India Private Limited
 
Winning the race wit less number of votes!!! :dizzy:

Politics
[h=3]Trump will be the 4th president to win the Electoral College after getting fewer votes than his opponent[/h] Donald Trump won the electoral college, but when all the votes are counted, it’s likely he will have received fewer votes from Americans than Hillary Clinton. It will take time for the exact numbers to be counted, but the New York Times projects Trump to lose the popular vote by about 1.3 percentage points. Meanwhile, Trump is most likely to rack up 306 electoral voters - 14 percent more than his opponent.
Vox.com

Donald Trump wins presidency in stunning victory as Hillary Clinton concedes
WABC – NY
 A President Trump, and a nation that must learn to work together | Editorials
Dallas Morning News
 
When number fail to match the popularity!!! :(

Politics
[h=3]Why did many polls seem to miss a Trump victory?[/h] Most polls heading into the Nov. 8 presidential election predicted Hillary Clinton would win the presidency. Two weeks before people lined up to vote, famed poll aggregator Nate Silver at the FiveThirtyEight website put her odds of winning at up to 85 percent. When he later gave Trump a 35 percent chance of winning a few days before the election, the adjustment was criticized by liberal pundits. Yet most polls clearly got it wrong, leaving a triumphant Donald Trump seemingly clairvoyant in his repeated pre-election, mid-scandal claims the odds were actually in his favor. Even with a steady downward trend from a mid-October double-digit national lead caused in part by the email scandal, Clinton
CBS News

When winning more votes in an election isn't enough
MSNBC
 Election Day fever takes over social media
CNET
 
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When written in haste or carelessly the numbers 1 and 2 in Hindi / Sanskrit may look very similar and confusing!!


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Something or the other always get blown out of proportion!!!
AND complete U turns are not unusual either!


Public health



Health
[h=3]Vitamin D deficiency is widely overestimated, doctors warn[/h] Doctors are warning about vitamin D again, and it's not the "we need more" news you might expect. Misunderstandings about the recommended amount of vitamin D have led to misinterpretation of blood tests and many people thinking they need more than they really do, some experts who helped set the levels write in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine . Blood tests for vitamin D levels - not advised unless a problem like bone loss is suspected - are soaring.
Associated Press




 

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