Entertainment

Berlin International Film Festival: In Between Conversations

Hong Sangsoo’s The Woman Who Ran shows that dystopia is not the only thing South Korean cinema does well

Writer-director Sooni Taraporevala on adapting a real-life fairytale on screen, her film clock ticking and why India needs to nurture indie cinema.

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How BTS shot a ‘top secret’ video in Grand Central Terminal

It took almost two months to arrange for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to film BTS dancing beneath the celestial ceiling inside the iconic Grand Central Terminal.

Technology

Samsung starts producing 16GB LPDDR5 RAM to power the next-gen smartphones

Samsung states that its 16GB LPDDR5 mobile DRAM package comes with speeds of up to 5,500 MB/s, which is comparatively higher compared to the last generations LPDDR4X speeds of up to 4,266MB/s.

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Oppo Watch’s new leaked image gives closer look, will it launch with Find X2?

According to the leaked image, the device will sport a silicone band, however, the company might introduce more strap materials like metal and leather, at the time of launch.

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Facebook would have to pay $3.50 per month to US users for sharing contact info

People across the board place the highest value on financial information such as bank balance and biometric information such as fingerprint data in particular, and consider location data the least valuable, the study found.

Jaipur News

Youth thrashed, paraded naked in Jaipur for shooting TikTok video with girl

Additional DCP Manoj Choudhary told news agency ANI that the girl’s father stripped the youth and thrashed him after the TikTok video went viral.

JLF statement on anti-CAA protests: ‘Our duty is to ensure visitors can enjoy fest’

On Sunday, five people were detained for raising anti-CAA slogans after a session at the Jaipur Literature Festival.

Rajasthan panchayat polls: 97-year-old woman, Pakistan-born among new sarpanchs

Vidya Devi was elected sarpanch of Puranawas gram panchayat in Sikar.

Rajasthan: Crimes against women in 2019 up nearly 50 per cent

Last year, a total of 41,155 cases of crimes against women were registered which is 49.14 per cent more than 2018 and 61.01 per cent more than 2017.

Protest against new law in Ajmer, effigies of Dargah Diwan burnt

Some people also burnt the effigy of the spiritual head of Ajmer Dargah, Dargah Diwan Syed Zainul Abedin Ali Khan, who recently said Muslims living in India don’t need to fear the new law.

Sub-inspector, constable killed in accident on Jaipur-Delhi highway

The incident occurred under the Chandwaji police station area. Sub inspector Suman, posted with Jaipur’s Chitrakoot police station, and a constable died in the accident, police said.

Rajasthan: Congress sweeps local body polls, Gehlot calls it mandate on govt performance

Rajasthan Local Body Election Results 2019: “The results of the local bodies seem to be coming as per expectations and hopes. It is a matter of happiness that people have given mandate considering the performance of the government,” Ashok Gehlot said.

Days of ghoonghat are over: Ashok Gehlot

Expressing displeasure at the practice of covering women’s faces with a ‘ghoonghat’ or veil in some rural areas, Gehlot said the custom belongs to a bygone era.

Overall crime rate declined in Rajasthan between 2015-17: NCRB data

At 21,306, Rajasthan has the highest number of forgery, cheating and fraud victims among all the states.

Nobel Laureates Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo co-authored study on Rajasthan Police

Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo wrote a couple of papers on police dept which sought to improve performance.

Rajasthan govt to discontinue pension to Emergency detainees

“We don’t consider them as freedom fighters or as sentinels of democracy.”

Camel numbers lowest in Rajasthan in 7 decades

However, the decline is not new, as per Livestock Census figures available with the Animal Husbandry department of the state government.

Chain pulling case: Sunny Deol, Karisma Kapoor acquitted by Rajasthan court

The actors were accused of illegally pulling the chain of train 2413-A Uplink Express, which led to its delay by 25 minutes.

Rajasthan Cricket Association polls: Amid high drama, Dudi’s nomination rejected

An enraged Dudi likened Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s efforts for his son, Vaibhav Gehlot, to that of “Dhritarashtra” from Mahabharata.

Vaibhav Gehlot all set to become Rajasthan Cricket Association chief

The bitterness of the developments around RCA can be gauged from the fact that R R Rashmi is the third RCA Electoral Officer in the last ten days.

Aircraft carrying Rajasthan CM develops technical snag, lands back safely in Jaipur

Jaipur airport director J S Balhara said the state government had hired the plane for the chief minister visit to Jalgaon.

Gehlot plays down Pilot’s remark on law and order situation in Rajasthan

Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot had said last week that the government needs to work “more seriously” on law and order in the state.

Jaipur: Two cases filed after clash between kanwariyas, local residents

According to the police, the incident took place when the kanwariyas were returning from a temple in a procession, for which they had not taken permission.

Jaipur: Two groups clash, internet services suspended in walled city

According to Additional Commissioner of Police (law and order) Ajay Pal Lamba, two police personnel and around 15 people were injured after both sides indulged in stone-pelting.

Rajasthan Congress leaders ‘welcome’ govt decision on J&K, others condemn arrest of ex-CMs

Minister of state for Youth Affairs & Sports Department, Ashok Chandna, wrote on Twitter on Tuesday that the scrapping of Article 370 was the first decision of the BJP government which he welcomed.