Mumbai, Aug 6 (IANS) Actress-producer Shweta Tripathi, who is taking her critically acclaimed play titled “Cock” across India, said queer stories aren’t seasonal, they’re human stories. They deserve space, dignity, and celebration throughout the year. After receiving praise for her play Cock, which had successful runs in Mumbai and Delhi during the Pride Month, Shweta is now set to take the production to more cities across India produced under her stage production company, AllMyTea.“Th…

Mumbai, Aug 6 (IANS) As Vatsal Sheth turned 45, Bollywood superstar Ajay Devgn wished the actor in a quirky way by making a “Taarzan: The Wonder Car”, which was released in 2004, reference.Ajay took to his Instagram stories, where he shared a picture featuring him along with Kajol, Vatsal and his wife Ishita Dutta.“Whenever you need me look for a purple car…happy birthday @vatsalsheth,” Ajay wrote as the caption.The purple car reference is about the stunning “wonder car” based on a…

Seoul, Aug 6 (IANS) HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, South Korea’s leading shipbuilder, said on Wednesday it has secured a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) project for a U.S. Navy cargo ship.The company will carry out the MRO work on the USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE-3), a 41,000-ton Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo vessel, at HD Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co.’s shipyard in Ulsan, some 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, the company said in a press release.The project is slated for completion and delivery…

Seoul, Aug 6 (IANS) SK Telecom, South Korea’s leading wireless service provider, said on Wednesday its second-quarter net profit plunged 76.2 per cent from a year earlier due to the fallout from a massive data breach that affected its entire 25 million user base.Net profit for the three months ended in June fell to 83.2 billion won ($60 million) from 350.2 billion won in the same period last year, the company said in a regulatory filing.The earnings fell short of market expectations. The average…

Mumbai, Aug 6 (IANS) The Indian equity benchmarks opened flat on Wednesday, ahead of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee’s decision. Sensex gained 64 points or 0.08 per cent at 80,774 while Nifty edged up 16 points or 0.07 per cent to 24,665.Broad cap indices saw higher selling pressure. The Nifty midcap 100 index was down 0.54 per cent and Nifty smallcap 100 index slipped 0.64 per cent.”Today’s monetary policy decision is unlikely to influence the market significantly. T…

Dehradun, Aug 6 (IANS) A day after twin cloudbursts struck Uttarkashi district, sweeping away an entire village and triggering widespread panic, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday issued a ‘heavy rainfall’ warning and a red alert for Uttarakhand.The IMD forecast stated that heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places across several districts, including Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag, Chamoli, Bageshwar, Pithoragarh, Udham Singh Nagar, Dehradun, Nainital, Champawat and Pauri Gar…

Chennai, Aug 6 (IANS) In a shocking and tragic incident, a Special Sub-Inspector (SI) of Tamil Nadu Police was brutally hacked to death by a father-son duo at an estate belonging to AIADMK MLA Mahendran in Tiruppur district.The incident occurred during the late hours of Tuesday. The deceased officer, Shanmughavel, hailed from Thalavai Pattinam near Dharapuram and was serving at the Kudimangalam Police Station near Udumalpet.According to police sources, a dispute had reportedly taken place betwee…

New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) The government has denied reports suggesting that it has permitted private sector participation in the exploration and mining of atomic minerals such as uranium and thorium from the country’s offshore regions by notifying the Offshore Areas Atomic Minerals Rules, 2025.The Ministry of Mines called such media reports “misleading and factually incorrect”.The Offshore Areas Atomic Minerals Operating Rights Rules, 2025 provide the procedure for the grant of operating rig…

New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval will hold meetings with senior Russian officials in Moscow on Wednesday to discuss India-Russia defence and security cooperation.The visit comes at a time when US President Donald Trump has announced that he will announce “very substantial” increases to the 25 per cent tariffs on Indian goods because of New Delhi’s oil purchases from Russia.Trump has accused New Delhi of “fuelling the war machine” by buying cheaper Russian oil an…

Kolkata, Aug 6 (IANS) West Bengal BJP MP Jagannath Sarkar on Wednesday came down heavily on the state government following the alleged attack on Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari’s convoy, stating that the law and order situation under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s rule is “against democracy and constitutional norms”.The incident took place on Tuesday, August 5, when Adhikari was on a visit to Cooch Behar to lead a BJP rally outside the office of the district’s Superintendent of Police.As…