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SRK in awe of Gurmehar Kaur (Movie Snippets)
Mumbai, Dec 14 (IANS) Superstar Shah Rukh Khan has praised student-turned-activist Gurmehar Kaur for showing courage and talking about her fears through a TV show “TED Talks India Nayi Soch”.
Gurmehar Kaur has been popular for her debates on equality in Delhi University and came into the limelight following her comments on the ABVP and how war killed her father and not Pakistan. She will be one of the speakers on the Star Plus show, and will be speaking on ‘You Have A Super Power – Your Words’.
“To open up about such fears and dilemma in front of a national audience showcases the courage inside you. I hope the path will get easier with time,” Shah Rukh said in a statement.
The episode featuring Gurmehar Kaur will air on Sunday.
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Arijit Singh excited to perform in Kolkata
Singer Arijit Singh is excited to start his 10-city tour with his first performance in Kolkata on Sunday.
He will take the stage at New Town Eco Park.
“I am extremely excited to begin my first integrated and exclusive India tour in Kolkata. This is home turf for me, since I was born in Murshidabad, and I look forward to an amazing performance on Christmas Eve,” Arijit said in a statement.
MTV and entertainment company Wizcraft International have come together to present the Royal Stag Mega Music Arijit Singh Live in Concert – The MTV India Tour.
The concert series, an initiative of Global Indian Music Academy (GiMA) Concerts, will be held across major cities right up to March 2018.
The singer will also be travelling to Gurugram, Chandigarh, Indore, Pune, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Guwahati and Mumbai.
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KJo can’t stop obssessing about Anushka’s wedding photographs
Filmmaker Karan Johar says actress Anushka Sharma and cricket hero Virat Kohli have made a strong statement of love in the wedding photographs, which have surfaced on the Internet.
Karan spoke about the wedding photographs on his radio show “Calling Karan” on ISHQ 104.8 FM, read a statement.
“My feeling of the day is full of mush in my heart. I feel in love in all kinds of love. I have been staring incessantly at Anushka and Virat’s wedding photographs. Whether you are in a relationship or not, whether you are emotional or not whether you are all about mush and love or not,” he said.
Karan, who directed Anushka in “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil”, added: “Whatever be the circumstances, you are going to feel something. You get that bang of ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ in your heart when you see these images.
“I can’t stop staring at these images. They are giving us all kind of relationship goals, love goals, goals that you can think of. Personally, I am obssessing about their wedding photographs. Firstly, huge congratulations to the adorably gorgeous couple! What a way to get married!
“Dignified, elegant and beautiful. They both look stunning and they both have made such a strong statement of love.”
Celebrated couturier Sabyasachi Mukherjee is behind the striking ensembles and looks sported by India’s star cricketer and Bollywood actress for their wedding festivities. The wedding took place on Monday at a resort in a restored 13th century Tuscan village in Italy.
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Kunal Roy Kapoor a great actor: Shenaz Treasury
Actress Shenaz Treasury had fun while shooting “Kaalakaandi” with Kunal Roy Kapoor.
“Kaalakaandi” also features Saif Ali Khan, Deepak Dobriyal, Vijay Raz, Kunal, Sobhita Dhulipala, Akshay Oberoi, Isha Talwar, Shivam Patil, Amyra Dastur and Neil Bhoopalam.
Directed by debutant Akshat Verma, writer of the cult film “Delhi Belly”, the dark comedy is the story of six characters from different worlds — urban, ambitious Mumbai and its dark, neglected underbelly.
“Shooting ‘Kaalakaandi’ was nostalgic for me. It was Akshat, the writer who wrote ‘Delhi Belly’ and it made me think of the fun ‘Delhi Belly’ shoot. Kunal Roy Kapoor, Vijay Raaz and I were the actors repeated in ‘Kaalakaandi’ after ‘Delhi Belly’,” Shenaz said in a statement.
“I think Akshat is India’s best writer and I am honoured to be in his second film as a writer and first film as a director… Kunal is a great actor, easy and fun to be with and we were both reminiscing and nostalgic about ‘Delhi Belly’.”
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International online casino Casino Days has published a report sharing their internal data on what types and brands of devices are used to play on the platform by users from the South Asian region.
Such aggregate data analyses allow the operator to optimise their website for the brands and models of devices people are actually using.
The insights gained through the research also help Casino Days tailor their services based on the better understanding of their clients and their needs.
Desktops and Tablets Lose the Battle vs Mobile
The primary data samples analysed by Casino Days reveal that mobile connections dominate the market in South Asia and are responsible for a whopping 96.6% of gaming sessions, while computers and tablets have negligible shares of 2.9% and 0.5% respectively.
The authors of the study point out that historically, playing online casino was exclusively done on computers, and attribute thе major shift to mobile that has unfolded over time to the wide spread of cheaper smartphones and mobile data plans in South Asia.
“Some of the reasons behind this massive difference in device type are affordability, technical advantages, as well as cheaper and more obtainable internet plans for mobiles than those for computers,” the researchers comment.
Xiaomi and Vivo Outperform Samsung, Apple Way Down in Rankings
Chinese brands Xiaomi and Vivo were used by 21.9% and 20.79% of Casino Days players from South Asia respectively, and together with the positioned in third place with a 18.1% share South Korean brand Samsung dominate the market among real money gamers in the region.
Cupertino, California-based Apple is way down in seventh with a user share of just 2.29%, overshadowed by Chinese brands Realme (11.43%), OPPO (11.23%), and OnePlus (4.07%).
Huawei is at the very bottom of the chart with a tiny share just below the single percent mark, trailing behind mobile devices by Motorola, Google, and Infinix.
The data on actual phone usage provided by Casino Days, even though limited to the gaming parts of the population of South Asia, paints a different picture from global statistics on smartphone shipments by vendors.
Apple and Samsung have been sharing the worldwide lead for over a decade, while current regional leader Xiaomi secured their third position globally just a couple of years ago.
Striking Android Dominance among South Asian Real Money Gaming Communities
The shifted market share patterns of the world’s top smartphone brands in South Asia observed by the Casino Days research paper reveal a striking dominance of Android devices at the expense of iOS-powered phones.
On the global level, Android enjoys a comfortable lead with a sizable 68.79% share which grows to nearly 79% when we look at the whole continent of Asia. The data on South Asian real money gaming communities suggests that Android’s dominance grows even higher and is north of the 90% mark.
Among the major factors behind these figures, the authors of the study point to the relative affordability of and greater availability of Android devices in the region, especially when manufactured locally in countries like India and Vietnam.
“And, with influencers and tech reviews putting emphasis on Android devices, the choice of mobile phone brand and OS becomes easy; Android has a much wider range of products and caters to the Asian online casino market in ways that Apple can’t due to technical limitations,” the researchers add.
The far better integration achieved by Google Pay compared to its counterpart Apple Pay has also played a crucial role in shaping the existing smartphone market trends.
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