The Amazon Great Indian Festival sale kicked off October 7 for Prime members and is still going strong, bringing some exciting deals on a host of products and devices. The sale is offering deep discounts on smartphones, laptops, gaming consoles, PC accessories, tablets, smartwatches and more. The Amazon sale also features deals on storage devices. External hard disc drives and SSDs are an important companion for our computers. The sale brings offers on storage devices from top brands like Seagate, Western Digital, Toshiba and more.
External drives are an essential accessory for computer users with high storage needs. Video editors, gamers, designers need the extra storage space to keep their files in one place. During the Great Indian Festival sale’s Finale Days phase, a 1TB portable SSD from SanDisk is priced at Rs. 7,749 in the sale, down from its listed price of Rs. 32,000. Meanwhile, Samsung T7 Shield 2TB portable SSD comes in at Rs. 12,399, down from its listed price of Rs. 34,999. Keep in mind that this is the final phase of the Amazon sale during Diwali, so it would be a good time to grab some items from your wishlist.
The e-commerce site is also providing new bank offers in the Finale Days phase of the sale. ICICI Bank credit and debit card holders can avail an additional discount of 10 percent up to Rs. 3,500 on the deals. Meanwhile, Amazon Pay ICICI credit card holders will get a five percent instant discount on their purchase, plus an unlimited five percent cashback. AU Small Finance Bank customers will get a 10 percent discount of up to Rs. 1,750 on credit and debit card transactions.
Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale 2023: Top deals on storage devices
Vivo Y18t was silently launched in India as the latest entrant in the company’s Y series. The new Vivo handset arrives in two colourways with an IP54-rated build. The Vivo Y18t sports a dual rear camera unit led by a 50-megapixel primary sensor. It runs on a Unisoc T612 chipset with 4GB RAM and 128GB storage. The budget smartphone carries a 5,000mAh battery with 15W fast charging support.
Vivo Y18t Price in India
The Vivo Y18t has been announced at a price of Rs. 9,499 in India for the single 4GB RAM + 128GB storage model. It is available in Gem Green and Space Black colour options and is currently up for sale through the Vivo India e-store and Flipkart.
Vivo Y18t Specifications
The dual-SIM (Nano) Vivo Y18t runs on Funtouch OS 14 based on Android 14 and features a 6.56-inch HD+ (720×1,612 pixels) LCD display with up to 90Hz refresh rate, 269ppi pixel density, and a peak brightness level of 840nits. It has a plastic back and runs on Unisoc T612 chipset along with 4GB of LPDDR4X RAM and eMMC 5.1. The handset supports an extended RAM feature for virtually expanding the onboard memory up to 8GB, while the storage can be extended via microSD card.
For optics, the Vivo Y18t has a dual rear camera setup with rear flash comprising a 50-megapixel primary sensor and a 0.08-megapixel secondary shooter. It carries an 8-megapixel front camera for selfies and video calls.
Connectivity options on the Vivo Y18t include Bluetooth 5.2, FM Radio, GPS, BeiDou, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, OTG, Wi-Fi, and a USB Type-C port. It also features an accelerometer, ambient light sensor, e-compass, motor gyroscope and a proximity sensor. It boasts a side-mounted fingerprint sensor for biometric authentication. It comes with an IP54 rating for dust and water resistance.
The Vivo Y18t packs a 5,000mAh battery with 15W fast charging support. The battery is claimed to deliver up to 62.53 hours of music playback time and up to 6.8 hours of PUBG playback time on a single charge. It measures 163×75.58×8.3mm and weighs around 185 grams.
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When she watched The Great Indian Kitchen (2021), Sanya Malhotra could see Jeo Baby’s film doing what good cinema does—asking questions that haven’t been raised before. So, when the actor was offered its Hindi adaptation, Mrs, she took no time to say yes to it. “My yes to the film was both as an actor and a woman,” she tells us, at the movie’s Asia première at the ongoing International Film Festival of India (IFFI).
Mrs features (left) Sanya Malhotra and (right) Kanwaljit Singh
Nimisha Sajayan was widely praised for her performance in the Malayalam original, which told the story of a young dancer whose life becomes restricted to the kitchen after marriage. Did Malhotra feel the pressure of stepping into her shoes? “I never compare myself with anyone. If I put myself in this mindset, I will be leading with fear, which I don’t want to do,” she explains, adding that director Arati Kadav and writer Anu Singh Choudhary made Mrs personal and novel. “We have made this personal and palatable to the north Indian audience. Arati and Anu have brought their own lived-in experiences to the script. All I thought about was I have to do it in a way that it travels far and wide, and people take away something from it.”
If the acclaim and love from various festivals is any indication, Malhotra’s efforts have already paid off. As she awaits the film’s release in January, she says Mrs has already brought a change in her. “The process of interviewing women for the character opened up a lot of things in me, and I’m constantly questioning and correcting myself,” she says, sharing a personal anecdote about how her view on gender roles has changed. “Whenever I used to go back home, my mother felt pressured to cook for me. Having worked in the kitchen all these years, she has an aversion to it now. [At the same time] she’d be apologetic about it, saying, ‘I didn’t cook anything good for you.’ To date, I tell her that cooking is not a way of proving her love to me. Everyone around us says maa ke haath ka khana is ultimate love. That’s there. But no one should feel pressured to do it.”
Yamandu Orsi, the candidate for the left-wing Broad Front coalition, is projected to emerge victorious in Uruguay’s run-off election for the presidency.
He bested Alvaro Delgado of the ruling National Party to win the tightly fought race, though public opinion polls showed the two candidates in a dead heat in the lead-up to Sunday’s vote.
Orsi’s supporters took to the streets in the capital of Montevideo, as the official results started to show the former mayor and history teacher surging ahead.
Many waved the party banner: a red, blue and white striped flag with the initials FA for “Frente Amplio”, which translates to “Broad Front”.
“Joy will return for the majority,” the coalition posted on social media as Orsi approached victory. “Cheers, people of Uruguay.”
Supporters of Yamandu Orsi celebrate early results after polls closed in Montevideo, Uruguay, on November 24 [Natacha Pisarenko/AP Photo]
Orsi’s win restores the Broad Front to power in the small South American country, sandwiched on the Atlantic coast between Brazil and Argentina.
For 15 years, from 2005 to 2020, the Broad Front had held Uruguay’s executive office, with the presidencies of Jose Mujica and Tabare Vazquez, the latter of whom won two non-consecutive, five-year terms.
But that winning streak came to an end in the 2019 election, with the victory of current President Luis Lacalle Pou, who led a coalition of right-leaning parties.
Under Uruguay law, however, a president cannot run for consecutive terms. Lacalle Pou was therefore not a candidate in the 2024 race.
Running in his stead was Delgado, a former veterinarian and Congress member who served as a political appointee in Lacalle Pou’s government from 2020 to 2023.
Even before the official results were announced on Sunday, Delgado had conceded, acknowledging Orsi’s victory was imminent.
“Today, the Uruguayans have defined who will hold the presidency of the republic. And I want to send here, with all these actors of the coalition, a big hug and a greeting to Yamandu Orsi,” Delgado said in a speech as he clutched a large Uruguayan flag in his hand.
He called on his supporters to “respect the sovereign decisions” of the electorate, while striking a note of defiance.
“It’s one thing to lose an election, and another to be defeated. We are not defeated,” he said, pledging that his right-wing coalition was “here to stay”.
The outgoing president, Lacalle Pou, also reached out to Orsi to acknowledge the Broad Front’s victory.
“I called [Yamandu Orsi] to congratulate him as president-elect of our country and to put myself at his service and begin the transition as soon as I deem it pertinent,” Lacalle Pou wrote on social media.
Supporters hold cutouts of Yamandu Orsi’s face in Montevideo, Uruguay, on November 24 [Natacha Pisarenko/AP Photo]
Orsi had been considered the frontrunner in the lead-up to the first round of the elections.
Originally from Canelones, a coastal regional in the south of Uruguay, Orsi began his career locally as a history teacher, activist and secretary-general of the department’s government. In 2015, he successfully ran to be mayor of Canelones and won re-election in 2020.
In the 2024 presidential race, Orsi – like virtually all the candidates on the campaign trail – pledged to bolster Uruguay’s economy. He called for salary increases, particularly for low-wage workers, to grow their “purchasing power”.
He also called for greater early childhood education and employment programmes for young adults. According to a United Nations report earlier this year, nearly 25 percent of Uruguay’s children live in poverty.
But the economy was not the only issue at the forefront of voters’ minds. In a June survey from the communications firm Nomade, the largest share of respondents – 29 percent – identified “insecurity” as Uruguay’s “principal problem”.
That dwarfed the second-highest ranked topic: “Unemployment” was only picked by 15 percent of respondents.
As part of his platform, Orsi pledged to increase the police force and strengthen Uruguay’s borders, including through the installation of more security cameras.
As he campaigned, Orsi enjoyed the support of former President Mujica, a former rebel fighter who survived torture under Uruguay’s military dictatorship in the 1970s and ’80s.
Mujica remains a popular figure on Uruguay’s left, best known for his humble living arrangements that once earned him the moniker of the “world’s poorest president”.
Supporters of Yamandu Orsi, candidate for the Broad Front, walk a dog decorated with the party’s colours in Montevideo, Uruguay, on Sunday [Natacha Pisarenko/AP Photo]
In the first round of voting, on October 27, Orsi came out on top, with 44 percent of the vote to Delgado’s 27 percent. But his total was far short of the 50 percent he needed to win the election outright, thereby triggering a run-off.
The race got tighter from there forward. Only two candidates progressed to the run-off – Delgado and Orsi – and Delgado picked up support from voters who had backed former Colorado Party candidate Andres Ojeda, a fellow conservative who was knocked out in the first round.
Nevertheless, Orsi quickly pulled ahead after the polls closed for the run-off election on Sunday.
“The horizon is brightening,” Orsi said in his victory speech. “The country of freedom, equality and also fraternity triumphs once again.”
EU telecoms regulators’ group BEREC on Friday warned the European Commission against proposing legislation pushed by the sector to get Big Tech‘s help to pay for the rollout of 5G and broadband, saying it did not see a competition problem or a market failure.
The comments from The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) to the European Commission which is now looking into the issue underscores the high-stakes battle between Big Tech and Europe’s major telecoms operators.
“There is no evidence of a competition problem or a market failure to the detriment of end-users regarding IP-interconnection,” the group said.
Echoing Big Tech’s arguments, BEREC said it has its doubts about a mandatory network fee levied on the companies.
“It is questionable that mandatory payments from CAPs (content and application providers) to ISPs (internet service providers) would lead to member states meeting the connectivity targets,” BEREC said.
“On the contrary, it is rather likely that ISPs in already well supplied areas would benefit the most.”
It said a mandatory fee may disadvantage smaller telecoms operators with less economies of scale and bargaining power, while other telecoms companies with their own streaming or cloud services may discriminate and unfairly promote these services.
Such a fee may also lead to price hikes for consumers, disincentivise Big Tech from investments and breach EU net neutrality rules, BEREC said.
Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica and Telecom Italia have been lobbying for Big Tech to shoulder some of the network costs.
The Vivo X90 Pro has finally made its debut in India, but is the company’s flagship smartphone for 2023 equipped with enough upgrades over its predecessor? We discuss this and more on Orbital, the Gadgets 360 podcast. Orbital is available on Spotify, Gaana, JioSaavn, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and wherever you get your podcasts.
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Palaash Muchhal on signing visually-impaired stand up comic Bhavya Shah for his next and similarities between his film on down syndrome and Sitaare Zameen Par
Palaash Muchhal has backed and written stories on marginalised and ostracised people, be it showing the struggles of trans people in Ardh, or his upcoming film focusing on down syndrome. Keeping up with his aim to give voice to the people who probably might not get the platform, Palaash has signed visually-impaired stand-up comic Bhavya Shah for his next film titled Nazariya, in the lead role, after seeing his viral act from comedian Samay Raina’s show India’s Got Latent.
Palaash Muchhal on signing visually-impaired comic Bhavya Shah
“Normally when we see these people, we think about sympathy, or words like bechara comes to our mind, but Bhavya is super cool and that actually drove me. I messaged him on Instagram and within two minutes, he messaged me back. At 6 AM I messaged him and at 8 AM I was with him. Till now, he is in a denial like is it actually happening,” he says, adding that he was shocked to see lack of visually-impaired leading artistes in Bollywood. “When I did my research about a visually-impaired leading actor in Bollywood, I hardly could find any. I was shocked.”
Talking further about giving platform to Shah, Palaash Muchhal insists, “I don’t know why such concepts have not been made before, but it’s good for me because I’m doing it now.” He adds that all of this has happened in a span of one week: “I just met him and that inspired me more to write. I just signed him on Sunday, and he is really excited for the film. We are going on floors on December 11, and we are going to be shooting in Mumbai, Lonavala and Sangli. It’s a full on romcom, very entertaining and not that bechara kind of a movie, and we are planning to release it in the early part of the year only, hopefully before IPL. We will release it on OTT as I feel it is the greatest platform for such content movies. Although, there will be a time when people will also come to watch such movies in the theatre.”
Palaash’s other movie on down syndrome is also very close to his heart, but point out that actor Aamir Khan’s next Sitaare Zameen Paralso touches the same subject and he says, “When I was working on the movie, I got to know about Aamir sir’s movie and on what topic they are making it on. Maybe they are doing a remake or something else. But I made sure there is no clash of concept. There is a big difference in both the movies. My movie is very simple and Aamir sir to jab bhi aayenge, it is going to be magical. That’s a sports drama and my movie is in a totally realistic way.”
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Samsung Galaxy A16 5G has been quietly listed online. The handset appears with a Key Island on the right edge housing the power button and volume rocker. It is listed to feature a 50-megapixel triple rear camera unit and a 13-megapixel selfie shooter. The phone will run on Android 14-based One UI 6.1 and is promised to offer six years of OS upgrades and security updates. Meanwhile, a report has suggested the launch timeline of the Galaxy A16 5G in India. It is tipped to get a different chipset than the global variant.
Samsung Galaxy A16 5G Price, Features
Samsung’s Galaxy A16 has been listed with a price tag of EUR 249 (roughly Rs. 23,000) for the single 4GB RAM + 128GB storage variant.
The Samsung Galaxy A16 5G comes with a 6.5-inch full-HD+ (1,080 x 2,340 pixels) Super AMOLED display offering a 90Hz refresh rate. It is listed with an octa-core chipset which is said to be the Exynos 1330 SoC paired with 4GB of RAM and 128GB of onboard storage. It runs on Android 14-based One UI 6.1 out-of-the-box and is promised to offer six years of OS upgrades alongside six years of security updates.
For optics, the Samsung Galaxy A16 5G will offer a triple rear camera unit, including a 50-megapixel primary rear sensor, a 5-megapixel sensor with an ultra-wide lens, and a 2-megapixel macro shooter. The phone has a 13-megapixel selfie shooter.
Samsung’s Galaxy A16 5G appears to pack a 5,000mAh battery with support for 25W wired fast charging. The phone has an IP54-rated build for dust and splash resistance. Connectivity options include dual 5G, NFC, GPS, Bluetooth 5.3, Wi-Fi, and USB Type-C connectivity.
Samsung Galaxy A16 5G India Launch Timeline (Expected)
The Samsung Galaxy A16 5G has been tipped to launch in India in mid-October, according to a report by The Tech Outlook. The report adds that the Indian variant may launch with a MediaTek Dimensity 6300 SoC. While previous leaks have revealed details about the Galaxy A16 4G, but there’s still no information regarding its launch in India.
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Kiran Abbavaram‘s fantasy thriller film ‘KA’ has made a significant impact since its release on October 31, 2024, during the Diwali festivities. Despite facing tough competition from other films like ‘Amaran’ and ‘Lucky Baskhar’, ‘KA’ has emerged as a box office success, grossing over Rs 37 crore worldwide with a budget of Rs 15-20 crore. Now, after its successful theatrical run, the film is set to make its digital debut. Starting November 28, 2024, ‘KA’ will be available for streaming on ETV Win. The announcement was made via social media, where the platform shared a poster of the film and wrote, “Let’s play #KA for sure, this time with an amazing picture with amazing sound…Experience #KA with Dolby Vision Atmos From Nov 28 Only on @EtvWin.” The story of ‘KA’ revolves around Abhinay Vasudev, an orphan raised in an orphanage who moves to the fictional village of Krishnagiri to work as an assistant to the local postman. There, he falls in love with the postman’s daughter, Satyabhama. However, girls begin to mysteriously disappear in the village. With his liking for reading letters, Vasudev starts piecing together clues about the kidnappings.’KA’ features Tanvi Ram, Nayan Sarika, and others in prominent roles. The film got high praise from viewers for its unique storytelling approach and engaging plot twists. The audience appreciated Kiran Abbavaram’s performance, the film’s engaging climax and the background score.
Amazon Great Indian Festival Finale Days began over the weekend as the e-commerce giant’s biggest sale of the year enters its final stretch. You can avail of deals, discounts and offers on various electronics — including laptops from Apple, HP, Acer, and other manufacturers — as part of the ongoing sale, which is now in its final stretch. In addition to the discounted prices on various laptops, you can also lower the cost of these products by using eligible bank cards for an additional discount up to 10 percent during the Amazon sale.
One of the biggest deals you can avail of during the ongoing Amazon Great Indian Festival Finale Days sale is on Apple’s MacBook Air (M1) that was launched in 2020. The laptop is currently priced at Rs. 69,990, down from the listed price of Rs. 99,990. You can also trade in your existing laptop and use an eligible bank card to lower the price to Rs. 62,990. By including the bank and exchange discounts, this is effectively the cheapest price of the M1 MacBook Air this year.
As part of the bank offers during the current (and final) phase of the Amazon Great Indian Festival sale, you can avail of a 10 percent discount up to Rs. 3,500 on ICICI credit card, debit card, and credit card EMI transactions. You can also avail of a 10 percent instant discount up to Rs. 1,750 on both credit and debit card transactions. Finally, you can avail of a 5 percent instant discount along with another 5 percent cashback on Amazon Pay ICICI Bank credit cards.
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Mumbai: Actors Govinda and Krushna Abhishek reunited on the latest episode of ‘The Great Indian Kapil Show’ ending their years-long family feud, which had kept the uncle-nephew duo apart.
A promo for the episode, set to air on November 30 on Netflix, showed the 90s superstar hugging his nephew.
In a clip that is going viral on the internet, the two danced together and joked about their past rift.
At one point, Krushna, dressed as the character Aladdin, began mocking Kiku Sharda, who was playing a genie. Govinda interrupted with a playful jibe, calling Krushna a “gadha (donkey),” which sent the audience into fits of laughter.
Krushna hugged his uncle and said, “We’ve met after a long time. Won’t let you go now.”
The promo also showed Arti Singh, Krushna’s sister and Govinda’s niece, sitting in the audience. Earlier this year, Govinda attended Arti’s wedding, marking a significant step in mending the family’s strained relationships.
Joining Govinda on the show were his 90s contemporaries Shakti Kapoor and Chunky Pandey. The trio entertained the audience with funny anecdotes and fond memories of working together in Bollywood classics.
Earlier in April this year, Govinda surprised everyone by attending his niece Arti Singh’s wedding in Mumbai on Thursday evening.
Govinda has had a strained relationship with his nephew Krushna Abhishek, who is Arti’s brother. They had a major fallout in 2018. However, it appears Govinda has chosen to reconcile and mend their relationship.
In 2018, Govinda’s wife Sunita Ahuja reportedly criticized Krushna Abhishek’s wife Kashmera Shah for a tweet about “people who dance for money,” believing it was aimed at Govinda. The fallout led to the family cutting ties with Kashmera and her husband Krushna Abhishek. Krushna later clarified that the tweet was about his sister Arti Singh, but the damage was done, causing a public rift between the families.
