Google bans Poonam Pandey's 'bold' app

 

MUMBAI (web desk)- Google has banned ‘bold’ application launched by Bollywood actress Poonam Pandey which is not even available on Play Store.

The fans expressed disappointment over the ban whereas Poonam Pandey herself responded on social networking website Twitter.

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Responding to a question, the actress said "I don’t know why. I see many adult magazines on Play Store and App Store."

Despite the ban, the app achieved 15,000 downloads in its first 15 minutes.

Saudi Arabia malls will no longer hire Pakistanis, other foreigners

 

RIYADH (AFP) - Foreigners, including Pakistanis, will no longer be allowed to work in Saudi Arabia s numerous shopping malls, according to its labour ministry. The decision has been taken to increase employment opportunities for Saudis.

The kingdom has intensified efforts to develop more jobs for its citizens under a wide-ranging drive that began last year to diversify the oil-dependent economy.

Known as Vision 2030, the plan calls for development of non-oil industries, small and medium enterprises, and a broader investment base.

"The Minister of Labour and Social Development issues a decision restricting the work in malls across the kingdom to only Saudi men and women," the ministry said on Twitter.

There were no further details on how or when the plan would be implemented. It is the latest step aimed at boosting local employment in a country where expatriates do everything from cleaning the streets, to waiting on tables and providing management expertise.

About nine million foreigners worked in the kingdom at the end of 2015, according to latest official figures.

Saudis have traditionally preferred jobs in the public sector, where hours are shorter and leave is longer, but the government is trying to cut its payroll.

It has for years offered incentives for companies to employ more Saudis and sanctioned those which did not meet targets.

Under new measures, the monthly fees paid by those who hire more foreign workers than Saudis will be increased, and in July the government plans to impose a levy on foreign workers with dependents, according to a government document seen by Bloomberg News.

In the third quarter of last year the unemployment rate for Saudi females was 34.5 percent, compared with 5.7 percent for Saudi males, figures cited by the firm Jadwa Investment showed.

Mahira Khan becomes first Pakistani actress to enter 100-crore club in Bollywood

 

MUMBAI (Web desk )-Stunning Pakistani actress Mahira Khan has entered the 100-crore club in Bollywood.

She is the first Pakistani actress to achieve the mark in Indian film industry.

According to details, Mahira’s Bollywood debut opposite Shah Rukh Khan ‘Raees’ has made $21 million business in the first trimester of 2017.

This has led the actress on the first spot whereas Yami Gautam’s Kaabil is on second and Huma Qureshi’s Jolly LLB-2 rests on third number.

Earlier, Pakistani heartthrob Fawad touched the 100-crore club through his two films, ‘Kapoor & Sons’, which touched the 100-crore mark when it collected 104 crores in India and ‘Ae Dil Hai Muskhil’, that collected INR112.48 crores.

Modeling stories': Melania wins lawsuits against Daily Mail, Mail Online

 

(Web Desk) – Melania Trump has won lawsuits against Daily Mail and Mail Online on Wednesday over concocted stories about her modeling days in 1990s.

The first lady of the United States was alleged by the organisation of providing services beyond modeling back in the day and that Donald Trump had met her before the couple claims to have met.

Daily Mail has been ordered to pay £2.4, around $3 million in damages. The organisation had earlier published a retraction in September and has again published a detailed apology.

According to the apology offered by the organisation, Daily Mail questioned the nature of her work on August 20, 2016 and republished allegations against her. The story entailed denial statements of the first lady of the States and the executive of the modeling agency.

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The story further wrote that there were no evidence to support the allegations.

Daily Mail had written that Donald Trump met Melania three years before the couple ‘staged’ their meeting to go public with their relation and it was actually a ruse.

“We accept that these allegations about Mrs Trump are not true and we retract and withdraw them. We apologise to Mrs Trump for any distress that our publication caused her. To settle Mrs Trump’s two lawsuits against us, we have agreed to pay her damages and costs,” the apology states.

 

This company makes creepily realistic babies

 

(Web Desk) - Vincent Van Dyke Effects, a full service special makeup effects studio that makes prosthetics and body duplications, has recently created creepily realistic babies.

One model takes about three weeks to make. At first, they pour silicone into a mold. Then they add color and features. 

The company rents these models to TV and movie projects.

 

Owner and artistic director Vincent Van Dyke has been working as a professional makeup effects artist for over 10 years. During this time he ran one of Hollywood’s leading effects shops, The Burman Studio. Supervising and keying on such shows as Nip Tuck, Grey’s Anatomy, and Private Practice. For this work, he was nominated for 4 Prime Time Emmy Awards.

Now with Vincent Van Dyke Effects, he continues a high standard for excellence and dedication to bring the most compelling characters to the screen.

DJ hosts party at Mount Everest

 

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KATHMANDU (AFP) - Top British DJ Paul Oakenfold braved thinning air and freezing temperatures to host the "highest party on earth" at Everest base camp on Tuesday, playing to around 100 climbers -- all in full mountain gear.
The 53-year-old artist, who trekked for 10 days to reach base camp, mixed his beats on a makeshift stone stage set against the spectacular backdrop of the world s highest mountains.

With brightly coloured Tibetan prayer flags fluttering overhead, climbers and trekkers danced as best they could in their heavy hiking boots and thick down jackets.
"It was truly amazing. I feel very lucky to have played here. We did a wonderful event and had people from all over the world. I feel very blessed," Oakenfold told AFP by phone from base camp after the performance.
Base camp lies at an altitude of 5,380 metres (17,600 feet), and around 100 climbers and trekkers were there for the gig.
"It was pretty cool. I ve been here many years but never seen anything like that," 38-year-old American climber Ben Jones told AFP by phone.
The number of trekkers at the camp will swell in the coming weeks as the climbing season gets into full swing.
Hundreds of climbers spend weeks acclimatising to the altitude before attempting to reach the summit during the brief spring window when the weather is at its best.
It was a dramatic departure for Oakenfold, who admitted he was more used to playing the world s top clubs and the beaches of Ibiza and Goa than the mountains of Nepal.
Oakenfold, who had never trekked before, trained for four months before arriving in Nepal, fitting it in between a hectic schedule of late night gigs.
"I m not going to pretend it was easy to get here... but it has been a wonderful trek. If you could see the view I m looking at, it is very inspiring," he told AFP on Monday.
The gig is the first in the record producer s SoundTrek series, aimed at drawing attention to the effects of global warming and raising money for charities.
Oakenfold, whose three-decade long career has included collaborations with Madonna and U2, is also raising funds to help survivors of Nepal s devastating 2015 earthquake, which killed nearly 9,000 people and left thousands homeless.
"I want to support in the rebuilding and to shed light on the environment... I would like to do my bit," he said.

Yasra Rizvi slams criticism for marrying man younger than her

 

LAHORE: (Web Desk) – Renowned actress Yasra Rizvi has slammed the criticism on her by certain people on social media for marrying a man younger than her in age. Rizvi is 34 years of age right now while her husband Abdul Hadi is 24-year-old.

Yasra was brutally criticised by a certain segment of the social media that has a problem with almost everything happening on Earth. The self-righteous Facebook surfers criticised Yasra just for marrying a man ten years younger than her.

 

In a video message on Facebook, Yasra said that her marriage with Abdul Hadi had kicked off a new debate on the social media. She said that while there were many people on Facebook and other social media platforms who appreciated their marriage, there were others as well who were criticising the couple for their age difference.

She said that the debate raised questions like where did the religious or social opinions stood on the age difference between the married couple. She said that she was also criticised for demanding a Fajr prayer from her husband as Haq Mehr as some thought she was doing it to seem different than others.

In a befitting response to these detractors, Yasra said that she was proud of being different and didn’t feel the need to look like others. She said that every person was different than the other. “I’m a person who impresses very few people so if I want to have a Fajr prayer offered as Haq Mehr, it was nobody’s business. Is criticism is all we know?” Yasra said.