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Vikram Vedha: Netizens call Hrithik Roshan, Saif Ali Khan’s film teaser ‘fantastic’, ‘real storm’

The highly anticipated Vikram Vedha teaser, starring Saif Ali Khan and Hrithik Roshan, was released today. In this action thriller, the two will play the titular roles and will be seen clashing with each other. While Saif plays a tough cop named Vikram, Hrithik plays a ruthless gangster named Vedha. The film is an official Hindi remake of the Tamil film of the same name starring R Madhavan and Vijay Sethupathi. Pushkar and Gayatri, the husband-wife filmmaker duo who directed the original, are also directing the Hindi remake. Radhika Apte, Rohit Saraf, Yogita Bihani, and Sharib Hashmi also appear in the film.

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How to comply with new debit, and credit card guidelines from RBI ahead of the deadline?

By September 30, 2022, the Reserve Bank of India mandated that all credit and debit card information used for online, in-app, and point-of-sale transactions be replaced by independent tokens. According to a circular issued by the central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) later decided to extend the timeline for implementation of certain provisions of the Master Direction to October 1, 2022, after receiving various representations from industry stakeholders.

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17-year-old Indian Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu defeats world champion, Magnus Carlsen

17-year-old Indian Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu defeated world champion Magnus Carlsen for the third time in six months on Monday at the FTX Crypto Cup, the American finale of the Champions Chess Tour, in Miami. Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, a 17-year-old Grandmaster, made history by winning three games in a row and defeating Magnus Carlsen, the reigning five-time World Chess Champion.

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Will the Earth, Mercury and Venus be swallowed by the Sun? Know what this study claims.

The sun is an angry ball of fire that operates on nuclear physics principles and powers life on Earth. However, this life-giving force will not always be so, and there will come a time when it will run out of hydrogen fuel. The result will be complete chaos. As its fuel runs out, the sun will turn into a red behemoth in nearly five billion years. Even though it will lose its ability to sustain life, it will go out for one more hunt in its neighbourhood, the solar system.

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What is Lumpy Skin disease, affecting lakhs of cattle in India? Know if it can spread to humans

Following the monkeypox and Covid-19 pandemics, a new disease has begun to spread in India, this time affecting animals. The Lumpy Skin disease has wreaked havoc on cattle across the country, killing over 7,300 animals so far. Nearly 3,000 cattle have died in Rajasthan and Gujarat in recent weeks as a result of a viral infection of Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) that has spread across the states.

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