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Kamal Haasan’s 1996 film Indian is returning with a much-awaited sequel, Indian 2. Director S Shankar opened up on why he decided to make the film in two parts. During the trailer launch event of the film, Shankar explained that part one only revolves around one state while the second part takes you across the country. He explained, “Our initial idea is to do only one part. After started filming and when I sat in the editing room, all the scenes from my point of view came out very well.” “If for the sake of just knowing you have to…

Dubai resident Loan Laux is a frequent flyer to France and whenever his plane whizzed past countries like Turkey and Iraq, he would look out of the window for the captivating views. “You think to yourself: what would it be like to actually drive there instead of fly?” he says. To find out, Loan and his wife Kaouthar Azzoune have embarked on an epic 8000-km road trip from Dubai to Brittany in northwest France, that would span 49 days. When we catch up with them in Bulgaria where they were enjoying their pit stop, they had driven through Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia,…

India thumped defending champions England by 68 runs in the second semifinal of the T20 World Cup on Thursday to book their place in Saturday’s final against South Africa. Put into bat in the rain-hit match at the Providence Stadium in Guyana, 2007 champions India posted 171 for seven with skipper Rohit Sharma (57) and Suryakumar Yadav (47) scoring bulk of the runs on a slow track. England were all out for 103 in the 17th over, never really recovering from a top-order collapse and surrendering to India’s spin duo of Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav, who claimed three wickets…

Sitting at a computer for several hours a day can be pretty bad for health, especially since the majority of budget-friendly chairs you’ll find tend not to be made for long daily usage. That’s where gaming chairs can come in, and while there are a lot of different types with various health benefits, even the most basic gaming chairs will offer a couple of great features. For example, this Lenovo gaming RGX chair is a great option for those who don’t want to spend a ton, especially since it has been discounted to $200 from its original $350 price tag.…

There is little Gaza’s doctors can do to alleviate the pain that three-year-old Suhaib Khuzaiq still feels from a shrapnel injury that caused his leg to be amputated above the knee in December. “He is in pain and in need of painkillers and a prosthetic limb that is only available outside Gaza”, his father Ali Khuzaiq, 31, told AFP from Gaza City’s Al-Ahli hospital where Suhaib receives treatment. On December 6, an Israeli air strike on their neighbourhood of Tal Al-Hawa, southwest of Gaza City, injured Suhaib and destroyed their home, displacing the family who are now staying with relatives,…

Oil prices edged higher on Thursday as supply disruption risks from rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East helped to counter demand fears after a surprise build in US stockpiles. Brent crude oil futures gained 70 cents, or 0.82 per cent, to $85.95 a barrel by 1202 GMT. US West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 57 cents, or 0.7 per cent, to $81.47. Both benchmarks had settled slightly higher on Wednesday. The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported a 3.6 million barrel jump in the country’s crude oil stocks last week. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected a drawdown of…

Bollywood actor Riteish Deshmukh, who plays a ghost hunter in the upcoming film Kakuda, opened up about what made him say yes to the script. Directed by Aditya Sarpotdar, Kakuda is set in the village of Ratodi in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district. Deshmukh said, “The horror-comedy genre has always intrigued me and when I heard the script I was drawn to it. Also playing a ghost hunter in a fun, quirky setting really appealed to me, and I feel that Kakuda has a great blend of humour with unexpected twists. Working with a talented and enthusiastic cast and crew made…

British business growth strategist Ramona da Gama has made the northern-most emirate of Ras al Khaimah her home for the last two years. Professionally, she has an impressive CV, having founded and run three businesses — a media sales consultancy, a Kensington-based jazz club, and her coaching practice — as well as being instrumental in large organisations’ business strategies. She’s worked with business impresarios, such as Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou and Rupert Murdoch, as well as companies such as Virgin Atlantic and with the Shirlaws team on The Lloyds Bank/TSB Group merger. Now 60, she says talking about money is still…

There have been a few Xbox devices that have never come to fruition, one of which was Keystone, a prototype for an affordable game streaming device you could hook up to your TV or monitor. Thanks to a surfaced patent, we’ve gotten an even closer look at what it would’ve potentially looked like. The patent, first spotted by Windows Central, gives us a more complete view of the device. We’ve previously seen the Keystone in the flesh. Microsoft Gaming head Phil Spencer is known for hiding teases and interesting collectibles on the shelf in his office. In a 2022 X…

A Dubai resident recently witnessed what he described as a “distressing scene” in Discovery Gardens. He saw a group of delivery riders helping a fellow rider who had apparently collapsed. It was not immediately clear whether the rider suffered from heat exhaustion. “Around 3pm, while crossing Discovery Gardens with my friends, I noticed a man surrounded by a crowd, most of whom were delivery riders. On taking a closer look, I realised they were assisting a fellow rider who was lying on the ground, sweating profusely and nearly unconscious,” recounted Naushad Dhun, an Indian expat, who works as a software…