Actress Soha Ali Khan discusses the challenges she faces as an actor while shooting, during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and admits that the entertainment industry too, is trying to cope up in such unprecedented times.
The shares of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd's surge 2 per cent on Wednesday after the company announced that its board approved a merger with Sony Pictures Networks India Pvt Ltd (SPNI).
Under the agreement, Sony Pictures will have a cash balance of $1.5 billion, including through infusion by the current shareholders of Sony and the promoters of ZEEL.
Zee Ent share has rallied 22 per cent after Punit Goenka, MD at Zee Ent said that merger talks between the company and Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) are in the final stages.
The Bombay High Court would be hearing the dispute on November 29 and the NCLAT on December 6.
The company had reported a net profit of Rs 93.41 crore in the July-September quarter a year ago, Zee Entertainment Enterprise Ltd (ZEEL) said in a regulatory filing.
The BSE Sensex rose 383.21 points, or 0.63 percent, at 61,350.26 on October 26 and the Nifty was up 143 points, or 0.79 percent, at 18,268.40.
The media conglomerate stated that a revised date for convening the meeting of the board of directors would be announced with a fresh notice.
Shareholders of Reliance Industries have approved the appointment of Saudi Aramco Chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan on the company board, with less than 2 percent of votes cast against the proposal.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.