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EXCLUSIVE: It is Amazing to Reunite with Aditya Roy Kapur - Shraddha Kapoor

Shraddha Kapoor is reuniting with Aditya Roy Kapur once again for Shaad Ali's Ok Jaanu which is currently being shot in Mumbai. The film is the Hindi remake of South blockbuster Ok Kanmani. The film's first schedule has been wrapped and now the second schedule will resume after Shraddha's Baaghi releases on April 29, 2016. Quiz Shraddha about it and she says, "It is going really well. So far so good. We begin shooting for the second schedule just after Baaghi releases.

Getting Len Deightons SS-GB across loud and clear

SS-GB by Len Deighton (read by James Lailey) HarperCollins PublishingLen Deighton’s SS-GB made headlines recently, almost 40 years after it was first published. A lavish television adaptation of this alter­native history set in a Britain that lost the second world war was lambasted after its dialogue was deemed inaudible. So what better time then to listen to this new audio book? Luckily, James Lailey is not only an nicely amused reader, he is loud and clear.

Logistics property: Chinese cross-border e-commerce firms fuel demand, investment prospects in Great

Logistics property in the bay area “bucked the headwinds” of a surge in new supply, said Silvia Zeng, head of research for south China at JLL. Southern China recorded a single-digit vacancy rate, versus double-digit rates in the other cities, she added. Overall net absorption in China soared 44 per cent year on year in 2023 to 7.22 million sq m, the second highest level after a peak in 2021, even though the vacancy rate rose 21.

What is oil pulling? | South China Morning Post

According to a study published by the World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, the Ayurvedic recommendation of tongue scraping is often overlooked. It recommends using curved tongue scrapers, made of metals such as copper, tin, or brass, and to use a back-to-front action, rinsing the scraper between strokes. Ayurveda, or traditional Indian medicine, offers a holistic approach to maintaining good health, by stressing the importance of a healthy daily regimen – known as dinacharya.

After three decades and lost years, linguist finally completes Chinese-Pashto dictionary

A mainland linguist has completed a Chinese-Pashto dictionary – 36 years after it was commissioned, Chinese magazine Profile reported. Che Hongcai, 78, who is now retired, set out to compile the dictionary in 1978 while he was a professor at the Beijing-based Communication University of China. He secured a deal with The Commercial Press, one of the mainland’s oldest publishers. The dictionary, which contains 50,000 entries and 2.5 million characters, is finally going to print this year and, according to his contract, Che will be paid 80 yuan (HK$101) for every 1,000 characters – amounting to 200,000 yuan.