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Katy Perry, Justin Trudeau go viral after being spotted at Coachella – National
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Katy Perry, Justin Trudeau go viral after being spotted at Coachella – National

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Photos of Canada’s former prime minister Justin Trudeau and his pop star girlfriend Katy Perry at Coachella — the music and arts festival in the California desert — are making the rounds online, thanks to the once-politician ditching his usual statesmanlike attire for jeans and a backwards hat. The internet was quick to react to a series of images and videos shared by the California Gurls singer, which included a clip of the pair enjoying Justin Bieber’s headlining performance, alongside the caption “heat checkin’ these chickens,” a reference to a lyric from the Stratford, Ont.-born artist’s song Speed Demon, among other pictures of the two soaking in the festival. Story continues ...
Writer Divy Nidhi Sharma on Chiraiya: `It was traumatic experience`
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Writer Divy Nidhi Sharma on Chiraiya: `It was traumatic experience`

It took writer Divy Nidhi Sharma a year to write the Divya Dutta-starrer Chiraiya, which he describes as a “traumatic” experience. His next project, then, had to be light-hearted. Sharma shifted gears to write the mythological horror comedy Nayyi Navelli. He says, “Chiraiya was gut-wrenching. I feel that the audience watching [may] not be able to see it. [I had to put myself] in Arun’s shoes and imagine what would have happened. It was a traumatic experience. Nayyi Navelli was a fun project to write after the intense Chiraiya.” The Yami Gautam-starrer went on floors in April this year. “Nayyi Navelli is a very beautiful, charming film. It is in the mythology and horror space. But I would like to use the words beautiful and charming,” says the writer, who is known for crafting strong fema...
Navi Mumbai doctors give Kharghar woman battling endometriosis hope
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Navi Mumbai doctors give Kharghar woman battling endometriosis hope

For years, a 31-year-old teacher silently endured severe pain during her periods, believing it was simply a normal part of being a woman. The pain was so severe at times that she often relied on painkillers and occasionally struggled to maintain her routine at work. When she and her husband finally began planning for a baby, the dream of motherhood suddenly seemed distant after doctors diagnosed her with severe endometriosis and low ovarian reserve (AMH), conditions that often make natural conception difficult. However, in a remarkable turn of events, timely laparoscopic surgery and specialised treatment has helped her conceive naturally and later welcome a healthy baby girl, 3.1kg kgs through a planned C-section, transforming years of pain and uncertainty into a story of hope. A silent...
OpenAI Just Cut ChatGPT Pro’s Price in Half
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OpenAI Just Cut ChatGPT Pro’s Price in Half

While ChatGPT may have kicked off the generative AI era we now live in, it is far from alone these days. There is steep competition from multiple companies in this space, including Google, Anthropic, and even Microsoft—which has a huge financial stake in OpenAI. To compete, it seems OpenAI is trying to make its paid subscription plans more attractive to users, as the company just cut the price of ChatGPT Pro in half. ChatGPT Pro now starts at $100As reported by TechCrunch, OpenAI's new pricing model now offers a Pro plan at $100 per month, down from $200 per month. That now gives users a choice between the following: a free plan, which comes with ads; a Go plan offering more usage limits for $8 per month (still with ads); a Plus plan with extra models and exclusive features for $20 per mon...
Why eye donation can significantly reduce burden of corneal blindness
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Why eye donation can significantly reduce burden of corneal blindness

As many as 17,675 visually impaired persons across seven states and 30 cities have regained eyesight through eye donation over the past 24 years, driven by awareness efforts of the Eye Bank Society of Rajasthan, officials said on Sunday. Despite the life-changing impact of eye donation, people are still not coming forward in adequate numbers due to prevailing myths and lack of awareness, the NGO said. According to data shared by the society, a total of 27,307 corneas have been collected since its establishment in 2002, enabling free transplants for thousands of beneficiaries. Society president B L Sharma said lakhs of people are waiting for corneal transplants, and this gap can only be reduced if awareness increases and more people pledge to donate eyes. He said several myths discourag...
Melissa Gilbert ‘100% confident’ husband Timothy Busfield will be exonerated – National
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Melissa Gilbert ‘100% confident’ husband Timothy Busfield will be exonerated – National

Melissa Gilbert said that she is “100 per cent confident” her husband, Timothy Busfield, will be exonerated as he faces four counts of criminal sexual contact with a child. In her first sit-down interview with Good Morning America (GMA), Gilbert, 61, said she is speaking out because “we’ve been hearing and reading too much untruth.”“We felt that the time was right to speak out. Also, honestly, I wasn’t capable until now. It’s been a very traumatic time,” she said as to why she chose to speak out now. 2:47 West Wing actor Timothy Busfield charged with sexual contact of a minor, child abuse The charges against Busfield, 68, stem from allegations...
Dibyendu Bhattacharya on working with Alia Bhatt in Alpha: `She is a good actor`
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Dibyendu Bhattacharya on working with Alia Bhatt in Alpha: `She is a good actor`

Everyone had a funny line and comic timing down to the beat, but Dibyendu Bhattacharya’s character had to keep a straight face. So, while he was excited about joining Maamla Legal Hai 2, he was unsure how audiences would perceive his serious turn in Netflix’s madcap comedy. But since the second season dropped on April 2, the compliments haven’t stopped. “I didn’t understand how people would take this character because everybody is doing comedy except me. But now, I [feel] people have liked my character a lot. They didn’t expect such a twist,” says the actor, who plays a newly-appointed judge in the Patparganj district court. Alia Bhatt and Sharvari For Bhattacharya, the role may not have been big, but its layers made it tempting. “It was tough because I had to be precise as there is a c...
Is Roblox Plus Worth It?
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Is Roblox Plus Worth It?

Like many parents, I know well the pain of my Roblox-addicted child asking me to trade my real money for fake money he can use to buy pretend items in a digital video game. So when Roblox announced the April 30 launch of Roblox Plus, a monthly subscription service with perks that could net us a 20% discount on all the digital items, my interest was piqued. But is Roblox Plus actually worth it? Let's do some math.What do you get with Roblox Plus?As noted in today's announcement on the Roblox website, once it launches at the end of this month, the primary benefit of Roblox Plus will be a discount on items purchased with Robux, the platform's in-game currency. Your monthly subscription won't actually come with any Robux (yet, anyway—more on that in a bit), but it does come with the promise th...
Study finds rising cancer rates especially after breast cancer treatment
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Study finds rising cancer rates especially after breast cancer treatment

A population-based study in Japan has revealed a gradual increase in the rates of therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia (tAML) in recent years, especially after breast cancer treatment, a study showed on Monday.  The findings, published by Wiley online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, showed that some therapies used to treat cancer may increase the risk of later developing cancers that affect the blood. “tAML” is an aggressive cancer of the blood and bone marrow that develops after prior chemotherapy or radiation for an earlier, primary cancer, likely arising in part due to DNA damage from these treatments.  “The study provides an important step towards better understanding how the nature of tAML is changing with the increasing number of cancer survivo...
Blake Lively calls Justin Baldoni lawsuit ‘unfathomably painful’ after judge tosses claims – National
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Blake Lively calls Justin Baldoni lawsuit ‘unfathomably painful’ after judge tosses claims – National

Blake Lively released a lengthy statement Monday night addressing the latest developments in her legal battle with her It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni, days after a New York City judge tossed her sexual harassment, defamation and conspiracy claims against him. The judge’s decision significantly reduced the scope of Lively’s case, in which more than a dozen claims were filed last December stemming from her time on the film set with Baldoni. Three claims remain: retaliation, breach of contract, and aiding and abetting. 4:39 Ryan Reynolds allegedly confronted Justin Baldoni in front of Taylor Swift, Hugh Jackman ...