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28Aug

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Baawre mann ka sapna fulfilled

What would your reaction be if an artiste, whom you’ve admired for years from a distance, recorded a song for you? Joy and disbelief. That’s exactly what Bhuvan Bam felt as the second season of Taaza Khabar enabled him to fulfill his long-cherished dream of collaborating with singer-lyricist Swanand Kirkire. The singer has rendered the track, Bulbul sa, with IP Singh for the Disney+ Hotstar series. Kirkire has long held a special place in the content creator-turned-actor’s life. “I was in the 11th standard when I watched Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi [2003], and was taken aback when Baawra mann played. I had never thought I’d get the honour to witness his magic in person. We recently recorded a track for Taaza Khabar 2 with him, thanks to Faridkot [the band],” he says, before chuckling, “Kasa...

Rameshwaram Café blast survivor regains 80 pct eyesight after complex surgeries

28Aug

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Health

Rameshwaram Café blast survivor regains 80 pct eyesight after complex surgeries

After losing her eyesight due to the unfortunate incident in March, Rameshwaram Café blast survivor has regained her eyesight after complex surgeries by doctors at Bengaluru’s Nethradhama Hospital. The 26-year-old woman from Bengaluru suffered a complete loss of vision in her right eye due to severe injuries sustained in the blast. Over the past four months, Nethradhama’s medical team performed a series of complex and advanced surgeries, ultimately restoring 80 per cent of her vision. Dr Supriya Sriganesh, executive director at Nethradhama, elaborating on Nagashree PR’s challenging journey explains, “When Nagashree presented at Nethradhama four days after the blast, her right eye was severely damaged. The eyeball was ruptured, the cornea torn, the lens damaged, and the retina affected by...

People ‘already moving out of town’ as mills look to close operations

28Aug

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Business

People ‘already moving out of town’ as mills look to close operations

Photo: Alexa Cook/RNZ The proposed closure of two large North Island mills is already hurting the local economy in Raetihi, with people moving away and businesses feeling the pinch. The forest products company Winstone Pulp International is looking at closing its entire operation due to high wholesale power prices, which will result in 230 jobs lost. Raetihi's Coach Cafe and Takeaways owner Angie Robson told RNZ it has been much quieter since the mill announced its plans to close last week. "The first day they mentioned it we stood around for an hour and a half in the evening, and we've never ever stood around and done nothing. "People are just being really careful, they're not spending, some already moving out of town," she said. Raetihi's Coach Cafe and Takeaways has been quiet sinc...

Is housing market rebound waiting to happen?

28Aug

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Business

Is housing market rebound waiting to happen?

ANZ's economists are predicting house prices will rise 4.5 percent next year. Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon A stronger-than-expected housing market rebound is a possibility as interest rates fall, the country's biggest bank says. ANZ's economists expect a small fall in house prices over this year, and values to stabilise towards the end. Next year, they expect prices to pick up 4.5 percent - a little less than BNZ's forecast of 7 percent. They earlier said that the recovery from this downturn is harder to predict because it has been a policy-induced recession rather than something caused by external factors. It was not clear how much activity, including the housing market, was simply deferred rather than cancelled, they said. They said were some early signs that the housing market might bo...

Oasis’s official new merch: t-shirts released as 2025reunion tour news rocks UK (and more is promised to come)

28Aug

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Life Style

Oasis’s official new merch: t-shirts released as 2025reunion tour news rocks UK (and more is promised to come)

The Mancunian brothers announced the band would be back to play 14 gigs (with the promise of more to come) on August 27. Tickets will go on sale on Saturday, August 31, the day after they release a special 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of Definitely Maybe, their debut album first released on August 29, 1994. Liam and Noel Gallagher are getting back together for the Oasis Live 25 worldwide tour next year (Simon Emmett/Fear PR/PA)PA MediaBecause this celebration has been long in the works, brand new Oasis merch has already come out this week. Yesterday, Levi’s launched the “Band Tee Collection”: the offering includes t-shirts with the classic Decca Logo, a Maine Road football pitch, as well as the Union Jack logo which has been borrowed from the first Oasis shirts issued. All the t-shirts ...

Government investment ‘big driver’ for solar power

28Aug

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Business

Government investment ‘big driver’ for solar power

An illustration of Far North Solar Farm's consented 38-hectare solar farm in Marton, Rangitīkei. Photo: Supplied / Far North Solar Farm A solar power company getting government investment aims to produce 15 percent of the country's daytime electricity. The $78 million deal between Crown-owned New Zealand Green Investment Finance (NZGIF) and Far North Solar Farm signed on Tuesday will connect five of the company's sites to the national grid. The five sites were in different stages of development with several entering the construction phase, Far North Solar Farm director Richard Homewood said. He said the investment would allow them to rapidly accelerate development, and most sites would be under construction within 12-18 months, Homewood told Morning Report. They would produce the equi...

Synlait’s former boss questions major shareholders’ voting rights

28Aug

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Synlait’s former boss questions major shareholders’ voting rights

a2 Milk has about a 20 percent stake in Synlait. Photo: Getty Images Former CEO John Penno has questioned who can vote at a special meeting. He says two major shareholders providing a rescue package should be barred. Bright Dairy and a2 Milk have bankrolled a $218m cash injection. The Synlait chair says if a deal is not approved, the company will go into insolvency. The former head of dairy company Synlait Milk is threatening to upset a vital meeting to save the financially strapped business. The company said it had received a complaint from former chief executive and chair John Penno, that Synlait's two major shareholders Bright Dairy and a2 Milk should not be allowed to vote on the $218 million capital raising. The two big companies are putting up all the money needed, which wou...

Here`s how love lights up different parts of the human brain

28Aug

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Health

Here`s how love lights up different parts of the human brain

Taking research on love to a whole new level, a team of scientists on Monday revealed that different types of love light up different parts of the brain. Humans use the word ‘love’ in several range of contexts -- from sexual adoration to parental love or the love of nature. Now, more comprehensive imaging of the brain may shed light on why we use the same word for such a diverse collection of human experiences. Researchers from Aalto University in Finland utilised functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to measure brain activity while subjects mulled brief stories related to six different types of love. Parttyli Rinne, the philosopher and researcher who coordinated the study, said that the activation pattern of love is generated in social situations in the basal ganglia, the midlin...

New task force created to investigate wholesale electricity prices

28Aug

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Business

New task force created to investigate wholesale electricity prices

The task force will consider regulation to help independent companies to compete. Photo: 123RF A new task force is bringing together market regulators to investigate factors behind skyrocketing wholesale electricity prices. The Energy Competition Task Force has been established by the Electricity Authority and Commerce Commission to improve market performance and put in place measures to help address the current crisis. Electricity Authority Board chair Anna Kominik said regulation could be used to ensure independent generators and retailers were better able to compete. The task force had already met and was considering how to enable new generators and independent retailers to enter and better compete in the market, she said. Kominik said they aimed to provide more options for electrici...

Oasis are reforming: here’s everything you need to know

28Aug

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World News

Oasis are reforming: here’s everything you need to know

Noel Gallagher (left) Andy Bell (centre) and Liam Gallagher, members of the British rock band Oasis hold a photocall in Hong Kong on 25 February, 2006. Photo: MIKE CLARKE/AFP Britpop icons Oasis are reforming for the first time since 2009, with feuding brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher calling a truce to get the band back together. Oasis will headline a series of live concerts in the UK and Ireland next year. It's official! After 15 years of refuting any suggestion they might reform, Oasis have reunited to headline a series of live shows. After teasing fans earlier this week, Liam and Noel Gallagher have confirmed they would bury the hatchet to perform a run of concerts across the UK and Ireland in 2025. What are Oasis's reunion dates? The band will play four shows each at London's Wem...