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Baahubali 2 box office collection day 4: Film grosses over Rs 600 crore worldwide, destroys all records

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Baahubali 2 is a juggernaut and as the Monday box office collection of SS Rajamouli film prove, it is in no mood to stop or take a break. With Monday’s estimated numbers in, we can confirm that Baahubali: The Conclusion has crossed Rs 600 crore worldwide gross mark and also emerged as the highest number-winner on a Monday for any Hindi film. Trade tracker Ramesh Bala said, “#Baahubali2 4 Days WW BO – Estimates: India Gross – ₹ 490 Crs, Overseas – ₹ 135 Crs, Total – ₹ 625 Crs.” Talking about Monday records, Taran Adarsh shared, “The *Hindi version* of #Baahubali2 BULLDOZES *all* records with KNOCKOUT biz on Monday… *Early est*: ₹ 35 cr+… Await final numbers!” Talking about the film’s Hindi biz, “#Baahubali2 is the new yardstick… Crossed ₹ 50 cr: Day 2, Crossed ₹ 100 cr: Day 3, Crossed ₹ 150 cr: Day 4, Nett biz… HINDI… India biz.” Baahubali 2 box office collection day 4: With over Rs 600 crore as its worldwide gross, Prabhas and Rana Daggubati film just broke another set of recor
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Another battle lost in grim climate change war: Carbon dioxide levels breach a new ceiling, relentlessly turning up heat

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Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere scaled another psychologically important — and immensely worrying — peak, going past 410 parts per million (ppm). Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations are now at the highest levels they have been in at least 3 million years. More importantly, over the past couple of years, they have increased faster than probably ever before. While the rate of growth of CO2 in the atmosphere has shown regular ups and downs, the levels grew less than 1 ppm every year between 1959 — when one of the most important sites for taking these measurements, the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii, started keeping records — and 1964. Photo shows the Mauna Loa Observatory atmospheric research facility on the island of Hawaii. The volcano of Mauna Kea is seen in the background. The station sits on the north flank of Mauna Loa volcano at an elevation of 3396 meters or 11,141 feet above sea level and has been studying atmospheric change since the 1950’s There was a gen
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Reliance Jio 4G VoLTE feature phones to be sourced from Chinese manufacturers

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Reliance Jio is currently looking to source 4G VoLTE feature phones from manufacturers in China Reliance Jio is supposed to be working on 4G VoLTE feature phones, and various leaks have taken place around these devices in the past. Now a new report in the Financial Express has said the company is currently looking to source these phones from manufacturers in China. The Financial Express report says Reliance Jio is in talks with companies like “Techchain, FortuneShip and Uniscope,” although it adds these talks are all in a very early stage. The report quotes sources, though Jio has not officially commented on the same. According to the report, Jio is looking at some samples from these Chinese players, and only once these are “tested and verified” will the company place any final commercial order. For Reliance Jio, a 4G VoLTE feature phone could be a game changer. Unlike other players like Airtel or Vodafone or Idea, Jio is an entirely 4G VoLTE network, this means even calls ar
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Apple iPhone 8 to Nokia 9: Four flagship phones to look out for in 2017

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Samsung’s Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus flagship phones launched yesterday in India as Flipkart exclusives. While many had already made up their minds about buying any of these phones, there is still a large premium phone buyers in the country who have set their eyes on other flagships like Apple’s iPhone 8, Google Pixel 2, Samsung’s next Note-series phone and even the next big Nokia flagship.                                                           apple 8 We take a look at some of the flagship phones, which are due for launch later this year and also see what they will bring to the table for premium phone buyers. Leaks suggest iPhone 8 will feature a largely bezel-free screen, fielding a large 5.768-inch OLED display. The handset will also feature volume and mute buttons on the left and the power button on the right side. Further rumours suggest iPhone 8 will feature dual rear cameras placed vertically with an LED flash placed between them, and 3D sensor for augmented
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PM Modi, Paytm founder in Time’s ‘most influential people list’

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma were the only two Indians to make it to an annual list of ‘100 most influential people in the world’ this year released by the Time magazine on Thursday. The list features pioneers, artists, titans, leaders and icons from around the world honoured for “the power of their inventions, the scale of their ambitions, the genius of their solutions to problems that no one before them could solve.” The magazine has also included US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and British Prime Minister Theresa May in the new list of 100 most influential people. The profile of Modi, 66, written by author Pankaj Mishra, said that in May 2014 – long before Trump seemed conceivable as a US president – Modi became the prime minister of the world’s largest democracy. “Once barred from the US for his suspected complicity in anti-Muslim violence, and politically ostracised at home as well, this Hindu nationalist us
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Nawaz Sharif Panama Papers case: Pakistan Supreme Court for JIT probe into family money trail

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in a temporary relief for Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his three children, the five-judge Supreme Court bench, constituted to pass judgment in the Panama Papers case, split their verdict 3-2. Only two judges submitted dissenting notes against Sharif, while three others were in favour of a JIT probe. The top court ordered to set up a Joint Investigation Team with in a week to probe the allegations against the Sharif family and submit a detailed report within sixty days. It also ordered Sharif’s two sons — Hasan and Hussain — to appear before the JIT. The five-judge bench comprising Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, Justice Gulzar Ahmed, Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan, Justice Azmat Saeed and Justice Ijazul Ahsan issued the landmark judgement 57 days after concluding the hearing. Addressing reporters outside the court, Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said: “They have said what the PM already said in his letter ─ that a commission should be constituted to investigate the matte
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Abhishek Bachchan on 10th wedding anniversary with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan: Just like that it’s 10 years

As Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan celebrate their tenth wedding anniversary, the actor wonders how quickly the years have gone by. ust like dad  Amitabh Bachchan ,  Abhishek Bachchan  is a master of social media. So, as he celebrates tenth wedding anniversary with wife  Aishwarya Rai  Bachchan, Abhishek decided to reveal his thoughts on social media. Taking to Twitter, he wrote, “And just like that…. It’s been 10 years! Thank you all for the wishes for Aishwarya and I. Lots of love.” Alas, the post didn’t come with a lovely picture of the couple, something that Abhishek usually does. In fact, the images that Abhishek puts on social media with wife Not just Abhishek, filmmaker  Karan Johar  — a close friend of the Bachchans — also wished the happy couple and shared a fond memory. Karan wrote on Twitter, “Congratulations @juniorbachchan on 10 beautiful years…how time flies! Still remember the sangeet performances!!! #AishwaryaRaiBachchan.”  Aishwarya are worthy of bein
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