Author: Starvision Desk

New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Homegrown TV manufacturers on Monday said that while the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup that starts from October 5 and the festive season are set to boost consumer electronics sales, challenges like ongoing supply chain issues may leave some buyers disappointed.Looking back at past festive seasons, when big events like festivals and sports tournaments happen together, it drives up consumer electronics sales in the country.“We’re estimating an impressive 35-40 per cent surge in sales of big-screen TVs. People are excited because they can watch the matches in high quality (FHD and 4K). This World Cup…

San Francisco, Oct 2 (IANS) US-based influencer marketing platform aspire.io said on Monday that it has acquired Indian SaaS-based ecommerce platform Commerceup for an undisclosed sum.Twelve team members along with executive leadership of Commerceup joined Aspire’s product team to build and scale influence-driven commerce.“The Commerceup team has built a core commerce platform for some key omni-channel customers in Asia,” said Rajiv Arunkundrum, senior vice president of products at Aspire.“I’m excited for them to help us jumpstart our product and engineering investments in India. We have ambitious plans to expand our commerce capabilities with Shopify and other e-commerce platforms, and the…

Taking to social media, Akshay shared the teaser of the movie which is based on an untold story of India’s first and deadliest airstrike.The teaser begins with an original clip of Lal Bahadur Shastri, wherein he can be seen saying: “talwar ki nok par, ya atom bomb ke darr se, koi hamare desh ko jhukana chahe, dabana chahe, ye desh hamara dabne wala nahi hai.”“Ham hatyaaro ka jawab, hatyaaro se de. Jai Hind,” the speech clip of Shastri concluded.The movie introduces actor Veer Pahariya. Produced by Dinesh Vijan, Jyoti Deshpande, and Amar Kaushik, directed by Sandeep Kewlani, and Abhishek Anil…

According to the police, Ramu Prajapati, Sudama Prajapati and Yamuna Yadav — three residents of Gaya — came to Hailakandi for allegedly selling fake gold to a person named Girjesh Vishwakarma. Vishwakarma, who works in a government office in Hailakandi town, also hails from Bihar. “Three fake gold traders contacted him to sell the fake gold. We got the information from our secret sources and launched an operation. When the trio arrived at a place in Hailakandi town to sell the items to Girjesh Vishwakarma on Sunday, we arrested them,” a senior police officer said.The police claimed that they have…

The police suspect the children — aged between four and nine — were murdered by their father, a migrant worker who lodged a report with the police on Sunday night about their missing from their house.The crime was reported in Kanpur village that falls under the Maqsudan police station.The owner of the house told the police that the murder suspect was a habitual drinker and he told him to vacate his rented accommodation.The bodies were found when neighbours opened the trunk that was lying in their house. The bodies were sent for post-mortem and the police detained the husband-wife duo…

Harpal Randhawa, the owner of RioZim, an integrated mining and metallurgical company, was flying from capital Harare to the Murowa diamond mine in southwestern Zimbabwe when the plane crashed on September 29, state-run Sunday Times newspaper reported. The light aircraft, which reportedly belonged to RioZim, crashed in the Zvamahande area of Mashava, killing all six onboard — four foreigners and two Zimbabweans, police said. The mid-air crash is suspected to have been caused by a mechanical fault. “The Zimbabwe Republic Police reports a plane crash which occurred on September 29 between 7.30 a.m. and 8 a.m., where six people are…

During his visit to poll-bound Chhattisgarh, he will dedicate the NMDC Steel Ltd’s plant at Nagarnar to the country, which has been built at a cost of more than Rs 23,800 crore.Modi will also lay the foundation stone of upgradation of the Jagdalpur railway station.He will lay the foundation stone and dedicate to the nation multiple rail and road sector projects in Chhattisgarh.During the Telangana leg of his visit, the Prime Minister will dedicate and lay foundation stone of projects worth around Rs 8,000 crore.Modi will also dedicate 800 MW unit of Telangana Super thermal power project of NTPC, and…

Although information on the development surfaced on Monday, Raj Bhavan sources said the Governor sent a letter to the state government on Sunday night regarding the issue.In his letter, the Governor has sought clarifications from the state secretariat on whether these two parallel chairs of “city mayor” and “cabinet minister” come under the purview of the “office of profit”.Hakim, who is currently New Delhi now to participate in Trinamool Congress’s two-day agitation programme at Jantar Mantar the non-issuance of Central funds to West Bengal, has refused to react to the matter unless he was fully aware of the details of…

The NIA officials began the searches early morning at the houses of civil liberties activists and leaders of organisations like Amara Bandhu Mitrula Sangham, Kula Nirmula Samithi, Chaitanya Mahila Sangham, their relatives and those closely associated with them.The officials were reportedly questioning them about their activities and their alleged links with Maoists. They were served notices under section 160 of CrPC, directing them to appear before the agency.The central agency was conducting searches at the houses of activist Bhavani and lawyer Suresh in Hyderabad.In Andhra Pradesh, the searches were on at different places like Vijayawada, Ponnuru, Mangalagiri, Bapatla, Nellore, Amadalavalasa…

If a new report is to be believed, the Canadian pop star’s immature behaviour leads to his model wife’s growing frustration.According to National Enquirer, via Radar Online, Hailey is tired of the ‘Sorry’ hitmaker’s teen tantrums and childish behaviour. An insider spills to the news outlet, “He acts like a needy kid all the time and she’s constantly having to apologise for him and try to get him to act like an adult,” reports aceshowbiz.com.The source also notes, “This is a marriage based on Justin’s childish needs and it’s doomed.” As if Justin’s “needy kid” tendency isn’t enough, Hailey reportedly…