NBA Power Rankings Week 22: The Red-Hot Blazers Zoom To The Front Of The Line

NBA Power Rankings Week 22: The Red-Hot Blazers Zoom To The Front Of The Line 

For a long while, the Western Conference has felt like a two-group race. That is the idea of the brute when managing an unequaled incredible group in the Golden State Warriors and an irate juggernaut in the Houston Rockets. As a substitute, whatever remains of the playoff contenders in the West are lumped together and, for the greater part of the squads, just making the playoffs would be a positive result given the maneuvering that has occurred all through the season. As of mid-March, however, the Portland Trail Blazers have taken full control of the race for the No. 3 seed and they've done it in calm, amazing design.

Portland is riding a 13-diversion winning streak that incorporates triumphs over the Warriors (twice), Thunder, Wolves and Cavaliers. That in itself is fiercely noteworthy and Portland's 15-1 record since Feb. 8 is surpassed just by the foolishly powerful Rockets. A look at cutting edge measurements would show that, as you may expect, Portland's win-misfortune record presumably isn't supportable in light of its net rating (tenth in the NBA at +2.2 focuses per 100 belonging) yet the Blazers are basically making plays when it makes a difference.

With Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum in charge, Terry Stotts' group has been absurdly great in what the alliance depicts as "grip" circumstances. 37 recreations fall into that classification for the Blazers and Portland wears a +10.0 net rating keyed by unfathomable resistance, as the group is permitting only 97.5 focuses per 100 belonging down the extend of close amusements.

From a list stance, nobody would point to this specific gathering as a predominant protective accumulation, however the Blazers are doing what's necessary on that conclusion to remain in relatively every amusement and the offense, however not lighting the world ablaze in a worldwide sense, takes it from that point. There is genuine buzz about Lillard as an All-NBA entertainer this season and, regardless of whether that doesn't happen, he ought to get fringe MVP consideration given the way that Portland has performed in the current past.

The Blazers don't have a gigantic pad over every other person in the West at the same time, with 12 recreations remaining and a two-diversion lead on the Thunder, it would take noteworthy cooling for anybody to completely get Portland in the race for No. 3 generally. In all actuality, the "prize" toward the finish of the line could be a cycle two coordinate (without homecourt advantage) against the Warriors yet for this specific group, holding leeway in cycle one with an eye toward progression would be a critical general triumph.

How do the Blazers stack up this week against whatever is left of the NBA? How about we discover in our Dime Power Rankings.

1. Houston Rockets (56-14, Last week — first)

The Rockets are 29-3 in their last 32 amusements. Houston's three misfortunes over that time went ahead the street against playoff-bound groups. There are inquiries to reply in May be that as it may, until at that point, good fortunes managing the Rockets. They are lights-out.

2. Brilliant State Warriors (53-18, Last week — second)

It is marginal incomprehensible that the Warriors could lose four out of six amusements however here we are. Obviously, wounds are the focal reason and, all things considered, I'm disinclined to drop them any further. On the off chance that we were figuring out which group would win a diversion with its current accessible list, Golden State would be a great deal lower in any case, unless something exceptional happens, I'm simply not treating the prevailing champs that way.

3. Toronto Raptors (52-18, Last week — third)

Toronto's triumphant streak went up on fire on Sunday and there were a few firecrackers en route. That execution won't leave anybody excessively amped up for the Raptors yet, at 52-18, that doesn't especially make a difference at this moment.

4. Portland Trail Blazers (44-26, Last week — fourth)

Until the point when Portland loses, this is essentially their floor. That doesn't imply that anybody would essentially pick Portland over Houston or Golden State (if sound) yet it's a striking story.

5. Utah Jazz (40-30, Last week — fifth)

On the off chance that you basically look at the standings, it might appear to be insane to have Utah this high. At that point, you understand that the Jazz have won 21 of 23 amusements and, on edge end, no group has been more overwhelming. On the off chance that anything, this is an underrated group right now.

6. Oklahoma City Thunder (43-29, Last week — sixth)

Here come the Thunder! OKC is amidst a six-diversion winning streak and Sunday's street win in Toronto was a great deal of enjoyable to expend. It must be noticed the calendar amid the run has been good yet Russell Westbrook, Paul George and friends are getting it done.

7. Boston Celtics (47-23, Last week — seventh)

It is difficult to get excessively amped up for the Celtics at the present time. The group is engaging wounds and, in the course of the last 26 diversions, Boston is 13-13. They have set up a huge amount of generosity and a major lead over the No. 3 seed in the East, however, and that issues.

8. Cleveland Cavaliers (41-29, Last week — twelfth)

Defended concerns exist encompassing the Cavs and the group is currently without its set out mentor toward a while because of wellbeing concerns. Cleveland picked up a pleasant home prevail upon Milwaukee on Monday evening, notwithstanding, and that takes into account a knock in this space.

9. Indiana Pacers (41-30, Last week — eighth)

It wasn't the greatest week for the Pacers, as they missed the mark against the Wizards and Raptors. In any case, nobody is discussing Indiana and, right now, the group still lives in the No. 4 spot in the meeting.

10. San Antonio Spurs (41-30, Last week — sixteenth)

Doomsday situations have died down (in any event for the time being) in San Antonio on the foot rear areas of four back to back wins. They all came extremely close to the AT&T Center in any case, now, every outcome matters and the Spurs getting a break against an in need of help Warriors group is a remark on the date-book for reference.

11. Philadelphia 76ers (39-30, Last week — thirteenth)

Philly's last six triumphs have come against non-playoff groups so it is hard to give excessively credit. All things considered, a youthful group doing what needs to be done is empowering and the Sixers still feel unnerving given their ability level.

12. Washington Wizards (40-30, Last week — fifteenth)

Wizards fans will without a doubt push back at this arrangement, particularly in light of wins over the Pacers and Celtics. Not surprisingly, it needs to do with consistency and Washington, while hazardous, is likewise chafing.

13. New Orleans Pelicans (40-30, Last week — eleventh)

The Pels extremely required a win and they could secure one over Boston. Before that, New Orleans dropped four of five at a terrible time however it will enthusiasm to see the reaction starting now and into the foreseeable future.

14. Minnesota Timberwolves (40-31, Last week — fourteenth)

Minnesota's last two diversions have finished in thrashing and one of them (by 16 to San Antonio) was faulty. The other came on account of Houston and, well, that happens to pretty much every group in the alliance. The Wolves require Jimmy Butler yet they've possessed the capacity to remain in any event sensibly above water in his nonattendance.

15. Miami Heat (38-33, Last week — nineteenth)

I've been bring down on Miami than most for some time and that may at present be the situation. The outcomes don't lie, however, and a twofold extra time prevail upon the Nuggets on Monday took into consideration a lift.

16. Los Angeles Clippers (37-32, Last week — tenth)

A three-diversion March losing streak is terrible for any playoff contender and that seems to be accurate for the Clippers. The misfortunes came against great groups yet Los Angeles truly could have utilized a disturbed en route.

17. Denver Nuggets (38-33, Last week — ninth)

There is no disgrace in losing a twofold extra minutes amusement to the Heat, regardless of whether that misfortune must baffle. There is extraordinary disgrace in losing to the Grizzlies, even out and about, and that outcome is the purpose behind this plunge. That can't occur amidst a playoff race.

18. Milwaukee Bucks (37-33, Last week — eighteenth)

Milwaukee will make the playoffs (to a limited extent as a result of Detroit's hesitations) however there is something somewhat off right now with the Bucks. They should simply be superior to this.

19. Detroit Pistons (31-39, Last week — twentieth)

It looks bad for Detroit to ascend in these rankings however they did it in any case. A street win in Sacramento was frantically required, but generally sub-par, however the bounce needs to more to do with different groups falling than whatever else.

20. Los Angeles Lakers (31-39, Last week — seventeenth)

The Lakers were expected for an unpleasant time and it touched base to the tune of three straight misfortunes. There were no terrible misfortunes, however, and the Lakers have been exceptional than their record for some time now. It enables that they to have no motivating force to tank.

21. Charlotte Hornets (30-41, Last week — 21st)

There is just so far that Charlotte can fall since they're attempting to win. A 23-guide misfortune toward the Knicks tests that hypothesis however Charlotte did, at any rate, win in Atlanta prior in the week to remain fairly level.

22. Brooklyn Nets (23-48, Last week — 25th)

Beating the Grizzlies and Mavericks at home isn't generally reason for festivity yet it meets all requirements for a Nets group that doesn't really need to lose amusements down the extend. This positioning is likely forceful however we'll remunerate Brooklyn for exertion.

23. New York Knicks (26-45, Last week — 28th)

The Knicks have become alive once again to the tune of consecutive wins. Without a doubt, New York's fan base doesn't care for the new reality when contrasted with their mission for ping-pong balls be that as it may, strangely, it was decent to see a touch of life.

24. Dallas Mavericks (22-48, Last week — 23rd)

This isn't earth shattering examination however (regardless it) appears to be unthinkable for the Mavs to have their record with this program and their general peripherals. That requires exertion.

25. Chicago Bulls (24-46, Last week — 22nd)

In frightful failing procedure, the Bulls set up together a 3-3 string as of late be that as it may, benevolently, that is presently finished with consecutive misfortunes. Chicago has experienced harsh criticism in maybe an unjustified way by the association for failing be that as it may, as everybody in this class, they truly would prefer not to win.

26. Orlando Magic (21-49, Last week — 26th)

It feels like the Magic dependably lose six out of seven diversions and here we are once more. This time around, Orlando's timetable was testing enough to where that isn't disagreeably terrible and they ought to in any event have that admonition exhibited.

27. Sacramento Kings (23-49, Last week — 24th)

The Kings were lit up by the Pistons in their own particular field and that… isn't extraordinary. There was some idealism, however, in light of late play and Sacramento hasn't been as awful as their general net rating would recommend. It's dependent upon you to choose whether that is an awful thing.

28. Memphis Grizzlies (19-51, Last week — 30th)

Memphis had an opportunity to soar with a win on Monday over Brooklyn yet the Grizzlies missed the mark. Before that, however, the group's apparently endless losing streak arrived at its decision and, for no less than one week, they are conceded a relief from the cellar.

29. Atlanta Hawks (20-50, Last week — 27th)

Coming into the season, clearly the Hawks didn't have the most skilled list and, on the off chance that anything, they may have even overachieved. With damage issues (genuine ones, notwithstanding) flying up now, Atlanta is in a spiral and six straight misfortunes could transform into 11 as the group takes off on a West Coast street trip.

30. Phoenix Suns (19-52, Last week — 29th)

The group with the class' most exceedingly awful net rating lands here and it helps that Phoenix has lost eight of every a line to encourage that drop. The Suns have more charming youthful ability than a portion of alternate groups close to the base be that as it may, from an execution point of view, things get revolting in a rush.

OPPO F7 LAUNCH DATE MARCH 26 GRAB IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

LAUNCH DATE FOR OPPO F7 IS MARCH 26, 2018

EXPECTED PRICE 25990

Bragging a major 6.28-inch Full HD+ IPS show, the Oppo F7 depends on Android 7.1.2 Nougat . The cell phone accompanies double 16+5MP back cameras and a 25MP forward looking camera. For putting away information, there is 64GB of expandable storage room. Fueled by an octa-center MediaTek chipset and 4GB of RAM, the handset ships with a unique mark sensor and is stacked with a non-removable Li-Ion 3,300mAh battery. Another variation of this versatile is the Oppo F7 Youth .

Oppo F7 India launch is set for March 26.Oppo, one of the leading Chinese smartphone brands in India.The successor to Oppo F5 will come with an iPhone X-like notch at the top of display, which will have 19:9 aspect ratio.

Another highlight of Oppo F7 will be new beautification features for front camera, powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI). Ahead of the launch, Oppo has shared the specifications and features of the upcoming smartphone via a press note.

Oppo F7 will have a 25MP front shooter with real-time HDR technology. The smartphone gets a 6.2-inch FHD+Full View display with 89.09 per cent screen-to-body ratio and a resolution of 2280 x 1080 pixels.

It will be officially launched on March 26 and Oppo says it will be competitively priced, suggesting a sub-Rs 30,000 price range. Oppo will expand its availability to South East Asian markets after its India launch.

Oppo F7 Details 

Presentation and Storage 

Drawing motivation from the famous Apple iPhone X, the Oppo F7, spin-off of the Oppo F5, too displays a comparable outline. The handset accompanies an indent at the front and games a nearly bezel-less show. The gadget includes a metal body and furthermore has a unique mark peruser which is opened at the back. The Oppo F7 can securely be considered as a selfie-centered cell phone considering the way that the handset ships with an intense forward looking sensor.

The Oppo F7 ships with 64GB of inside storage room which one can extend effectively utilizing a microSD card up to 256GB. To extend the capacity, you need to utilize the Hybrid SIM space.

Execution and Battery

The Oppo F7 is controlled by an octa-center MediaTek chipset which is timed at 2.6GHz and 4GB of RAM. The gadget is intended to guarantee consistent execution and at the same time help slack free multitasking. For control, there is a 3,300mAh battery in the engine that can keep going for 24 hours under direct use.

Camera and Platform 

The Oppo F7 runs the Android 7.1.2 working framework out of the container and is packaged with double 16+5-megapixel raise shooters that guides quality imaging and recordings. Likewise, to enable you to shoot in low-light, there is a LED streak at the back. On the front, there is an amazing 25-megapixel front snapper which can catch staggering selfies and furthermore help in video calling.

Show and Connectivity

The Oppo F7 parades a major 6.28-inch Full HD+ IPS show which is splendid and duplicates clear hues. The screen likewise accompanies Corning's Gorilla Glass insurance. The extra large screen on the Oppo F7 makes it perfect for watching recordings and playing diversions.

For availability, you have choices like 4G with VoLTE, GPS, Bluetooth 5.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/air conditioning, microUSB 2.0 port. Additionally, there is double SIM bolster that enables clients to utilize two systems at the same time.

Amazon Go Might Kill More Than Just Supermarkets

I love supermarkets. Wandering the canyons of bright labels, hearing the languages of aisle numbers and PLU codes, peeking voyeuristically into other people’s carts: to me, these are sensual pleasures that shopping for other things rarely provides. I love the way good grocery stores—whether it’s a neighborhood Food Basket, a sprawling Publix, or a vintage Ralph’s—blend familiar products with new stuff to chance upon.

I especially love visiting supermarkets in new cities, because they’re a glimpse into the communities that use them. Young couples in gym attire, moms juggling strollers, aging bachelors who never bring bags: The need to eat and feed families tends to draw a more diverse crowd than other consumer impulses. Like jury pool waiting rooms and motor vehicle administrations, supermarkets (though not all of them) can be among the few places in American society where different kinds of people mix.

But I hate lines, so the concept of Amazon Go, the checkout-free store in Seattle where you “just walk out” with your groceries, fascinates me on many levels. Last Thursday, I walked into the company’s lone pilot store, which first opened to the public in January. To enter, I scanned my phone at the sensor-laden turnstiles where an orange-shirted greeter (or was he a guard?) stood with a smile. I peeled a paper bag off a stack and started to wander, giddy with early-adopter energy. (Yeah, maybe I don’t get out enough.)

Amazon Go sells only prepackaged, often pre-prepared items seemingly targeted to the youthful and upscale tastes of the Amazon employees that colonize this corner of downtown. And I guess my tastes, too. Here there be tiny cups of smoked tofu, multiple types of almond butter (chunky was sold out when I visited), flat-iron steak salads, special edition chocolate bars from Theo, a popular local producer. I bought one of those, plus a kombucha and a goat cheese salad. Local IPAs and other craft brews dominated the sizeable beer and wine section, where the second of two human employees I saw checked IDs. As on Amazon-dot-com, prices are as low as you’ll find anywhere else; that steak salad was about $8.

The place smelled of convergence: Part of a wall was devoted to snacks from Whole Foods, the splashy recent acquisition of the e-commerce goliath. I watched a woman in a dark coat study the selection before picking off a box of 365-branded cookies and dropping them into her reusable Amazon sack. Other shoppers seemed to be a mix of tourists and puffy-coated tech professionals.

But this wasn’t like wandering through a new supermarket in an unfamiliar neighborhood. For one thing, wandering was hard to do. Supermarkets have their CCTVs, but this store is watching you more intensely than a high-security prison. Wall-to-wall cameras and sensors track shoppers, their phones, and each item we pick up and put down via special glyphs printed on the product packaging. And, at 1,800 square feet, it’s more of a convenience store than a grocer, with only a few “aisles” in the traditional sense. It takes only a couple turns to figure out where everything is. (The layout needs to be pretty orderly for the cameras, I’d imagine). A certain sense of discovery was missing in the shopping process.

Of course, like its dot-com parent, Amazon Go isn’t supposed to be about the traditional pleasures of shopping, and certainly not about the pleasures of what’s being sold. If either were the case, the store would look a lot nicer than it does, and they would have figured out how to sell fresh produce. (Let me tell you, no one is buying these sad bags of pre-sliced apples.) Instead, the format is designed instead for speed, convenience, and cost efficiency, with a technology that does all three. Eliminating the teams of workers that currently make in-person commerce possible could cut labor costs substantially. Amazon insists that the “just walk out” technology wouldn’t have to eliminate the nation’s 3.5 million cashiers if applied at scale. But with one greeter and one ID checker per store, it’s hard to see how most people working low-skill retail jobs would fit the descriptions for the some of the new types of work Amazon Go would entail, such as software development.

Like few other types of retail, grocery stores are neighborhood anchors. It’s one of the reasons that food “deserts”—that problematic term for communities with few fresh eating options—are so vexing to study. Supermarkets are associated with healthier communities, but that’s not simply because they offer access to produce. It may also relate to the social capital they provide. “Especially in urban neighborhoods that have higher-than-average crime or poverty rates, a grocery store can serve as a community center—one that stays open late, generates foot traffic for the surrounding area, and features familiar faces,” writes Civil Eats. People seem to feel better about their neighborhoods when there’s a supermarket there, and worse when suddenly there’s not. Charles Platkin, the executive director of the New York City Food Policy Center at Hunter College, recently told the New York Times, “When a supermarket in your area closes, it feels like you’re moving backward.”

Having culled the ranks of bookstores, electronics emporiums, and clothing retailers, Amazon is now coming for the grocery store. Whereas once the food sector seemed safe from the company’s appetite for disruption, consumers are getting more comfortable with perishable deliveries. Now, more Americans with the disposable income to pay for delivery are shopping Amazon in lieu of their usual aisles. The acquisition of Whole Foods in 2017 was about the best-shod entry point into the brick-and-mortar world of groceries Amazon could have made, as well as a potential expansion of its array of delivery nodes. “Amazon will never take the whole grocery market, but they’ll take the top 10 percent of the most profitable customers, and few retailers can afford to lose the top 10 percent,” Rich Tarrant, CEO of MyWebGrocer, told Bloomberg in 2016.

Large grocery chains that can are competing for those precious customers with their own online shopping and on-demand options. Walmart just announced that it, too, is ramping up food delivery in more than 100 U.S. metros. Some supermarkets are building up their in-store customer experiences—more cheese-tasting tutorials and coffee bars—to keep their doors gliding open. But other locations, in less profitable, lower-income communities, are simply closing.

It’s much too soon to say where Amazon Go, as a product, fits into that landscape. Even if consumers embrace the line-free life, the expense and complexity of the technology behind it could easily prevent it from transforming retail anew. “We don’t have any idea if the mysterious system behind Amazon Go can be distributed at competitive cost and at scale, like an iPhone, or if it is an expensive, one-off display of ingenuity, like the many gewgaws corporate America once paraded at the World’s Fair,” Henry Grabar wrote at Slate in January.

But to me, Amazon Go represents something more chilling than a direct threat to storefronts. It feels like a physical embodiment of the larger social transformations its online parent has helped create. A segment of upscale-good shoppers—people like me, spenders on kombucha and goat cheese—will get to shop hassle-free, whether it’s online, at a Whole Foods, or one of its newly decked-out competitors. That’s great for us. But that leaves a lot of other people out of the equation, because they can’t afford online delivery, or because they live in neighborhoods where groceries can no longer justify the cost of operating. (At least one online petition has been launched to encourage Amazon Go to accept SNAP benefits, the federal food assistance program.) That could fray cohesion in those communities and, maybe, push apart the social mix that grocery stores can do so well. And never mind all those retail workers, who more or less disappear from the privileged shopper’s view.  

As demographically targeted as its products must be, Amazon Go isn’t really about any local experience. It’s one more expression of the wide-reaching impulses of a multinational corporation that wants to sell me everything it possibly can. The appeal is undeniable. Those of us who can shop there—because we have credit cards, smartphones, and a taste for probiotic-infused beverages—will, for all the reasons I keep shopping on Amazon-dot-com: It’s easier and cheaper. And, at least for now, the new technology is a thrill.

Yes, a thrill. Walking out through the Amazon Go turnstiles—with no human cashiers or attendants, no lines to judge or wait in—gave me the same tingly, vertiginous feeling I recall from the first time I “just got out” of an Uber. It was the sense that I’d mastered some previously onerous urban chore. As I sat down with my salad in an eating area equipped with wifi and USB connections, I refreshed the Amazon Go app to see if my receipt had loaded. Within a few minutes my three items popped up—another little jolt of excitement.

As I took screenshots, a young man in a slim puffer jacket sat down next to me and began to silently pray over his bahn mi and seltzer. When he finished, we chatted. His name was Keith. He was a data scientist for Amazon. He’d moved to Seattle from Kansas City. I asked Keith how he got to work every day (I was in Seattle to report on its transit system), and he told me drove his car from Bellevue, the suburb he’d moved to after years of living in the city. But he actually missed taking the bus, he said, for the feeling of human connection—the chance to bump against people he never gets to otherwise.

It occurred to me later, after my giddiness wore off, that perhaps there’s a similar threat in this one-trick automat. Obviously, Amazon Go can engineer possibilities for human connection into its otherwise frictionless space; sharing a moment with Keith proved that. The question is who’s invited in, and who’s getting walked out.

India Pays Final Respects To Bollywood Superstar Sridevi

India Pays Final Respects To Bollywood Superstar Sridevi

Thousands gathered in Mumbai to pay final respects to Bollywood superstar Sridevi Kapoor, whose film career spanned five decades. She died in Dubai over the weekend at age 54.

Dubai police said the legendary Bollywood leading lady and film producer drowned in her hotel bathtub after losing consciousness. Initial reports said the cause of death was cardiac arrest. Her body was flown back to India late Tuesday in a private plane owned by Anil Ambani, a powerful Mumbai industrialist.

The Associated Press reports that "By early Wednesday morning, people had begun lining up along a security fence outside the private club near Sridevi's home where the body had been laid out. A string of Mercedes and Audis ferried family members, Bollywood stars and VIPs in through another gate, with squadrons of private guards ensuring things stayed under control."

However, many ordinary film fans also came to say goodbye.

A man who gave his name only as Prashant arrived at about 7 a.m., hours before anyone was to be allowed in to view the body, according to The Associated Press.

"No matter how long I have to wait, I will wait," he told an AP reporter, clutching a small bouquet of flowers.

"I'll wait until I'm able to pay my respects," he said, adding "I saw all her movies."

Regarded as the first Indian woman to achieve film stardom, Sridevi began her career at age 4 in the 1967 Tamil-language film Kaindhan Karuna (By the Mercy of Kandhan).

Some of her most memorable films included Mr. India (1987), ChaalBaaz (1989),Judaai (1997) and 2012's English Vinglish.

The Hindu newspaper writes, "In her chase of stardom across five different film industries and over as many decades, acting never took a backseat. 'Range' is a word often used to describe the actor's prowess. Drama, emotions, dance, comedy, even action. There was nothing she wasn't proficient at."

Sridevi was to be cremated Wednesday afternoon at Mumbai's Parle Seva Samaj Crematorium near the city's Juhu Airport.

Hema Malini, an actor and director who is also a member of India's lower Lok Sabha house of parliament, tweeted that "The entire industry was grieving" over the loss of Sridevi, "some on the verge of breakdown."

Admire Shahid Kapoor as an actor: Yami Gautam

yami gautam says she is looking to work with shahid kappor and shraddha kapoor in 'Batti Gul Meter Chalu.'

The film marks the first on-screen collaboration between Yami and the two actors.

"I saw him (Shahid) recently in 'Padmaavat' and he was superb. I have loved watching him in films like 'Udta Punjab', 'Haider', 'Kaminey'. He has always created a new character, something for which we can't have a reference point. He has put endless amount of hard work as an actor on all these films. I adore him and admire him as an actor. He is a versatile actor," Yami told .

"I have never worked with Shraddha before. She is lovely person, so looking forward to working with her," she added.

Yami, however, did not divulge further details about the Shree Narayan Singh-directed project. "I am not telling the story. (All I can say) Both Shahid and I are playing lawyers and I can't wait to start the shoot. I am happy the way my character has shaped up. She is a very strong girl", she said.

The first schedule of the film is already complete and Yami will join the cast by March end for the remaining shoot. The actor said the length of the role is not important for her as the character she is playing contributes a lot to the story.

"I don't know how do you measure a cameo and full fledged part. I look at it as what my character has added to the story, how important it is to the narrative. I know I am playing a strong character. I am excited to create something new which is a social drama on electricity issues faced in small towns," said.

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Aruna Shanbaug And The Right To Die With Dignity: Top Court Allows Passive Euthanasia

NEW DELHI:  The Supreme Court verdict allowing passive euthanasia takes us back toAruna Ramchandra Shanbaug, a nurse at the KEM Hospital who lay like a vegetable, at ward number 4 for 42 years.

A ward boy had sexually assaulted Aruna on November 27, 1973, when she was changing her clothes after work. She was tied with a dog chain round her neck while she was assaulted. Aruna was found next morning in a pool of blood; the chain round her neck had cut off oxygen supply to her brain for over 8 hours.

When she was raped, Aruna was engaged to be married to a doctor at the same hospital.

Ms Shanbaug suffered brain stem and cervical cord injury and went into coma for the next four decades. Colleagues and nurses at the KEM Hospital fed her and cleaned her, refusing to let her go. They looked after Ms Shanbaug so well that not a single bed sore developed in over 40 years.

The ward boy, Sohanlal Bhartha Walmiki, was caught and convicted for theft and assault but not for rape and unnatural sex. He served two seven year terms and was released.

Pinki Virani, activist, journalist and author, who followed Ms Shanbaug's case, petitioned the Supreme Court in 2009, seeking passive euthanasia for Aruna. Ms Virani had said Aruna had "died on November 27, 1973". Nurses caring for Ms Shanbaug opposed the plea and refused to let her die.

The top court in 2011 turned down Ms Virani's plea, though it said the hospital staff, with the approval of the Bombay High Court, can withdraw life support if they changed their mind.


Aruna died on May 15, 2015; after being diagnosed with pneumonia.


Ms Shanbaug's case started a huge discourse on right to die with dignity, for patients in irreversible coma. The top court, in its 2011 order, for the first time said passive euthanasia should be permitted, making a distinction from active euthanasia.

Passive euthanasia as opposed to active euthanasia, involves allowing a patient to die by curtailing treatment while active euthanasia involves giving a lethal shot to end life.

Aruna Shanbaug had come to Mumbai from Haldipur in Karnataka, to study nursing. She had lost her father when she was 10.

RBI Imposes Rs. 5 Crore Penalty On Airtel Payments Bank For Violating Norms

MUMBAI:  The Reserve Bank has imposed a penalty of Rs. 5 crore on Airtel Payments Bank for violating operating guidelines and Know Your Customer (KYC) norms.

The fine was imposed after RBI scrutinised the bank's documents relating to opening of accounts without any specific or clear consent from the customers.

"The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed, on March 7, 2018, a monetary penalty of Rs. 50 million on Airtel Payments Bank Limited (the bank) for contravening the Operating Guidelines for Payments Banks' and directions issued by RBI on Know Your Customer (KYC) norms," the central bank said in a statement.

Based on the complaints and adverse media reports alleging that the bank had opened customer accounts without a clear/specific consent of the customers, RBI conducted a supervisory visit to the bank from November 20-22, 2017.

According to reports, more than 23 lakh customers had reportedly received as many as Rs. 47 crore in their Airtel bank accounts, which they did not know had been opened.

The supervisory visit report and other relevant documents, revealed contravention of Operating Guidelines for Payments Banks' and the directions issued by RBI on KYC norms, RBI said.

Subsequently, RBI issued a show cause notice to the bank on January 15 asking why penalty should not be imposed for non-compliance with guidelines and directions issued by the central bank.

"After considering the bank's reply and oral submissions made in the personal hearing, RBI came to the conclusion that the aforesaid charges of non-compliance with RBI guidelines/directions were substantiated and warranted imposition of monetary penalty," . It further said that the action was based on deficiencies in regulatory compliance and was not intended to pronounce upon the validity of any transaction or agreement entered into by the bank with its customers.

Airtel Payments Bank had commenced operations in January last year

PNB fraud accused Mehul Choksi criticises investigative agencies for interfering with 'course of justice'

New Delhi: Diamantaire Mehul Choksi, accused in the Rs 12,700 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud, has slammed Indian investigative agencies in a written reply to the Central Bureau of Investigation. In the letter dated March 7, Choksi told CBI officials that he would not be able to return to India as his passport has been cancelled.  "As my Passport stands suspended, I further wish to point out that the RPO Mumbai has not given me any explanation as to why my Passport has been suspended and as to how I am a security threat to India," he said in the letter. Choksi, also referred as 'Pappu' among diamond traders, said he is not in a position to travel due to his "persisting health problem".  

Nirav Modi Group used portion of PNB funds to buy fixed assets abroad, suspects ED

"I had a cardiac procedure which was conducted in the first week of February 2018 and there is still pending work to be done on the same," he added. The co-conspirator in the mega Rs 12,700 crore PNB fraud also criticised India's investigating agencies in the letter alleging abuse of due process in the probe, reported news agency Reuters.  

The jeweller went on to say that seizure of his assets, bank accounts and closing all his offices in India has tarnished his reputation, adding that the investigative agencies acted with a "pre-determined" mind. He blamed the agencies for allegedly interfering with the course of justice, added the report.  

Meanwhile, it has come to light that beleaguered diamantaire Nirav Modi's companies may have used most of the funds raised fraudulently from Punjab National Bank (PNB), through Letter of Undertaking (LoUs) and guarantees, to buy immovable properties abroad. 

Nirav Modi no longer part of India's ultra-rich club, name dropped from Forbes list of billionaires

The new development is expected to make the investigative agency's job easier in recovering the suspected assets from countries where Modi has set up his businesses. It may be noted that ED has chalked out 13 countries, whose competent courts have issued letters of request to concerned jurisdictions to help the agency in the probe, reported The Economic Times.   

Apart from that,  a portion of the funds was also used by Modi's firms to settle debts to overseas lenders. “We have reasons to believe that Modi’s firms settled loans raised from overseas creditors through letters of undertaking issued by PNB,” said one of the persons.   

On Wednesday, several invoices accessed by TIMES NOW indicated that "someone in the system" may have been bestowing favours on beleaguered diamantaire Nirav Modi for at least 20 days after the mega Rs 12,700 crore banking sector fraud was discovered. According to the series of invoices, Modi's flagship company Firestar Diamond asked for $3.5 lakh or almost Rs 2.28 crore from a Surat-based dealer. It may be noted that the deal was struck nine days after PNB lodged a complaint against Modi.   

Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi may have proposed flagship firm IPOs to repayLoUs: ED

Modi, Choksi, and other family members - who fled the country - were named as key conspirators in the Rs 12,700 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud. The first FIR was filed in the case on February 14 against Nirav Modi, his wife Ami, brother Nishal, uncle Mehul Choksi (co-offender) and all the firms under his name.    

top three models all over the world

TOP THREE MODELS ALL OVER THE WORLD

Hello friends, you must have heard about many beautiful models and actresses all-over world, but today we are going to tell you about the world's top three most beautiful models, let's know about these beautiful models.

1. Jojo Baby

JoJo Baby is placed at number three in this list. JoJo Baby is originally from America. She is a model from the profession. JoJo Baby was born in 1989. Currently it is considered the most beautiful model of America.

2. Jordan Carver

Jordan Carver has been placed at number two in this list. Jordan Karver was born in 1986 in Germany. She is a model from the profession. He looks very beautiful and attractive to look at.

3. Kate Ballas

In this list, Kate Ballas has been placed at number one. Kate Ballas was born in the United States in the year 1996. She liked to model herself since childhood and today she is America's most beautiful model.

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Which Bollywood actress can do anything for money?

Which Bollywood actress can do anything for money?

KATRINA KAIF

This one! And God I hate her!!!

Changed her name Katrina Turquotte to Katrina Kaif to suit Indian audience claiming she’s is half-Indian whereas Kaif is not her father’s name.
In a 2011 interview with Mumbai Mirror, Boom producer Ayesha Shroff accused Kaif of fabricating her history: "We created an identity for her. She was this pretty young English girl, and we gave her the Kashmiri father and thought of calling her Katrina Kazi. We thought we'd give her some kind of Indian ancestry, to connect with the audience ... But then we thought that Kazi sounded too ... religious? ... Mohammad Kaif was at the top, and so we said, Katrina Kaif sounds really great". - Wikipedia
Entered Bollywood with an almost-porn movie. I have nothing against porn stars. I adore Sunny.

Found a sugar daddy in the industry to land in movies with glamorous roles without any hint of acting.

Attained necessary fame to be named as A-Star and then ditched her sugar daddy to cheat on with Ranbir Kappor, a kapoor clan lad.

Managed to stay on the news by leaking pictures and sending a strong message that she is dating the prince of Bollywood.

Rude to journalists, media, air-hostesses, and even her own fans.
Throwing star-tantrums with no hint of respect to spot boys, background dancers, etc. Loreal paid back by throwing her out and went on to sign Deepika

Taking digs at far better actresses like Deepika. And this is her emoting for all scenes be it comedy, romance, crying. Same face, many emotions errrrr,,, same emotion.




And when Karma paid back by making Ranbir ditch her, no prince or sugar daddy to promote her image, suddenly became media friendly, joined Facebook, Instagram, etc.
Shamelessly went back to sugar daddy to land a role in Tiger Zinda Hai and if rumours are to be true, they are back together.

Talks about women obtectification but dancing to hit item numbers.

Being the botox queen. It only made her face plump and looking like an alien.

Anything for money and fame.

Ulefone Power Max 9 [6GB RAM, 30MP camera and 13,000 mAh battery device is available at only Rs. 6,999]

6GB RAM, 30MP camera and 13,000 mAh battery device is available at only Rs. 6,999

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6GB RAM, 30MP camera and 13,000 mAh battery device is available at only Rs. 6,999.



Features of Ulefone Power Max 9 : - The smart phone has a 5.5-inch Full HD IPS LCD capacitive touch screen display. According to reports, In this device you can be given a 30MP primary camera on the rear and a 20MP secondary camera on the front for selfies. The phone features 6GB of RAM and 64GB internal storage which can be expanded up to 256GB via a external memory card. As far as the battery is concerned, it has a 13,000 mAh of strong battery. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, GPS, loud speaker, headphones, FM radio, USB OTG, 3G, 4G VoLTE. The interesting thing about this phone is it may support 5G network. It is going to be launch in India soon and the price of the phone is expected to Rs. 6,999.

Bollywood celebs who are married to foreigners

Bollywood celebs who are married to foreigners

Preity Zinta

Actress Preity Zinta married her longtime beau Gene Goodenough in 2016 and since then the adorable couple has been growing strong with time. On the eve of Valentine’s Day today, the actress is celebrating seven years of togetherness with Gene. Preity posted a picture with her darling husband on her Instagram account and wrote, “Love isn’t something you find, Love is something that finds you ❤️ #HappyValentinesday 😍folks ! #grateful #love #7yearstogether #hubby #Ting😘” In the picture, while both Gene and Preity look adorable sporting black shades, the dimpled doll takes away the cake with her ever enchanting smile.

Shashi Kapoor

Shashi Kapoor had a fairytale romance and marriage, unlike some of his contemporaries. He fell in love with British theatre actress Jennifer Kendal when they met in Kolkata in 1956. He began touring with her troupe – and they got married two years later. She acted in a number of his films and passed away from colon cancer in 1984.

Celina Jaitly

Celina Jaitly disappeared from Bollywood after her marriage and babies. The actress announced her engagement to Peter Haag, a Dubai-based Austrian businessman in 2011, and married him the same year. She is in a very happy marriage – and is now a mom to a pair of twins too. She recently gave birth to another set of twins but lost one of them as he was born with a serious heart defect.