Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bear Grylls explore Indian wilderness together

For me, this show presents a great opportunity to showcase to the world India's rich environmental heritage and stress on the importance of environment conservation and living in harmony with nature. It was a great experience spending time in the jungle once again, this time with Bear, who is blessed with indefatigable energy and quest to experience nature at its purest.' Bear Grylls said that it was an honour for him to go on this trip with PM Narendra Modi. 'It is such a privilege to be taking Prime Minister Modi on an adventure into the Indian wilderness and I feel truly honoured to get to spend time with this remarkable world leader. The wild reminds us that we need each other and that together we are stronger. I am so excited to spend time with the PM and to get to know the man who leads this great nation,' Grylls shared in a statement. Bear Grylls had shared a clip from the episode on Twitter with the caption, "People across 180 countries will get to see the unknown side of PM @narendramodi as he ventures into Indian wilderness to create awareness about animal conservation & environmental change. Catch Man Vs Wild with PM Modi @DiscoveryIN on August 12 @ 9 pm. #PMModionDiscovery" The episode with PM Narendra Modi will premiere on August 12 at 9 pm on 12 Discovery channels. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttp://langleygymnastics.ca/ActivityFeed/MyProfile/tabid/61/UserId/942751/Default.aspx

AASU: Relief provided by Assam government not enough

he Assam State Disaster Management Authority has said that six districts - Lakhimpur, Sonitpur, Karbi Anglong, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia and Karimganj - become free from floods in the past 24 hours.Around 38 lakh people in 18 districts were affected by floods on Sunday in addition to 1.35 lakh hectares of cropland. On Sunday, the Brahmaputra was flowing above the danger level at Neematighat (Jorhat) and Dhubri, the Jia Bharali at NT Road crossing (Sonitpur) and the Kopili at Dharamtul.There are reports of birth of a child at a relief camp in a lower Assam's Dhubri district, with his parents christening him Baan Ali. Baan in Assamese means flood.Moved by the havoc wreaked by floods, litterateur Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi from Arunachal Pradesh, who writes in Assamese, contributed Rs 1 lakh to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund. Thongchi had received the amount when he was conferred the Bodousa Samannay Award presented by the Moran Students' Union in May this year.Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal said Thongchi's humility and concern for the people of Assam was an inspiration to society.Dhubri MP Badruddin Ajmal, through his NGO, Markaz-Ul-Maa-Aarif, distributed relief items to flood-affected people in East Goalpara on Sunday. The HAMM Hospital at Hojai in Nagaon district and Al-Salam Hospital in Goalpara town, both owned by Ajmal's family, will offer free health treatment to flood-affected people on Wednesday.Drowned: Altaf Hussain, 32, on Saturday accidentally slipped from a bamboo bridge over the Deoshila Moranodi river at Dhanbori in Goalpara district. His body was fished out by an SDRF team.Additional reporting by Sofikul Ahmed in Goalpara DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Telegraphhttp://www.trakyadans.com/UserProfile/tabid/57/userId/143718/Default.aspx

Ayushmann Khurrana 'can't imagine Rishikesh without Lakshman Jhula'

'I had shot for Dard Karara for my film DLKH on Laskman Jhula. It is a special film to me because it was kind of my come back, after Vicky Donor in 2012, my second hit was DLKH. It's nostalgic, the film is nostalgic for me for all the right reasons. I was quite shocked when I got to know that they are shutting it down!,' says Ayushmann, who starred with the then debutant Bhumi Pednekar, in the film. On the fond memories he has from the shooting days, he reveals, 'We used to cross Laxman Jhula every single morning. I remember I used to have a 6 o'clock call time early in the morning. I used to have my earphones on and listen to the best of music in the winters of 2014 and walk the entire stretch of Laxman Jhula towards the other side to shoot for my film. I cannot imagine Rishikesh without Laxman Jhula.' In fact, the actor shares it was the first time ever he visited Rishikesh and that was for his film. 'During the shoot of DLKH, it was my first ever time, the second one was Shubh Mangal Saavdhan, so I've shot two films there. I remember taking Bhumi on the scooter for Moh Moh Ke Dhaage on Laxman Jhula. We were shooting till 4 o'clock in the morning and frankly speaking, the entire Jhula was 'Jhuloing' like it was actually swinging a lot. It was very windy, I was on the scooter and Bhumi was 90 kgs, so it was quite a challenging task for me. But in the hindsight, it is all so beautiful.' Apart from Lakshman Jhula, one more iconic shooting location that has been shut down is Mukesh Mills in Mumbai. Ayushmann feels we should 'try and restore them'. 'Each and every location is important to Bollywood or is iconic, they have a certain texture or they create a certain flavour on the celluloid. Mukesh Mills, is dilapidated, it's huge and its worn-out structure gives a lot of texture on camera. Same goes with Laxman Jhula — it adds so much character to films and these locations hold a great value,' he signs off. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Hindustan Timeshttp://ariscool.com/presumkuyun

India rest skipper Manpreet, Sreejesh for Tokyo Olympics hockey test event

He was sidelined from the national team for nine months. Experienced dragflicker Rupinder Pal Singh, who returned to the side after last year's Asian Games for the tour of Australia in May, is another notable absentee from the squad alongside Birendra Lakra and Akashdeep Singh. In Sreejesh's absence, Krishan Bahadur Pathak and young Suraj Karkera will don the goalkeeping duties. India's chief coach Graham Reid said the decision to rest some senior players were taken keeping in mind the Olympic Qualifiers in November. 'We are resting some senior players including Manpreet Singh, some of whom have played a very rigorous last 12 months of hockey. We will give them a chance to shake off any niggling injuries and get fresh for the next three months of preparation for the November qualifying matches,' the Australian said. He said the Olympic Test Event provides them with a chance to test some new players. 'With no world ranking points at risk, the Tokyo test event gives us an ideal opportunity to not only get a first hand look at how Tokyo is shaping up for next year's Olympics but also see some new players. We want to give them chance and see how they fare at the international stage,' Reid said. The squad: Krishan Bahadur Pathak, Suraj Karkera, Gurinder Singh, Harmanpreet Singh (Captain), Kothajit Singh Khadangbam, Hardik Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Jaskaran Singh, Mandeep Singh (Vice Captain), Gursahibjit Singh, Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Jarmanpreet Singh, Varun Kumar, Ashis Topno, SV Sunil, Gurjant Singh, Shamsher Singh. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttps://www.internetpolyglot.com/user/353262

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Jalebi actor Varun Mitra turns football coach for ZEE5's Bombers

Director Vishal Puri had watched me on Ted Talks where I spoke about a football memory. Sapna Pabbi (Breathe actress) had also mentioned my name and they got inquisitive," he said. The actor, a Delhi boy, said he plays cricket, table tennis and squash, but had to brush up techniques before shooting. "We had a coach and I had to work on a free kick. I put in eight hours of practice every day. In Mumbai we play for 90 minutes on a small turf. The shooting took me back to school days. "We are as much a football-crazy country as we are mad for cricket. Living in urban cities, we have access to designated turfs and grounds. But while scouting locations for the show, we realised there is a genuine dearth of proper football fields across small-town India. The fields that exist are not maintained and are risky to play on. I hope, through our show, people get inspired to create and preserve more grounds," he added. Speaking about hisfuture plans, Varun said he "would love to do a biopic, maybe on a cricketer like Virat (Kohli)" some day. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Telegraphhttp://www.trakyadans.com/UserProfile/tabid/57/userId/150624/Default.aspx

Explained: What is deepfake?

In June this year, a deepfake video surfaced that showed Mark Zuckerberg saying that he is in total control of the stolen data of billions of people. Deepfakes are created by machine learning models, which use neural networks to manipulate images and videos. A model such as this 'analyses video footage until it is able algorithmically to transpose the 'skin' of one human face on to the movements of another — as if applying a latex mask,' a separate report in The Guardian said. The debate around 'deepfakes' has been rekindled recently with the popularity of applications such as FaceApp (for photo-editing) and DeepNude ( that produces fake nudes of women). DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttps://www.pearltrees.com/keroonsherry

Creative freedom curtailed: Santhanam

This mocks Brahmin practices and Brahmin women and deliberately provokes enmity between caste groups, they said. Speaking at the promo meet of the film, Santhanam said, 'The film talks about the love between a local North Chennai boy Saravanan played by me and a Brahmin girl essayed by Tara Alisha Berry as Ramya. The humour should revolve within these two characters. And people come to a Santhanam movie to enjoy the comedy. And any comedy can be spiced up only when there's a conflict. And if you notice from the days of ace comedians like Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy, Nagesh, Goundamnai and Senthil, and Vadivelu, humour works to a large extent when you allow them to perform counter reactions, be they dialogues or through body language. And that's precisely what Johnson, the director of the film, has incorporated in A1. A teaser is meant for teasing and we did not have any intention of hurting the sentiments of anyone. And when you watch the film, you would know.' Santa, who has shed oodles of kilos quickly, adds that as an actor he also has social responsibility as what to portray on screen. 'That's why I apologised when people pointed out that my first look poster of my yet another upcoming film Dacaalti which had me holding a cigar, and that might promote smoking as we know that it's injurious to health. I also ensured that my future films would never carry such posters.' Santa has been opting for young and upcoming Bollywood girls as his romantic pair ever since he turned a hero. He explained, 'They give time whenever we want and they fit our bill as well, which is not the case with heroines from here. Tara has done a great job in A1.' Hailing composer Santhosh Narayanan who is normally associated with biggies he said, 'After Santhosh was roped in, the scale of A1 has gone up multiple times. I was glad when Santhosh sir said that after Soodhu Kavvum, it was A 1's script which excited him. Santhosh said he was fascinated by Johnson's script.' Produced by Circle box Entertainment, A 1 hits marquee today (July 26.) ... DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Deccan Chroniclehttp://doodleordie.com/profile/reetasignaas