Rakul Preet Sigh!

Rakul Preet Singh (born 10 October 1990) is an Indian film actress and model who predominantly works in the Telugu film industry.She has also appeared in a few Tamil, Hindi, and Kannada films.

Rakul started a modelling career while in college, during which she also made her acting debut in the Kannada film Gilli (2009). In 2011, she participated in the Femina Miss India pageant in which she was placed fifth and won five pageant titles, including 'Miss India People’s Choice'. She subsequently opted to become a full-time actress, making her Telugu debut in Keratam the same year and her Tamil debut in Thadaiyara Thaakka, the following year. In 2014 she also made her Bollywood debut in Yaariyan in which her performance was better received.

Singh was part of the commercially successful Telugu films like Venkatadri Express (2013), Current Theega (2014) and Loukyam(2014), leading her to land in bigger projects in the industry like Kick 2 (2015), Bruce Lee (2015), Nannaku Prematho (2016), Sarrainodu (2016) and Dhruva (2016). In a short span of two years she established herself as one of the leading actresses in Telugu Cinema.

Movies:

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2009	Gilli	Anita	Kannada	Kannada debut
2011	Keratam	Sangeetha	Telugu	Telugu debut
2012	Thadaiyara Thaakka	Gayathri Ramakrishnan	Tamil	Tamil debut
2013	Puthagam	Divya	Tamil
	Venkatadri Express	Prarthana	Telugu	Nominated -Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu
2014	Yaariyan	Saloni	Hindi	Hindi debut
	Yennamo Yedho	Nithya	Tamil
	Rough	Nandhu	Telugu
	Loukyam	Chandrakala	Telugu	Nominated -Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu
	Current Theega	Kavita	Telugu
2015	Pandaga Chesko	Divya	Telugu
	Kick 2	Chaitra	Telugu
	Bruce Lee - The Fighter	Riya	Telugu
2016	Nannaku Prematho	Divyanka	Telugu
	Sarrainodu	Maha Lakshmi	Telugu
	Dhruva	Ishika	Telugu
2017	Winner	Sitara	Telugu
	Ra Randoi Veduka Chudham	Bhramarambha	Telugu
	Spyder	TBA	Tamil Telugu	Filming
	Theeran Athikaram Ondru	TBA	Tamil	Filming
	Shimla Mirchi	TBA	Hindi	Filming
	Jaya Janaki Nayaka	TBA	Telugu	Filming
2018	Aiyaary	TBA	Hindi	Filming

Donald Trump Thanked Indian Airline-SpiceJet

NEW DELHI: 




US President Donald Trump on Monday thanked Gurgaon-based budget carrier SpiceJet for placing a large order for aircraft from American multinational Boeing. 




The order would create thousands of jobs in the US, Trump said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump at the White House in Washington DC on Monday, where the US President praised PM Modi for his efforts back home, saying he's doing a "great job". 

"Economically, India is doing very well," Trump said.

SpiceJet has placed a $22 billion order with Boeing for up to 205 planes to be manufactured in the US. This would create 1,32,000 high-skilled, high-paid American jobs within the US, according to the US Department of Commerce.

Interestingly, Trump's Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross's private equity firm Wilbur Ross and Co. had invested $86 million in SpiceJet in 2008. However, in 2010, Ross sold his 30 per cent stake in SpiceJet for $127 million.

On how SpiceJet plans to finance the aircraft order, the company's chairman and managing director Ajay Singh said, "Funding arrangements for those are coming very quickly in place. We have already funded significant number of those aircraft through a sale and leaseback mechanism. And we have several offers."

India was the fastest growing aviation market in the world last year, toppled recently from the top spot by China. In March, China's passenger traffic in the domestic aviation market grew by 15.1 per cent on year, compared to India's 14.6 per cent growth, according to data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the global airline industry's trade association. Planemakers like Boeing look at India as a crucial market given its increasing demand and growth numbers.

SpiceJet, which was on the verge of shutdown about a couple of years back, incredibly turned around its fate after the original promoter of the company Ajay Singh came back and took charge in January 2015, steering the company out of troubled waters.

"For the last 25 months in a row, we have had a load factor in excess of 92 per cent and that is something of a global record. This is combined with the fact that we have had the best on-time performance in FY17, we have now had nine profitable quarters and we have had amongst the least cancellations in the industry," Singh said.

The SpiceJet stock is up 124 per cent in the current calendar year and has gained more than 800 per cent since the airline nearly shut shop in December 2014. It currently has a market value of $1.2 billion.

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Modi-Trump meeting-No Talks about H1-B Visa Issue.

WASHINGTON: The H-1B visa issue that was looming on the India-US relationship in the run up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's maiden meeting with President Donald Trump did not figure in the talks between the two leaders.

With the Trump administration undertaking a review of the H-1B visa, the most sought-after by Indian IT professionals, the issue had taken centre stage ahead of Modi's US visit with the issue expected to figure prominently in bilateral discussions .

However, the H-1B issue specifically did not figure in the talks with foreign secretary S Jaishankar telling reporters that there was a lot of discussion with business leaders and the two leaders about the digital partnership when asked about whether H-1B visa issue figured in the talks.
 

"There is recognition that the Indian-American community has played an extraordinary role in building this relationship. When you value something it is obvious that you will take care of what you value," Jaishankar said.

There was also no mention of the H-1B visa issue in the India-US joint statementissued after the two leaders met.

The White House, in a fact sheet, said Indian-Americans have embraced innovation and entrepreneurship, sitting at the forefront of Silicon Valley's technology revolution, and founding an estimated 15 per cent of Silicon Valley startups.

"They have helped to develop the Pentium chip, fiber optics, and noise cancelling headphones, among numerous other innovations," it said.

Today, nearly four million Indian-Americans reside in the United States and over 7,00,000 US citizens live in India.

Last year, the United States government issued nearly one million visas to Indian citizens, and facilitated 1.7 million visits by Indian citizens to the United States.

Ahead of the meeting, a senior Trump administration official had said the Trump administration has signed some executive orders related to work and immigration, and President Trump's executive order on H-1B visas directs the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Homeland Security to propose potential reforms to the H-1B visa programme.

"However, there have been no immediate changes to visa application or issuance procedures, so we're not in a position to kind of prejudge what the outcome of the review might be. So there's really been no changes as such at this point, and no specific changes that target any specific country or sector as of yet," the official had said.

There have been growing concerns in India over the crack down on H-1B visas

Trump signed an executive order in April for tightening the rules of the H-1B visa programme to stop "visa abuses".

Trump said his administration is going to enforce 'Hire American' rules that are designed to protect jobs of workers in the US.

International Yoga Day: PM Narendra Modi Says..

LUCKNOW: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged everyone to make Yoga a part of their lives and said that it has played a big role in connecting the world with India.

"Many countries which do not know our language, tradition, or culture, are now connecting to India through Yoga. 

The practice, which connects body, mind and soul, has played a big role in binding the world too," PM Modi said while leading the third International Yoga Day celebrations in Lucknow.

Donning a white t-shirt and loose trousers, Modi also performed asanas along with over 50,000 yoga enthusiasts braving early morning drizzles.

"Earlier, Yoga was only restricted to saints and seers in the Himalayan mountains. Now, it has become part of every person's life," he said in his address.

He also asserted that attaining "wellness" through yoga was more important than simply being physically fit.

"It is not important to perform yoga for 24 hours. 50 or 60 minutes (is fine) because it lends harmony to the body, mind and intellect. If 1.25 billion Indians and people around the world can attain this state of well-being, then humankind can also tide over problems born out of human thoughts," he said.

He also explained the importance of Yoga using an analogy of salt.

"Just as the importance of salt is not only to lend taste to food, but also ensure well-being of the body, similarly Yoga can have the same importance as salt has in life," he said.

He said yoga is like free health assurance. "It is not even expensive to practice," he said.

"I urge everyone to make yoga a part of their lives," he said, adding that he was glad to see several yoga institutes take shape over the last three years.
 

Uttar Pradesh governor Ram Naik and chief minister Yogi Adityanath joined the Prime Minister in performing yoga at the sprawling venue.

In his address, Adityanath thanked Modi for enhancing Yoga's reputation globally.

Intermittent rains since morning failed to deter thousands of yoga enthusiasts, who enjoyed performing asanas fully drenched.
 

Three years ago, Modi had persuaded the United Nations to declare June 21 as the International Yoga Day.

Hamsa Naava Song Lyrics: from Bahubali-2

Hamsa Naava Lyrics – Baahubali 2

Oroori raajaa Veeraadhi veeraa

Oroori raajaa Veeraadhi veeraa

Neethone nenu undiponaa Endhaaka

nuvvu Vellali anna

Andaaka nenu kuda raana

Haayenaa hamsa naava lona

Nee gaali sookuthunte paina

Mechindile devasena

Nana nana aaa….

Ne nnee yadha pai Vishaal veera Bhoomipai vasinchanaa

Nene valapai Varaala maalikai vaalanaa

Neelo ragile Paraakramaala jwaalanai Hasinchanaa

Ninne geliche Sukhaala kheliloo telanaa

Ohhooohoo ohhooohoo Ekaantha kaantha mandiraana

Ohhooohoo ohhooohoo Nee mohaa baahu bandhanaana

 Noorellu bandheeni kaana

Nana nana aa…..

Oroori raajaa, oroori raaja

Veeraadhi veeraa

Neethone nenu undipona

Endhaaka nuvvu Vellali anna Andaaka nenu kuda raana

Haayenaa hamsa naava lona

Nee gaali sookutunte paina

Mechindile devasena

Na nana aaaa…

“End of Hamsa Naava lyrics – Baahubali 2”

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ICC Champions Trophy-Ind VS Bangaldesh: Kohli credited Dhoni for bringing Jadhav

India defeated Bangladesh by nine wickets in the second semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 at Edgbaston on Thursday to set up title clash against Pakistan. The defending champions chased down the 265-run target in 40.1 overs as the Bangladesh bowlers were sent on a leather hunt by the all-star Indian batting line-up. 


Though Bangladesh were going great guns at one stage with 154/2 after 28 overs, they lost the plot in the middle overs. Indian skipper Virat Kohli took a gamble to bring in Kedar Jadhav to bowl which worked well. Jadhav gave India the breakthrough in his second over itself which helped the defending champions peg Bangladesh back.

Kohli, during the post-match press-conference, credited former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni for the decision to bring in the off-spinner at the crucial juncture. Kohli said that the game-changing decision was jointly taken by him and Dhoni. Jadhav dismissed set batsmen Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim after their 121-run stand to get India back on track in the match.

"Yeah, when moves like this pay off, I won't take the whole credit. Obviously, I asked MS, as well, and we both decided that Kedar is a good option at the moment, and he bowled really well. Credit to him.

"Kedar Jadhav doesn't bowl much in the nets, but he is a smart cricketer. He knows where the batsmen get troubled, and if you can think like a batter when you are bowling, it's obviously a bit of an advantage to any bowler. So I think that today he executed plans perfectly."

Kohli was effusive in his praise for his new ball bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

"Well, they were outstanding. Especially, the last two games they have been terrific initially and in the later stages, as well, their wicket-taking ability is something that the opposition is aware of.

"So they are always careful going hard against these two guys, and yeah, their length after the Sri Lanka game has been impeccable. It's been consistent, line close to the batsmen, always there with an opportunity to get a wicket, as I mentioned.

Kohli said "Even in conditions which are not offering too much, bowling such lines that we can produce wicket-taking opportunities,"

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