Popular separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani passed away on Wednesday late at night due to prolonged illness. The politician died in Srinagar at the age of 92. The authorities, as a precautionary measure, deployed security personnels around the city and even the internet was shut down. A top police official said “Troops are being deployed at all the sensitive places in Srinagar and other major towns and there won’t be any vehicular movement allowed.”

Geelani, who had quit Hurriyat last year was one of the senior separatist leaders in the valley and has been under house arrest since a long time for his anti-India protests. As per his family members, he developed chest pain and congestion on Wednesday afternoon and died late at night at his residence in Srinagar. 

Last rites of the separatist leader were done amidst tight security. He was buried at a graveyard near his residence in Srinagar’s Hyderpora around 4:30 on Thursday morning. Only his close relatives and neighbours were allowed to attend his funeral as the troops completely sealed the graveyard. As a preventive measure, even journalists were not allowed to cover the funeral of the deceased leader while some senior members of Hurriyat were detained. Further, security has been beefed up around Geelani’s house and all the leading roads towards his house were sealed. 

Condolences also poured in for the deceased leader. PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti took to Twitter and wrote “Saddened by the news of Geelani Sahab’s passing away. We may not have agreed on most things but I respect him for his steadfastness and standing by his beliefs. May Allah Ta’ala grant him jannat and condolences to his family and well-wishers.” Sajad Lone of Jammu & Kashmir’s People’s Conference also joined Mufti in paying condolence. 

Condolence also poured in from across the border. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan announced that Pakistan would observe a day of mourning and the country’s flag would be flown at half-mast. Khan tweeted “Deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Kashmiri freedom fighter Syed Ali Geelani who struggled all his life for his people & their right to self determination. He suffered incarceration & torture by the Occupying Indian state but remained resolute.”

He further added:- We in Pakistan salute his courageous struggle & remember his words: “Hum Pakistani hain aur Pakistan Humara hai”. The Pakistan flag will fly at half-mast and we will observe a day of official mourning.

As a multifaceted Photographer, Syam Babu has proved his excellence as an artist who captivates people with his impeccable photography talents.

Today, he is popularly known as one of the best Indian celebrity photographers, whose hard work, immaculate visions and passion for photography paved the way for him to reach sky-high success. He has excelled at fashion photography, sports photography, portrait photography, street photography, magazine shoot and so much more.

With his extraordinary skills, the latter has yet again got into limelight with his recent shoot featuring South Indian singer Jayachandran. The singer is a renowned name in the Tollywood industry and has been thrilled with Syam’s distinctive photography skills and alluring photoshoot. The photographer ensured various tactics and techniques to capture pictures that should look realistic without compromising much on the quality. Some of the shots have been taken by climbing on the trees that truly defines his dedication and creativity.

The shoot also went viral on different social media platforms, garnering massive public attention and fan following. The audience was enthralled with the unexpected make over. This has made Syam a prominent name among leading actors and singers as he is gaining appreciation from all across the globe.

Despite the trabulances caused by the pandemic, Syam worked throughout the crisis to keep his audience engaged with his relatable and unique content. As we are battling through these unprecedented times, he is now all set to work on some major projects featuring some of the legendary actors from the film fraternity.

Photographers tell stories through images that they capture through their cameras and express their personalities and viewpoints through their art. With a sense to bring the world close to each other, he has also discovered a unique conceptual photography series portraying five models from five different parts of the world.

Portraying models – Maria Jorda, Pasa Mahallesi, Merel Trip, Cecilia Kongwa and Aileena Catherin from Spain, Turkey, Dubai, Africa and India respectively, the shoot has gone viral and fans are already going crazy about him. They are loving the way he has united the world in a single picture. 

Talking about his journey and life experiences, Syam says that he has always been interested in photography since he was a child. His journey started back in 2002 when he worked as a news photographer at Malayala Manorama. Later in 2008, he joined Vanitha, a regional fortnightly magazine as a fashion photographer.

Apart from Vanitha, he has also worked some of the prestigious magazines and organisation that include The Week, Smart Life, Manorama Aarogyam, Manorama Varshika Pathippu, Paripidam, Vishu Kanni, Manorama weekly, Vanitha Paajakam, Vanitha Veedu, Manorama Fastrack, KarshakaSree, and several other prints and digital projects of Manorama.

Holding such extensive prowess in the field, it could be said that Syam is on his way to touch horizons with his eye to capture the world creatively.

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U.S. President Joe Biden and his Afghanistan counterpart, Ashraf Ghani, in their last conversation prior to the invasion of the Taliban and seizing control of the country, the leaders discussed military aid, political strategy, and messaging tactics, but neither of them seemed to be apprised of or prepared for the immediate danger of the country falling to the militants, a transcript reviewed by Reuters shows.

The conversation roughly lasted for 14 minutes on July 23. On August 15, Mr. Ghani fled the presidential palace, and the Taliban entered Kabul.

Reuters reviewed a transcript of the presidential phone call and has listened to the audio to authenticate the conversation. The materials were provided on condition of anonymity by a source who was not authorized to distribute it.

In the call, Mr. Biden offered aid if Mr. Ghani could publicly project he had a plan to control the spiraling situation in Afghanistan. “We will continue to provide close air support if we know what the plan is,” Mr. Biden said. Days before the call, the U.S. carried out airstrikes to support Afghan security forces, a move the Taliban said violated the Doha peace agreement.

The U.S. President also advised Mr. Ghani to get buy-in from powerful Afghans for a military strategy going forward, and then to put a “warrior” in charge of the effort, a reference to Defence Minister General Bismillah Khan Mohammadi.

Mr. Biden’s words indicated he didn’t anticipate the insurrection and collapse to come 23 days later. “We are going to continue to fight hard, diplomatically, politically, economically, to make sure your government not only survives but is sustained and grows,” he said.

Mr. Ghani told Mr. Biden he believed there could be peace if he could “rebalance the military solution”. But he added, “We need to move with speed.” “We are facing a full-scale invasion, composed of Taliban, full Pakistani planning and logistical support, and at least10-15,000 international terrorists, predominantly Pakistanis were thrown into this,” Mr. Ghani said.

Notable television actor and winner of reality shows like Bigg Boss and Khatron Ke Khiladi Sidharth Shukla died due to cardiac arrest at Mumbai’s cooper hospital. The actor was 40 years old when he passed away on Thursday late in the morning.

The news broke out on Social Media around 11:40 in the morning and has given a shock to his fans across the country. The actor was a popular face of the television industry and has done a lot of reality shows. He was the winner of Bigg Boss Season 13 as well as the winner of Khatron Ke Khiladi Season 7. Sidharth has recently appeared on Dance Deewane 3 with his long rumoured girlfriend Shehnaaz Gill. 

The popular actor has also been a part of films like Humpty Sharma Ke Dulhania and the actor’s last screen outing was Ekta Kapoor’s popular show ‘Broken But Beautiful 3’ in which he was seen playing the role of Agastya. Apart from participating in reality shows, Sidharth has established himself as a popular face of the television industry. He is widely recognised for his roles in daily soaps like ‘Balika Vadhu’ and ‘Dil Se Dil Tak’.

As per the reports, Sidharth suffered a massive heart attack in the morning and was survived by his mother and two sisters. He was brought dead upon his arrival at Mumbai’s Cooper Hospital. The Mumbai Police confirmed his death. As soon as the news of his demise broke out, many celebs and his fans flooded social media platforms with condolence posts.

Sabyasachi Rout, Math-e-matics Cafe; A young Mathematician from Odisha has made mathematics easier for students with this book titled ‘NCERT Mathematics Solutions for Std X’, from an upcoming series of books for different grade of students.

An all-solution book, ‘CBSE NCERT Mathematics for Std X’ aims to provide a simpler and broader explanation to all the questions as per the NCERT, compiled in 15 detailed chapters with exhaustive theory, comments, illustrations and examples with step-by-step solution, along with practice exercises.

The Book is published in New Delhi and released globally this September. The book will be available on all leading e-commerce websites including Amazon, Flipkart and Bluerose, alongwith the Ebook.

The Author has completed his Masters Degree in Mathematics (M.Sc.). He has been passionate about mathematics and pursued it with commitment during his B.Sc, M.Sc, and is a step closer to pursuing his doctorate. The excellence of a mathematician can be measured by his ability to deconstruct and explain the fundamentals of a complicated mathematical equation with ease, which the author has successfully delivered in the last 9 years of being a guide to students from school to ones pursing competitive examinations in different industries.

The book has compiled a step by step solution to the NCERT pattern equations. It also includes commentaries on the necessity of the steps followed, along with sufficient illustrations and examples for a clear and better understanding. This book has been divided into 15 exhaustive chapters, where each chapter respectively has focused on the fundamentals of real numbers, polynomials, along with pair of linear equations in two variables, quadratic equations, and arithmetic progressions. It also focuses on the proof of triangles, co-ordinate geometry, along with the introduction to trigonometry, and its various applications. The book further takes a systematic approach in covering circles, its constructions, areas related to circles, surface areas and volumes, as well as statistics, and probability.

Mr. Rout carries a vision to make mathematics easier and fun in a series of books, in which “NCERT Solutions for Class X” is the beginning to pave the way towards a rather clear and deconstructing approach towards complicated mathematical propositions. Apart from his academic profile, Mr. Rout is an active member of various prestigious Mathematical Societies. In his 9 years of experience as a tutor to middle school, high school, and college students, as well as Olympiad Examinations, Banking, S.S.C, Railway, C.A.T., M.A.T., X.A.T., M.B.A., S.C.R.A., C.B.I, C.P.O., I.I.FT., and I.G.N.O.U aspirants, Mr. Rout has equally learned and only grown further in his journey, along with his students, which has only furthered the happening of this book into a reality, as an answer to access to a better understanding of complex mathematical propositions. Mr. Rout being passionate about mathematics from his early age in a state board, aims to help students pursue their passion paving their way to excellence, shaping their fundamentals from ground up.

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2020 was a bummer for most people and industries. There were very few positives to take away from last year and cherish. But we cannot deny that the global lockdown has given some respite to nature and human beings. Nature revived in many ways and human beings stayed at home and levelled up their skills. One of those silver linings amid the pandemic situation that kept us all going was – music.   

There were a sheer number of brilliant releases that emerged out from India’s independent music scene. With more time on their hands, music artists hunkered down to write and record material from the ease of their homes and collaborated with many musicians in the row. With some ease on lockdown, many went to studios to record and collaborate with fellow musicians. And we, listeners, we’re treated to quite a few earworms.   

This year too many of them are keeping up that momentum by writing more stellar music and with online streams, they are generating quite a nice buzz across the country.  

Very often, there comes a revolution in the music scene of a country. In India, things operate a little differently. Bollywood majorly monopolizes our country’s music scene, and there’s no denial to that.   

Famous singers and artists have bombarded the Indian music industry with the same kind of music all around. But is there absolutely no hope for new types of music and songs? Or are we not making much effort to look around and explore the space? Well, to cater for these questions and to break the monotony of the repetitive sounds, we bring you – Traxeon, a.k.a Rohan Shukla. Traxeon has turned out to be an independent artist in the music scene in India. And with a lot of other collaborations, the scene is rising like the mercury in the Indian music industry that looks quite promising. He is definitely one of the names of such aspiring artists from small towns of India who are giving birth hugely to the rise of independent music in India.  

Traxeon’s recent single ‘Teri Kami’ is his favorite creation till date. He went out to all with his vocals to create this and feels so emotional for his song as it comes straight from his heart. His beautiful audio track is available on all music streaming platforms by GrooveNexus Records.  

Many challenges that talented indie artists face do not stem from their work or album release on various channels and the music industry. Despite knowing the fact that trends and markets have always changed often. So, keeping in pace with technology has revolutionized so many things in the last 10-20 years. Yet there are music artists who have been performing successfully and profitably for the last 30-40 years without skipping a beat.    

Indie artists who succeed in building a profitable and sustainable music career build their careers, so it doesn’t get affected by fickle outside influences. 

While the GalaxyA52s5G is ahead of its launch, a rising craze is visible on the faces of awaiting phone lovers. There is no doubt that technology is upgrading every year now, impelling humans to get the best in their pockets. Samsung Galaxy A52s5G gets a fresh start with feature-packed classification and in a couple of minutes, buyers will be introduced to that special feature section. 

Samsung Galaxy  A52s5G features: 

Samsung Galaxy A52s5G features a 6.5-inch FHD+ AMOLED display with 1080*2400 pixel resolution. For optics, the galaxy A52s5G gets a quad-camera setup with a 64 MP primary sensor with OIS, a 12 Mp ultrawide shooter, a 5MP macro lens, and a 5MP depth unit. The phone unveils a 4,500 mAh battery and a 25W fast charging support system. Samsung Galaxy A52s5G presents the customers with an IP67 rating and comes with an in-display fingerprint reader. Further, the new Galaxy A52s5G is rumored to launch two variants in India. The base 6GB+128GB variant is going to launch for Rs 35,999 and the other one carries an 8GB RAM+128 GB storage option is likely to launch for Rs 37,499. The all new Samsung Galaxy A5s2 runs an android 11 operating system topped with the company’s own Samsung One UI. The smartphone maker has disclosed the color options that the Galaxy A52s5G is providing. Awesome Black, Awesome White, and Awesome violet will be the three color choices. 

Launching date:

Amazon India accidentally confirmed the price of the yet-to-launch smartphone. As spotted by GizmoChina Galaxy A52s5G was placed on the Amazon India Website. The listing further revealed that amazon will give an exchange offer of Rs 14,200 on the smartphone. Samsung has already launched its new feature category Galaxy A52s5G in the UK and now it is well prepared and launching its latest version in the Indian market at 12:00 P.M. onwards. 

Heavy rains pounded Delhi on Wednesday, causing major waterlogging and, as a result, traffic gridlock in numerous parts of the city since the morning. Due to considerable waterlogging on the route, the Delhi traffic police issued advice against traffic obstruction on the Azad Market Subway heading towards Pratap Nagar.

Due to waterlogging, the Zakhira underpass was also closed, and traffic police advised taking an alternate route from Anand Parbat/Roshanara Road. Due to the rains, traffic on Minto Road also slowed.

The rain has been falling steadily since early Wednesday morning, with no indications of stopping anytime soon. Heavy rains battered numerous sections of Delhi earlier on Tuesday, triggering flooding and disrupting vehicular travel in the city and surrounding areas. A section of the Delhi-Agra railway track caved in due to heavy rains on Tuesday, causing delays in both road and train traffic. According to ANI, a culvert washed away, resulting in the construction of a 20-foot-deep trench, which halted the transit of at least 15 trains.

Meanwhile, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange signal for the national capital due to the heavy rainfall.

Earlier, the weather department predicted thunderstorms and moderate to heavy rains in the parts of the National Capital Region. “Thunderstorms with moderate to heavy intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of isolated places of Delhi, NCR- Gurugram, Manesar, Faridabad, Ballabhgarh, Tosham, Bhiwani, Jhajjar, Narnaul, Mahendargarh, Kosali during next 2 hours,” IMD said in Tweet.

Rain is expected to occur in Delhi from September 1 to 4. The national capital received 144.7 millimetres of rain from August 1 to August 30. According to the IMD’s rainfall figures, this is about 31% less than the typical of 209.4 mm for the month.

Criticising the renovation of Jallianwala Bagh in Punjab, Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday lashed out at the government. However, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amrinder Singh praised the new revamped look.

Captain, praising the new look of the historical Jallianwala Bagh said “It looks very nice.” He further said “I was a part of the inauguration function of the newly renovated Jallianwala Bagh when the Prime Minister Narendra Modi made it open for the public. There was a laser show too. I felt they needed to repair the walls which had developed cracks. The renovation looks nice to me.”

Earlier, Rahul Gandhi had called the move to renovate the Jallianwala Bagh as an insult to all the Martys. Taking to his twitter handle, Rahul, in Hindi tweeted “Such an insult to the martyrs of the Jallianwala Bagh can only be done by those people who don’t understand the meaning of martyrdom. I am a son of a martyr and I will not tolerate the insult of martyrs at any cost, we are against this indecent cruelty.”

The Prime Minister on Saturday opened the renovated complex, saying it is the country’s duty to protect its history. The PM further added that horrors like the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and the partition speak of the sacrifices made for India’s freedom and should not be forgotten.

However, the government’s move drew a lot of outrage and criticism from several political leaders and historians. CPM’s Sitaram Yechury said “Only those people who stayed away from the epic freedom struggle can scandalise this”. Notable historian and scholar S Irfan Habib said “This is corporatisation of monuments, where they end up as modern structures, losing their rich heritage value. These memorials should be taken care of without meddling with the flavours of the period they represent.”

However, the netizens were however divided in their opinions with some backing the move calling it much needed while some criticizing it by calling it a distortion of history in the name of renovation.

A whole lot of leaders from the grand old party joined Rahul Gandhi in criticizing the move by the Modi led government to renovate the Jallianwala Bagh. These included Gaurav Gogoi, Jaiveer Shergill and AICC general secretary KC Venugopal. However, with Captain taking a different stand from the party line, this certainly has raised eyebrows in the power corridors as this comes at a time when Amrinder Singh is facing revolts within his own party in the poll bound Punjab.

It is reportedly being said that the USA has secret marshalling with Taliban which led to the evacuation of the US troops and citizens from Afghanistan. In one of the reports CNN said that this involved setting up a “secret gate” at the airport and establishing “call centers” to guide Americans through the evacuation process.

After the constant conflict of 20 years in a row, the US states finally abandoned the ground of Afghanistan and returned to their nation. All the American citizens and troops left Afghanistan on 31 August, which arose many questions on Joe Biden’s decision. The most astonishing part which the world witnessed is that the evacuation process was aided by none other than the Taliban, which seized power in Afghanistan on August 15, after the US military allegedly negotiated a secret arrangement with the militant group.

The security arrangement with the Taliban was not made public due to the threat of Islamic State-Khorasan, a common enemy of both the US and the Taliban.

The secret rescue operations were conducted by the special operations forces, which was confirmed by the Commander of US Central Command General Frank McKenzie at a Monday press conference. The commander said these forces helped evacuate more than 1,000 US citizens and more than 2,000 Afghans “via phone calls, vectors, and escorting”

The secret rescue operations were conducted by the special operations forces, which was confirmed by the Commander of US Central Command General Frank McKenzie at a Monday press conference. The commander said these forces helped evacuate more than 1,000 US citizens and more than 2,000 Afghans “via phone calls, vectors, and escorting”.