Forbes Lists America’s Women Of Substance

This year, Forbes has raised its list of richest self-made women entrepreneurs, executives and entertainers in the US from 80 to 100. These are women of substance that have delivered results wherever they worked.

Rihanna ($600 Million), Cosmetics & Music

In 2019, her cosmetics company Fenty Beauty raised over $600 million in profit. The same year, her Savage x Fenty lingerie line raised over $50 million from investors. Also, her Clara Lionel Foundation raised $22.5 million for pandemic relief fund.

Whitney Wolfe Herd ($575 Million), Dating App

In November 2019, she became CEO of online dating group Bumble that reportedly plans to go public in 2021. The Bumble deal came her way when Blackstone bought the group in a $3 billion deal from its Russian owner, Andrey Andreev.

Donna Carpenter ($350 Million), Snowboards

She builds snowboarding gear and apparel with a brand name of Burton that was credited with making a hobby into a mainstream sport by launching a modern snowboard. She was CEO of the company until February last year when she was made chair of the board.

Gwynne Shotwell ($290 Million), SpaceX

At SpaceX, she’s employee no. 11 but she holds credible portfolios in Elon Musk’s company. She’s made President and CEO of the commercial space exploration firm. SpaceX is credited with launching over 600 satellites and ferrying two NASA astronauts to International Space Station in last May.

Kelly Steckelberg ($255 Million), Zoom Video Communications

After working with business like Cisco’s Webex where she held finance portfolio and running dating app Zoosk, she joined Zoom Video Communications as CFO when the company was preparing for an IPO. But its stock became high during … Read the rest

Amitabh Bachchan Ranks 4 On Forbes’ 100 Digital Stars List

Forbes has just released its much-awaited list of 100 Digital Stars highlighting actors, actresses, singers, bands, and TV stars and hosts from Asia-Pacific region. These stars have amazed the digital world by their social media presence and also worked for the betterment of the society at large.

Here’re the top 10 celebrities from the list

Blackpink, Band, South Korea

The band topped the Billboard Artist 100 chart in October but its members are much ahead in ranking. Lisa (23), Jennie (24), Rose (23) and Jisoo (25) are the most followed Instagram celebrities in Korea.

Jackson Yee (20), Actor and Singer, China

A member of the band TFBoys, Yee won the Best New Performer award at the 39th annual Hong Kong Film Awards event for his debut movie Better Days (2019). Also, he commands over 86 million following on Weibo.

Davika Hoorne, Actress, Thailand

Also known as Mai Davika, she was selected for the Best Actress nomination at Thailand’s Nataraja Awards for her role in the TV series My Ambulance. Also, with 12 million followers, Davika is second most popular Instagram celebrity in Thailand.

Amitabh Bachchan (78), Actor, India

Amitabh Bachchan has over 105 million social media followers and the veteran actor used his star power to raise $7 million for Covid-19 relief fund through his appeal. He has acted in over 200 movies, has 11 biographies and held elected offices.

Chi Pu (27), Actress, Model, Producer and TV Host, Vietnam

Her real name is Nguyen Thuy Chi and she’s got the status of being the most popular female celebrities of Vietnam. He music video “Anh oi o lai” is watched by over 92 million viewers … Read the rest

Did You See The All-New Tata Safari?

Tata Motors released the video of all-new Safari ahead of the delivery of the much-awaited SUV later this month. The SUV was first unveiled as Gravitas at the Auto Expo 2020 is now presented as Safari. The video highlights all the important features of the SUV.

The next generation SUV

The video starts with a blue color Safari coming out of a hanger in an aerodrome and starting running on the runway just like an airplane does. Here the Tata Motors want to project the new Safari in a new way. The SUV parks in the mid of airfield and awaits its owner who lands from a chopper.

Exterior

First is the majestic stance of the SUV and then the camera moves towards the chrome studded tri-arrow front grille and then showcases the iconic roof rails with Safari branding. The tyre size is R18 and they come with machined alloys. The man from the chopper sits in the SUV and the camera goes towards the back to show signature twin light LED tail lamps.

Interior

The man sits inside the SUV and fixes the seat showing the boss mode. There are all captain seats for extra comfort. He relaxes on his seat and looks upwards towards the majestic skydome. The SUV moves at a fast pace with its xenon HID projector headlamps on. He parks the SUV in front of his home to take his family out on a long drive where other features of the SUV are highlighted for the viewers.

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See Who Kong Is Saving From Godzilla?

Trailer of the epic Godzilla vs Kong has raised hopes of quick release of the movie that has been delayed multiple times due to lockdown. Original scheduled to be released in March 2020, the movie could go to a theatrical release anytime.

About the trailer

Godzilla is back and can only be stopped by a mighty power like Kong and when the two titans clash, there will be destruction everywhere. This 2-minute trailer tells many things about the movie but remains silent over the appearance of Godzilla that appears from the sea.

The movie has a human angle. Here the Kong is seen to be obsessed with a chile that the mighty Kong wants to save at every cost. And he even doesn’t fear to fight with Godzilla for the child’s safety. Here Godzilla is presented as a bad guy determined to destroy the planet. But Kong is there to stop the giant lizard.

Kong looks different from his earlier avatars. His posture is calm and he looks like investigating his surroundings when he notices presence of a child and gets obsessed with the child. Suddenly, the sea water stirs and there appears a giant lizard. It is Godzilla and it is so aggressive that it starts destroying everything that it encounters.

Complete story

The best thing about the trailer is that it gives a complete picture of the movie. Also, the human angle of the story is highlighted to show human and animal bond. It has special effects that are never seen before.

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January 27-30 Could Be Severely Cold For North, Central And West Indian States

Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert across six northern states and union territories and central India for 3-4 days. People of these regions will experience severely cold weather until the weekend.

Dry northwesterly winds

The IMD website predicts dry northwesterly winds over north and central India for next few days. These winds could create severe cold conditions in pockets of northwest India, Madhya Pradesh in central India and Gujarat in the west from January 27-30. In the northwest part, states including Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan will continue experiencing cold wave.

Temperature will be below normal

The overall temperature in north, northwest and north-central pockets will remain 2-4°C below the normal temperature. Also, a fall in the maximum mercury level is forecasted across north, northwest and central India.

Orange alert areas

Following the weather forecast, the IMD team has placed Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh under orange alert but it will be downgraded to yellow alert from Friday onwards. But Rajasthan is kept under yellow alert for this week. Orange alert is also suggested for Saurashtra and Kutch subdivisions in Gujarat. For Madhya Pradesh, IMD has suggested a yellow watch till Thursday.

Dense fog to prevail

IMD has predicted that some areas of Punjab and Uttar Pradesh will remain under dense to very dense fog for the next 24 hours. But it will decrease gradually. Also, ground frost conditions are also forecasted for Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and north Rajasthan in the coming days.

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How Did Elon Musk Help Etsy Shares?

In what was just another incident of wild, speculative trading in stock market, Etsy witnessed a huge jump in its share. Its stock recorded a 9% increase in premarket trading after Tesla chief Elon Musk tweeted to favor Etsy.

What did Elon Musk tweet?

I kinda love Etsy was all Elon Musk had to say about the ecommerce giant. And this tweet sent Etsy shares in ascending mode. The e-commerce company that recorded little growth in premarket prior to Musk’s tweet saw its shares moving up soon after the tweet was published. According to experts, the tweet could help Etsy achieve the highest spot in the S&P 500 when markets open.

What is the effect musk’s tweet?

Elon Musk is no stranger to investors and he has a history of influencing stock prices especially about Tesla. He uses bold statements on the social media to make his company’s share jump and investors take his opinions seriously. It is exactly what happened with Etsy shares that saw a big jump following Musk’s tweet.

What did Musk say last year?

In a similar incident last year, Elon Musk sent Tesla shares high. He simply made a statement that Tesla stock was “too high” and his simple observation about Tesla sent its shares even higher a week later.

About Etsy

Etsy shares saw 313% increase in the past 12 months as the ecommerce website emerged victorious in the pandemic time. It helped small and medium businesses connect with their customers during lockdown period when most companies were shut for business.

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AC Milan Indulged In Verbal Spat With Inter Milan In Quaterfinal

AC Milan lost the quarterfinal match of the Italian Cup to the city rival Inter Milan with 2-1 goals. But there is a bigger loss to Rossoneri. Its star player Zlatan Ibrahimovic was ejected out of the match for a second booking. The match witnessed both the good and bad side of Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

What was the tragic incident?

At the end of first half, Ibrahimović clashed with Romelu Lukaku who also happens to be his former teammate in Manchester United. But the clash wasn’t one that occasionally happen between players of contesting teams. While nothing clear is known about the clash, but Milan representatives were seen claiming that there was nothing racial about that clash. It is to be noted that Lukaku is Black.

The match as unfolded

Ibrahimović scored a goal in the 31st minute of the first half. Soon after, the two players Ibrahimović and Lukaku indulged into a heated spat ending with referee intervening and booking both of them. But it didn’t end there as both the players again entered into a spat and this time with head-to-head clash. According to viewers, the earlier spat continued to the second half. But the second time, it resulted in ejection of Ibrahimović leaving Milan with 10 players on the ground.

Milan coach Stefano Pioli accused Inter for the spat saying that they were big enough and ugly enough. He further said that those things were common during football matches. But Inter coach Antonio Conte said that he had yet to talk to Romelu.

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What Are The Priorities Of Padma Awardee Sridhar Vembu?

Sridhar Vembu, who founded Zoho Corp, has been awarded the Padma Shri on the 72nd Republic Day. A graduate of IIT Madras and Princeton University, Sridhar Vembu recently moved back to his hometown Tenkasi village in Tamil Nadu in India. But he denied that he moved to India due to pandemic.

Zoho Corp

In 1996, Sridhar Vembu founded Advent Net Inc. along with his siblings and Tony Thomas. At that time, the company was headquartered in Pleasanton, California, US. But the company was morphed into Zoho Corp in 2009 and headquarter shifted to Chennai in India.

Today Zoho Corp is valued a $1 billion company and it boasts of having over 60 million users that include Levi’s, Amazon, Philips, Whirlpool, Ola, Xiaomi and Zomato according to an online publication, Friday Magazine.

Sridhar Vembu on Zoho Corp

Vembu said that he built Zoho at the right time. The segment was also right and conditions favourable. He further said that the company flourished by serving the underserved. And he said that entrepreneurs needed to be fearless.

Sridhar Vembu was speaking at an event organized by the Start India Initiative on 16th January. He said that entrepreneurs must be fearful of competing with big giants. But what could be worst than going back to a job. Other than software development, Sridhar Vembu is … Read the rest

War Drama 1962: The War In The Hills Will Start On 26 February

1962: The War In The Hills, a web-series based on the 1962 Indo-China war on February 26. Disney+ Hotstar made this announcement on the 72nd Republic Day of the country. The series stars Abhay Deol as lead role. The actor also released the teaser of the series on the Republic Day.

Trailer release

Abhay Deol seemed quite excited while releasing the trailer. He said that there could be no better occasion than the Republic Day to salute the jawans that protect the country round the clock. Deol said in a statement that as an actor, he was happy to release the first look of the war series on the Republic Day.

Based on true events

Inspired by true events, 1962: The War In The Hills is the untold story of bravery and valour of Indian army. Abhay Deol is essaying the role of an army major in the series. The 44-year-old actor will be seen leading a battalion in the war drama. He said that the untold story was relevant to country.

Directed by Mahesh Manjrekar, the war drama presents a unique-view of the 1962 war. Abhay Deol is an experienced actor and he has recently featured in a web series on MX Player.

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What Celebrities Tweeted On 72nd Republic Day?

Today the country is celebrating its 72nd Republic Day. It was on this day in 1950 that the constitution of India came into force. Since then, 26th January is celebrated as Republic Day in the country. On this day, everyone including eminent personalities and celebrities extend their wishes to the country.

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PM Modi’s Republic Day plan

Before the Republic Day celebrations start, PM Modi would visit the National War Memorial near India Gate and lay wreath on the memorial to pay solemn tributes to the fallen heroes. Afterwards, the PM will move to the dais at the Rajpath to witness the Republic Day parade. It will be a 90-minute parade that will showcase the military prowess of the country.

Parade under the shadow of pandemic

Due to pandemic, only 25,000 visitors are allowed at Rajpath. Earlier, lakhs of visitors used to sit at Rajpath to watch the parade. Also, the parade will be shorter this year and it will conclude at the national Stadium instead of marching towards the Red Fort.

Celebrities tweeted best wishes to the nation

Amitabh Bachchan tweeted some of his pictures with his best wishes. Sonu Sood also sent his best wishes for the 72nd Republic Day. He had become a national during nationwide lockdown for helping common men.

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