Drishyam 2 Director Abhishek Pathak to Tie The Knot With Shivaleeka Oberoi on This Month – Check Details
The director of the recent Bollywood superhit film ‘Drishyam 2’, Abhishek Pathak is all set to tie the nuptial knot with his long-term girlfriend Shivaleeka Oberoi in February.
Drishyam 2 Director Abhishek Pathak to Tie The Knot With Shivaleeka Oberoi on This Month – Check Details
Drishyam 2 Director Abhishek Pathak to Marry Shivaleeka Oberoi: The director of the recent Bollywood superhit film Drishyam 2, Abhishek Pathak is all set to tie the nuptial knot with his long-term girlfriend Shivaleeka Oberoi in February. Shivaleeka is an actress, who has worked in the Khuda Haafiz franchise. Close friends and family from the film fraternity will be expected to attend this grand wedding. The who’s who of Bollywood are said to make an appearance at the wedding and bless the couple. Sources have confirmed that the wedding will be a 2-day intimate affair in Goa. The couple had a dreamy proposal in Turkey, where Abhishek Pathak proposed to Shivaleeka Oberoi against the backdrop of hot air balloons. The grand proposal video also did rounds on social media.
On the work front, Abhishek Pathak recently directed the massive blockbuster Drishyam 2, which bailed the struggling Hindi film industry at the box office out of troubled waters. The film starred Ajay Devgn, Tabu, Akshaye Khanna, Shriya Sharan, Ishita Dutta and Mrunal Jadhav.
Shivaleeka Oberoi made her foray in Bollywood with Yeh Saali Aashiqui opposite Vardhan Puri, grandson of Amrish Puri.
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Federal Reserve policymakers on Wednesday signaled they will push on with more interest rate hikes, with several supporting a top policy rate of at least 5% even as inflation shows signs of having peaked and economic activity is slowing.
“I just think we need to keep going, and we’ll discuss at the meeting how much to do,” Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester said in an interview with the Associated Press.
The remarks appeared to reflect a widely shared view among her fellow policymakers, most of whom as of December had penciled in a 5.00%-5.25% policy rate in coming months.
Mester said that for her part she expects the Fed’s policy rate to need to go “a bit higher” than that, and stay there for some time to further slow inflation.
The Fed’s benchmark overnight lending rate currently sits in a target range of 4.25% to 4.50%, and investors expect the Fed to lift that rate by a quarter of a percentage point at the end of its Jan. 31-Feb. 1 meeting.
But slowing spending, inflation, and manufacturing — all reported earlier on Wednesday — have helped stoke expectations that the Fed will end its current round of rate hikes sooner than Mester and most of her colleagues expect, with the policy rate just shy of 5%.
The central bank began raising borrowing costs last March, when the policy rate was in the 0%-0.25% range and inflation was starting to make a climb that would see it rise to 40-year highs, several times the Fed’s 2% target.
‘Why stall?’
Like Mester, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard, speaking with the Wall Street Journal earlier, said he too sees the policy rate rising to the 5.25%-5.50% range, and added that policymakers should get it above 5% “as quickly as we can.”
Several Fed officials have expressed support for slowing to quarter-percentage-point rate increases, after last year’s much faster pace of rate hikes in mostly 75-basis point and half-point increments.
Bullard expressed more impatience. Asked if he was open to a half-percentage-point increase at the Fed’s upcoming meeting, he asked “why not go to where we’re supposed to go? … Why stall?”
The answer may in part be found in the latest “Beige Book” report published by the Fed on Wednesday. The compilation of survey data from the central bank’s districts around the country showed that while prices continued to increase, the pace in most districts was reported to have slowed.
And while employment continued to grow at a “modest to moderate” pace in much of the country, and several Fed districts reported modest economic growth, the New York Fed reported a contraction in activity, four other districts reported slowdowns or slight declines, and most expected little growth ahead.
Still, Fed policymakers say the mistake they do not want to make is to stop short of defeating inflation, only to have to raise rates even more to do the job later on, as happened in the 1970s and 1980s
Even Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker, who is generally less hawkish than Mester or Bullard and wants the Fed to switch to quarter-percentage-point hikes ahead, sees “a few more” rises in borrowing costs before a pause.
Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan also supports a slower rate hike pace ahead because of the uncertain outlook and the need to be flexible. But she also signaled the Fed may need to raise rates higher than is widely expected to keep financial conditions tight enough to press down on inflation.
“I believe we shouldn’t lock in on a peak interest rate,” Logan said in Austin, Texas. She added that even once inflation is headed convincingly down to 2% and the Fed does stop raising rates, the risks will be “two-sided” and that further rate hikes could be in the offing.
In an interview with Reuters on Wednesday, outgoing Kansas City Fed President Esther George said she felt rates would have to move higher than many of her colleagues anticipate, but that she also would have been willing to move in smaller increments.
“People’s expectations about inflation are beginning to move down,” George said, an observation based on conversations with contacts in her Midwest district. “So I’m comfortable beginning that stepped-down process … I’d be happy to do 25s if I were there.”
George will retire right before the Fed’s next meeting and will not participate in it.
But she added, “we still have upside risk to inflation. I don’t think I’ve reached a point where I think it is clearly falling. There are enough issues out there to say we have to guard against them.”
Fed Chair Jerome Powell, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday and is experiencing mild symptoms from the virus, said after last month’s policy meeting that the inflation battle had not been won and that more rate hikes were coming in 2023.
Indianapolis, IN, Jan. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Modern Vascular, the national leader in minimally invasive treatment for Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD), welcomes a new managing physician, Dr. Mamdouh Khayat. Dr. Khayat is a dual Board-Certified Vascular and Interventional Radiologist with particular expertise in peripheral arterial disease. He taught and directed interventional radiology residency programs prior to transitioning to Modern Vascular. Throughout his career, he has received awards, co-authored over 20 publications in peer-reviewed journals, and engaged in clinical research.
Dr. Khayat is excited to bring his expertise home to Indiana, where his parents live. He says, “I am so grateful that my vocation and the procedures I love to do are in the same state as home.”
Unfortunately, rates of peripheral artery disease are high in Indiana. Dr. Khayat adds, “Underdiagnosed and not adequately treated, many patients suffer the ultimate fate of limb amputation as a result. Geographic, socioeconomic, and racial disparities exist and further conflate this problem. But, we have the tremendous opportunity to help these patients. By providing minimally-invasive options to open arteries and immediately improve limb perfusion, our limb preservation rates for the state of Indiana can certainly improve. Direct patient outreach and physician collaboration is critical to ensure these patients are provided the highest standard of care and our goals are met. We have an auspicious opportunity before us and I am excited to get started.”
Dr. Khayat has treated various ailments with minimally invasive endovascular treatments, but his focus is on PAD awareness and treatment. PAD is the narrowing of the arteries that carry blood away from the heart, usually caused by plaque buildup. PAD affects approximately 8-12 million Americans. Senior citizens or those with a history of diabetes, smoking, obesity, high blood pressure or high cholesterol are at a higher risk for PAD. The rate of lower limb amputation due to PAD is high, as is the rate of death following amputation: nearly 50% after one year, 90% within 5 years. Additionally, over 90% of PAD related amputations are preventable. Modern Vascular provides an online PAD quiz for patients to determine if they are a risk for PAD.
Modern Vascular is a group of outpatient clinics specializing in the treatment of peripheral artery disease (PAD) through minimally-invasive endovascular procedures. Between Modern Vascular’s state-of-the-art equipment and highly trained specialists, its doctors are able to revascularize all the way to the toe. Most patients report reduced pain, faster healing in the area treated, and a better quality of life post procedure. For patients with advanced PAD, called chronic limb-threatening ischemia, Modern Vascular’s revascularization procedures have also been the key to saving a limb from amputation when there are few options left.
Modern Vascular operates and manages fifteen clinics across AZ, CO, IN, KS, KY, MO, MS, TN, TX. Its Indianapolis clinic, located at 8704 N. Meridian Street, is accredited through the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission which includes a comprehensive clinical peer review process evaluating the clinic for quality and safety best practices.
For more information on PAD, Modern Vascular’s office in Indianapolis, or to schedule an appointment, please visit https://modernvascular.com/clinics/indianapolis/ or call 1-833-4PAD-HELP to speak to a Patient Advocate.
CONTACT: Vinay Panday
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Embattled Republican Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., said claims that he performed as a drag queen are “categorically false.” His denial comes shortly after a Brazilian drag performer shared on social media an image of herself and another person in drag, whom she identified as the newly elected congressman.
Last week, Brazilian drag artist Eula Rochard posted an image on Facebook and Instagram of herself with a person wearing a red feathery dress, bright red lipstick and dangling chandelier earrings. Rochard, who is identified as Eula Rorard in the photo, claims the other person in drag went by the stage name Kitara Ravache and is, in fact, Santos.
“Me with the American Republican congressman who wouldn’t leave my house,” Rochard wrote in Portuguese on the Facebook post. “Whoever said I was a liar bite your tongue.”
NBC News has not independently verified the images posted on Rochard’s social media accounts, which she said originally appeared in a Brazilian newspaper in 2008. As of Thursday afternoon, the images had been widely circulated on social media and news websites.
Rochard told NBC News that she met Santos in about 2005 and last saw him in 2008 through Niterói’s gay community, but added that she only knew him by his drag name, Kitara Ravache, and Anthony (Santos has gone by various combinations of the name George Anthony Devolder Santos, the full name listed on a Federal Election Commission filing from 2019). Rochard said she saw a photo of Santos as a recently elected U.S. lawmaker in a Brazilian news outlet and recognized him. When asked why she decided to post the image that she claims to be of herself and Santos, she said, “Because I wanted to.”
Rochard, who described herself as the “RuPaul” of Brazil, said she knew Santos when he was “coming up” in the drag world and said she was a mentor to him. She described him as having an “outgrown sense of grandeur” and added that “he lied all the time.”
Rochard’s claims about Santos, who has positioned himself as a conservative Republican and has aligned himself with some of the party’s most hard-right lawmakers, come as the GOP has thrust the centuries-old art form of drag into the center of the simmering culture war.
At least six states are considering bills this term that would ban minors from attending drag performances and seek to classify any business that hosts drag shows as a cabaret or a “sexually oriented business,” according to an NBC News analysis of new legislation targeting LGBTQ rights and queer life.
Among the legislation is a Tennessee bill that would ban drag queens from performing on public or private property in the presence of a minor. If enacted, repeat offenders could be charged with a felony and face up to six years in prison.
The anti-LGBTQ legislation also coincides with a recent wave of far-right protests and threats directed at drag events.
Last year, there were at least 141 protests and significant threats aimed at drag events in 48 states, according to LGBTQ advocacy group GLAAD. And a report from the Crowd Counting Consortium, a public interest and scholarly project that documents crowds and contention in the U.S., found a steep increase in anti-LGBTQ demonstrations over the past two years, with a common target last year being drag-related events.
A lawyer for Santos did not return NBC News’ request for comment regarding the congressman’s stance on the proposed policies related to drag performances. In a previous interview, Santos told NBC News that he sees no contradiction between his identity as a gay man and his party’s policy stances, saying, “I have never experienced discrimination in the Republican Party.”
Questions over Santos’ biography first erupted on Dec. 19, when The New York Times published a bombshell investigation questioning whether he fabricated aspects of his education, work history and finances. Santos later admitted to “embellishing” his qualifications and apologized for having done so.
Democratic lawmakers, as well as several Republicans, have since called for Santos to resign.
– The Pacific Cigar Co. LTD and Infifon HK, exclusive distributors of Habanos, S.A., presented Cohiba Siglo de Oro at a multiple event held simultaneously in several Asian countries
– This vitola will be the first to include NFC technology in its cases, which will allow aficionados to verify its authenticity and learn more details about the product
HAVANA, Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — On the occasion of the commemoration of the arrival of the Year of the Rabbit, according to the Chinese lunar calendar, Habanos, S.A. unveiled its new Cohiba Siglo de Oro vitola (54 x 115 mm long), a novel product from the Cohiba brand, the most prestigious in the world of Habanos. The leading Premium tobacco company not only wants to celebrate the arrival of the new year, but the selected vitola -Siglo de Oro– also honors the 30th anniversary of the Linea 1492, one of Cohiba’s most successful.
The presentation of the new Cohiba cigar took place in an exclusive event held simultaneously in several of the main Asian markets, organized by The Pacific Cigar Co, the Exclusive Distributor of Habanos, S.A. in Asia-Pacific and Infifon HK, the Exclusive Distributor of Habanos, S.A for Mainland China. Event were hosted in Macao, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Japan, Singapore, and Hong Kong. The latter was held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel under the attentive gaze of 120 guests, including Ms. Denisse Llamos Infante, Cuba’s Consul in Guangdong, China.
The new product from the leading premium tobacco company will be a limited-edition item, so only a lucky few will be able to enjoy this unique vitola. Cohiba Siglo de Oro is presented in a special box containing 18 Habanos “Totally handmade with Long Filler,” after a careful selection of wrapper, filler and binder leaves from the most prestigious area, Vuelta Abajo*, in the region of Pinar del Rio*, Cuba*.
However, its limited production and the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of Cohiba’s 1492 line are not the only aspects that will make this vitola unique. Cohiba Siglo de Oro will be the first Habanos, S.A. vitola to incorporate an NFC chip into its cases that aficionados can scan to verify the product’s authenticity and learn more details about it.
“At present, China is the most important market in value for our business, and Cohiba is the most recognized Habanos’ brand worldwide. That is why we wanted to take advantage of this occasion to present such a special vitola as Cohiba Siglo de Oro, and to showcase the implementation of NFC technology to make the experience for aficionados even more complete,” Habanos, S.A. explained.
Cohiba Siglo de Oro
Factory name: Exitosos
Measures: 54 ring gauge x 115 mm length
Tasting Notes:
Cold taste, green tea tones and light hints of white pepper, with subtle earthy aromas
Firm quality construction to the touch
Draw: excellent
Wrapper: light-colored, smooth, with great brightness, no ribbing, oily and beautiful construction
Burn: perfect
Pairing:
Harmonies: Extraordinary pairing with Havana Club 15-year-old rum and Havana Club Union rum
With Chinese Oloong tea, it finds its soul mate, uniting 2 transcendental cultures, that of Habano and tea
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Highlights India vs Wales, Hockey World Cup 2023, Pool D: IND Beat WAL 4-2, Face New Zealand in Crossovers
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India vs Wales, Hockey World Cup 2023, Pool D: The Indian hockey team finished second in Pool D of the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023 after beating Wales 4-2 in their final group match at the Kalinga Stadium, here on Thursday.
Highlights India vs Wales, Hockey World Cup 2023, Pool D: IND Beat WAL 4-2, Face New Zealand in Crossovers.
AS IT HAPPENED | India vs Wales Hockey World Cup
Bhubaneswar: The Indian hockey team finished second in Pool D of the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023 after beating Wales 4-2 in their final group match at the Kalinga Stadium, here on Thursday.
Midfielder Shamsher Singh (22′), Akashdeep Singh (33′, 46′) and Indian captain Harmanpreet Singh (60′) scored the goals for India while Gareth Furlong (43′) and Jacob Draper (45′) netted for World Cup debutants Wales.
India will now play New Zealand, who came third in Pool C, for a place in the quarter-finals in the crossovers.
Earlier in the day, England beat Spain 4-0 and pipped India for the top spot in Pool D and qualified directly for the quarter-finals.
As per the format at FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023, four pool winners (A-D) advance to the quarter-finals while the teams finishing second and third in their pools will play crossover matches to claim the remaining four quarter-final spots.
Notably, England and India played out a goalless draw on Sunday but won their other two matches to finish equal on seven points. However, England finished with a better goal difference of +9 compared to India’s +4. Spain finished third in Pool D and will play Pool C runners-up Malaysia for a spot in the last eight.
Wales: Toby Reynolds-Cotterill(gk), Rhys Payne(gk), Gareth Furlong, Daniel Kyriakides, Hywel Jones, Ioan Wall, Steve Kelly, Lewis Prosser (captain), Dale Hutchinson, Jacob Draper, Gareth Griffiths, Rhys Bradshaw, Rupert Shipperley (captain), Fred Newbold, Ben Francis, Luke Hawker (captain), James Carson, Jack Pritchard.
LIVE IND vs WAL, Hockey World Cup 2023: FULL-TIME!! India win 4-2!!! But unfortunately they will occupy the second spot and will have to play the crossovers. FT: IND 4-2 WAL
LIVE IND vs WAL, Hockey World Cup 2023: GOAAAL!!! India have regained their lead!!! Wales fought well to make it 2-2 and then regained their lead in style!! IND 3-2 WAL
LIVE IND vs WAL, Hockey World Cup 2023: Penalty corner for India again!! The defence once again stands tall and the Indians cannot find a way out. IND 2-0 WAL
LIVE IND vs WAL, Hockey World Cup 2023: PENALTY CORNER FOR WALES and they almost found the frame of the goal from a direct attempt and as we speak India have scored their second goal!!!! Akashdeep Singh with a brilliant strike!! 6 more to get! IND 2-0 WAL
LIVE IND vs WAL, Hockey World Cup 2023: We are back for the second-half!! India leading by 1-0. They still need to score goals for a direct quarter-final spot. IND 1-0 WAL
The worst outbreak of avian influenza on record is threatening to stretch into a second year, as the United States races to contain a virus that has already caused some food prices to soar amid a shortage of eggs.
Nearly 58 million birds from commercial and backyard flocks have been wiped out in the U.S. since last February, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
Experts say the virus, known as Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, or HPAI, has been difficult to contain because it appears to be more prevalent in wild birds now than during previous outbreaks — a development that also makes future infections more likely. And while the risk of the virus spilling over into humans remains low, scientists say communities will feel the consequences of such a serious and lengthy outbreak for months to come.
“As it is now, this is the largest animal emergency that the USDA has faced in this country,” said Gino Lorenzoni, an assistant professor of poultry science and avian health at Pennsylvania State University.
More than 40 million egg-laying hens have been culled in the U.S. alone, causing the price of eggs nationwide to skyrocket, Lorenzoni said. Months earlier, the “bird flu” outbreak drove the cost of turkey meat to record highs.
The virus can take commercial poultry farms out of commission for extended periods.
“They have to remove dead birds, disinfect their facility and bring new birds in — that’s a several-month process to do that,” said Kevin Snekvik, the executive director of the Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory at Washington State University. “That’s when production of eggs is hammered.”
Eggs are seen on a shelf at Pioneer Supermarkets in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Jan. 12.Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images file
Efforts to prevent infections in commercial and backyard flocks are ongoing, but slowing the outbreak has been challenging because the virus seems to have gained a foothold in species of wild birds, said Biao He, a professor of infectious diseases at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine.
As these birds migrate, crisscrossing continents and oceans, they can carry the virus with them.
“That’s how the virus can go from Asia to Europe to North America — all the way around the world,” He said.
Poultry can become infected through direct exposure to wild birds but more likely from fecal matter that contaminates the ground around farms or yards.
Once that happens, entire flocks typically need to be culled.
“The virus transmits very, very rapidly within the flock, so even if birds don’t appear sick, they will eventually die very soon,” Lorenzoni said. “The best way to stop the spread of the disease is if we eliminate all the birds that are in close contact with the contaminated birds.”
Rescued chickens gather in an aviary at Farm Sanctuary’s Southern California Sanctuary in in Acton, Calif., in 2022.Mario Tama / Getty Images file
Monitoring and prevention of avian influenza has improved since the last major outbreak in 2015, Lorenzoni said, when roughly 50 million birds were killed over six months. The USDA’s “Defend the Flock Program” includes, for instance, information on biosecurity measures and how to spot signs of illness.
Still, the scale of the spread is putting strain on animal health laboratories. Suresh Kuchipudi, the interim director of the Animal Diagnostic Laboratory at Pennsylvania State University, said three animal testing laboratories in Pennsylvania are processing several thousand samples each week. His lab is largely operating seven days a week.
“The spread is much more complex than what we normally predict,” Kuchipudi said. “Nothing like this has happened in the past and the question is — what has changed?”
The virus’s prevalence in the wild presents new challenges for its containment. Many migrating birds are not sickened by bird flu, which means it’s not well understood just how widespread it is in the wild, Lorenzoni added.
Local weather conditions also influence how the virus spreads. The sun can, for instance, naturally disinfect surfaces while gloomier days help viral particles survive on surfaces contaminated by infected bird poop, Lorenzoni said.
And if the outbreak lingers into spring, infections could become even more difficult to prevent as a new wave of bird migrations begin.
There are also concerns that the virus could mutate as it continues to spread, or infect other animals. Though experts have said the virus rarely infects humans, HPAI has been detected in mammals such as skunks, raccoons, harbor seals, red foxes and bears, according to the USDA.
If allowed to spread unfettered, the pathogen could evolve in such a way that makes it more devastating or harder to control.
“A virus is single-minded: It has to replicate, to reproduce,” He said. “With all those replications, it can accumulate a lot of different changes. This is happening as we speak and this is why I’m afraid influenza is going to be with us for for a long while.”
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