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Amitabh’s co-star in the film, Rishi Kapoor, died after a two-year battle with cancer last month. Amitabh condoled Rishi’s death and wrote in a social media post, “During his time of diagnosis and his treatment he never ever lamented his condition .. it was always .. ‘see you soon , just a routine visit to the hospital .. I’ll be back shortly. I never visited him in hospital .. I never wanted to see distress on his smiling cherubic face. But I am certain .. when he went , he must have gone with a gentle smile.” … [Read more...] about Amitabh Bachchan says Amar Akbar Anthony did Baahubali 2 business as film completes 43 years, shares throwback pics

NEW DELHI: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has rejected the telcos’ latest demand to expedite setting of a floor for tariffs by holding the open house discussions online, with chairman RS Sharma saying the watchdog needs to look after consumers who are currently in distress, a view which dealt a huge setback for operators. "It may be a better option that any further discussion on the issue (floor tariff) is held after the lockdown is completely lifted and normalcy is restored," Sharma told ET, virtually ruling out an online open house discussion on the issue, and thus, an early decision on the contentious issue. He added that the authority is conscious of its mandate, which is to protect the interests of consumers as well as to promote orderly growth of the sector. Telecom carriers Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea last week once again pushed the regulator to accelerate the process of fixing floor for service tariffs, saying in the absence of any government … [Read more...] about Trai says floor pricing talks only after lockdown ends

6:25 a.m. Trump mischaracterizes Newsom’s absentee ballots plan: President Trump sent out a misleading tweet Tuesday morning about California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to send every registered voter in the state a mail ballot to reduce the risk of spreading the coronavirus. “The Governor of California is sending Ballots to millions of people, anyone (...) living in the state, no matter who they are or how they got there, will get one,” Trump said in a tweet. “That will be followed up with professionals telling all of these people, many of whom have never even thought of voting before, how, and for whom, to vote. This will be a Rigged Election. No way!” Newsom announced the absentee ballot effort earlier this month as a safety precaution to allow people to avoid packing into polling places on election day. Read more on Newsom’s plan. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus live updates: Health worker cases in U.S. top 60,000, CDC says

As Deadline has reported, top executives at a number of companies from Comcast, Disney and Fox to Live Nation, iHeartMedia and AMC Entertainment have agreed to forgo or slash pay this year as the coronavirus pandemic pounded the economy and led to mass furloughs and skyrocketing unemployment. But its far from clear if the moves will result in any sort of structural shift in how media and entertainment boards reward their lead players. … [Read more...] about Influential Advisory Firm Urges Shareholders To Just Say No To Big Media And Big Tech Executive Pay Policies

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