Day: October 9, 2020

Helena Bonham Carter to narrate animated version of Quentin Blake’s Clown’

6:31 pm October 9, 2020

Los Angeles: Actor Helena Bonham Carter is set to narrate a new animation based on celebrated writer-cartoonist Quentin Blake’s kids book Clown . The Channel 4 Christmas special will be created with hand-drawn animation techniques to capture the essence of Blake’s original artwork, reported Variety. The half-hour animation will focus on the adventures of a […]

Kate Mulgrew to return as Captain Janeway in animated series Star Trek: Prodigy’

6:28 pm October 9, 2020

Los Angeles: Veteran actor Kate Mulgrew will reprise her iconic role of Captain Janeway in animated series Star Trek: Prodigy , Nickelodeon and CBS Studios have announced. The casting was revealed as a surprise announcement during the Star Trek Universe virtual panel at New York Comic Con. Mulgrew, who played Captain Kathryn Janeway for 170 […]

Tiger found dead in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve

Elderly farmer killed by tiger in Dudhwa buffer zone

6:23 pm October 9, 2020

Lakhimpur Kheri (UP): A 65-year-old farmer was attacked and killed by a tiger in Manjhara Purab forests under the north Nighasan forest area of Dudhwa buffer zone, officials said on Friday. The partially eaten-up body of Pyare Lal was recovered on Friday from inside the dense jungles. This is the second successive attack by a […]

GDP likely to contract 9.5 pc in FY’21: RBI

6:20 pm October 9, 2020

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India on Friday said the economy is likely to contract by 9.5 per cent in the current fiscal. GDP contracted 23.9 per cent in the first quarter of the fiscal, as per the estimates of the Central Statistics Office (CSO). In a statement after the meeting of the Monetary Policy […]

Rupee settles 8 paise higher at 73.16 against US dollar

6:13 pm October 9, 2020

Mumbai: The rupee strengthened by 8 paise to close at 73.16 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday after the Reserve Bank of India decided to keep benchmark interest rate unchanged. Reserve Bank of India on Friday kept repo rate unchanged at 4 per cent but maintained an accommodative stance, implying more rate cuts in […]