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Digital fast? Here’s how Jains observe 24-hour fast during Paryushan Parva | Watch
With this initiative of digital fasting, people can stay away from using mobile phones for 24 hours

The excessive use of mobile phones is really taking a peak these days. Not only kids but even adults invest most of their time on their phones. However, keeping away from the gadgets and internet is a very unique initiative to keep individuals mentally and physically free.
Amid increasing use of smartphones in the society, some members of the Jain community in Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh observed a day-long digital fast by keeping themselves away from their phones and the internet for 24 hours.
As part of digital fasting, over 1,000 members of the Jain community switched off their phones and deposited them for 24 hours at a temple in Begumganj town, some 120 km from the state capital, on Wednesday morning.
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Paryushan Parva is one of the major festivals of Jains. It is celebrated annually for self-purification, introspection and spiritual development. During this month, Jains observed fasting and performing pujas and other religious rituals.
Expressing their views on digital fasting, Akshay Jain, a councillor and a prominent leader from the community told the reporters that people have become addicted to the internet and smartphones for a long time everyday.
With this initiative of digital fasting, people can stay away from this addiction by switching off their phones and left them at the temple for 24 hours for this fasting, he said.
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Watch: Parineeti Chopra adds her pinch to the song Tu Jhoom, says couldn’t resist the urge to sing It
The video has gained nearly 3,00,000 likes on it.

A video of Bollywood actor Parineeti Chopra is now viral on Internet. In the viral video, Chopra can be seen singing a song Tu Jhoom.
Chopra recently went to a dubbing studio where she couldn’t resist herself from singing one of her favourite songs of all time, Tu Jhoom.
Taking to the Instagram today, Parineeti shared a small video and wrote with the caption that the best moments sometimes happens unplanned. Chopra informed that she visited a dubbing studio, where she couldn’t stop herself from singing the song, which is one of her all time favourite. Ever since she has posted the video, her fans and friends from the industry are awestruck.
Bollywood Actor Anupam Kher commented and termed it beautiful while veteran actor Simi Garewal said praised and wished she could sing like Chopra did. The video has gained nearly 3,00,000 likes on it.
The song Tu Jhoom is originally sung by Abida Praveen and Nasebo Laal, written by Adnan Dhool and composed by Xulfi. The song was released in 2022. However, this is not the first time Chopra has decked into singing, she has also sung Maana Ki Hum Yaar Nahin and the female version of Teri Mitti from her hit film Kesari. Chopra has also won Best Female Playback Screen Award for the song Challa Main Lad Jaana and she was also nominated for the Music Mirchi Award for upcoming Female Vocalist of the years.
Chopra is a trained classical singer and also holds a degree of BA Honors in music.
Meanwhile, the Kesari actor is soon set to tie the knot with Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadddha, the duo got engaged last month on May 13 in the presence of families and close friends at Kapurthala House in New Delhi.
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Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani turns 10: Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika, Aditya Roy Kapur and Kalki Koechlin reunite
In the first picture, Ranbir Kapoor, who played the character of Bunny in the film, and Deepika, who played the character of Naina, can be seen twinning in black.

Ayan Mukerji directorial Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani completed 10 years of its release on Wednesday, May 31. On this occasion, lead actors from the film, Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Aditya Roy Kapur and Kalki Koechlin, and the team were seen together celebrating the success of the film. Ayan Mukerji posted two photos from the reunion on his Instagram handle, with the caption: Last Night with a red heart emoji.
In the first picture, Ranbir Kapoor, who played the character of Bunny in the film, and Deepika, who played the character of Naina, can be seen twinning in black.
The other photo had Karan Johar, Manish Malhotra, Ayan Mukerji, Pritam Chakraborty, Siddharth Roy Kapur, and Kunal Kapoor among others.
The film, which released in 2013, revolves around the friendship of four friends, who meet on a trek and fall in love. Soon after the photo surfaced online, it went viral.
Fans went nostalgic and started asking Ayan Mukerji for the sequel of the film. A fan demanded we want another YJHD. Another wondered why the hurry since everyone has grown older now. Others were generally happy and showered their love and affection at the cast and the makers. They were both loving and excited in the messages posted in the comments after seeing their favourite star-cast together.
Meanwhile on Wednesday, Ayan Mukerji posted a heart-felt note to thank fans of the film for showering love to the film over the years. He said making the film was the greatest joy of his life and said he hasn’t watched the film from the beginning to the end even now. But he added that he will continue to watch the film over and over at least once a year since a big part of who he was and how he looked at life in 2013 had been captured on film in YJHD.
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Shocking: Dead man in Madhya Pradesh wakes up minutes before last rites; watch viral video
The incident is reported from Madhya Pradesh’s Morena, a video of which is now viral on the internet.

In a shocking incident, a dead man in Madhya Pradesh was discovered alive just minutes before the final rites was to take place.
The incident is reported from Madhya Pradesh’s Morena, a video of which is now viral on the internet.
The man identified as Jeetu Prajapati woke up on his funeral pyre just moments before his cremation. As per reports, on May 30, Prajapati swooned, to which the family members presumed him dead.
Later, when he was taken for the rituals of last rites, Prajapati woke up that scared the people around who started running away. It was then found that Prajapati was alive and not dead. A doctor was called, who after a detailed checkup informed about his heart beating.
There have been similar cases reported in the past where a dead person is found alive, with some who have returned months after their cremation.
Last April, a 40-year old man from Madhya Pradesh who was believed to be dead during the second wave of Covid pandemic in 2021 in Gujarat, to the surprise of his family members returned back home.
In another such case, a 40-year old electrician in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad after being hit by a motorbike was brought to the hospital where doctors declared him dead and his body was kept in the mortuary freezer. Nearly, seven hours later the man’s sister reportedly discovered that he was showing signs of movement and was alive.
Some more such incidents were in limelight in the recent years. There are also various cases of person lost for months, presumed dead by family members and later found out alive in a different state or when they returned back to their respective homes.
A man from Kerala who went untraceable for months was later found in Goa alive.
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