President Droupadi Murmu presented veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty and singer Usha Uthup with the Padma Bhushan, India’s third-highest civilian award. At Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi, the prestigious award was given in front of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and other dignitaries.

The 73-year-old Mithun has had a successful career in Indian cinema, having starred in many blockbuster movies including Mrigayaa, his debut, for which he won the National Film Award for Best Actor, as well as timeless films like Disco Dancer, Agneepath, Ghar Ek Mandir, and more.

However, Uthup is praised for her unique voice, which marked her from her contemporaries and made her a jazz trailblazer in Indian cinema in the 1970s. Among her popular songs are Ramba Ho, One Two Cha Cha, Shaan Se, and a few others.

Mithun Chakraborty expressed his happiness upon being awarded the honour in the arts, the veteran actor said, he is very happy. He said, in his entire life, he has never asked anyone for anything. He was in silence for a moment when he received the phone informing him that he was receiving Padma Bhushan since he had not anticipated it.

Usha Uthup said, she was happy. The legendary singer said she is bursting with happiness. Uthup said, she had tears in her eyes. This is the greatest moment of her life, in her opinion, to be acknowledged and valued by both your government and the county, she said. What more could a person ask for?, Usha Uthup added.

In addition to the two previously mentioned artists, Padma Bhushan was also given to Pyarelal Sharma, a member of the legendary music combo Laxmikant-Pyarelal.

On the eve of Republic Day’s 75th anniversary, the Padma Awards were revealed. The award honours outstanding achievements in a range of disciplines.

Yashasvi Jaiswal hit a brilliant century as Rajasthan Royals defeated Mumbai Indians by 9 wickets in their IPL match in Jaipur on Monday. Sandeep Sharma took a maiden 5-wicket haul to help Rajasthan Royals restrict Mumbai Indians to 179/9. After the rain interrupted the match RR chased down the total of 180 with 8 balls to spare.

Yashasvi Jaiswal looked in top class form as he was the top-scorer of Rajasthan Royals with 104 runs off 60 deliveries. He was well supported from Jos Butler (35) and Sanju Samson (38*) as Rajasthan Royals emerged victorious by 9 wickets.

Earlier, Trent Boult (2/32) sent back Rohit Sharma (6) to the pavillion in the first over itself, while Sandeep sharma took a 5 wicket haul and claimed the wickets of Ishan Kishan (0) and Suryakumar Yadav (10) in successive overs to reduce Mumbai Indians to 20/3 after they opted to bat first. But Tilak Varma brought his team back into the game and hit 3 sixes and five fours scoring 65 runs. He was well supported by Nehal Wadehera (49 from 24 balls) as the duo forged a partnership of 99 runs from 52 deliveries for the 5th wicket.

Rajasthan Royals bowler Sandeep Sharma took a 5 wicket haul against Mumbai Indians. He said his plan was to use variations and cutters while he tore down the Mumbai Indians batting line up. He picked up 5 important wickets and gave away just 18 runs in his 4-over spell at an economy rate of 4.50.

While speaking at the post-match presentation, Sandeep Sharma said he felt good after a comeback from injury. The 30-year-old pacer added that he was enjoying every game in the ongoing season of IPL. After this victory, the Rajasthan Royals hold the top spot in the IPL 2024 standings with 14 points. Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians stand in 7^th place place with 6 points.

Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh, who’s recent deepfake video went viral on the intenet, has filled a police complaint over it.  After Rashmika Mandanna, Alia Bhatt and Nora Fatehi’s deepfake videos went viral, there was a general outcry against the improper use of technology and the lack of sufficient legal protections that have allowed this dangerous application of artificial intelligence (AI) to proliferate.

In a recent development, Ranveer Singh’s official spokesman revealed that a FIR has been filed for the Cyber Crime Cell to conduct additional investigation in response to a police complaint made by Ranveer.

The spokesperson said in a statement, yes, they have filed the police complaint and FIR has been lodged against the handle that was promoting the AI-generated deepfake video of Ranveer Singh.

In an artificial intelligence (AI) produced deepfake video, the actor can be seen discussing politics. However, originally the video was from his recent trip to Varanasi, but the audio is a voice clone created using artificial intelligence.

The Band Baja Barat actor was seen in the video pleading with voters to support Nayay (justice) in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. It was eventually made clear, though, that the viral video had been altered and changed. In addition, Ranveer addressed the matter and issued a social media warning, writing on X, “Deepfake se bacho dostonnnn.”

Earlier this month, Bollywood actor Aamir Khan was seen endorsing a political party in another deepfake video that went viral on social media. Following widespread public interest in the video, Mumbai police acted and filed an FIR against an unidentified individual. Khan’s office filed a police report (FIR) at the Khar Police station, citing pertinent parts of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) such as 419 (impersonation), 420 (cheating), and other Information Technology Act sections.

Aamir Khan’s spokesperson then released a statement in which they made it clear that the widely circulated video was fake.