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Time of India
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Who is Ahaan Panday? Know about his debut in YRF's Saiyaara, age, family, career, and more
Know about Ahaan Panday: Bollywood is excited about the advent of a new star: Ahaan Panday, nephew of Chunky Panday and cousin of Ananya Panday, will debut in Saiyaara, a love drama from Yash Raj Films. The newly unveiled trailer, which shows the newcomers' intense chemistry and suggests a heartwarming love story, has attracted much attention. Saiyaara is expected to be one of the year's most anticipated releases because of its moving narrative and melodic undertones. A significant partnership between Yash Raj Films and Mohit Suri, the picture is scheduled to open in theatres on July 18, 2025. It promises a cinematic experience that combines heartbreak, passion, and deep music. Who is Ahaan Panday? Born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, on December 23, 1997, Ahaan Panday is a rising Indian actress, model, and social media star. Ahaan is the cousin of actress Ananya Panday and comes from a well-known Bollywood family. His father, Chikki Panday, is a businessman and the brother of actor Chunky Panday. Since he was young, he has been fascinated by acting; he has shared Dubsmash videos on social media and collaborated with pals to create short films like "Fifty" and "Jollywood." Additionally, he has served as an assistant director on movies like "Mardaani 2," "Rock On 2," and "Freaky Ali" (2016). Ahaan Panday's family Ahaan Panday's family has a long history in the fitness and Bollywood industries. His mother, Deanne Panday, is a renowned fitness expert and health coach; his father, Chikki Panday, is a well-known person in social and professional circles. Alanna Panday, Ahaan's sister, has established herself as a prominent influencer and content creator, drawing notice with her lively online persona. Ahaan's ancestry also includes a hint of film heritage as he is the nephew of Bollywood actor Chunky Panday. This fusion of family talent and entertainment background fascinatingly frames Ahaan's career path Also Read: Who is Rachel Gupta? She recently quitted from Miss Grand International - Know her career, educational qualification and more Ahaan Panday's education qualifications Ahaan Panday completed his schooling at Oberoi International School in Mumbai. He then pursued higher education at the University of Mumbai, where he graduated with a degree in Fine Arts, Cinematic Arts, Film and Television Production. Ahaan Panday's debut with YRF Speaking about Ahaan's debut movie, Saiyaara, on May 30, YRF unveiled the much-anticipated trailer. In the teaser, which lasts one minute and sixteen seconds, Ahaan appears to be portraying a rock star who develops feelings for Aneet's character. YRF announced the movie on April 22. Additionally, Saiyaara is the first time Yash Raj Films and Mohit Suri have worked together. To stay updated on the stories that are going viral follow Indiatimes Trending.
Web Release
18-04-2025
- Politics
- Web Release
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Fifty Years of Amnesia: AUB commemorates the Lebanese Civil War in a yearlong series of event
Yahoo
13-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Trump's Canada fixation: an expansionist dream
A savvy negotiating tactic? A wild fantasy? A greed for natural resources? US President Donald Trump's fixation with annexing Canada is so singular as to defy any easy explanation. "I think it's one of those things where Trump thinks it would be nice to pull it off, but he understands that it is less than a remote possibility," said Todd Belt, a political science professor at George Washington University. "His rhetoric is mostly to take a tough and unpredictable bargaining stance." On Tuesday, the 78-year-old Republican who in recent weeks all but launched a global trade war made his expansionist desire known, once again, on his Truth Social network. "The only thing that makes sense is for Canada to become our cherished Fifty First State," Trump wrote, painting a bright future of lower taxes, no tariffs and security for Canadians. - 33 percent support - Citizens of Canada are appalled by Trump's annexation talk. "What he wants to see is a total collapse of the Canadian economy," outgoing prime minister Justin Trudeau said last week shortly before leaving office, after Washington announced 25 percent tariffs on all products from Canada, before backtracking. Trump's statements have fueled strong anti-US hostility north of the border, where the American anthem now gets regularly booed at sports competitions. According to an opinion poll conducted by the Leger Institute this month, only 33 percent of Canadians have a positive opinion of the United States, compared to 52 percent in June 2024. In the same poll, 77 percent of respondents said they have a positive view of the European Union. In his Truth Social post Tuesday, Trump called the US-Canada border an "artificial line of separation drawn many years ago." Addressing Canadians, he said that when the border disappears, "we will have the safest and most beautiful Nation anywhere in the World — And your brilliant anthem, 'O Canada,' will continue to play, but now representing a GREAT and POWERFUL STATE within the greatest Nation that the World has ever seen!" Trump seems to have a fondness for cartography, as manifested by his order, issued shortly after his inauguration, that the Gulf of Mexico be renamed the Gulf of America. He has also publicly threatened to lay claim to Greenland and said he wants to take back control of the Panama Canal. "A lot of this territorial aggrandizement (Greenland, Panama, Canada) came after the election, and I think someone put it in his head that great presidents acquire territory as a legacy," said Belt, the political scientist. In his speech last week, Trudeau vowed that Canada would not be annexed. "That is never going to happen," he said. "We will never be the 51st state." - Water ways - According to a New York Times report, Trump used the opportunity of talks with Trudeau last month to question the validity of a 1908 treaty that established the border between the two countries. The US president, who is known to take a keen interest in water resources, also reportedly criticized the agreements regulating access to water between the two countries. To the east, the US-Canada border runs through the Great Lakes. Westward toward the Pacific coast, the border crosses the Columbia River, whose waters are regulated by a detailed international treaty. A trade war between the United States and Canada, which are closely linked economically, would represent "an existential threat" to Canadians, Ian Lee, an economics professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, told AFP. "But no matter how much we scream or yell or express our anger, it doesn't change the reality," said Lee. "We are the mouse and they are the five-ton elephant. We must develop a compromise and deal with the demands of the United States." Canada's Prime Minister-designate Mark Carney does not share that fatalism. "Let the Americans make no mistake: in trade, as in hockey, Canada will win," he said Sunday. Ottawa on Wednesday announced new tariffs on certain American products, in response to what it called "unjustified and unreasonable" taxes on steel and aluminum imposed by Trump. aue/md/mlm
Voice of America
11-03-2025
- Business
- Voice of America
Wall Street swings wildly, briefly dropping more than 10% below its record
The U.S. stock market fell further Tuesday following President Donald Trump's latest escalation in his trade war, briefly pulling Wall Street 10% below its record set last month. The S&P 500 fell 0.8%, but only after careening between a modest gain and a tumble of 1.5%. The main measure of Wall Street's health finished 9.3% below its all-time high after flirting with the 10% threshold that professional investors call a correction. Other indexes likewise swung sharply through the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 478 points, or 1.1%, and the Nasdaq composite ended up slipping 0.2%. Such head-spinning moves are becoming routine in what's been a scary ride for investors as Trump tries to remake the country and world through tariffs and other policies. Stocks have been heaving mostly lower on uncertainty about how much pain Trump is willing for the economy to endure in order to get what he wants. And moves by Trump and comments by his White House on Tuesday didn't clarify much. Stocks began tumbling in the morning after Trump said he would double planned tariff increases on steel and aluminum coming from Canada. The president said it was a response to moves a Canadian province made after Trump began threatening tariffs on one of the United States' most important trading partners. Trump has acknowledged the economy could feel some "disturbance" because of the tariffs he's pushing. Asked on Tuesday just how much pain Trump would be willing for the economy and stock market to take, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt declined to give an exact answer. But she said earlier in the press briefing that "the president will look out for Wall Street and for Main Street." For his part, Trump said earlier on social media, "The only thing that makes sense is for Canada to become our cherished Fifty First State. This would make all Tariffs, and everything else, totally disappear." Stocks pared their losses later in the day, even briefly eliminating them altogether, after Ontario's premier said he had agreed to remove the surcharge on electricity that had enraged Trump so much. Trump afterward returned the steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada to 25%. After that brief tilt higher, though, stocks would go on to slide again into the end of trading. Tuesday's swings followed more warning signals about the economy as Trump's on-again-off-again rollout of tariffs creates confusion and pessimism for U.S. households and businesses. Such tariffs can hurt the economy directly by raising prices for U.S. consumers and gumming up global trade. But even if they end up being milder than feared, all the whipsaw moves could create so much uncertainty that U.S. companies and consumers freeze, which would sap energy from the economy. Helping to keep the market in check were several Big Tech stocks, which steadied a bit after being walloped in recent months. Elon Musk's Tesla rose 3.8%, for example, after Trump said he would buy a Tesla in a show of support for "Elon's 'baby.'" Tesla's sales and brand have been under pressure as Musk has led efforts in Washington to cut spending by the federal government. Tesla's stock is down 42.9% for the year so far. Other Big Tech superstars, which had led the market to record after record in recent years, also held a bit firmer. Nvidia added 1.7% to trim its loss for the year so far to 19%. It's struggled as the market's sell-off has particularly hit stocks seen as getting too expensive in Wall Street's frenzy around artificial-intelligence technology. All told, the S&P 500 fell 42.49 points to 5,572.07. The Dow dropped 478.23 to 41,433.48, and the Nasdaq composite slipped 32.23 to 17,436.10.
The Hill
11-03-2025
- Business
- The Hill
Ontario premier backs down on US electricity hikes after speaking with Trump's commerce secretary
TORONTO (AP) — Ontario's premier said Tuesday he was suspending the 25% surcharge on electricity exports after speaking with the U.S. Commerce Secretary and agreeing to meet with him in Washington this week. Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick have agreed to meet on Thursday to 'discuss a renewed' United States-Mexico-Canada-Agreement ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's April 2 reciprocal tariff deadline. Ford said he was confident that the U.S. president would also stand down on his own plans for 50% tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum. 'They call you and they hand over an olive branch, the worst thing I could do as premier of Ontario is ignore him and hang up the phone on him,' Ford said. Trump acknowledged that Ford said he would stop the surcharge on electricity exports. 'I respect that,' said Trump, who claimed Ford called. Trump said earlier Tuesday that he would double his planned tariffs on steel and aluminum from 25% to 50% for Canada, escalating a trade war with the United States' northern neighbor and showing an indifference to recent stock market turmoil and rising recession risks. Trump said on social media that the increase of the tariffs set to take effect on Wednesday is a response to the price increases that the provincial government of Ontario put on electricity sold to the United States. The U.S. president condemned the use of electricity 'as a bargaining chip and threat,' saying in a separate social media post on Tuesday that Canada 'will pay a financial price for this so big that it will be read about in History Books for many years to come!' Trump continued to call for Canada to become part of the United States as a solution, words that have infuriated Canadians. 'The only thing that makes sense is for Canada to become our cherished Fifty First State,' Trump posted on Tuesday. 'This would make all Tariffs, and everything else, totally disappear.' Ford said Trump started this economic war against Canada. 'It was unprovoked,' Ford said. 'If a recession does happen it's a self made recession made by one person. And one person only.' Ford, the leader of Canada's most populous province, announced Monday his government was charging 25% more for electricity to 1.5 million American homes and businesses in response to Trump's trade war. He has now backed down on that. Incoming Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday that his government will keep the federal government's unrelated first tranche of tariffs in place until Americans show respect and commit to free trade after Trump threatened historic financial devastation for Canada. A senior official in Carney's camp said Carney will not be joining Ford in Washington for talks. The official spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. Carney, who will be sworn in as Justin Trudeau's replacement in the coming days, said Trump's latest steel and aluminum tariff threats are an attack on Canadian workers, families, and businesses. 'My government will keep our tariffs on until the Americans show us respect and make credible, reliable commitments to free and fair trade,' Carney said. Carney is referring to Canada's initial $30 billion Canadian (US$21 billion) worth of retaliatory tariffs that have already been applied on items like American orange juice, peanut butter, coffee, appliances, footwear, cosmetics, motorcycles and certain pulp and paper products. They were applied last week. Canadian officials are also planning retaliatory tariffs in response to Trump's specific steel and aluminum tariffs if Trump goes ahead with those tariffs. 'You can't attack your number one customer, Canada, and not expect a response,' Ford said. 'We responded and they came back. I'm a business person. I want to sit down and negotiate this and stop the bleeding.'
