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NDTV
9 hours ago
- Entertainment
- NDTV
Indians Question Karan Johar's New Reality Show The Traitors: "Why Is This Being Released?"
New Delhi: The highly anticipated Indian version of The Traitors is making headlines. The reality show, hosted by Karan Johar, is set to stream on Prime Video. On Friday, KJo dropped the trailer of the project on Instagram. However, it looks like not everyone is impressed by the show's concept and presentation. Many users expressed their disappointment in the comments section. What Karan Johar turns host once again with Prime Video's The Traitors. The Traitors which is the Indian adaptation of the internationally acclaimed reality show, will have 20 contestants. It will be a battle of deceit and lies. After the trailer of the show was dropped, it received severe backlash online. Fans were not happy with the Indian version and questioned why it was being made. How Online Trolls Reacted To Karan Johar's The Traitors A user wrote, 'Indians are fed up with seeing content like this! With the likes of Karan Johar and others! Same thing, old wine new bottle. Have some mercy on us and give us good content.' Another one added, 'It's going to be one shi**y show.' Someone asked, 'What is the target audience? Gen Zs or Chapris?' A person commented, 'Why are we even promoting this… Why is this being released to the public? This level of game isn't normal.' An Instagrammer said, 'If one has even a little bit of sensitivity and sensibility left, shouldn't watch this for whatever it takes……horrible sight… destroying whatever values are left in Indian society.' An Instagrammer called the show, 'Basta**isation of Raja Mantri Chor Sipahi!!!' Many labelled the trailer as 'annoying.' View this post on Instagram A post shared by Karan Johar (@karanjohar) The Traitors' Contestants The reality show will feature a mix of TV stars, fashion influencers, comedians, and even a poker champ. Here's the full lineup – Karan Kundrra, Jasmin Bhasin, Raftaar, Raj Kundra, Uorfi Javed, Jannat Zubair, Elvish Yadav, Sumukhi Suresh, Mukesh Chhabra, Anshula Kapoor, Sahil Salathia, Harsh Gujral, Sufi Motiwala, Nikita Luther, Ashish Vidyarthi, Maheep Kapoor, Apoorva Mukhija (Rebel Kid), Purav Jha, Sudhanshu Pandey and Elnaaz Norouzi. Phew! The Traitors' Concept Twenty players gather in a palace, but some of them are secret Traitors picked by the host (Karan Johar). Their goal? To quietly take down the Innocents without getting caught. During the day, everyone works together on challenges to grow the prize money. But when night falls, the Traitors make their move and secretly "murder" one Innocent. At the end of each day, the group meets for a Round Table vote, trying to figure out who the Traitors are. But are they really picking the bad guys, or falling for the tricks? If the Innocents manage to find all the Traitors, they split the prize. But if even one Traitor stays hidden till the end, that Traitor wins everything. The Traitors will be available for streaming on Prime Video starting June 9. A new episode will drop every Thursday at 8 PM. In A Nutshell Karan Johar all set to turn host for the Indian adaptation of the American reality show titled The Traitors. After the trailer was dropped, it was bombarded with severe backlash as the internt was not impressed.
IOL News
14 hours ago
- Sport
- IOL News
Next Gen stars run amok at Roland Garros
Novak Djokovic has a list of Next Gen stars to beat to his 25th Slam title. Photo: EPA Whoever branded Roland Garros as 'Couture On Clay', has clearly never been. The French Open is no catwalk, nor cakewalk. It 's the most physically grueling and unpredictable of all four Slams, synonymous with bad injuries and major upsets: 16th Seed Grigor Dimitrov, one of the fittest on Tour, retired injured at two sets up, in his opener, versus American, Ethan Quinn. Former No 1, Daniil Medvedev and former Finalists, Casper Ruud, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Karolina Muchova- not to mention Top 10, Alex De Minaur were all exiting turnstiles come Round 2, at the hand of rank outsiders. Tsitsipas' loss to Italian qualifier, Matteo Gigante, 6-4,5-7,6-2,6-4, being the most significant, in that it shone a spotlight on yet another emerging, aggressive Next Gen. As for leading Next Gen star, teenage Joao Fonseca, he reached another milestone, in progressing to the third round of a Major on debut, becoming the youngest Brazilian to win a clay court match since 1963 and leapfrogging up the rankings to No 54. He had to fell in form, 30th seed, Hugo Hurkacz, followed by French wild card, Pierre-Hughes Herbert, in a tight three-setter, 7-6(4), 7-6(4),6-4. Meanwhile his nemesis, 19-year-old, Miami champion, Jacob Mensik axed Hamburg Finalist, Alexandre Muller in straight sets. And the youngest of French musketeers, new No 1, Arthur Fils, under immense patriotic pressure on Court Phillips Chatriere, stole the show in an epic five-set thriller, in which he overcame Spain's Jaume Munar to earn his first ever victory on clay. Less fortunate but no less heroic, in terms of Herculean French effort, was veteran Gael Monfils brave 6-3, 4-6, ,6-3, 7-5 stand, against seemingly unstoppable British No 1, Jack Draper. If the French are impressing in their own arena, then so too are their arch-rivals across the channel: For first time in the Open era, three Brits - No's 1-3, Draper, Jacob Fearnley and Cameron Norrie have all progressed to Round 3 at Roland Garros. Take a bow Norrie, who took down Medvedev, in another hard fought five-setter, 7-5,6-3,4-6,1-6,7-5 in achieving this. Interestingly the Top billing, prematurely eliminated, namely Medvedev, Ruud and De Minaur have pointed fingers at the current mandatory scheduling on Tour: 'I don't think they have daughters..' complained the droll Russian. The Norwegian took it a step further: 'It's a rat race, if you skip a tournament, you lose out economically and financially..' Ruud, who was beaten 2-6,6-4,6-1,6-0, by Portuguese No 1, Nuno Borges, while nursing a lingering knee injury, was accusing the ATP system of making players feel obligated to play tournaments, while injured, at the risk of losing, or defending points. That said, those, forced to take an extended break, with an unplayable injury ,eg. World No 2, Carlos Alcaraz, or a drug ban, eg. World No 1, Jannik Sinner, do reap the rewards of rest, on their return: Both Nos 1 & 2 have cruised through to Round 3 on their respective sides of the Draw: Alcaraz producing mercurial shots, whist sending Hungarian No 1, Fabian Marozan- no pushover- packing. Sinner to date, not really tested by either newly married Arthur Rinderknech or retiring Richard Gasquet. Then there is the three ex French Open and current Olympic champion, who cares not a jot about rankings or finances, and is playing only to procure a 25th Singles title, with which to catapult himself into a stratosphere, reached by no other player- male of female, one Novak Djokovic. He too is taking scalps in week one (McKenzie McDonald & Corentin Moutet) but that 15-year-age difference, in a field full of Next Gen phenomena, could prove his stumbling block.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Tariff Revenues Rise Sharply in Canada After Retaliation Against Trump Levies
(Bloomberg) -- A spike in custom import duties shows proceeds from retaliatory tariffs are starting to roll into the coffers of Canada's federal government. NYC Congestion Toll Brings In $216 Million in First Four Months Now With Colorful Blocks, Tirana's Pyramid Represents a Changing Albania The Economic Benefits of Paying Workers to Move NY Wins Order Against US Funding Freeze in Congestion Fight Why Arid Cities Should Stick Together Duties paid on imports rose a nominal C$546 million ($396 million) to C$1.95 billion in the first three months of the year, a 39% quarterly increase, according to data released Friday by Statistics Canada. That was likely driven by retaliatory tariffs imposed in March by the federal government on imports of steel, aluminum and various other US products in response to President Donald Trump's tariffs. Canada and Mexico were among the first countries targeted by Trump's tariff policies. The figures are reported on a so-called net basis, the agency said, meaning they factor in 'repayments made to importers as part of existing relief programs or remission orders.' In his election platform, Prime Minister Mark Carney said he expects as much as C$20 billion in tariff revenue this fiscal year to help offset the impact of additional expenditures for his ambitious plan to boost Canada's economic growth potential. Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said 70% of the counter-tariffs implemented by Canada are still in place. That implies levies remain on about C$42 billion in imports, despite large exemptions announced by the federal government in recent weeks. --With assistance from Mario Baker Ramirez. YouTube Is Swallowing TV Whole, and It's Coming for the Sitcom Mark Zuckerberg Loves MAGA Now. Will MAGA Ever Love Him Back? Millions of Americans Are Obsessed With This Japanese Barbecue Sauce How Coach Handbags Became a Gen Z Status Symbol Trump Considers Deporting Migrants to Rwanda After the UK Decides Not To ©2025 Bloomberg L.P. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Associated Press
a day ago
- General
- Associated Press
Domestic Violence Survivor Support
At Gen, we believe that everyone should feel safe and able to take full advantage of the digital world. The knowledge that our personal data and financial information are protected brings invaluable peace of mind, and we aim to provide that sense of confidence to individuals across the globe, including members of our most vulnerable communities. That's why we work with organizations like the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV), the leading voice in the United States for domestic violence survivors and their advocates. Together, we've joined the fight against technology abuse, a growing part of domestic violence that often includes online stalking, identity theft or financial abuse. Through product donations and volunteer initiatives, we've helped raise awareness of tech-facilitated abuse, created tools that make survivors' lives online safer and more private, and continued to support our nonprofit partners serving these communities on the ground. Providing Survivors with Tools to Help Stay Cyber Safe In 2024, we launched a targeted donation program through our partnership with TechSoup to provide more than 3,700 Norton product licenses to domestic violence survivors across the U.S. TechSoup helps facilitate the donations to the Safe Shelter Collaborative, which in turn delivers the products to survivors through its network of member organizations. The donated products include Norton 360 Deluxe, which can prevent activity or location tracking, information theft, installation of malicious programs and uninvited changes to devices, and Norton Secure VPN, which protects the user's online privacy by hiding the computer's address from websites visited from any device. NNEDV, which represents the 56 U.S. state and territorial domestic violence coalitions, who in turn represent more than 2,000 local programs and the millions of survivors they serve annually, also collaborates on the donation program. Coming Together to Support Survivors Gen team members from across the company have volunteered their time and effort in service of survivors through a series of recent events. In April, our Head of Corporate Responsibility and our Director of AI & Innovation spoke alongside NNEDV representatives on a virtual panel about how to support domestic violence survivors in the digital age. The conversation covered the threats that survivors face online, how to identify tech-facilitated abuse when it happens and how advocates can help survivors increase their digital privacy. The event also shone a spotlight on some of the digital resources we've co-created with NNEDV, such as the Financial Abuse and Technology Guide and the Securing Devices and Accounts Guide. These tools are in addition to our $100,000 annual grant to NNEDV, supporting the organization's Safety Net technology abuse response initiative as well as its Economic Justice program. Subsequently, Gen team members at every one of our U.S. locations, including our new MoneyLion offices in New York and New Jersey, as well as our remote U.S. employees, participated in events facilitated by that benefited domestic violence survivors as part of our 2025 Global Volunteer Week. Together, Gen volunteers assembled nearly 500 backpacks for survivors that included food, hygiene items and physical copies of the resources we developed with NNEDV to help survivors stay safe online. This meaningful partnership with NNEDV helped enhance the impact of the events and further spread the word about the organization's critical work. 'I grew up in and used to work in shelters around New York, so I know how much this means,' said one volunteer. 'We wrote messages for survivors and packed kits with everyday essentials... And it was great to be able to do good alongside coworkers.' These grants were awarded from the Gen Foundation, a corporate advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Visit 3BL Media to see more multimedia and stories from Gen Digital Inc.
The Mainichi
a day ago
- Business
- The Mainichi
Japan rules out defense deal in return for US tariff easing
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan has no intention of purchasing defense equipment from the United States in return for the easing of tariff measures, a minister said Friday, in the run-up to a fourth round of bilateral trade talks. Such a purchase would be "something that should be considered based on what is necessary for the peace of our country," Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said at a press conference, emphasizing that tariff negotiations and security issues are separate matters. "When buying equipment, we will first study what is appropriate for strengthening our defense capabilities and then decide on the specific model and quantity," he said, adding his ministry will work together with other authorities to tackle tariff-related issues. Nakatani's remarks came a day after Japan's chief tariff negotiator said purchases of U.S. defense equipment may help reduce the trade deficit, indicating it could be used as a bargaining chip in bilateral talks about the levies. Akazawa, known as a close aide to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, told reporters in the United States that he will meet with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the point man for the negotiations, and other senior officials possibly Friday. Nakatani, meanwhile, is scheduled to talk with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on the sidelines of the three-day Asia Security Summit, known as the Shangri-La Dialogue, in Singapore from Friday, his ministry said.
