Colors, the Hindi general entertainment channel was launched in July 2008. Shows like ‘Khatron Ke Khiladi’ hosted by Akshay Kumar, Balika Vadhu and Big Boss catapulted Colors to the No1 slot within few months of its launch. With channels like CNN-IBN, CNBC, IBN7, Colors & Homeshop18 Network 18 had truly turned into a media empire by 2008. But this was also the time when the recession hit the world economy. It took a heavy toll on Network18, its channels were doing extremely well but at the same time they demanded huge investments to stay No1. In the book Network 18 – The Audacious Story of a Start-up for the first time Network18’s founder Raghav Bahl reveals that he wished some of these channels hadn’t performed so well. He could have at least shut them down to tide over the economic turmoil.
‘Network 18 – The Audacious Story of a Start-up That became a Media Empire’ has been published by Portfolio Penguin. Paperback edition is out in the bookstores now.
A cuddly dummy tigress fit with synthetic nipples and a milk bottle is feeding three orphaned cubs. Park rangers at the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh came with the idea to help three traumatised cubs spring back to their feet after the death of their mother. The rangers had earlier tried to feed goat milk to the cubs directly through bottles but when they refused, they fitted bottles inside the dummy mummy. To mimic their natural habitat, a special enclosure has been built for the tiger cubs inside their compound using twigs, grass and sand. To recreate the feeling for the cubs of being close to their real mother, forest officials have even rubbed the faeces of the mother on the cuddly toy tigress and grass. The cubs were found in a critical condition after the body of their mother was discovered near a river in January this year. The rangers quickly treated the cubs for dehydration and rushed them back to the enclosure. It is believed that the tigress may have died after brushing against an electric fence erected by cattle farmers.
This bird sure has a special life. Its owner is giving it a massage with a cotton swab and the bird is enjoying it to the hilt. It’s a Japanese white-eyed bird and watch the way it responds to the stroking of its feathered body by the gentle movement of a clean ear-cleaning cotton swab.
After the two rival skippers conflicted vocally in the first innings of the second India vs Australia Test, in Bangalore, Virat Kohli and Steve Smith briefly came together publicly in a press conference to clear out a few doubts. While others see it as a fight between the two aggressive athletes, we see it as a start of something beautiful. Here’s the Untold Love Story of Indian skipper Virat Kohli and Australian captain Steve Smith. Tell us what you think about it in the comments. Subscribe our channel to get regular updates: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcPw... Join us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/exhalesports... Google+: https://plus.google.com/1081973621870... Twitter: https://twitter.com/Exhale_Sports Email: contactus@exhalesports.com Exhale Sports is a new age destination for passionate fans who love everything sport and crave edgy and alternative original video content.
In just 35 seconds Bosnian Taekwondo champion Kerim Ahmetspahic smashed 111 pieces of building blocks with his head, setting a new height in the Guinness World Record on Saturday.
Firemen in Los Angeles saved a dog, who had fallen unconscious following a fire in his owners apartment. The dog was then rescued and put on oxygen support, after which it started breathing again. Firemen say that the canine had been suffocated by smoke and was in need of urgent medical attention. Their noble act is now gaining momentum, with many thanking the live savers for saving the canine’s life.
The fire has been raging in Chirimiri coalfield, in Koriya District of Chattisgarh since past one month. 8 lakh tons of coal estimated to turn into ashes, resulting in a huge capital loss.
A doctor from Bulandshahr’s Heritage hospital was thrashed by the patient’s family alleging medical negligence. The act was caught on CCTV cameras. “We can’t predict anything in this profession. She was administered spinal anaesthesia and there was no overdose of anaesthesia,” said Dr Sanjeev Yadav. 4,000 doctors went on a strike last week demanding CCTV cameras and security guards in the hospital after four incidents of attacks on doctors. The recent attack took place despite the Maharashtra government appealing to doctors to end their protest and assuring safety to doctors.
This band of musicians in Brazil’s Sao Paulo have have given a fresh twist to the idea of music from heaven. Dropping out of the sky like angels in fairy-tales, the 19-piece band plays some of the most pompous music. All this, while hanging on ropes, much like a set of puppets.
There's fusion music, and then there's IndoSoul, Karthick Iyer's new sound. Karthick began his musical journey at the age of eight. The violin maestro has performed at events around the globe for over two decades. The Quint visited the studio where the second album of IndoSoul is currently taking shape. Accompanied by Sumesh Narayanan (mridangam and percussion), Vikram Vivekanand (guitar) and Ramkumar (drums), IndoSoul is Karthick's beautiful attempt at breaking musical boundaries.
In the past week, Maharashtra lodged four assault cases against doctors. Attacks on doctors took place in Nashik, Dhule, Sion and Aurangabad. Following this Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD), started a protest against the system. Patients have crowded outside the Sion hospital and are denied medical facilities. The doctors have put their demand of security before the government and stay firm on not calling off the strike until they are assured safety.
Another end of a Test match, and we have another exchange of statements from the rival captains Virat Kohli and Steve Smith. After the third Test between India and Australia ended in a draw at Ranchi on Monday, Virat Kohli said that few of the Australians disrespected India’s physio Patrick Farhart. Australia’s skipper Smith rubbished the claims and said that Farhat did a pretty good job to get Virat Kohli back on the field after he sustained a shoulder injury on day one of the Ranchi Test.
Biplab Mandal had barely finished writing his board exam when a sea of media persons greeted him at the entrance of Bahirgacchi Secondary High School in Nadia district. Standing alongside the lined up cameras were his parents. But Mrs & Mr Mandal weren’t really there just to support their only son, a tradition common in most Bengali households. They were there to write their exams too. Video: ANI Music: Big Bang Fuzz For more videos, subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/2aIcith Check out The Quint for more news: https://www.thequint.com
