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Netflix on Tuesday expanded its crackdown on users sharing passwords with people beyond their immediate family as it seeks to shore up revenue at the leading streaming television service. "A Netflix account is for use by one household," the company said in a statement. Netflix said early this year that more than 100 million households were sharing accounts at the service, "impacting our ability to invest in great new TV and films." Netflix has experimented with "borrower" or "shared" accounts, in which subscribers can add extra users for a higher price or transfer viewing profiles to separate accounts, in a few markets. On Tuesday, it announced that it was expanding the policy to more than 100 countries. As growth at Netflix cooled last year, the Silicon Valley- based streaming company set out to nudge people watching for free with shared passwords to begin paying for the service without alienating subscribers. "This account sharing ini...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi remembered all-time great Australian spinner Shane Warne while addressing the Indian expatriates at a community event in Sydney on Tuesday and said that every Indian mourned on the day of the former cricketer's demise as if "we have lost our own". PM Modi said that the India-Australia friendship is not only about cherishing good moments but also about sharing sorrows together. PM Modi was addressing a community event in Sydney during the second day of his visit. "It is not that we are only friends in happiness, a good friend stays with you in good times but also shares sorrows. Last year, when legend Shane Warne passed away, with Australia, every Indian mourned. It was like, we have lost our own," PM Modi said. Shane Warne passed away on March 4 last year after a suspected heart attack while vacationing in Thailand. One of the most loved and followed cricketers in history, the Victorian single-handedly reinvented the art of leg-s...

Former Indian head coach and cricketer Ravi Shastri revealed his combined Indian Test XI selecting players from the two ICC World Test Championship finalists, India and Australia. The WTC final is now a fortnight away. In the recent episode of the ICC Review, Shastri admitted that he found the task of building a combined playing XI difficult due to the sheer amount of world-class talent available on both sides. But the India great stuck his neck out and settled on a final XI, in which surprisingly only four Indian players could make the cut. While weighing out his captaincy options Shastri decided to go with Rohit Sharma instead of Steve Smith. "I would give the captaincy to Rohit because he's much more experienced than Pat," Shastri said as quoted by ICC. "He's been around and he's captained sides for a long time. If Steve Smith was captain of Australia, then maybe it's a different story, but since it's Pat Cummins and Rohit Sharma, Rohit wins it....

MS Dhoni has finally answered all speculations on whether IPL 2023 will be the ned of his playing career. After guiding his beloved Chennai Super Kings to a record 10th IPL final with a win over defending champions Gujarat Titans in Chennai on Tursday, Dhoni was asked a clear-cut question by renowned commenetator Harsha Bhogle. "Will you come and play here in Chepauk again?" Dhoni was asked. To which, Dhoni did not give a straight reaply but made it absolutely clear that he won't decide on his career right after the IPL ends. "I don't know. I have eight or nine months to decide. The small auction will be around December so why to take that headche right now. I have ample time to decide. I will always be there for CSK, whether it is in the playing form or sitting somewhere outiside," MS Dhoni said in the post match-presentation ceremony.  "Frankly it takes a heavy toll. I have been out of form for literally four months now. Jan 31st was the time when I...

More than half the people are satisfied with Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government's work on various fronts, a unique NDTV survey called 'Public Opinion' that examines nine years of PM Modi showed. Despite the Karnataka loss, the PM's popularity remains strong, and BJP's vote share remains stable. Over 55 per cent of the respondents -- among over 7,000 people across 19 states and 71 Lok Sabha constituencies -- said they were either fully or partially satisfied with the government's work in the last nine years. 17 per cent of respondents said they were fully satisfied, and 38 per cent voted partially satisfied. 19 per cent said they were slightly disappointed, and 21 per cent said they were totally disappointed with the PM Modi-led work. Five per cent said they didn't know. Rahul Gandhi's popularity has risen after his pan-India foot march Bharat Jodo Yatra, the poll, in partnership with Lokniti-Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (C...

As opposition parties accuse the ruling BJP of weaponizing central probe agencies against rivals, a special NDTV survey reveals that people are divided on the role of the CBI and Enforcement Directorate. NDTV's "Public Opinion", a special survey conducted in collaboration with Lokniti-Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), finds that 37 per cent of the respondents believe the agencies are functioning in accordance with the law. Around 32 per cent of respondents shared the view of opposition parties that the agencies were being used as instruments for political vendetta. 31% said they had no opinion on it. The survey also asked respondents to assess the government's handling of corruption. 45 per cent of the people surveyed expressed their dissatisfaction; 41% rated the government's performance good on this score and 8% found it average.  The survey assessed public mood across the country as PM Modi completes nine years in power this month. It...

On Saturday, residents in northeast Australia witnessed a fireball-like object shooting across the sky. An incredible video was captured at Cairns Airport in Queensland, which shows a meteor flashing a bright green as it lights up the night sky, before appearing to crash. The incident took place at 9.22 pm in Australia and was observed across multiple suburbs spanning from Barcaldine in the state's far west to Cooktown in the far north, reported News.com.au . Watch the video here: According to Guardian , residents in the small town of Croydon, about 500km west of Cairns, said on social media that they had also felt an explosion and heard a huge bang. Dr Brad Tucker, an astrophysicist at Australian National University, told Guardian Australia the rock was likely between 0.5 and 1 metre in size, making it a smaller to average-sized meteor, and was likely travelling up to 150,000km/h. The video gained a lot of traction on Facebook. A user commented, "Imagine if this landed ...

 Deepika Padukone, who has been an active advocate of mental health awareness and has battled depression in the past, reacted to Hollywood actor Dwayne Johnson opening up about his mental health. On Sunday, actor Deepika Padukone shared a post on Dwayne's statement about him suffering from depression, which was originally shared by a news portal. "'I didn't know what mental health was, I didn't know what depression was. I just knew I didn't wanna be there.'-DWAYNE JOHNSON, The Pivot podcast," the post read. Reacting to it, Deepika wrote, "Mental health matters." Meanwhile, on the work front, Deepika will be next seen in the upcoming pan-India action thriller film Project K opposite actor Prabhas. She also has Siddharth Anand's next aerial action thriller film Fighter opposite Hrithik Roshan in her kitty. This is her second film with director Siddharth Anand after they delivered this year's biggest hit, Pathaan . Fighter , which ...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently announced the withdrawal of Rs 2000 notes from circulation on May 19, 2023. The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) 19 regional offices and other banks will start taking Rs 2,000 notes for exchange with lower denomination ones from May 23. They will remain legal tender, the RBI said. On Monday, food delivery firm Zomato revealed that 72 per cent of the 'cash on delivery orders' were paid in Rs 2,000 notes after the RBI announcement. The food delivery company used the perfect meme, a Breaking Bad reference to share the news. "Since Friday, 72% of our cash on delivery orders were paid in Rs 2000 notes," Zomato wrote along with a picture of Breaking Bad character Huell Babineaux - laying atop a mountain of cash. Zomato tweaked the photo and made the character wear a Zomato t-shirt and replaced the currency. Check out the post: since friday, 72% of our cash on delivery orders were paid in ₹2000 notes pic.twitter.com/jO6a4F2iI7 ...

Mumbai Indians had a day to remember on Sunday as they registered a comfortable eight-wicket victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad in their last league stage match. However, the main reason of happiness came after Gujarat Titans defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore in the second match on Sunday, which paved way for the five-time champions into the Playoffs of IPL 2023. MI, who have now qualified with a total of 16 points, were dependent on GT's win over RCB. The team erupted in joy to celebrate their entry into the knockout stage of the tournament.  Taking to Instagram, MI posted a video where the likes of Rohit Sharma , Suryakumar Yadav , Cameron Green , Ishan Kishan and others were seen jumping and celebrating after Gujarat registered a six-wicket victory over RCB. The loss of RCB gave MI the fourth place on the points table.  View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mumbai Indians (@mumbaiindians) Cameron Green's magnificent ...

While co-chairing the 3rd India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) Summit in Papua New Guinea on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India believes in multilateralism and supports a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific. Prime Minister Modi, while speaking at the forum also said that for him, the Pacific island nations are "large ocean countries and not small island states". Prime Minister Modi co-chaired the 3rd India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) Summit with the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, James Marape. Notably, 14 Pacific Island Countries (PICs) are participating in the summit. Addressing the FIPIC Summit, Prime Minister Modi said that India is ready to share its experiences and capabilities with Pacific island countries without any hesitation. "India is proud to be your development partner. You can count on India as a reliable partner. We are ready to share our experiences and capabilities with you without hesitation. We believe in mu...

Industrialist Anand Mahindra never fails to treat us to the most engaging content through his social media updates. The Chairman of Mahindra Group, who has 10.5 million followers on Twitter, regularly piques their interest with funny, informative, and trending topics. He also shares inspiring stories of people who have achieved great success in their respective fields. In his recent post, he shared the video of 19-year-old Prathamesh Samadhan Jawkar who recently won a gold medal for India at the Archery World Cup in Shanghai. The video, originally posted by life coach Sudhir Puthran shows, Mr. Jawkar defeating world number 1 Mike Schloesser of the Netherlands to grab a maiden World Cup gold medal. He had earlier eliminated the Korean duo of Kim Jongho and Choi Yonghee and continued his giant-killing act to defeat the Dutchman 149-148 in the men's compound individual final, as per PTI. Sharing the video, Mr Mahindra wrote, ''Just incredible. He seems like he has ner...

Jammu and Kashmir will host the third tourism working group meeting of G20 countries in capital Srinagar from today amid tight security. This is the first such international event in the region after Centre revoked Jammu and Kashmir's special status and stripped of its statehood in August 2019. A glittering facelift has been given to parts of Srinagar city and roads leading to Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Center or SKICC, the venue for the G20 meeting. Harshavardhan Shingha, Chief Coordinator G20, said India is halfway through its G20 presidency and so far 118 meetings have been held across the country. He said the Srinagar meeting has received the highest number of participants in comparison to two earlier meetings on tourism. Around 60 delegates from the member countries of G20 are attending the meeting. Officials say the highest number of delegates for the Srinagar event are coming from Singapore. There are also delegates from special invitee guest countries who ...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are no strangers to headlines. The couple, who got married in a dreamy ceremony in 2018, has often become the topic of major discussions due to their rather strained relationship with the Crown as well as the English media. A lot has also been said about the whirlwind romance between Prince Harry, one of the most popular members of the British royal family, and American actress Meghan Markle. Now, a book claims to share more details of the relationship including how Prince Harry described Meghan Markle after their first date. As per the authors of ‘Finding Freedom', Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, the couple's first date involved them asking each other “questions about their work”. The book adds about the 2016 date, “Nibbles may have been out on the low table in front of their oversize chairs, but neither touched the food." “They were also too engrossed in their conversation, and too involved with each other, to notice the rather rude wall...

Virat Kohli was the lone ranger as his second successive century powered Royal Challengers Bangalore to a challenging 197 for five in their must-win final IPL league game against Gujarat Titans here on Sunday. With the rain gods threatening to spoil RCB's play-off plans during the day, the match that started half an hour late saw Kohli (101 not out off 61 balls) bring back his 2016 avatar. He held all the aces during his knock that had 13 fours and a six. His innings was priceless in the context that none of the other RCB batters could even reach 30 and just like the good old days, 'King Kohli' set the narrative by playing with line, length and minds of the bowlers. This is his seventh IPL hundred and he has now surpassed Chris Gayle as the batter with highest number of tournament tons. Considering that the Chinnaswamy Stadium is known for batting belters, the final total, though competitive enough, could still be about 10 runs below par. Kohli and skipper Faf Du Plessis...

Congress leader and former Union minister Ajay Maken on Sunday said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal should follow the "Sheila Dikshit model" of engaging with officers respectfully, holding dialogues with them rather than "mistreating" them, and persuading them to work for the city's advancement. He also said Mr Kejriwal's past actions of summoning officers and allegedly using harsh words against them are only contributing to the City's distress. Mr Maken's advice came as the Delhi government is engaged in a battle with the Centre over the control of the city's bureaucracy. Sharing his own experiences as a minister in the Sheila Dikshit government in Delhi during the BJP-led NDA regime at the centre in early 2000s, Mr Maken said they worked with the bureaucracy to get things done in Delhi's interest. "I hope the current Chief Minister takes note of this journey and learns from it. Engage with officers respectfully, hold dialogues...

As many as eight officers posted in the Delhi government and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) have alleged "blatant harassment" by the Arvind Kejriwal government, officials in the LG Office claimed on Saturday. No immediate reaction was available from the Delhi government or the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the national capital over the allegation of harassment of the officers. The officials at the Lieutenant Governor (LG) Office said two complaints were received earlier this year, while six were received after May 11, the day when the Supreme Court granted control of services matters, except police, land and public order, to the elected government in Delhi. A Delhi government official said any reaction on the allegations can be provided only after going through the complaints, if there are any. There was also no reaction immediately available from the officers who have alleged they were harassed. Five IAS officers are among those who have complained against t...

Khatron Ke Khiladi season 13 contestants are taking over Cape Town in South Africa and how. Ahead of the premiere of the stunt-based reality show, the 14 contestants are making sure to keep the excitement level high among the fans with daily updates. Hosted by filmmaker Rohit Shetty , Khatron Ke Khiladi shows selected celebrities competing against each other in dangerous and challenging tasks and overcoming their fears. The shooting for the new season has already started in Cape Town, where the contestants are having a gala time, making memories. On Saturday, Rohit Bose Roy posted a bunch of images with co-participants and wrote: “ Kuch khaas hai, hum sabhi mein (there's something special, in all of us)!” The album also features Shiv Thakare, Sheezan Khan, Daisy Shah, Archana Gautam, Ruhi Chaturvedi, Anjum Fakih, Soundous Moufakir, Anjali Anand, Nyrraa Banerji, Arjit Taneja, Dino James, Rashmeet Kaur and Aishwarya Sharma. Reacting to Rohit Roy's post, other contestants lik...