Sushant Singh Rajput, Sara Ali Khan's 'Kedarnath' to release on December 7

Mansoor is a reserved porter who lives with his widowed mother in a hamlet called Rambara and helps pilgrims make an arduous journey upwards to the temple town

Sushant Singh Rajput and Sara Ali Khan-starrer "Kedarnath" has finally found a release date and the film is set to bow into theatres on December 7.

Set against the backdrop of the mountain tsunami that wrecked the temple town in June 2013 leaving more than a hundred thousand dead, the movie has been directed by Abhishek Kapoor.

The teaser of the film will be launched Tuesday.

"Kedarnath" is the love story of Mansoor, played by Sushant, and Mukku essayed by debutante Sara.

Mansoor is a reserved porter who lives with his widowed mother in a hamlet called Rambara and helps pilgrims make an arduous journey upwards to the temple town. His life changes when he meets the rebellious Mukku.

Abhishek says making the film has been a "personal pilgrimage".

"As a filmmaker, I have always been drawn to challenges beyond entertainment. Pushing boundaries takes you beyond the clutter; that's my comfort zone or as I'd like to term it - 'my sweet spot'," the director said in a statement.

The movie has been produced Ronnie Screwvala's RSVP and Pragya Kapoor's Guy in the Sky Pictures.

Ronnie says the film is a breath of fresh air at a time in Indian cinema where there appears to be a dearth of original and relatable love stories.

"A titanic love story set against one of the biggest natural disasters in India. Abhishek Kapoor has created magic along with the lead pair of Sushant and Sara whom he introduces. I can't wait to bring this epic tale to audiences," he added.

Pragya says shooting the film on undeveloped terrain was as thrilling as it was draining.

"This has made the journey to completion a well-earned reward," she said.

The year 2018 will also see Sara in Rohit Shetty's "Simmba", opposite Ranveer Singh.

It's a baby boy! Sania Mirza, Shoaib Malik welcome their first child

Sania Mirza married Shoaib Malik in a traditional Hyderabadi Muslim wedding ceremony on April 12, 2010

Tennis star Sania Mirza and her Pakistani cricketer husband Shoaib Malik were blessed with a baby boy on Tuesday.

Sania delivered the child early Tuesday morning, in Hyderabad, and both mother and child were well.

Shoaib tweeted: "Excited to announce: Its a boy, and my girl is doing great and keeping strong as usual #Alhumdulilah. Thank you for the wishes and Duas, we are humbled #BabyMirzaMalik."

Excited to announce: Its a boy, and my girl is doing great and keeping strong as usual #Alhumdulilah. Thank you for the wishes and Duas, we are humbled

Priyanka Chopra's pre-wedding celebrations begin

Priyanka Chopra's friends and family hosted a bridal shower for the Bollywood actress ahead of her wedding with pop singer Nick Jonas here.

Held on Sunday night, Priyanka looked ravishing in an ivory Marchesa dress paired with nude coloured stilettos and a Tiffany & Co. choker. She was seen standing next to silver coloured balloons which read: "Bride".

The photograph was shared by Mimi Cuttrell, who styled Priyanka for the bridal shower and captioned it: "The bride... The brighter version for everyone. "Priyanka Chopra... (Sorry I was too excited when I posted the first picture).

The actress, 36 shared a photograph of herself on her Instagram stories while getting her hair and make-up for the celebration.

She captioned it: "My girls are in town! Any reason to party. Pre-wedding celebrations."

Priyanka and Nick are reportedly getting married at Rajasthan's Mehrangarh Fort in December.

The two got engaged in August in a traditional Roka ceremony at her residence in Mumbai.

PKL 2018, Day 16 highlights: UP claim 2nd win in PKL 6, beat Pune 29-23

A terrific second-half performance by the Bengaluru Bulls saw them register a comfortable 42-34 victory over Haryana Steelers in the Inter-Zone Challenge Week of Vivo Pro Kabaddi League Season six.

In the second match on day 16 of VIVO Pro Kabaddi League (PKL 2018) season six, Rishank Devadiga UP Yoddha came victorious against Puneri Paltan as they defeated them by the score line 29-23. This was the only second win for UP in the Pro Kabaddi 2018. For UP Yoddha, Prashanth Kumar Rai scored 8 raid points in 16 attempted raids while their top defender was Nitesh Kumar who scored 3 tackle points in 6 attempted tackle. Meanwhile for Puneri Paltan Monu scored 7 raid points in 13 attempted raid.

In the first match, a terrific second-half performance by the Bengaluru Bulls saw them register a comfortable 42-34 victory over Haryana Steelers in theInter-Zonee Challenge Week of Vivo Pro Kabaddi Season VI. The architect of their win was raider Pawan Sehrawat who scored 21 raid points and single-handedly tormented the Steelers' defence. For Haryana Steelers, Vikas Kandola got 14 points while Monu Goyat scored nine points but it wasn't enough as they suffer their sixth defeat of the season. In the first few minutes of the match, it was the raiders who got their teams going.

Pawan Sehrawat, Monu Goyat scored points as Haryana Steelers led 3-2 after three minutes. Rohit Kumar got his first raid point of the match in the fourth minute as Bengaluru Bulls trailed 3-5. Another raid by Rohit leveled the scored at 5-5 for Bengaluru Bulls in the sixth minute. It was the battle of the raiders in the first half with both defences having a hard time to get tackle points. Bengaluru Bulls scored just two tackle points in the first half while Haryana Steelers got three. Monu Goyat scored with a two-point raid in the 18th minute. Haryana Steelers went into the break holding a slender two-point lead with the score 15-13 in their favour.

Bengaluru Bulls started the second half strongly as first Pawan Sehrawat came up with a super raid in the 24th minute. The Bulls then inflicted the first all out of the match in the 25th minute to lead 21-17. Pawan Sehrawat came up with another super raid in the 28th minute as Bengaluru Bulls led 26-18. Vikas Kandola scored with four points with two raids an saved his team from two all outs. Bengaluru, however, inflicted an all out in the 32nd minute to lead 32-23. Bengaluru Bulls were in a commanding position as they led by eight points with less than five minutes to go. Vikas Kandola got another raid point for the Steelers in the 37th minute as Haryana were left to reduce the margin of defeat.

TOP PERFORMERS OF THE MATCH

India Vs West Indies 1st ODI Highlights: Kohli, Rohit help India crush WI

Kohli scored his 36th ODI century while Rohit Sharma smashed his 20th ODI century.

They came, They saw, they scored centuries. If today's match description was to be squeezed into a small pararaph, this is how it would look.

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma left no area on the field whre they did not score runs. It was raining runs and West Indies bowlers unfortunately had no cover. The just saw the ball clear the fence, race past them for boundaries and all they could do was witness the spectacle that both the batsmen put.

Kohli scored his 36th ODI century while Rohit Sharma smashed his 20th ODI century.

India crushed West Indies by 8 wickets, chasing a huge target of 323 runs with 47 balls to spare. With this, India lead 1-0 in the 5-match ODI series.

India cptain Virat Kohli was adjudged man of the match for his prolific 140 runs in 107 balls including 21 fours and 2 sixes.

Kohli also completed his 2000 plus runs in third successive year and is 81 runs away from his 10,000 runs.

Rohit Sharma scored 152 off 117 balls including 15 fours and 8 sixes, but his innings was mostly eclipsed by Virat Kohli's rampage, who showed no mercy right from the start and punished West Indies bowlers left, right adnd centre.

Earlier, West Indies did not have a good start with three of their batsmen back into the pavilion without contributing much including senior most player in the side Marlon Samuels who was out for a duck. But their innings caught momentum after being catalysed by Keiron Powell who scored half century and then it all revolved around Hetmyer who went on to score his 9th ODI century.

Others who came to bat did cameos but West Indies put up a 300-plus total largely because of Hetmyer's brilliant knock and a much needed one on the day.

For India, Umesh Yadav and Khaleel Ahmed picked 3 wickets each, conceding 64 runs each in their 10 overs and Mohammed Shami had a tough day as he splurged 81 runs in his 10 overs picking 2 wickets.

For West Indies, Devender Bishoo picked 2 wickets and Oshane Thomas was the other successful bowler, picking a wicket for 83 runs in 9 overs.

Ashley Nurse, who made his debut today, lacked the sharpness as he conceded 63 runs in 7 overs.(more)

As health apps enter medical mainstream is there a way to bring some order?

The FDA has been doing away with regulatory action altogether on many diagnostic health apps targeting consumers

The heart rate monitor built into the new Apple Watch has sparked sharp debate over its risks and benefits, even though the feature was cleared by the Food and Drug Administration.

But out of the spotlight, the FDA has been doing away with regulatory action altogether on many diagnostic health apps targeting consumers, seeking to accelerate digital health adoption by defining many of these as “low risk” medical devices.

As the number of mobile Health apps surged to a record 325,000 in 2017, app performance is going largely unpoliced, leading to what’s been dubbed a “Wild West” situation. Unfortunately for health consumers, the public can’t rely on the research community to play the role of sheriff.

When colleagues and I recently examined the medical literature on direct-to-consumer diagnostic apps in a study published in Diagnosis, we repeatedly found studies marred by bias, technological naïveté or a failure to provide crucial information for consumers. There was also a glaring lack of studies with actual consumers to see how they use these apps and what the impact on individual health, whether for better or worse, might be.

The app will see you now?

Interactive diagnostic apps now go well beyond “Dr. Google” keyword searches. They promise personalized information on whether a nagging symptom can likely be relegated to self-care or whether a visit to the doctor’s office or even the emergency room may be needed. Some of these apps become so popular that they have been downloaded tens of millions of times.

To understand whether the promising nature of these apps is backed up by the evidence, we searched both the peer-reviewed literature and nonacademic sources. T-he disturbing unreliability of that evidence for the average consumer is starkly visible when you consider apps that “advise” (a carefully chosen word) whether you might have skin cancer.

There are hundreds of cancer-related apps. Perhaps because melanoma rates have been rising for decades and it’s one of the most common young adult cancers, the largest group of articles we found focused on dermatology apps. One of the most prominent is Skin Scan.

If you’re a physician or reasonably savvy consumer, Google Scholar provides the easiest access to evidence-based information. One of the first results that pops up is a 2013 article entitled, “Skin Scan: A demonstration of the need for FDA regulation of medical apps on iPhone.” If that title suggests a certain lack of objectivity, the problem isn’t limited to dermatology. We also found an orthopedist examining whether a symptom checker could “guess” the right diagnosis, and an ear, nose and throat doctor investigating whether an app could diagnose his own patients as well as he could.

That Skin Scan study sounding the alarm on regulation warned of a substantial potential for harm. Yet a separate study of the same app published online two years later was much more positive.

Did app developers pour in improvements, or was it that the first researchers used their own skin growth photos while the second group used the smartphone’s images? (more)

Realme C1 review: A capable budget smartphone that gives bang for your buck

Priced at Rs 6,999, the Realme C1 has strengths in almost all areas - good looks, solid build quality, big notch-based screen, capable processor and a powerful battery, to name a few

Chinese smartphone maker Realme is known for its value-for-money offerings in the budget smartphone segment. However, marking its foray in the entry-level segment, the company recently introduced its C-series, with the launch of the Realme C1. Priced at Rs 6,999, this Flipkart-exclusive smartphone has a notch-based display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 processor and a dual-rear-camera module.

Business Standard reviewed the Realme C1 on several parameters to see how it fares in comparison to competition in the same segment. Here are our observations:

Design and display

Realme was among the first smartphone brands to experiment with the gradient design in their budget offerings. However, the Realme C1 has traded off the gradient design to keep the price in check. It has a plastic build, but the glossy appearance makes it look close to a glass design. The glossy plastic body has both benefits and disadvantages — it makes the phone light but also attracts fingerprints easily.

The phone’s front is dominated by a 6.2-inch screen of an HD+ resolution, stretched in a 19:9 aspect ratio. The screen has a notch on top, accommodating the front camera, earpiece and sensors. For its price, the mammoth screen size with a notch makes it an interesting product. The display quality is also top-notch, viewing angles are above average, and the colour rendition is decent. However, the sunlight legibility could have been better. As with other Realme phones, there is no option to hide the notch permanently.

Performance

The Realme C1 is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 processor, paired with 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal storage, expandable up to 256 GB with a microSD card.

The phone boots Android 8.1 Oreo covered under the Colour OS 5.2 user interface, which is similar to Oppo smartphones' interface. The phone supports face unlock, which is quick and works well. And the gesture-based navigation makes it the only entry-level device to have such controls.

Speaking of performance, the phone handles day-to-day operations quite easily. The processor is not tuned to handle heavy applications such as games, and the built-in 2GB RAM falls short at times. But, the phone works smoothly when used for apps like YouTube, Facebook and WhatsApp. (more)