Samrat Sardar

Nov 16, 2024 | telegraphindia.com | Samrat Sardar

It is done and dusted. Mike Tyson has made his comeback to professional boxing at age 58 against Jake Paul, 27. While it was another loss for Tyson, the former heavyweight champion of the world, boxing fans knew exactly what they could expect from the fight. From Tyson slapping Paul at the weigh-in to going the distance of 8 two-minute rounds with a 31-year younger opponent at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the duo tried their best to deliver a show for the fans.

Nov 16, 2024 | telegraphindia.com | Samrat Sardar

Delhi’s Sarai Kale Khan Chowk was renamed as Birsa Munda Chowk, Union home minister Amit Shah inaugurated a statue of Birsa Munda in the national capital and Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated development projects “worth over Rs 6,640 crore” in Bihar to honour Birsa Munda on Friday. In Jamui, Bihar, Modi began and ended his speech lauding Birsa Munda. Every time he shouted “Bhagwan Birsa Munda,” the crowd responded with “amar rahein, amar rahein [long live]”.

Nov 14, 2024 | telegraphindia.com | Samrat Sardar

Former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, 58, will fight Jake Paul, 27, YouTuber turned boxer at the AT&T stadium in Arlington, Texas on Friday. The OTT giant Netflix will stream the event in five languages. Besides 60,000 fans who will witness the fight live in Texas, Netflix’s 282 million subscribers will have access to the event. Mike Tyson, ‘Iron’ Mike to his countless fans, had quit the ring in 2005 at 38. It was a shocking defeat to Kevin McBride.

Oct 19, 2024 | telegraphindia.com | Samrat Sardar

The year was 2012. A few of us had just gained access to smartphones. You had 2G internet, and recharged your phone every week. Twelve rupees got you 60MB data, valid for 24 hours. If spent judiciously, you downloaded four or five high-quality MP3s of songs. There was no Spotify then – not for us third-world proles, yet. VH1 and Songslover served as vehicles of cultural osmosis and provided a link between you and international pop songs, and stars who were also in their teenage years at the time.

Oct 17, 2024 | telegraphindia.com | Samrat Sardar

Omar Abdullah’s comeback as chief minister of the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir in the historic Assembly polls held five years after the abrogation of Article 370 is the stuff of political history, given that he was defeated in the Lok Sabha elections this year. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose party has time and again labelled Abdullah a separatist, was one of the first to felicitate the National Conference leader after being sworn-in.