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    You must have heard that the lockdown in India has been extended to May 3. Which means you are hopefully practising social distancing and staying at home to avoid exposure to the virus. While being stuck at home, you need to do activities that keep you busy and we recommend playing video games. It isnât only our recommendation, even the WHO wants you to stay at home and play video games. As the pandemic spreads all over the world, gaming companies are now giving away many games for free that you can experience at home. Playing games on your phone is another thing, but experiencing blockbuster AAA games is the real deal. We compiled a list of free games you can play right now:
    1. The Uncharted Series  © Naughty Dog
    Sony announced its âPlay At Homeâ initiative that will encourage people to stay at home and play one of their most popular exclusive games. Sony is giving away Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection for free on the PlayStation Store. The game is Sonyâs beloved Indiana Jones inspired franchise that involves treasure hunting, awesome cut scenes and a great story. If you are a PlayStation Plus subscriber, Sony has already given Uncharted 4 for free which means you can effectively play the entire series without spending any money. 

    2. Assassinâs Creed II © Ubisoft
    Ubisoft is also giving away one of their legendary instalments in the Assassinâs Creed franchise. The second entry in the franchise has awesome graphics, better gameplay and an engaging story than its predecessor. The game can be played for free on Ubisoftâs Uplay launcher on PC. 

    3.  Life Is Strange: Episode 1  © Dontnod Entertainment
    If youâre not in the mood for a very big game and looking for something more episodic like a TV show, Life Is Strange Episode 1 is available for free on the Microsoft Store. The game involves making choices that affect the overall story of the game. You have to be very careful with your choices as it has direct consequences which you may not agree with. The game is set in a private high school and you play as Max Caufield trying to figure out how to rekindle with your best friend. The first episode is currently free and the whole season can be bought for Rs 300. 

    4. Epic Games Store  © Epic Game Store
    If you are into PC gaming, we highly recommend installing the launcher as the company gives away free games almost every week. Currently, the service is giving away Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishment on the platform along with other indie games. 

    5. Free Battle Royale Games  © Infinity Ward
    It has become easier than ever to play Battle Royale games since most of the new ones are free and you donât really need a powerful system to play these games. Call of Duty: Warzone has already garnered 50 million players across all platforms and is available to play for free. Similarly, games like Fortnite and Apex Legends are also great free Battle Royale games worth checking out. 


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  2. ADMIN
    Apple's new iPhone SE is finally here and it's the most affordable iPhone that Apple has released in many years.  
    It's priced at Rs 42,500 in India and at that price, you're getting a lot of awesome features making it a great value for iPhone. Let's check them out.
    A13 Bionic ChipsetThe price to performance ratio of the new iPhone SE is incredible. 
    It's powered by Apple's best chipset i.e. the A13 Bionic. It's the same one that's powering the likes of the iPhone 11, the iPhone 11 Pro, and the iPhone 11 Pro Max.
    © Apple
    The A13 Bionic, for those of you who don't know, blows past Qualcomm's latest processors like the Snapdragon 855 Plus. It's the most power-efficient chip Apple has ever made and it helps a lot with battery performance. 

    We're happy to see Apple going with the A13 Bionic chipset instead of its predecessor. Great move, Apple!
    Wireless ChargingWireless charging wasn't a thing on iPhones until the launch of the iPhone 8. So, we're not really surprised to see wireless charging on the new iPhone SE given the fact that they both have the same design. 
    That being said, Apple could have easily skimped on this feature to keep the production cost low, but we're happy to see it being included here. Not a lot of phones in this price range offer wireless charging, so kudos to Apple for this.
    IP67 Rating The new iPhone SE also comes with an IP67 rating which means it's dust and water-resistant. 

    The iPhone SE can withstand the effects of immersion in water between 1cm and 1m for up to 30 minutes. It's the same as the iPhone XR's IP rating.
    Form Factor"Compact" phones have become more or less become a thing of the past. Even OnePlus' new OnePlus 8, which they claim to have a compact form factor, still has a massive 6.55-inch display. That's still a relatively large display to handle for a lot of people.
    The new iPhone SE, however, comes with a small 4.7-inch display, just like old iPhones. 
    It's the same size as that of the iPhone 8, which is great. The new iPhone SE is definitely one of the most compact phones available on the market.
    PriceObviously, it's hard to dive deep into this phone without discussing its price. The new iPhone SE starts at Rs 42,500 making it the most affordable iPhone to launch in many years. 
    Yes, the OG iPhone SE was a little bit cheaper, but this is one of the most affordable iPhones you can get your hands on today.
    © Apple
    The new iPhone SE now stands as a great competitor to the upcoming (rumoured) Google Pixel 4a. It'll be interesting to see how the two compare side-by-side, but it's safe to say that this is a great move by Apple. 

    If the expensive price tag of the "Pro" iPhone models has been keeping you away, then the new iPhone SE is a good way to get your first iPhone.

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    In a career spanning across almost 4 decades now, Irrfan Khan has been a part of some of the finest films that India has ever produced. And in those films, we have seen how, time and again, the man has sort of redefined what Indian actors are actually capable of. 
    Make no mistake, there is no one in Bollywood that can hold a candle to the manâs raw talent and the manner in which he has honed his craft over the years.
    © Instagram/irrfan
    Whether they are big-ticket films, with a spectacular star cast or a small indie film, where the legend of an actor is surrounded by relatively unknown names, Irrfan has gone on to cultivate an on-screen persona that is simply mesmerising. Youâre welcome Hollywood. 

    Here are 6 indie films that show why we simply canât have enough of the man:
    1. The Namesake © Fox Searchlight Pictures
    The Namesake is based on a novel by the same name, written by Jhumpa Lahiri. The film revolves around the struggles of an immigrant family that is trying to find its place in a post 9/11 America. 

    The film beautifully depicts the tussle between appropriating new cultures and trying to hold on to oneâs heritage. And of course, there is Irrfanâs performance to go all gaga over.
    2. Life in a... Metro © UTV Motion Pictures
    A film that is actually quite well made and well written, Life in a... Metro actually has a lot of things going on in its plot. With that being said, the entire film, which for some reason is listed as a musical, is very cohesively put together. 

    Because of the nature of the storytelling, and the way it had to be filmed, Irrfan cannot be considered to be the lead of the film - in fact, there are no lead roles. However, the moments when he is on the screen, are simply a joy to watch. 
    His dialogues, especially in spite of being very simple and mundane, are another reason to watch the film.
    3.  Slumdog Millionaire © Fox Star Studios
    Yes, Slumdog Millionaire is actually, an indie film. Although it had Danny Boyle at the helm, who was a fairly reputable director back then, the film had no solid backers. 

    Although Dev Patel was the lead of the film, and Anil Kapoor, simply stole the show with his menacing performance, it was actually Irrfan, who in spite of a very limited role, added a very distinct, Irrfan-esque characteristic to the film.
    4.  Maqbool © Kaleidoscope Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
    Of course, we have to talk about Maqbool. Even though the film had pretty strong and notable names associated with it, it failed to attract big-ticket production houses. Luckily, it did find some really great distributors who gave it the release that it deserved. 

    Written and directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, Maqbool is based on Shakespeareâs Macbeth and has power-packed performances by Tabu, Pankaj Kapur, Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah and of course, Irrfan Khan. Need we say more?
    5. The Song of Scorpions © Agora Films
    A film that somehow managed to slip under the radar, The Song of Scorpions is a film that only the most ardent of cinephiles, who regularly keep a track of film festivals around the globe, will know about. 

    The film did exceptionally well in every film festival where it was shown; the foreign press, including some of the most credible film critics, were all praises for the film. Beautifully shot, the film shows the Thar desert and the city of Jaisalmer in a light that very few of us have seen.
    6.  The Lunchbox © UTV Motion Pictures
    Okay, we just had to include The Lunchbox in the list. The film was poignant, to say the least, and to this day, is considered to be the film that could have won us an Academy Award, had we entered this, rather than The Good Road. 

    The Lunchbox was beautifully shot, had a very solidly written plot, and was a visual masterpiece to watch. And of course, how can we not mention the performances of Nimrat Kaur and Nawazuddin Siddiqui? 
    This should sort your binge-watching list for the weekend, right?

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    Let's just agree that we all are a tad bit obsessed with Bollywood movies. To be honest, the industry has left us wide-eyed at times with the choices of on-screen partners who are romancing. At the same time, if the same couple who has a good chemistry on-screen end up playing the role of siblings, it becomes a little too much to digest.
    Now, take these actors for example who have loved each other in one movie, but suddenly became siblings in the next one. While it is super simple for these actors to transform into any sort of role, for us, this becomes a bit weird and awkward. Check out this list of celebrities who have played the role of lovers as well as siblings in different movies.
    1. Deepika Padukone And Arjun RampalDeepika Padukone's debut, Om Shanti Om had Arjun Rampal playing her lover in 2010 but cut to 2017, they acted as brother and sister on-screen in Housefull. Thank god, we've had seven years to get over it!
    © Red Chillies Entertainment
    © Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment
    2. Shah Rukh Khan And Aishwarya Rai BachchanA couple that has never failed to catch our attention on-screen has to be SRK and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Their chemistry as lovers has been appreciated in many movies, but they also acted as twins in Josh, back in 2000.
    © Mega Bollywood Pvt LTD
    © Venus
    3. Tusshar Kapoor And Kareena KapoorI will never get over their chemistry in Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai that showed Kareena Kapoor Khan and Tusshar Kapoor as lovers, but coming to Golmaal Returns, we saw them play siblings, which was quite something. We are still confused about which one was better.
    © TIPS
    © Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd
    4. Amitabh Bachchan And Hema MaliniMr Amitabh Bachchan, who has often been Hema Malini's love interest in movies like Veer Zaara, Desh Premee and Baghban, also left us stunned as he played her brother way back in a movie called Gehri Chaal in 1973. Also, in the lover's bit, you cannot forget Sholay, ever.
    © NH Studioz
    © Chithralaya Pictures
    5. Priyanka And RanveerPriyanka and Ranveer, on one hand, had a sizzling chemistry with steamy scenes in Gunday and love scenes as husband and wife in Bajirao Mastani, the same played siblings in Dil Dhadakne Do, that we all happily agreed with.
    © Yash Raj Films
    © Excel Entertainment
    6. Juhi Chawla And Akshay KumarThe unforgettable pairing from Khiladi of Juhi Chawla and Akshay Kumar, went onto to become our favourite on-screen couple. Later, came Ek Rishtaa: The Bond of Love where they acted as siblings.
    © Hari Om Entertainment
    © Shree Krishna International

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    Ever since its first world championship race in 1950, Formula One (F1) has come a long way to become the biggest and highest class of open-wheeled, single-seater auto racing sanctioned by Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body. But, to label it as a mere sport, will be an understatement.
    F1 is not just a sport, but a high-stakes theatre where men gamble with their lives every time they take out their mean machines in the labyrinth, labelled as a race track. Just like the gladiators, who were either expected to be killed or incur a fatal injury, the F1 drivers are gambling away their lives, unaware of their fate, every time they enter their fast cars.
    © Reuters
    It's not the fast cars going in circles on the circuit at lightening speed that gets us out of our seats, it's the closeness of the F1 drivers to death that truly makes them and spectators feel more alive. And, the fact that 25 fatalities have been recorded in the history of F1 so far further makes it quite evident.

    It all began on 31st July 1954 when Onofre Marimon ran into a ditch and collided with a tree at the old Nurburgring in Germany during the practice session for the German Grand Prix. The Argentinian became the first fatality in the F1 history which was only going to increase in the coming years. As the world celebrates these racing gladiators every season, let's mourn the unfortunate ones who lost their lives.
    Tom Pryce

    There has been just one Welsh driver in the history of F1 racing and his death resulted in some of the most gruesome footage ever committed to film. During the 1977 South African Grand Prix at Kyalami, Pryce and 19-year-old race marshall Jansen Van Vuuren both lost their lives. Renzo Zorzi, whose car had stopped off track, was being tended to by Van Vuuren and another race marshall at the Crowthorne Corner.
    The duo were carrying fire-extinguishers to prevent the car from catching fire when Pryce, who didn't see the marshalls because of Hans Joachim-Stuck driving right in front of him, ran down Van Vuuren. Pryce was also killed instantly by the fire-extinguisher carried by Van Vuuren, which struck his head. His helmet strap also dug into his neck due to the impact and nearly decapitated Pryce. 
    The remains of Van Vuuren were flung several meters away due to the impact. Van Vuuren was so badly mutilated by the accident that he was only identified after the race through process of elimination.
    Ronnie Peterson

    Ronnie Peterson, also known as the "Super Swede", was the championship runner-up twice during his career. In the 1978 Italian Grand Prix, the race started before all the cars were in their respective starting grids and as a result there was a massive crash which stopped the race for ten drivers. Peterson couldn't escape his car but he was rescued from the burning wreckage by fellow racers James Hunt, Clay Regazzoni and Patrick Depailler.

    What makes this accident most unfortunate is that Peterson didn't die at the crash site but instead in the hospital over-night. Peterson suffered several fractures but remained conscious which led his doctors to believe nothing was wrong. However, his untreated bones bled bone-marrow into his blood-stream and caused a fat-embolism which eventually killed him - thus undoing the good of Hunt, Regazzoni and Depailler's heroic act. 
    If not for his untimely demise, Peterson had every chance in the world to clinch the championship that year.
    Gilles Villeneuve

    French-Canadian Gilles Villeneuve was one of the most well-known F1 drivers to have never won a world championship. Villeneuve lost his life after a horrific and harrowing accident in qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder in 1982. With around 10 minutes of the final qualifying session remaining, Villeneuve caught the back of another car travelling around 140 mph, and was launched into the air.
    His Ferrari was airborne for more than 100 metres before crashing into the ground and somersaulting along the track. Villeneuve's helmet was torn from his head by the crash as he was thrown a further 50 metres from his destroyed car into the fencing around the edge of the circuit. He died of a fatal neck fracture and was pronounced dead in the hospital that evening.
    Ayrton Senna

    Although many years after Formula One's deadliest period in the 1970s, Brazilian Ayrton Senna's death marked the unthinkable. The sport's greatest driver at the time - and in many people's eyes, the greatest to have lived - died on television in front of millions of people, in an era when fans did not expect drivers to die in the name of sport. The Brazilian tragically lost his life during the San Marino Grand Prix in Imola after crashing his Williams car into a concrete wall at 145 mph.
    A piece of the suspension assembly penetrated his helmet visor, and he died of fatal skull fractures. Senna's death was the second to have taken place in two days, as Austrian Roland Ratzenberger too had lost his life, after suffering a similar crash during race qualifying. During the team meeting before the race, Senna had raised concerns about the race going forward. 
    It was later revealed that a furled Austrian flag was found in his car that he had intended to raise in honour of Ratzenberger after the race.
    Jules Bianchi

    From 1954 and 1994, a total of 24 deaths were recorded alongside numerous other life-changing injuries in the history of F1. And, on 17th July 2015, Jules Bianchi, unfortunately became F1's 25th fatality. The 25-year-old Marussia driver succumbed to the brain injuries sustained in a crash during the Japanese Grand Prix in October 2014. He was in a coma since the accident, in which he collided at high speed with a mobile crane which was being used to pick up another crashed car.
    Even though the French driver is the first driver to be killed from injuries sustained during a F1 Grand Prix since Ayrton Senna, 21 years ago, it still highlights a major issue. The fact that the existing safety measures and regulations in professional motorsport can never subdue the risks involved in the sport is still a matter of concern.

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