Although France were able to start their 2022 World Cup with a win, Lucas Hernandez injured himself in the initial part of the game. And with that, the defending champions will be without another key player in their campaign.
They have already lost Paul Pogba, N’Golo Kante, Presnel Kimpembe, Mike Maignan, Christopher Nkunku and Karim Benzema to injury. And now, the Bayern Munich defender has joined the list with an ACL injury.
Lucas Hernandez ruled out for 2022 World Cup
France defender Lucas Hernandez has torn his ACL — he is out of the World Cup and his 22/23 season is over. 🚨🇫🇷 #WorldCup2022#Qatar2022
Follows Benzema, Nkunku, Kanté, Paul Pogba, Maignan and Kimpembé as injuried players for France. pic.twitter.com/FBnRAwYwgT
Hernandez has struggled with injuries for the last few years, with over 100 days missed in 19/20. However, he barely missed matches in 20/21 before missing ten games last year. Now, his 22/23 season is over as it will take a few months for him to recover from the injury.
The 26-year-old played as a left-back and was replaced by his brother Theo Hernandez. However, he isn’t the only Bayern Munich player to pick up an injury in the World Cup. After Sadio Mane’s surgery and Lucas Hernandez’s ACL, Noussair Mazraoui might be out for a while as well, having been subbed off at half time.
France will not be able to name a replacement since the deadline was a day prior to the opening game. And now, they will have to compete in the tournament a man short.
According to a MyDrivers rumor, AMD’s Radeon RX 7900 XTX & Radeon RX 7900 XT may only be offered at launch in reference models. While AMD will undoubtedly introduce the Radeon RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT GPU lines on December 13th, it is noted that the graphics cards will only be offered in reference variants. Gamers will have to wait a little longer to buy custom graphics cards using the new RDNA 3 chips.
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Although AMD board partners PowerColor and ASUS have teased and unveiled their Radeon RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT custom designs, they haven’t yet made an official announcement. Early next month, when we anticipate the reviews for the cards to appear, is when we can probably expect a full reveal. After the reviews, there will be a launch on December 13th, which is said to solely contain reference variations. It is stated that the custom AIB cards will be on sale 1-2 weeks after the AIB variants, however, pre-orders will probably become available sooner so that customers can reserve their cards.
The AIB partner cards will be significantly more expensive than the reference variants. We are aware that the MSRP for the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is $999 US whereas the MSRP for the Radeon RX 7900 XT is $899 US. If premium AIB models are going to cost an additional $100–200 US, that puts them in the same price range as the RTX 4080, which has an MSRP of $1199 US.
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Given that the Radeon RX 7900 XTX is directly competing with the NVIDIA 4080 and that the Radeon RX 7900 XTX’s affordability is one of its most alluring qualities, the pricier versions could not stand a chance. However, the 4080 AIBs from NVIDIA cost more than USD 1300, and some even go above USD 1500. The claim also makes sense given AMD’s statement that partner cards will be available starting in the middle of December while reference cards will be available starting on December 13.
Although there isn’t a significant performance difference between mobile chipsets released within a year, Qualcomm decided to go against this result by switching to TSMC and mass-producing the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 on the 4nm technology. When compared to the Exynos 2200, which is also manufactured on the 4nm architecture, the outcome is an astonishing 45 percent multi-core gain.
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Ice Universe provided the Geekbench 5 single-core and multi-core performance results for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Exynos 2200, and the differences are glaring. The first Android smartphone to achieve a multi-core score of over 5,000 was Qualcomm’s flagship SoC. Because both chipsets were mass-produced using Samsung’s 4nm technology, they both shared many of the same problems as the Exynos 2200, including performance stability, thermal throttling, and other problems.
The Adreno 740 GPU in the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is reportedly 60% quicker than the Exynos 2200’s graphics engine, albeit the source did not provide any data to support this assertion.
In addition, Ice Universe asserts that power efficiency has increased by as much as 88 percent, yet, like the GPU results, no data supports these striking improvements. On the other hand, transferring to TSMC has helped Qualcomm turn things around, so we have to assume that there would be many advantages when switching foundries.
Sadly, even if there is a significant performance gap between the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Exynos 2200, Qualcomm’s newest SoC still falls short of the A16 Bionic, with the latter outperforming it in both single-core and multi-core tests. Although it matches the A15 Bionic’s performance, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is still a full generation behind Apple. Fortunately, with each day that goes by, the gap gets smaller.
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Consumers who previously had to endure those purchases will rejoice that they would get the same performance and battery life as customers living in the U.S. because Samsung is not employing any Exynos SoC for its Galaxy S23 series arriving in 2023.
Yes, it was coming after AMD announced the new Ryzen 7000 series processors and they were getting dominated by Intel’s 13th Gen SKUs because the price-to-performance ratio wasn’t justified. Now, AMD has widely reduced its CPU pricing considerably to counter Intel worldwide and officially seeing the new prices on multiple vendors in India we can say it has also been reduced in India as well.
As you know a few months back only AMD announced these four new Ryzen 7000X processors across the world and hosted a grand launch in India as well, where we went and found AMD to be very serious this time around to attract gamers in India.
Now, just a week after Intel dropped a bombshell in the form of Raptor Lake, so, although there’s no denying that the AMD chips are really good but the timing and Intel’s serious competition made Ryzen 7000 series a bit shabby for gamers. Also, another key reason why AMD had to cut costs had to be because of the higher prices of their new AM5-based motherboards.
Though transitioning to a future-proof AM5 platform is a smarter choice people were not convinced to do so because of the high price of these X670 boards and now that these AMD Ryzen 7000 processors will get even cheaper, people can save that money and invest in a new & future-proof platform.
Talking more on the price cut, all three CPUs have been discounted to some extent, the budget Ryzen 5 7600X which used to retail for around Rs.29k-30k now costs Rs.24k at MDcomputers or Vedant Computers and ₹28,999 on Amazon India. At that Rs.24k-25k price, this is a great 6-core offering but yes it gets humiliated by the Intel chips in terms of multi-core performance.
As we go up the product stack, the 8-core Ryzen 7 7700X that used to retail for around Rs.40-42k online has now got its price to ₹34,310 only on Amazon India and it’s the lowest across the online market. Now, at this price, as an 8-core chip, it’s a good gaming CPU and quite decent on productivity, again not very strong against the 12-core, 16-core Core i7s available for a few extra bucks.
Now, things get better for flagships because here the difference between AMD and even Intel’s latest 13th-Gen Raptor Lake is very marginal, so the price will play a big role indeed. The Ryzen 9s we have known to be very good value-for-money chips and this time both Ryzen 9 7900X and Ryzen 9 7950X have great gaming as well as productivity performance.
The 12-core Ryzen 9 7900X used to retail for around Rs.55k is now retailing for Rs.48k and is in line with the discounts in the world market as well. Currently its retailing at a discounted price at MDComputers and with time most retailers including Amazon India will be selling at its new price with time for sure.
The best discount that any CPU has received is the flagship Ryzen 9 7950X, which does perform really well with 16 cores both in terms of gaming and creativity. Even the new Raptor Lake Core i9-13900K has a hard time defeating this AMD champion which was launched at around $699 and was not retailing for less than Rs.70k but with Raptor Lake launch its price was reduced to some extent.
However, now the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X which has been globally discounted to $573.99 is now being sold at Rs.60k via MDComputers. So, overall, gamers and enthusiasts who had been waiting to buy a new AMD Ryzen 7000 chip can rejoice and make their new Gaming/Workstation PC easily.
This is the very first business hotel offering in the country to be located within a trade fair venue
India Exposition Mart Limited (IEML) Greater Noida, one of India’s largest integrated venues for exhibitions, conventions and conferences has added another feather to its cap with the launch of Expo Inn, Suites and Convention, a 134 rooms business hotel which is a first of its kind stay option within a trade fair venue.
Spread across 58 acres of land in Greater Noida, IEML has been successfully operating for 16 years being awarded twice as the best convention centre for worldwide business-to-business exhibits, conferences, congresses, product launches, and promotional events, with technology-driven, world-class facilities and safety standards.
The newly opened Expo Inn, Suites and Convention comes with 134 rooms, two restaurants (one multi-cuisine restaurant and one deli-style cafe), a bar and in-room dining. Other facilities include a spa, swimming pool and gym. The property has multiple banquet halls along with a maximum number of breakaway rooms for parallel meeting sessions in the premise that can be used for MICE events and social events. Rooms are of four categories – Standard Twin rooms, King Bedrooms, Executive Suite Rooms and Presidential Suites.
“Our location is our biggest advantage,” says Mr. Rakesh Kumar, Chairman India Exposition Mart Ltd. . “The IEML facilities come powered by the in-house uninterrupted power supply of 34 MW + 3 MW Solar Power facilitates seamless electricity supply; Banking and Foreign Exchange Services; It also has three helipads; and Medical Facilities. Also, I must point out, we offer a large parking capacity which most exhibition grounds don’t have,” said Mr. Sudeep Sarcar, CEO, of India Exposition Mart Ltd. “This new facility will be a perfect destination to organise large-size MICE events, association conferences, award shows and product launches. The exhibition grounds are now integrated with the hotel to go even several notches higher for services.”
The Expo Inn will greatly form a distinct market sub-segment to target the tech-savvy and sustainable business travellers that are increasingly seeking out authentic, high quality yet affordable experiences. This is part of the strategy to provide a complete ecosystem to a business traveller who is essentially visiting the venue for the fair. Till now the two (trade fair venues and hotels) worked separately and we are now providing a seamless and integrated solution,” shares Mr. Vinod Upreti, GM, Expo Inn.
The IEML has been a venue of choice for prestigious international and world congresses including COP 14 (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, LPG Week 2022, India Water Week 2022, International Petro Tech Conference (2014,2019), 18th World Road Meet 2017 among many others because of its world-class infrastructure and safety standards. It has hosted over 150 international exhibitions and conferences attended by top UN officials and diplomats. It is a highly security-compliant venue, meeting SPG requirements for high-level delegations.
About India Exposition Mart Limited (IEML) The largest integrated exhibition and convention centre in India that has hosted several international events and been twice awarded as the best convention centre, including the Best Standalone Convention Centre by the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India. It is located in Greater Noida, a destination coming under the spotlight due to record investments in commercial and housing projects, and the coming up of Jewar Aiport (only 20 minutes from IEML). Experts believe that this is going to be the prime hub of activities in the coming years.
Mr. RAKESH KUMAR is the Chairman India Exposition Mart Limited (IEML) Key architect for conceptualization and setting up of several important organizations in India such as India Expo Centre & Mart, Greater Noida and also Director General of Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts besides on boards of several reputed government and non-government organizations.
Mr. SUDEEP SARCAR is the CEO, India Exposition Mart Limited (IEML) A business leader (also referred to as a turnaround specialist), with an experience of over two decades across MICE sector in heading business operations, establishing profit centres and growing large venue infrastructures. He is Vice President of Indian Exhibition Industry Association (IEIA) and Board Member of India Convention Promotion Bureau (ICPB)
Mr. VINOD UPRETI is GM of Expo Inn, Suites and Convention A seasoned and versatile management professional with cross-functional experience acquired over 22+ years with highly reputed business establishments and international five-star Hotels, in India.
Anand Deverakonda’s new film is titled ‘Baby’. This is one of the best upcoming films that shows first love has no death. The new teaser of Baby is set to take us to the place by saying it has been buried forever which is very amazing that is very cute and connects emotionally. One thing is true no can forget their first crush.
Vaishnavi has seen the character of a simple girl that looks at him in school. The cute chemistry between the two leaves us with fond memories. The dialogue between Anand and Vaishnavi after realizing her love is really very impressive.
Vaishnavi Chaitanya is making her debut as the lead actress in Telugu cinema with this film. Sai Rajesh, the story writer, and producer for the national award-winning film Colour Photo, is the director of this film. Baby is a romantic entertainer filled with memories and emotions, as said by the makers during the production of the film. The makers of Baby released the teaser for the film last night, and the response to the teaser is amazing.
Baby teaser hints to us that the film deals with the first love of the lead actor, Anand Deverakonda. The teaser has the vibe of a cool romantic entertainer. Anand Deverakonda and Vaishnavi Chaitanya are seen in their teenage looks. Vijay Bulganin’s background score, particularly the chorus vocals, is very effective and is going to be a great addition to the film too.
Baby: Cast
Baby is written and directed by Sai Rajesh. SKN is the producer of the film. Balreddy is the cinematographer, and Viplav Nyshadam is the editor for the film. It is an appreciable move from both Vaishnavi and the director, Sai Rajesh, to present the actress with her natural look without any makeup. The presentation of first love is very elegant. It is good to see Sathvik Anand get an important role as Anand’s friend.
Vijay Devarakonda, Mehreen Pirzada And Others At The NOTA Press Meet
Baby: Release Date
The teaser of the Telugu film has not yet confirmed the official release date.
The award was presented for the technical paper titled ‘Smart Meter Data for Innovative Usage’
Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (Tata Power-DDL), a leading power utility supplying electricity to a populace of 7 million in North Delhi, bagged the Best Technical Paper Award for presenting its technical paper on ‘Smart Meter Data for Innovative Usage’ at the 9th International Seminar – Metering India 2022.
The theme-based conference on ‘Resilient Utilities & Empowered Consumer’ organised by IEEMA highlighted the fact that Indian utilities are witnessing a shift in their business process & use cases, like large-scale RE integration, distributed generation, ancillary services and e-mobility.
Tata Power-DDL’s ‘Smart Meter Data for Innovative Usage’ technical paper included details about technologies used in AMI and business cases related to Operations, Commercial, and Customer Engagement using smart meter data, that was created and implemented in a unique manner. The event witnessed participation from over 500 participants across different industries.
Technical papers pertaining to topics like AMI and Cyber Security, AMI – empowering stakeholders, Smart Metering journey towards Net Zero, Making utilities sustainable, Data Analytics & management etc. were discussed during the conference. These technical papers were evaluated by industry stalwarts from across different sectors. Tata Power-DDL was one of the first power distribution companies in the country to install smart meters.
Netflix has released the first trailer of the latest crime drama show titled, ‘CAT’. In this show, we will see Hooda will play the role of an informant who has been forced to infiltrate the drug empire after his brother getting arrested in case of peddling narcotics.
Randeep Hooda as Gurnam Singh is an ex-police informant who returns to his old job to bust a drug cartel in Punjab. Randeep Hooda to star next in Netflix’s crime thriller CAT. This new series is mainly a combination of crime, politics, and family drama.
Actor Randeep Hooda is all set to star as a police informant in Netflix’s upcoming crime thriller CAT. Directed by Balwinder Singh Janjua, the trailer of the film was released on Friday. It promises an action-packed tale that is set in Punjab and focuses on a brother’s love and espionage.
The brand new one-and-a-half-minute trailer unveils Hooda’s character who has no such choices unless to take up a policeman’s offer to become a mole to save his brother. Gurnam is mainly a gun-wielding teenager set back while Punjab had gripped with an insurgency. He is compelled to revive his job after years of donning a new identity and moving ahead in life. In order to save his brother, he lands himself into the underbelly of crime, politics, and corruption to bust a thriving drug cartel in Punjab.
CAT: Cast
Apart from Randeep, CAT has featured Suvinder Vicky, Hasleen Kaur, Geeta Aggarwal, Daksh Ajit Singh, Sukhwinder Chahal, KP Singh, Kavya Thapar, Danish Sood, and Pramod Pathol amongst others. It is produced by Movie Tunnel Productions in Association with Jelly Bean Entertainment. The creator of CAT is Balwinder Singh Janjua known as the writer of Saand Ki Aankh and Mubarakaan.
CAT: Release Date
Randeep Hooda’s new series will be available in Punjabi, Hindi, and English. The film has slated to hit on 9th December.
Memo Ochoa is a name that springs up every four years, producing wonderful goalkeeping displays, before disappearing the same way it arrived. And last night, we were reminded of exactly how good the veteran is.
Playing in his fifth World Cup, Ochoa denied Robert Lewandowski from the penalty spot. And in doing so, he became the first Mexican goalkeeper to ever save a penalty at the grandest stage of all, in a very long time. He also helped start Mexico’s campaign with a clean sheet against a fearsome polish attack.
The Barcelona forward was awarded a penalty after a tussle with Hector Moreno. The decision was made after consulting with the VAR, but it was a weak attempt from Lewandowski denied by Memo Ochoa to remain goalless in all of his World Cup appearances till date.
Mexico were on the attack for a significant portion of the match, but despite having several close chances, they weren’t able to break the deadlock. As a result, the two sides have had to share a point in what was the second goalless draw of the evening.
But this will be the best possible results for Argentina, who suffered a shocking defeat against Saudi Arabia earlier yesterday. The way things stand, the Albiceleste have a decent chance of making it out of their group once again.
Pune-based student rental platform announces the launch of its first ESOP buy-back to appreciate and reward its existing and past employees for their support and contribution to its growth.
The leading student rental platform, amber, announced the launch of its first ESOP buy-back in January 2023. With this ESOP buy back programme, the company aims to reward current and past employees for their support and contributions towards its exponential growth. Employees with a combined ESOP value of 16 crore INR will be eligible for ESOP buyback.
“Today, we are proud to be the partner of choice for over 1 million students worldwide. Our teammates have been integral to this success. It’s incredible how the team at amber stuck together and enabled the company’s growth during unprecedented times,” Saurabh Goel, founder and CEO of amber, told us. “With the desire to honor their efforts, we are very excited to announce our first ESOP buy-back.”
Amber announces its first ESOP buy-back plan, on the back of 4x growth
The stock options(ESOP) are allotted to an employee when they join or based on certain milestones. To recognise the hard work of their employees, companies offer Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) buybacks which allow employees’ to sell the stock options back to the company at a higher ROI, generating a cash component for the employees. Amber’s launch of its first ESOP buy-back in the new year is testament to their belief in appreciating good work.
Madhur Gujar, cofounder and Chief Business Officer, added, “The last two years were exceptionally challenging for the market. Despite the hurdles, the team steered the company towards achieving 12x growth in revenue. It’s been a pleasure working with this team, and we are truly grateful.”
The company was founded in 2016 with a team of 10 members. But over the years, they doubled up on talent and grew into a team of over 400 employees. The company plans to double its employee strength, continue its global expansion while eyeing $1 billion in gross booking value by 2023.
