Anniversary

Marvel has promised big things this year in celebration of Spider-Man’s 60th anniversary celebration. After a cryptic teaser yesterday, the publisher has announced a giant-sized Amazing Fantasy #1000 one-shot featuring a collection of stories by some of the most acclaimed creators in the industry. Below is a breakdown of some of the creators and stories: Visionary writer Neil Gaiman’s grand return to the Marvel Universe Emmy Award winning creator behind Veep and Avenue 5 Armando Ianucci’s Marvel Comics debut…

OnePlus Community Sale kicked off on Friday, December 17 as part of the company's 8th-anniversary celebrations. OnePlus is currently offering discounts of up to Rs. 8,000 on the company's current flagships, the OnePlus 9 series. The company is also offering gaming triggers or a OnePlus Band at a discounted price when purchasing the OnePlus 9 and the OnePlus 9 Pro smartphones. Meanwhile, the mid-range OnePlus Nord series has been discounted up to Rs. 3,000. Customers who are looking to buy the company's smart TV lineup can…

To celebrate the illustrious works of renowned Hindi novelist and short stories writer, Premchand, on his 139th birth anniversary, an event named Jashn-e-Premchand has been organised by Katha Kathan founder, Jameel Gulays, in Versova, Mumbai. The three-day event which started on 28 July, will have its finale today with dramatized readings of Prem Chand's stories in Urdu done by a group of narrators, at Veda Factory. According to Gulays, this is a good way of introducing authors like Premchand to the younger…

A monkey that confesses he steals women’s identity cards, causing them to temporarily forget who they are, starred Tuesday as author Haruki Murakami marked 40 years since his debut as a novelist with his first public reading in Japan in nearly a quarter century. Now 70 and one of the world’s most popular and acclaimed novelists, Murakami debuted with “Hear the Wind Sing” in 1979, four years after he began writing while running a jazz bar in Tokyo. His 1987 romantic novel “Norwegian Wood” was his first best seller,…

Batla House is perhaps one address that India is not likely to forget easily. Situated in Delhi’s Jamia Nagar, it was here, on this day, twelve years ago, that a face-off between the Delhi police and IM terrorists killed encounter specialist and Delhi Police inspector Mohan Chand Sharma. Sharma had spearheaded the raids — which resulted in an encounter — to nab the terrorists. During the encounter, two terrorists, Atif Ameen and Ariz Khan were also killed, while two others namely Mohammad Saif and Zeeshan were arrested.…

The classic romantic author Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896 in St. Paul, Minnesota, US. Today, fans of the Jazz age writer celebrate his 124th birth anniversary. Author of the cult classic The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald is known for his unique description of the 1920s, which is popularly known as the jazz age. Fitzgerald published 160 short stories in his career which spanned two decades.Here are some of the prominent works of the American author:1. This Side of Paradise, 1920: Fitzgerald’s debut…

Realme has announced the continuation of its ‘Anniversary sale’, a shopping bonanza that brings exciting offers and deals for customers on a variety of smartphones and AIoT products starting till May 9 on Amazon, Flipkart and realme.com. The shopping bonanza will offer discounts that include a flat ₹7,000 instant discount on GT Neo 3 through SBI Bank Credit and Debit cards and EMI Transactions and a flat ₹7,000 instant discount on realme.com through ICICI Bank Credit and Debit…

Styled similarly to the older Jazzmaster model, the favored underdog of artists like Kurt Cobain, Tom Verlaine, J Mascis and John Frusciante has now reached its 60th birthday and Fender is celebrating with two new Jaguar guitars.The Jaguar was released in 1962 as the final big hitter from Fender, following the Telecaster, Stratocaster and Jazzmaster from the decade before. The high-end model was designed to lure players away from Gibson, coming with a shorter scale neck than other members of Fender's lineup and an extra…

NASA is celebrating the 32nd anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope (aka HST or Hubble) by sharing a stunning view of five galaxies in deep space depicted in a single image. To recall, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched on April 24, 1990, and deployed the next day. Thus, this week serves as the telescope's 32nd anniversary or birthday. It entered service on May 20, 1990.As for the image shared by NASA, it is of a group of galaxies called the Hickson Compact Group 40. This closely knit group includes a giant…