The upcoming Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga-starrer 'Joker: Folie a Deux', directed by Todd Phillips, got an 11-minute standing ovation at the ongoing edition of the Venice Film Festival.

Before the premiere, Phoenix showed up early and generously walked the carpet as he took selfies with fans, reports.

Phillips borrowed a paper fan from a guest to fan himself and keep cool in the hot temperatures. Lady Gaga arrived to chants of her name as the paparazzi created one of the biggest frenzies of this year’s festival, with photographers tripping over each other on the carpet to get a shot of the star.

As per report , one fan with pink hair held up a sign that read, “Gaga I just wanna hold you for a while". The actress needed help maneuvering in her dress as a handler took her hand to fans and signed a long line of autographs.

Purani Dilli 6 pacer Prince Yadav, who played a key role in the team's win earlier this week, is excited to spearhead the bowling attack in the semi-final of the ongoing Adani Delhi Premier League at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.

Purani Dilli 6 reached semifinals of the league on Monday after defeating Central Delhi Kings by 33 runs. Yadav was the pick of the bowlers for Purani Dilli 6 as he took three wickets, including the wicket of Central Delhi Kings skipper Jonty Sidhu.

Yadav, who won the most economical bowler of the match award, said he knew what he wanted to do on the field as he had encountered such situations a lot.

"It wasn't tough because I've always practiced a lot bowling in dew. I've always bowled difficult overs for my team. I was thinking about giving my 100 per cent as we had to win the match so that we don't depend on other teams to qualify," he said.

Six Maoists were killed in an encounter with police in Telangana’s Bhadradri Kothagudem district on Thursday.

The incident occurred near Raghunathpalem in Karakagudem mandal near the border with Chhattisgarh.

Some top Maoist leaders from Telangana are reported to be among those killed. The exchange of fire took place in the forest area when a police party was engaged in combing operations.

Two policemen were also reportedly injured in the exchange of fire. Further details were awaited.

Police say while left-wing extremism completely disappeared in Telangana due to sustained efforts over the last 10-15 years, areas bordering neighbouring states like Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra still have Maoist presence.

Homegrown ride-sharing platform Rapido on Thursday said it has raised $200 million in its Series E funding, taking its valuation to over $1.1 billion.

The funding round was led by WestBridge Capital, and also saw participation from existing investor Nexus, along with new investors Think Investments and Invus Opportunities.

“Over the past year, we've experienced significant growth, with our daily rides surging to 2.5 million. This investment will empower us to continue innovating and improving our services, allowing us to better serve our customers,” Aravind Sanka, Co-founder of Rapido, said in a statement.

The company said it will use funds to expanding its operations across India and scaling its technology platform to enhance service delivery.

Indian equity indices eased after opening at higher levels on Thursday due to mixed cues from the global markets.

At 9.48 a.m., Sensex was up 31 points or 0.04 per cent at 82,374 and Nifty was up 13 points or 0.05 per cent at 25,212.

Market sentiments remained positive. On the National Stock Exchange (NSE) 1,738 shares were in the green and 521 shares in the red.

Buying is seen in the midcap and smallcap stocks. Nifty midcap 100 index is up 252 points or 0.43 per cent at 59,475 and the Nifty smallcap 100 index is up 258 points or 1.34 per cent at 19,580.

The difficulty that hospitals face in operating emergency rooms has long been a serious issue in South Korea, the health ministry said on Thursday, adding that it is a major reason for the government to push for medical reform that includes the increase in the medical school admission quota.

Concerns have mounted over the national emergency care system as several hospitals have shortened the operation hours of emergency rooms after suffering from medical staff shortages as a result of the ongoing walkout by junior doctors protesting the government's medical reform plans, news agency reported.

"Emergency care difficulties have long been an issue in the existing medical system. Reforming this fundamentally is a reason for the government to push for medical reform," Second Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo told a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters.

Cumulative sales volume of South Korean automotive giant Hyundai Motor is likely to exceed the 100 million-unit mark this month, industry projections showed on Thursday.

According to the company data, Hyundai Motor's cumulative car sales from 1968 to the end of July totalled 99.66 million units. This includes 24.36 million units sold domestically and 75.3 million units sold overseas.

For August, the company has released tentative data showing that it sold 332,963 units last month. If the August figure is officially confirmed, cumulative sales as of the end of August stand at roughly 99.99 million units, reports news agency.

The company is poised to surpass the 100 million-unit mark with an additional 340,000 units.

As official sales figures for each month are typically finalised a month later, if Hyundai surpasses 100 million units in September, the official statistics are expected to be announced in October.

Jessica Pegula earned the biggest win of her Grand Slam career in Arthur Ashe Stadium, moving past world No.1 Iga Swiatek, 6-2, 6-4, to reach her first major semifinal.

Pegula entered this year’s main draw with six Grand Slam quarterfinals to her name in her last 14 appearances at the majors, though this year she had not been past the second round at any major.

The victory is Pegula's fourth career win over Swiatek and first since the 2023 Omnium Banque Nationale. She joined Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina and Barbora Krejcikova as the only players to notch four wins over the Pole, according to WTA stats.

The world no.6 joined Emma Navarro to put two Americans in the US Open semifinals for the second consecutive year.

Italy has been battered by storms in the last few hours, with risk warnings issued for several regions, according to the country's Civic Protection Agency.

The agency issued a storm alert for nine regions on Wednesday, including northern Piedmont, Lombardy, central Marche and Umbria, and southern Campania, news agency reported.

Northwest Piedmont and southern Calabria were also put under an additional high risk alert for flooding.

The warning came after streets flooded in several cities on Tuesday, causing disruption to local transport.

In Rome, the landmark Constantine Arch was damaged by lightning during a thunderstorm.

Meerut Mavericks continued their dominance and remained on top of the points table with another victory in the UP T20 2024 as they defeated the Kanpur Superstars by 22 runs via the DLS method. Having set a target of 106 in nine overs in the 20th game of the competition at the BRSABV Ekana Stadium the Mavericks bowled Kanpur out for 83 to clinch their sixth victory.

A solid showing with the bat from Madhav Kaushik helped Meerut make 90 from their nine overs despite a relatively slow start. Zeeshan Ansari followed that up with a continuation of his dream run this season with a three-wicket haul in the two overs he bowled in the chase. Zeeshan’s spell, which came after Ankur Malik’s 13-ball 33 had given the Kanpur side the start they needed, proved to be the turning point of the game.

Having come on to bowl with the score at 43/1 in four overs, Ansari was smashed for a six and a four in the first three balls he bowled to Sameer Rizvi. The Kanpur skipper should have, however, gone on to finish off the game from that point onward but an inside edge rolled back onto stumps off the fourth ball of that fifth over. Ansari had the opening he wanted and he followed it up with a couple more wickets in his spell.