US Model Who Lost Her Lip In Dog Attack Shares Pics Of Transformation

February 07, 2023  flasnewsesblogspot.com  No comments

A 23-year-old model, Brooklinn Khoury, who lost her lip in a dog attack in the US has shared pictures of her transformation. Ms Khoury was attacked by her cousin's pit bull in 2020 and had to undergo six cosmetic surgeries to reconstruct her smile.

She recently shared a series of progression pictures on Instagram to show her transformation. 

See pictures here:

In 2020, Ms Khoury had been out with her cousin and her pit bull when the dog attacked her. 

"I was like, 'You're such a good boy.' He literally sprung from a sitting position onto my face. I was standing, and he was sitting - he literally just sprung up. And he was literally, hanging - literally like arms, legs hanging off of my lip. And my first instinct was like, 'Oh my God, get on the ground with him, hold his head, go wherever he goes," she recalled to People in 2021. 

Distressing images from the attack posted on Instagram show her with no top lip and she claims she still finds them difficult to look at. In a post, she wrote, “I don't expect anyone to understand because how could you. I don't know how to explain the way that I feel when I look in the mirror. It's as if I'm a stranger, embodied in someone I've known before. ''

Post the attack, she underwent six surgeries, some of which lasted 20 hours, to give her a new upper lip. The doctor took skin and nerves from her arm to create a fully functional new upper lip.

''If you were to tell me a year ago I'd have the smile I have today, I wouldn't believe you. I lost so much hope waiting a whole year to find the surgeon I have today. It's been such a hard yet beautiful process. I am so thankful for everyone in my life. This is a reminder to trust the process. Timing is absolutely everything,'' she wrote in another post.

She is almost fully healed but is expected to have one more surgery later this month.
 



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KJo Was At Kiara-Sidharth's "Mandap Of Mohabbat." Read His Emotional Post

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Karan Johar, who launched Sidharth Malhotra with Student Of The Year and directed Kiara Advani in Lust Stories, has dropped an emotional congratulatory post. Sidharth and Kiara got married in Jaisalmer, and KJo was among the few guests who attended the wedding. And it was not less than a "proud and fairytale" moment for the filmmaker as the couple exchanged the vows "on a mandap of mohabbat (love)". He started his note with these words, " I met him a decade and a half ago.... Silent, strong and still so sensitive.... I met her many years after... silent ,strong and so sensitive in equal measure...Then they met each other and i realised in that moment that the these two pillars of strength and dignity can make an irreplaceable bond and create the most magical love story together...."

Karan Johar continued, "Watching them is a fairy tale that is rooted in tradition and family...As they exchanged vows on a mandap of mohabbat everyone around them felt the pulse...felt the energy... I sat proud, elated and bursting with only love for the two of them! I love you Sid.... I love you Ki.... May today be your forever....." followed by heart emoticons.

Read Karan Johar's post below: 

Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra's wedding was held in Suryagarh Palace, a resort near Jaisalmer in Rajasthan. They shared some dreamy pictures with Shershaah-themed caption, "Ab humari permanent booking ho gayi hai (Now we are permanently booked). We seek your blessings and love on our journey ahead." 

Check out the posts below: 

The wedding was also attended by Kiara's Kabir Singh co-star Shahid Kapoor and the actor's wife Mira Rajput. Isha Ambani-Anand Piramal and Juhi Chawla with husband Jay Mehta.



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Adani Ports To Repay $605 Million Debt, Capital Expenditure To Halve

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Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. will repay a debt of around 50 billion rupees ($604.6 million) as Gautam Adani takes steps to improve a leverage metric and corporate governance at his firms following a short seller attack that has put its financial health under scrutiny.

The repayment in the year starting in April will improve net debt to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ratio to about 2.5 times, the company said in an earnings statement on Tuesday. The ratio stands at just over 3 times currently.

India's largest private sector ports operator, which reported an earnings miss in the latest quarterly earnings, also said it would roughly halve its capital expenditure next financial year, compared with the current year. 

"To uphold the principles of good corporate governance, the management of Adani group entities are considering the appointment of independent firms/agencies" to look into the issues of regulatory compliance around related party transactions and internal controls, among others, according to filings from Ambuja Cements Ltd. and Adani Green Energy Ltd., both part of the ports-to-power conglomerate. "The management will assess the necessary actions required, if any."

These developments come just a day after the billionaire and his family prepaid $1.11 billion worth of borrowings backed by shares in three group companies, including Adani Ports, to allay investor fears. The conglomerate's finances have come under scrutiny after US short-seller Hindenburg Research levied accusations of accounting fraud and market manipulation at the Adani Group, wiping more than $100 billion from its market capitalization. 

Adani Group has repeatedly denied the charges. 

'Ease Concerns'

The Adani Ports guidance "could ease concerns around the firm's liquidity and debt, though governance and regulatory risks are likely to linger," Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Sharon Chen wrote. "This could also offer assurance that it might not materially increase related-party loans to support the rest of the group, as free cash flows have been earmarked for debt repayment."

Listed firms of the Adani conglomerate, which was forced to shelve a $2.5 billion share sale by its flagship Adani Enterprises Ltd. last week as the short seller's allegations triggered a massive stock rout, have begun reporting December quarter earnings this week as investors look for cues on the robustness of the companies' operations. 

Adani Ports reported a 16% drop in profit to 13.2 billion rupees for the latest quarter, missing the analysts' estimate of about 15 billion rupees. Revenue rose 18% from the year-ago period to 47.9 billion rupees but also fell short of the estimates. Capital spending for the year starting April is pegged between 40 billion rupees and 45 billion rupees.

Sister Firms

Billionaire Adani's two other firms that reported earnings on Tuesday show strong growth in profits.

Profit at Adani Green Energy, one of the most levered companies in the conglomerate, more than doubled to 1.03 billion rupees, up from 490 million rupees in the same quarter last year. Total income surged 54% to 22.6 billion rupees while total costs rose 45%, the company said in an exchange filing. The renewables firm is on track to complete 8,300 megawatts of capacity by March, it said, adding that bond covenants are within stipulated limits.

Ambuja Cements, the larger of the two local cement makers that Adani Group acquired last year from Holcim Ltd., posted a larger-than-expected quarterly profit at 3.69 billion rupees, up 46% from the year-ago period. Revenue rose 10% and matched estimates at 41.3 billion rupees, according to a separate filing. 

The cement maker remains debt-free and expects "cement demand to further grow in coming quarters on the back of increased infrastructure activities," its Chief Executive Officer, Ajay Kapur, said in the filing. 

Adani Transmission Ltd. posted an earnings beat on Monday as net income surged 78% - the only other group firm that has announced its results so far. 

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Tremors From Powerful Quake In Turkey Felt As Far Away As Greenland

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Tremors from the powerful earthquake that rocked Turkey and neighbouring Syria on Monday were felt as far away as Greenland, the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland said.

"The large earthquakes in Turkey were clearly registered on the seismographs in Denmark and Greenland," seismologist Tine Larsen told AFP.

The first 7.8-magnitude quake struck at 04:17 am (0117 GMT) at a depth of about 17.9 kilometres (11 miles) near the Turkish city of Gaziantep, which is home to around two million people, the US Geological Survey said.

"The waves from the earthquake reached the seismograph on the Danish island of Bornholm approximately five minutes after the shaking started," Larsen said.

"Eight minutes after the earthquake, the shaking reached the east coast of Greenland, propagating further through all of Greenland," she added.

Later, another 7.5-magnitude quake struck southeastern Turkey.

"We have registered both earthquakes -- and a lot of aftershocks -- in Denmark and Greenland," she said.

Monday's quake is the deadliest in Turkey since a 7.4-magnitude one in 1999 when more than 17,000 people died, including about 1,000 in Istanbul.

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"I'm Lucky": Salman Rushdie On Surviving "Colossal" Knife Attack

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Salman Rushdie, the Mumbai-born author of Booker Prize-winning novel 'Midnight's Children', said on Monday that he feels lucky to have survived the last year's brutal stabbing at a literary event in the US as he spoke for the first time about the "colossal attack".

The 75-year-old British American novelist was giving a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in New York - where he is based - on August 12 last year when a man reached the stage and stabbed and punched him several times.

In his first interview since the attack which has caused loss of vision in one eye, the author told 'The New Yorker' magazine that his main feeling was one of gratitude to those who showed their support and his family, including sons Zafar and Milan.

"I'm lucky. What I really want to say is that my main overwhelming feeling is gratitude," Mr Rushdie told the magazine.

"I'm able to get up and walk around. When I say I'm fine, I mean, there are bits of my body that need constant checkups. It was a colossal attack," he said.

Asked if he felt it had been a mistake to let his guard down in New York, years after the fatwa by Iran's former supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini called on Muslims to assassinate the author over the allegedly "blasphemous" novel 'The Satanic Verses', he replied: "Well, I'm asking myself that question, and I don't know the answer to it. I did have more than 20 years of life. So, is that a mistake?" "Also, I wrote a lot of books. 'The Satanic Verses' was my fifth published book - my fourth published novel - and this ['Victory City'] is my twenty-first. So, three-quarters of my life as a writer has happened since the fatwa. In a way, you can't regret your life," he added.

The celebrated author told the magazine that he was very moved by the tributes that his near-death inspired and is determined to look forward.

"It's very nice that everybody was so moved by this, you know? I had never thought about how people would react if I was assassinated, or almost assassinated," he said.

"I've tried very hard over these years to avoid recrimination and bitterness. I just think it's not a good look. One of the ways I've dealt with this whole thing is to look forward and not backwards. What happens tomorrow is more important than what happened yesterday," he added.

"She kind of took over at a point when I was helpless," he said of his wife, poet and novelist Rachel Eliza Griffiths.

His latest novel, 'Victory City', completed before the attack, traces back to a trip decades ago to Hampi, the site in Karnataka of the ruins of the medieval Vijayanagara empire.

"The first kings of Vijayanagara announced, quite seriously, that they were descended from the moon... It's like saying, 'I've descended from the same family as Achilles.' Or Agamemnon. And so, I thought, well, if you could say that, I can say anything," the author said.

Mr Rushdie's attacker Hadi Matar is being held in the Chautauqua County Jail in the village of Mayville, charged with attempted murder in the second degree and facing a lengthy prison sentence. 

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"Shouldn't Talk About What's Fair": Ex-Pak Captain's Retort To Ian Healy

February 05, 2023  flasnewsesblogspot.com  No comments

Former Pakistan captain and batter Salman Butt has lashed out at the Australian cricket team and Ian Healy for the latter's controversial statement regarding Indian pitches. Australia are gearing up to play a four-match Test series in India against the hosts, starting February 9 in Nagpur. Healy had said that if India offered a 'fair pitch' in which there is consistent spin, without the ball "jumping ridiculously and sliding down low from day one", then Australia will end up on the winning side. The ex-Australia wicketkeeper-batter had added that if 'unfair pitch' is offered then India would play better than the visiting team in those conditions.

Commenting on Healy's statement, Butt said that the Australian team has a habit of complaining and calling it 'unfair' if the pitches don't favour them.

"When subcontinent teams travel to Australia, they don't complain about the pitches. They don't say there's extra bounce pitch and that it's unfair. There are different home conditions and you have to get used to those. Teams face difficulties in Perth, likewise, they also face problems against spin. So, you shouldn't talk about what's fair or unfair. The pitch is giving results. If the other team is winning on the same pitch that means they are performing better than you," said Butt on his official YouTube channel.

"But ye aadat bhi hai. Unko samajh naa aaye toh fair nahi hota (It's their habit. If they can't understand the pitch, they call it unfair)," he added.

Earlier, commenting on the statement of Healy, Ashwin had said that the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy needs such type of 'spark'.

The visiting Australian team is currently training at the Karnataka Cricket Association Stadium ground in Alur after opting out of practice matches.



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US Working To Recover Suspected Chinese Spy Balloon

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The US military said on Sunday it is searching for remnants of the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon it shot down the previous day, in a dramatic spy saga that has further strained American-Chinese relations.

The US Navy is working to recover the balloon and its payload and the Coast Guard is providing security for the operation, said General Glen VanHerck, commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command.

A successful recovery could potentially give the United States insight into China's spying capabilities, though US officials have downplayed the balloon's impact on national security.

A US Air Force fighter jet on Saturday shot down the balloon off the coast of South Carolina, a week after it first entered U.S. airspace near Alaska. VanHerck said the incident took place over U.S. territorial waters.

China protested the response as an "obvious overreaction", but analysts said that any counter-move by Beijing will likely be finely calibrated to keep from worsening ties.

Republican lawmakers on Sunday criticized President Joe Biden for waiting days to shoot down the balloon as it floated over the United States, accusing him of showing weakness toward China and initially trying to keep the breach of U.S. airspace undisclosed.

"I think part of it is the president's reluctance to take any action that would be viewed as provocative or confrontational towards the Chinese communists," said Republican Tom Cotton, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Former President Donald Trump and his former national intelligence director, John Ratcliffe, denied Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's assessment that similar balloons had transited the United States during his presidency.

"China had too much respect for 'TRUMP' for this to have happened, and it NEVER did," Trump wrote on social media site Truth Social.

But Republican Representative Michael Waltz backed up Austin, telling the Washington Post that the Pentagon had notified Congress that Chinese balloons were spotted near the United States several times during Trump's tenure.

He said balloons had been spotted near Texas and twice near Florida, as well as previously known sightings near Hawaii and Guam.

Democrats said Biden's decision to wait to shoot down the balloon until it had passed over the United States protected civilians from debris crashing to Earth.

"The president called for this to be dealt with in a way that balanced all of the different risks. That's exactly what happened," U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said on CNN's "State of the Union" program.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer dismissed the Republican criticism as "premature and political."

"The bottom line here is that shooting down the balloon over water wasn't just the safest option, but it was the one that maximized our intel gain," he said at a news conference.

The Pentagon will brief senators on the balloon and Chinese surveillance on Feb. 15, Schumer said.

Republican Mike Turner, chairman of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, said he believed China was using the balloon to figure out how to counter U.S. nuclear weapons and missile defense systems.

"The president has allowed this to go across our most sensitive sites and wasn't even going to tell the American public," Turner said on NBC's "Meet the Press" program.

Republican Marco Rubio, vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told the ABC News program "This Week" that China was trying to send a message that it could enter U.S. airspace. Rubio said he doubted that the balloon's debris would be of much intelligence value.

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Manish Malhotra On Jennifer Aniston Wearing A Lehenga Designed By Him

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Jennifer Aniston literally broke the Internet when she showed up in a stunning lehenga. In the trailer of Murder Mystery 2 which also stars Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston wore an ivory lehenga by fashion designer Manish Malhotra's Mijwan collection. Now, the ace designer himself has shared a post about the “overwhelming experience”. Sharing  stills of Jennifer Aniston in the lehenga, Manish Malhotra wrote, “Making our craft of Mijwan chikankari global has been our journey and seeing it on Iconic Jennifer Aniston look stunning in our classic ivory Mijwan lehenga crafted by our artists of Mijwan and our Mumbai atelier has been an overwhelming experience .” His industry colleagues have flooded the comments section with red hearts and fire emojis. Actress Katrina Kaif dropped raising hands and red hearts. Akansha Ranjan Kapoor wrote, “Just too good.” Veteran actress Soni Razdan spoke on everyone's behalf when she said, “So stunning.” Tanishaa Mukerji and Raashii Khanna reacted with red hearts. 

Here is the post we are talking about:  

Before this, Bridgerton actress Charithra Chandran made heads turn when she picked a Manish Malhotra Mijwan Couture for a bridal photoshoot. 

Manish Malhotra, last year, celebrated 10 years of Mijwan Couture. The collection is all about intricate chikankari embroidery. To mark the special occasion, the designer wrote a long note on Instagram along with a series of pictures and videos from the celebration. He said, “Celebrating the people, purpose and progress to our 10 years of Mijwan bond. The overwhelming response to our Mijwan Couture Show just pushes my belief that hard work always gets its reward. The Mijwan girls have worked for 2 years on the intricate chikankari with our design team. This Grand show wouldn't have been possible without the always passionate Shabana Azmi who leads Mijwan Welfare Society. Lots of love and respect Shabana Ji and Namrata Goyal.”

Manish Malhotra is currently busy with the much-talked-about wedding of the season - Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani. Reportedly, the designer has worked on the wedding outfits. He was also spotted with Kiara as they arrived in Jaisalmer for the festivities.



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Matthew McConaughey Says He Took Career Advice From "Fortune Teller Guru"

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Matthew McConaughey has recently revealed that he agreed to star in the 2003 romantic comedy 'How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days' after a bizarre prediction from a fortune teller. The actor appeared in the film opposite Kate Hudson. In an interview with Vanity Fair, he said that he was initially unsure whether or not to do another romcom after the success of the 2001 film 'The Wedding Planner'. 

"I remember considering whether I was going to do it or not one night while on a walk down Sunset Blvd," Mr McConaughey told the outlet. "Suddenly, this guy comes up out of nowhere to me. He was a fortune teller guru. He goes, 'Can I tell you your fortune real quick?' I was like, 'Yeah, man. Sure,'" he recalled. 

According to the Hollywood star, the fortune-teller guru then began reeling offer extremely specific advice relating to his new film. "He immediately goes, 'There's a movie you're considering right now. It's a romantic comedy. You have to do this or it will be one of the biggest regrets of your life. It is going to be a blast, it is going to be an incredible experience and it is going to make a bunch of money,'" Mr McConaughey claimed.

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Further, the Interstellar actor said, "I remember thinking, Did the studio hire this guy?' I laughed at the thought, but I also remember taking a more serious consideration. I think I even accepted the offer the next day." 

Notably, the romantic comedy became a box-office hit. The movie also made Mr McConaughey and his co-star Kate Hudson stars and launched the careers of supporting actors like Kathryn Hahn and Thomas Lennon. 

Meanwhile, a few days back, Ms Hudson also spoke about the possibility of a sequel. According to The Independent, she stated that there are no plans for a second film. "If there was a sequel, I'm sure there would be some conflict in there somewhere," she said. 



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Watch: Yashraj Mukhate's Version Of 'Jhoome Jo Pathaan' Song Wins Internet

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The fever of Shah Rukh Khan's 'Pathaan' has taken over the world. Every now and then, we come across videos of social media influencers and fans recreating and dancing to the film's songs. Now, joining the trend, musician Yashraj Mukhate, who is known to create catchy tunes from viral audios, has come out with his version of 'Jhoome Jo Pathaan' song that even compelled composer Vishal Dadlani to comment on it.

Taking to Instagram, Mr Mukhate shared his marvellous version of the hit song, starring Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone. He tweaked the lyrics of the song and fused it with SRK mouthing the words "Zinda Hain". "Bohot zor se gaana aaya mujhe (I wanted to sing)," he wrote in the caption of his post. 

Watch the video below: 

In the clip, Mr Mukhate is seen singing a few lines from Pathaan's song, before continuing with his own lyrics. "Jhoome jo Pathaan meri jaan, de de jo zubaan meri jaan," he sings in the chorus.

Mr Mukhate shared the clip a few days back and since then his post has accumulated more than 157,000 likes and over one million views. The post garnered much love from celebrities and fans. 

Even Vishal Dadlani, who composed the 'Pathaan' song with Sheykhar Ravjivani, asked the musician to make the full song and said that they can collaborate."Hahahahahahahaha, wah!!!! Poora banaiyye, collab release karte hain (compose the full song, then we will release a collab)" Mr Dadlani wrote. 

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Social media users also loved the new rendition of 'Jhoome Jo Pathaan'. They flooded the comment section with fire and heart emojis. "I actually dig this version a lot," wrote one user. "Epic bro," said another. 

A third user commented, "Digging this version more than the original." A fourth added, "Woah... This song has no ending!" 

The song 'Jhoome Jo Pathaan' was written by Kumaar and sung by Arijit Singh, Sukriti Kakar, Vishal and Sheykhar. 



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