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India Today
04-06-2025
- Entertainment
- India Today
Indian rock band Girish and the Chronicles wins hearts on America's Got Talent
Indian hard rock band 'Girish and the Chronicles' set the 'America's Got Talent' (AGT) stage ablaze on Tuesday night (June 3). The band delivered a powerful rock rendition of Adele's 'Set Fire to the Rain' that earned them a standing ovation and a unanimous four 'yes' from the band originally hails from Gangtok, but are based in Bengaluru. They made a powerful 'America's Got Talent' debut with their electrifying spin on Adele's ballad. Frontman Girish Pradhan took the centre stage, delivering vocals, guitar solos, and drums that lit up the room and left judges Simon Cowell, Sofia Vergara, Mel B, and Howie Mandel visibly in classic rock outfits with long hair and leather jackets, the band impressed on the global stage through their performances. Formed in 2009, the rock band has long been a leading name in India's rock scene. Previously, they have opened for international acts like 'Poets of the Fall' and 'Destruction', and toured in countries including Nepal and the United performance is set to air in India and other regions on June 4 across platforms like YouTube, Peacock, Facebook, and by the iconic Simon Cowell, 'America's Got Talent' is part of the globally acclaimed Got Talent franchise, known for launching a wide range of talents onto the international season of 'AGT' is special as the show completes 20 years of discovering talent from around the world. The judge's panel includes Simon Cowell, the show's creator; Howie Mandel, a popular comedian and longtime judge; Sofa Vergara, the famous actor from Modern Family, and Mel B, also known as Scary Spice from the Spice Girls. The show is hosted by Terry Watch
Yahoo
14-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons confirms Russia's use of chemical weapons against Ukraine
Two laboratories of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have confirmed that Russian troops are using grenades containing prohibited chemical substances in Ukraine. Source: statement by Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Quote: "The OPCW experts, in line with the appropriate procedures, have analysed the materials provided by Ukraine, including four Russian RG-Vo type gas grenades and corresponding soil and grass samples. As a result, two independent OPCW designated laboratories have confirmed that the evidence provided by Ukraine contains CS substance, which is a part of riot control agents." Details: This was stated in the conclusions regarding the samples handed over by Ukraine, which serve as evidence of Russia's violation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction. The ministry reported that the international community is being constantly informed about Russia's systematic use of dangerous chemical substances against Ukraine, including RG-Vo tear gas grenades. Quote: "In the period from February 2023 to February 2025, there have been documented 6,129 cases of the use by Russian occupation forces of munitions containing hazardous chemicals, including 2-chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile (CS), chloroacetophenone (CN), as well as chloropicrin and mercaptans (malodorants)." Details: The ministry highlighted that these actions by Russia represent a gross violation of Article 1.5 of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction. Background: In May 2024, the US State Department, in justifying the US sanctions against Russia, indicated that Russian troops used the banned chemical substance chloropicrin against the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Support UP or become our patron!
