Newsprint: November 27,2017
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SPORTS Sri Lankan batsmen fell like nine pins and failed to provide any challenge to India as the hosts sealed a comfortable innings and 239 runs victory - which is also equal to the team's record victory against Bangladesh in 2007 - on the fourth day of the 2nd Test at Nagpur on Monday. Ashwin ended with figures of 4/63 as Sri Lanka fell for 166 in the second innings after Virat Kohli's mammoth double ton had led India to 610 in the first innings.
ENTERTAINMENT Akshay Kumar on Monday released a new poster of his much-awaited film Padman. The poster features an accomplished face of the actor as he stands atop a cotton mountain. The actor took to Instagram to share the poster of the film, directed by R Balki. Padman is a biopic on Arunachalam Muruganantham and will chronicle his journey of finding a way to make cheap, affordable sanitary napkins for women in his village. The film stars Akshay along with Radhika Apte and Sonam Kapoor. Amitabh Bachchan will have a cameo appearance in the movie, which has largely been shot in Indore and Newyork and is set to release on January 26 next year.
LIFESTYLE South Africa's Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters won the esteemed Miss Universe crown with Miss Colombia Laura Gonzalez emerging the runner-up and Miss Jamaica Davina Bennett being the second runner-up. India’s hopes of bringing home the Miss Universe crown after the Miss World title were dashed when Shraddha Shashidhar failed to make it to top 10.
TECH Oppo has launched its new 6-inch bezel-less smartphone Oppo A79. The new smartphone features an 18:9 display and looks similar to the Oppo R11 smartphone in relations of the design. There are some differences in terms of their specifications though. AUTO Kawasaki India has launched the Versys X-300 in India at a price tag of Rs 4.6 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). The newly launched model belongs to Kawasaki’s family of adventure touring motorcycles and is the entry-level offering of the same. The X-300 will be assembled at Kawasaki’s plant in Chakan, Pune. It is powered by a 296cc parallel-twin engine which has been tuned for better low-end and mid-range torque delivery.