New Delhi: Here's unveiling the Times 50 Most Desirable Men 2020 list. On the coveted list are men under 40 across various fieldswho have created an impact and won our hearts - from newcomers who have made a mark to those who have been loved for years. The ranking is based on votes cast in an online poll, along with inputs from an internal jury.
Sushant Singh Rajput, the charming actor who was both a philosopher and artiste, a rare celebrity with the mindset of an astronomer and astrophysicist, tops the list this year. The talented star wasn't your run-of-the-mill hero', and while he loved cinema and was passionate about his craft, his world didn't stop at just that. His love for gazing at celestial bodies through his telescope illustrated how he was a curious mind and an explorer at heart. His sudden loss left his fans and admirers overwhelmed with grief, nostalgia, and pain, and today, though he is no longer amidst us, he has become a larger-than-life persona, one who will continue to live in our memories for a long, long time.
A superficial reading of the word desirable' would have you think it is all about physical appeal and glamour. But it's not just about charm, physique or good looks. It is also about how much you think about a person, about the mind space an individual occupies. And who has occupied a greater mind space this past year than Sushant? Also in the Top 10 are - Vijay Deverakonda (Hyderabad Times Most Desirable Man 2020) at number 2, Aditya Roy Kapur at number 3, Vicky Kaushal at number 4 and Dulquer Salmaan (Kochi Times Most Desirable Man 2020) at number 5.
Virat Kohli, Tiger Shroff, Ranveer Singh, Gurfateh Singh Pirzada, Sidharth Malhotra take the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth place, respectively. Some of the new entrants on this list include Gurfateh Singh Pirzada, Ishwak Singh, Pavail Gulati, Aly Goni, Armaan Malik and Shubman Gill, among others.
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Jammu, May 4 (PTI): Pakistani troops continued unprovoked small arms firing in different sectors along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, prompting effective retaliation by the Indian army, officials said on Sunday.
The ceasefire violation by Pakistan was reported from eight places spread across five districts in the Union Territory during the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday but there was no report of any casualty, the officials said.
This was the 10th consecutive night of unprovoked firing from across the border in Jammu and Kashmir, amid heightened tensions following the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam that left 26 people, mostly tourists, dead.
“During the night of May 3 and 4, Pakistan Army posts resorted to unprovoked small arms fire across the LoC in areas opposite Kupwara, Baramulla, Poonch, Rajouri, Mendhar, Naushera, Sunderbani, and Akhnoor in J-K. Indian Army responded promptly and proportionately,” a defence spokesperson said.
The ceasefire violations along the LoC and International Border (IB) have been very rare since India and Pakistan renewed the ceasefire agreement on February 25, 2021.
Taking precautionary measures, the panicked border villagers have already started cleaning their community and individual bunkers to make them habitable.
Since the night of April 24, just hours after India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty following the Pahalgam terror attack, Pakistani troops have been resorting to unprovoked firing at various places along the LoC in J-K, starting from the Kashmir Valley.
Initially beginning with unprovoked small arms firing at several posts along the LoC in Kupwara and Baramulla districts of north Kashmir, Pakistan swiftly expanded its ceasefire violations to the Poonch sector and subsequently to the Akhnoor sector of the Jammu region.
This was followed by small arms firing at several posts along the LoC in the Sunderbani and Naushera sectors of Rajouri district. Subsequently, the firing expanded to Mendhar in Poonch district and the international border in Pargwal sector in Jammu district.
The renewed ceasefire violations come despite a recent hotline conversation between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of India and Pakistan, during which the Indian side is learnt to have cautioned Pakistan.
On April 24, Pakistan blocked its airspace for Indian airlines, closed the Wagah border crossing, suspended all trade with India, and warned that any attempt to divert water would be considered an "Act of War."