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Mumbai: As Abhishek Bachchan turned 39 today, father and megastar Amitabh Bachchan recalled the 'joyous' moment when the 'Happy New Year' actor was born.

Bachchan, 72, who is a proud father of daughter Shweta and son Abhishek with wife Jaya, wrote on his blog how he celebrated the moment.

"The birthday has been brought in and Abhishek is another year older, 39 years... Strange but he was born just the other day... And the euphoria and the champagne opening at the Breach Candy Hospital, the traditional cigar smoked, general joy and celebration...

Seoul: South Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co has started domestic sales of high-end televisions powered by its Tizen operating system and plans to add washing machines, fridges and other appliances to the range of products that use the software.

Samsung said sales of Tizen-powered ultra-HD TVs began today in South Korea. The new TVs come in four sizes from 55 inches diagonally to 88 inches. The smallest model costs 5.49 million won.

The company's smartphones and tablets rely on Google's Android operating system despite its efforts to develop Tizen as an alternative.

Currently Samsung is focusing on pushing the Tizen OS into living rooms and eventually into kitchens and other corners of the home.

Los Angeles: Filmmaker Danny Boyle's biopic of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs will release on October 9, this year.

The film, adapted from Walter Isaacson's biography Steve Jobs, is written by Aaron Sorkin and stars Michael Fassbender in the lead role. Actor Seth Rogen stars as co-founder Steve Wozniak, said The Hollywood Reporter.

'Steve Jobs' will see competition from 'Vacation' reboot, Halle Berry-starrer thriller 'Kidnap' and Buena Vista's 'The Finest Hours', starring Chris Pine, as they release on the same date.

Mumbai: Country's largest lender by market value HDFC Bank on Thursday raised Rs 9,880 crore in the largest share sale in the secondary market by a private entity to overseas and domestic investors through a mix of qualified institutional placement and American depository shares.

Merchant bankers said the issue has been successfully closed and the final pricing is expected shortly.

According to merchant bankers who include Barclays, JM Financial, Citi, JP Morgan and BofA-ML among others, said the bank opened the QIP issue first and the ADR was launched a few hours later.

The bank has plans to raise Rs 2,400 crore from QIP and the rest from ADRs, but sources said the composition got changed after the sale began.

London, Feb 05 - Finnish racing driver Kimi Raikkonen completed the first Formula One pre-season test for Ferrari successfully, as he came out on top on the final day at Spain's Jerez track.

It was the third time in four days a Ferrari had been the fastest, as the teams reached one-third distance in their preparations for the 2015 season, with Sauber's Marcus Ericsson finishing second ahead of Lewis Hamilton, whose Mercedes team completed by far the most mileage.

McLaren had another tough day, still struggling with their new Honda engine, with Jenson Button did only 35 laps and was 6.8 seconds off the pace as he was forced to abandon the day's running post being initially hit by a problem with oil levels, the BBC reported.

Los Angeles: Cate Blanchett, Jared Leto, Matthew McConaughey and Lupita Nyong'o, last year's Oscar winners, will return to present at this year's show.

The Academy awards, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, will take place on February 22.

"The great tradition of having the previous year's Oscar-winning best actors and actresses in all 4 categories happily continues this year with the amazing quartet of Cate, Jared, Matthew and Lupita. We're thrilled to have them back," said show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron in a statement.

Blanchett has been nominated for six Oscars and has won two, including last year's best actress award for 'Blue Jasmine'. Her previous win was for best supporting role in 'The Aviator'.