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5 facts about Miss World 2017 Manushi Chhillar

Manushi is pursuing her medicial degree along with doing her duties as Miss World. She cleared the All India Pre Medical Test and NEET exam during the first attempt.

Manushi represented the state of Haryana at the Femina Miss India 2017, where she was also given the tittle of Miss Photogenic. She later went to winning the competition and represented India at Miss World 2017 in China.


Manushi won Miss World 2017 and became the sixth Indian woman to win the Miss World pageant after Reita Faria (1966), Aishwarya Rai (1994), Diana Hayden (1997), Yukta Mookhey (1999) and Priyanka Chopra (2000). She brought the crown back to India after seventeen years.

During the Miss World 2017 pageant Manushi also became a semifinalist in the Top Model, Multimedia competitions and People's Choice as well as co-winner of the Beauty with a Purpose competition and Head-to-Head Challenge from Group Nine.

Manushi's Beauty with a Purpose project is called Shakti. It is a campaign focusing on menstrual hygiene and goal is spread awareness about it.

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Netflix approves $25 billion buyback after scrapping Warner Bros bid

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  • Netflix board approved a $25bn share repurchase on 22 April, with no expiry date.
  • The move follows Netflix abandoning its $83bn bid for Warner Bros' streaming and studio assets.
  • Netflix stock has fallen more than 10 per cent since weak Q2 guidance, closing at $93.24 on 22 April.
Netflix has approved a $25 billion share buyback programme, using capital it had kept aside for its failed bid to buy Warner Bros.
The board gave the green light on 22 April, with the decision disclosed in an SEC filing the next day.
There is no expiry date on the programme. It comes on top of an existing December 2024 buyback that still had $6.8 billion left as of 31 March.

Earlier this year, Netflix pulled out of an $83 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros' streaming and studio assets after Paramount Skydance made a rival bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. Paramount then paid Netflix a $2.8 billion exit fee.

Co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters had already said the company would restart share buybacks once the deal was off.

Netflix shares have had a rough ride. They hit an all-time high of $134.12 in June 2025, then fell more than 40 per cent when the Warner Bros deal was announced.

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