India
Shalim Hussain’s ‘I am Miyah’ wins PEN Translates award
Poet and scholar Shalim Hussain on Tuesday won the English PEN’s flagship translation award 2021 for I am Miyah: Poetry and Song by Bengali-Muslims in Assam.
Sports
Results of European football matches becoming more predictable- New research
A new study suggests the results of football matches are becoming more predictable.
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Features
Reading ‘Midnight’s Borders’
‘The Dog of Tithwal’ is a short story by Sadat Hasan Manto. It stands out for its brutal yet subtle metaphors of partitioned lives in the post-colonial/post-partition Indian subcontinent....
Science & Technology
Internet Governance Forum promotes inclusive digital future for all
Leveraging the power of the Internet while tackling the risks of cyberspace is the focus of a UN meeting underway in Katowice, Poland, this week.
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Film and TV
Nine-year-old Bengali boy wins Greece film festival award
Nine-year-old Arif Shaikh from West Bengal has won the Best Child Actor award at the 24th Olympia International Film Festival in Greece.
Sports
New Zealand’s Ajaz Patel 3rd bowler in Test history to take all 10 wickets in an innings
New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel scripted history on the second day of the second Test against India at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai as he became only the third bowler ever to pick up all 10 wickets in a Test innings.
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India
Kerala transwoman Sruthy Sithara crowned Miss Trans Global Universe
Sruthy Sithara, Kerala model-artist, has won the title of Miss Trans Global Universe 2021 at the annual pageant on Wednesday, 1 December.
Film and TV
124 (A) charged Aisha Sultana announces her second movie: ‘124 (A)’
Lakshadweep filmmaker Aisha Sultana who was booked under section 124 A (sedition) after she criticised the BJP government-appointed island administrator, has announced her second movie "124 (A)."
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Business
Omicron and market sell-off
Arturo Bris, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
Until the Omicron variant hit the headlines, the signs were that 2021 was going to close with a stellar stock-market performance. Most...
Film and TV
Jai Bhim: Winning and losing at the same game of political cinema
Despite being a great movie that created an actual difference in the lives of the oppressed, the politics of 'Jai Bhim', which approached state violence, is entirely different from those movies directed by Pa. Ranjith and Mari Selvaraj.
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Science & Technology
193 countries adopt the first global agreement on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
All the nations members of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) adopted on Thursday a historical text that defines the common values and principles needed to ensure the healthy development of AI.
Literature
Jaipur Literature Festival 2022: Elif Shafak, Kei Miller among speakers
The annual Jaipur Literature Festival announced its second list of speakers for the much-awaited 15th edition, set to take place from January 28 to February 1, 2022, in Jaipur.
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