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‘I Saw Ramallah’: Homecoming of a Palestinian Poet

While writing this review, the war that started on October 7 in Gaza has already taken the lives of more than 32,000 people, including children. Nearly ten thousand people...

IPL 2024: Shubman Gill fined for slow over rate

Shubman Gill, the Gujarat Titans captain, has been fined after his team maintained a slow over rate during their TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match against Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on March 26.

Navigating health challenges during fasting: insights and remedies

Fasting generally offers mental and physical vigor. However, despite its benefits, some individuals may encounter health challenges while fasting. Let's delve into these issues and their remedies.

UPSC postpones civil services preliminary exam to June 16 due to Lok Sabha polls

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Tuesday postponed the civil services preliminary examination to June 16 from May 26 due to the Lok Sabha elections.

Watching ‘Dune’ from the East

Second part of the 'Dune' film series, adapted from Frank Herbert’s novel of the same title and directed by Denis Villeneuve with a stellar cast of globally acclaimed actors like Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya and Javier Bardem, is gaining attention worldwide. Rising Box office collections and high ratings have made it a remarkable success. 

Over a haveli: Gulabo Sitabo and contemporary contestations

The octogenarian actor Farrukh Jaffer of Gulabi Sitabo, somehow reminds one of the nanis and dadis of Shaheen Bagh, as her remarkable character Fathima Beegum has got certain resemblances to those elderly women sat at the Delhi-Noida highway, to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act.

Psychological Dilemma: How do we adjust with technology without being governed by technology?

Information Technology platforms, and social media platforms, in particular, should therefore be viewed in a nuanced manner. And this nuance is what is missing in the Netflix documentary ‘The Social Dilemma’.
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Veteran striker Ibrahimovic tests positive for COVID-19

Swedish football star Zlatan Ibrahimovic has tested positive for COVID-19.

‘The Discreet Charm of the Savarnas’ trailer released

Writer-filmmaker Rajesh Rajamani has shared the trailer of his upcoming short film The Discreet Charm of the Savarnas, a satirical take on upper-caste savarnas.
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The Social Dilemma- What does the mobile screen of an addict look like?

NOMOPHOBIA, an interactive project, is a short video which forces you to confront your phobia by depicting what your mobile screen looks like, especially in the pandemic.

Unplanned lockdown has snowballed India’s already-precarious economy: Rahul Gandhi

Narendra Modi Government's sudden and unplanned COVID-19 contained lockdown which has snowballed India’s already-precarious economy, said former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi.
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Association of Muslim Professionals launches India’s first free crowdfunding platform for education scholarships

On Teachers' Day, the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP), a not-for-profit organisation working in the domains of education and economic empowerment, has announced the launch of 2 significant initiatives which will benefit the students’ fraternity, especially those needing financial assistance for higher education or expert career and professional guidance by industry professionals.

“Not now, not like this, not without all of us;” Internet advocacy group raises concern about National Digital Health Mission

Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF), an NGO that conducts advocacy on digital rights and liberties, wrote to the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and the National Health Authority after the Delhi High Court directed the government to decide concerns surrounding the consultation for the National Digital Health Mission's Health Data Management Policy in accordance with existing laws, rules, and policies.
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Unpopular opinion, Elon Musk is not a great businessman

Overpromising has always been The Achilles heel of Musk. It is not just about the grand promises of Neuralink. Tesla had once proclaimed that there will be a million fully autonomous vehicles on the road by 2020, the deadline has now been pushed to 2028, and if you believe my pessimistic prediction it is going to stretch further.

‘Dialect’ics of performance: An ode to Mammootty

Thus, all the individualistic improvements apart, our experience of seeing Mammootty on screen is always strongly mediated by our history of discursive engagements with various on/off-screen experiences of Mammootty, as an actor and as a public personality.
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Facebook is helping BJP achieve ruling party’s aim ‘divide and rule’: Congress

Continuing its attack on the BJP, the Congress said that the aim of the ruling party BJP is 'divide and rule' and the social media giant Facebook is helping them achieve this.

Dalit scholar Suraj Yengde signs deal to write biography of Ambedkar

Juggernaut Books, on Monday, announced their deal with Dr Suraj Yengde to write a biography of B.R Ambedkar. Yengde, India's leading Dalit scholar and public intellectual, is an author of the...
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