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India
We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi High Court
Messaging application WhatsApp on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that the company would leave India if it was compelled to break encryption of messages and calls under the 2021 Information Technology Rules.
Bookshelf
Polynomial Politics: Imagining India as a Country Led by Lower Castes
This article is a review of the book Indian Philosophy, Indian Revolution: On Caste and Politics by Divya Dwivedi...
Film and TV
“As a nation, we did not have a religious identity before but now I don’t know why…”: Actor Vidya Balan
India has become “more polarised” when it comes to religion, with people desperately searching for anything that gives them a sense of “identity,” said award winning actor Vidya Balan.
India
India’s 17-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju scripts history, becomes youngest World Chess Championship contender
India’s Gukesh Dommaraju becomes the youngest player to win the Chess Candidates tournament in Toronto, Canada.
Elections 2024
Watch: A musical take on our Prime Minister
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, a well-known journalist and writer, has made a music video called "Saheb" in Hindi. "With the nation's political climate heating up and the Lok Sabha elections round the corner, we bring you a musical take on our Prime Minister," read the description of music video.
Business
Halal Angels Network to promote entrepreneurship, startups to tap $5 trillion
The World’s First Halal Angels Network was launched to promote innovation, entrepreneurship, and startups to tap $5 trillion, Halal consumer market, and would grow to USD 9.71 trillion by 2025. It was launched during the COVID-19 pandemic to help investors, businesses, entrepreneurs & startups overcome these challenging times.
Lifestyle
Extra things to thank mothers for in 2020
Every year we celebrate Mother’s Day and show our appreciation for mothers everywhere, in all shapes and forms. Their immeasurable contributions shape the lives and futures of our next generations.
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Film and TV
‘Left us too soon,’ celebrities mourn the demise of Irrfan
Irrfan Khan breathed his last on Wednesday, after being admitted to Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital for a colon infection on Tuesday.
Sports
Covid-19: FIFA to distribute $150M among member associations
International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) on Friday announced it will distribute around $150 million among member associations to help overcome the financial strains due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Editor's Pick
Union Govt’s Covid19 app could ramp up surveillance, experts warn
The application remains a privacy minefield and it does not adhere to principles of minimization, strict purpose limitation, transparency, and accountability, say experts at Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF).
Business
Growth in Asia is expected to stall at zero percent in 2020: IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the coronavirus pandemic is likely to bring Asia's economic growth to a standstill for the first time in 60 years.
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Sports
Fellaini thanks medical staff after receiving all-clear from COVID-19 diagnosis
Former Everton and Manchester United midfielder Marouane Fellaini was discharged from a Chinese hospital on Tuesday after testing positive for COVID-19 late last month.
Lifestyle
Google and Apple turn your phone into a COVID-tracking machine
Apple and Google announced they would join forces to develop a smartphone application for tracking coronavirus infections using existing Bluetooth and encryption technology.
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Literature
Lolita in memoirs
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi is a book that speaks such volumes to the reader that she would not read but rather devour it. One can call it whatever she sees the most in the book, either a political or a literary analysis or just a detailed account of the experiences of a passionate Professor of English Literature in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Film and TV
Trance – Fahad’s eyes intoxicate more than the movie itself
From psycadelic edits to a trippy subject, Trance has it all - not to mention all the biggies of Malayalam film industry. And whoever couldn't have a screen presence, found spot in its credits. To begin with, Anwar Rasheed tried it all - a controversial subject, all the starry faces that could be fit in, the celebrated clash of religion - logic - media and well, ofcourse, Pastor Joshua Carlton himself - Fahad Faasil.
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Sports
Wimbledon cancelled for first time since World War
Wimbledon was cancelled on Wednesday because of the coronavirus pandemic, the first time since World War II that the oldest Grand Slam tennis tournament won't be played.
Film and TV
Sri Lankan journalist launches a journal for lockdown narratives
Amidst the deadly pandemic of coronavirus, a Colombo-based editor-writer, Sunila Galappatti launches a journal for lockdown narratives. 'Solidarity from two meters away', the online platform went live on March 20 as countries all around have gone strict shut down from the outer world
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