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Bollywood’s evergreen comic characters
March 15, 2020
Bollywood has its own share of entertaining comedy movies and iconic comic characters who never fail to bring a smile on audiences’ faces every time they watch them.
Read MoreWhen education brings along anxiety
March 15, 2020
Last year India ranked 140 among 156 nations in the World Happiness Report, seven runs lower than in 2018. Recently a survey revealed that students are not happy as they face increasing pressure with rise in the competitiveness in the academic field.
Read MoreTrump’s trade terror tactics
March 13, 2020
Hundreds of millions of the world’s poor could be badly hit by Donald Trump’s distorted vision of the global economy and trade. Last month, United States President Donald Trump abruptly ‘reclassified’ over half a dozen nations in terms of their economic status. Overnight,...
Read MoreIndian origin Sonia Syngal named new CEO of Gap Inc
March 11, 2020
Indian-American Sonia Syngal became the new CEO for America’s largest apparel retailer Gap Inc. She is the highest ranked Indian-American female CEO of a Fortune 500 company after Indra Nooyi stepped down as PepsiCo head in 2018.
Read MoreInternational Women’s Day 2020: The every day of women’s day
March 8, 2020
Here’s to 45 years of celebrating women’s day where we call for gender equality on one day and then get back to the routine life the other 364 days of the year, and women are far, too far from anything resembling parity with men in any field.
Read MoreSholapith art: A traditional Bengal craft
March 8, 2020
One of the traditional crafts of Bengal, sholapith art has been in practice for long and is used in various religious and social customs. It is also an eco-friendly craft which find its origin in the myths.
Read MoreRegional Indian cinema explores woman-centric content
March 6, 2020
While Bollywood has been producing a lot of women-centric films in the last few years like Queen, Dangal, English Vinglish, Pink and recently Thappad, regional cinemas are not far behind. Indian movies across various languages have also been portraying feminist characters and som...
Read MoreBill to ban misleading ads moved in Indian Parliament
March 2, 2020
The health ministry of Indian government has introduced a Bill in Parliament to ban misleading ads and proposing a penalty of INR five million and prison for five years on its violation.
Read MoreIndian-American judge Sri Srinivasan named as chief judge of federal circuit court
March 2, 2020
Judge Srinivasan of Indian-origin who as part of the DC circuit has been involved in a number of environmental laws, immigration, abortion and gun laws, has been named as the chief judge of US Court of Appeals for DC circuit. Indian-American judge Sri Srinivasan has become the fi...
Read MoreKem chho, planet earth?
February 24, 2020
In the high profile media coverage of the visit of the United States President Donald Trump, that starts today, a number of issues have dominated the headlines. But perhaps the most significant one has escaped the media glare. However, Narendra Modi must ask Trump about climate c...
Read MoreRepresentation of police in Indian entertainment industry
February 22, 2020
Crime and courtroom dramas are quite popular on Indian entertainment platforms gaining popularity and enjoying commercial success on big screen and high TRPs on TV shows. A study was conducted by IBM in which they coded 4,000 Hindi films and found that ‘honest police officer’...
Read MoreUAE capital gets its first Hindu temple
February 21, 2020
The first Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi has started its construction two years after its groundbreaking ceremony and has announced that it will use no iron or steel elements in the process.
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