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Kareena Kapoor Khan signs a Netflix film to make digital…

Kareena Kapoor Khan, who has delivered a number of blockbusters ever since making her silver screen debut with Refugee in 2000, is branching out to digital space with an upcoming Netflix film directed by well-known filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh. The actress is set to make her digital debut with the screen adaptation of the…

Sanjay Dutt wraps up first schedule of his next Ghudchadhi

Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt on Wednesday announced that he has finished filming the first schedule of his next film Ghudchadhi.     The 62-year-old actor took to his Instagram Stories to share the update on the film, which is being directed by Binoy Gandhi. “Here’s to wrapping the first schedule of Ghudchadi in the beautiful cities of…

Salman Khan unveils teaser of Ajay, Amitabh and Rakul starrer…

Salman Khan on Wednesday unveiled the teaser of the much-anticipated Bollywood film Runway 34, starring Ajay Devgn, Amitabh Bachchan, and Rakul Preet Singh in lead roles. The film was earlier titled MayDay. The teaser opens with a shot of an airliner flying at night through a thunderstorm. Inside the cockpit, we hear ATC chatter…

Marvel Studios’ first Muslim superhero: Iman Vellani starrer Ms Marvel…

Marvel Studios’ series Ms Marvel is set to hit Disney+ Hotstar in June. Marvel Studio’s first Muslim superhero series will arrive on streamer Disney+ Hotstar on June 8.   The new series from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) will be available in India in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam languages, the streaming…

British Indian author Manjeet Mann shortlisted for children’s book award

INDIAN-ORIGIN author Manjeet Mann has been shortlisted for the UK’s Yoto Carnegie Medal for her children’s book The Crossing. Mann, a UK-based author, actress, playwright and screenwriter, has been previously shortlisted for the prize for her debut children’s novel ‘Run, Rebel’. The Crossing: A tale of a little girl’s friendship with…

‘Ukraine’s refugee crisis replays the journeys of Ugandan Asians’

FACED with a bombed-out House of Commons after the Second World War, Winston Churchill could have had the heavily damaged, long-outgrown Victorian-era chamber rebuilt to accommodate the correct number of MPs. Instead, it remained the same size – seating just 420 out of 650 to retain the cosy atmosphere. I…

Sri Lanka offers cash to families of civil war dead

Sri Lanka will pay small sums to the families of people who were killed or went missing in the carnage of the island nation’s decade-long civil war, authorities announced Tuesday. Successive Sri Lankan governments have faced international censure over the conflict, which ended in 2009 after the collapse of the…

Angry crowd tries to storm Sri Lanka president’s office

A huge crowd tried to storm the Sri Lankan president’s seaside office Tuesday as anger flared over runaway prices brought about by the worst financial crisis in the island’s modern history. The cost of food, medicine and other essential goods have risen dramatically across the South Asian nation, with long…

Azam and Rizwan foil Australia as second Test ends in…

Pakistan skipper Babar Azam smashed 196 and Mohammad Rizwan 104 not out to deny Australia victory on Wednesday and force a dramatic draw in the second Test in Karachi. The Australians had sniffed victory on their first tour of the country in nearly a quarter of a century, but Azam…

‘Nearly all’ of UK’s top 100 companies have diverse boards

MOST of the top 100 companies of the UK have at least one minority ethnic representation on their boards, demonstrating “great strides” made in achieving diversity, a report said. According to the latest findings published by the Parker Review Committee on Wednesday (16), 89 companies figuring in the benchmark FTSE…