• Friday, February 28, 2025

5 most-awaited streaming releases to watch in August 2023

August is here and leading streaming platforms are set to woo audiences with an impressive slate of titles. From high-profile streaming shows to much-anticipated films, the audience is going to have multiple choices at their disposal. Let’s not waste time and see what this month has in store for the…

‘Made in Heaven 2’ will focus on women, LGBTQ community:…

Filmmaker Zoya Akhtar on Tuesday said that Made In Heaven season two will continue to train its lens on issues revolving around women and the LGBTQ community through its two protagonists, who run a wedding planning agency. Set against the backdrop of quintessential Indian weddings, the first chapter revolved around two wedding…

Indian film fraternity welcomes the Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill 2023

The Indian film fraternity has welcomed the amendments to the cinematograph act mandating a maximum jail term of three years and a fine of up to five per cent of the production cost of the film for those involved in film piracy and circulation of such content. The Cinematograph (Amendment)…

Frasers Group ups stake in Boohoo

FRASERS GROUP has again raised its stake in Boohoo, saying the Manchester-based online fashion retailer is an “attractive proposition”. A filing to the London Stock Exchange revealed on Monday (31) that Frasers’s shareholding in Boohoo went up by a percentage point from 6.8 per cent to 7.8 per cent. It…

UK investors in Bollywood firm Eros face triple crisis

BOLLYWOOD firm Eros is under investigation in London and India, and its bonds are trading at an artificially low rate on the London Stock Exchange, according to reports. Hundreds of bondholders have formed an action group against the London-based Lulla family-owned company to fight for their rights, reported This is Money.…

India’s gold demand expected to fall to lowest in three…

India’s gold demand in 2023 could fall 10 per cent from a year ago to their lowest in three years, as record high prices are dampening retail purchases, the World Gold Council (WGC) said on Tuesday (1). The lower purchases in the world’s second-biggest gold consumer could limit a rally…

Bumrah to lead India in T20 series against Ireland

INDIA pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah will return from a lengthy injury absence to lead the side against Ireland in the Twenty20 series next month, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Monday (31). The 29-year-old right-arm seamer has not played international cricket since last September and…

Ravindra Jadeja: India will be at their best in decider…

INDIA all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has shrugged off Saturday’s defeat by West Indies in the second one-day international and promised they would give their best to win the decider on Tuesday (1). India have treated the three-match ODI series as the buildup for their campaigns in the Asia Cup, beginning later…

Shop prices experience first monthly fall in two years amid…

UK’s major retailers reported the first monthly decline in shop prices in two years in July, as they offered significant discounts to attract customers during the unseasonably wet weather. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) revealed that shop prices dropped by 0.1% compared to June. Additionally, the annual shop price inflation…

George Alagiah and the story of who we are today

WHO were the first Asian faces that you remember featuring regularly on television? Beyond the specialist Asian community programmes on a Sunday morning, there were pretty slim pickings across the ‘eighties. The Eastenders portrayal of everyday East London life would depict one Asian family at a time in Albert Square,…