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This year’s gathering at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards ceremony had all the makings of a considerable last-minute shift in power. Conclave, Edward Berger’s political thriller, that had been picking up steam in recent weeks, snatched the night’s top honor — Best Ensemble — landing a sharp jab at Anora, the presumed Best Picture heavyweight. Meanwhile, Demi Moore (The Substance), Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez), and Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain) tightened their grip on the acting races, leaving little room for surprises; while Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown) dealt a surprise blow to Oscar frontrunner Adrien Brody’s lead, copping…
Robert De Niro as George Mullen in ‘Zero Day’ | Photo Credit: Jojo Whilden Is it a high-tech neurological weapon or an old man’s mind giving way under stress to grief and loss? That is one of the questions that run through Zero Day, the mini-series created by Eric Newman, Noah Oppenheim and Michael Schmidt.Former President, George Mullen (Robert De Niro), is going about his version of Groundhog Day in his pretty, country house outside New York. Switching off his alarm, going for his run and swim and then sitting down to breakfast served by his aide while reading Presidential…
Piyush Gupta. File | Photo Credit: Reuters “About 4,000 employees may lose their jobs in the next three to four years owing to Artificial Intelligence (AI),” said Piyush Gupta, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of DBS Bank, at the NASSCOM Technology and Leadership Summit 2025. This would be a tenth of the company’s work force he said. “My current prediction, in the next three years, we’d shrink our workforce by 4,000, 10%. And that is because, AI is different” Mr. Gupta said at the event in Mumbai. He further said this was a much newer trend as he has never had…
Nani in ‘HIT: The third case’ The teaser of actor Nani and director Sailesh Kolanu’s HIT: The Third Case, the third Telugu film in the HIT (Homicide Intervention Team) universe or HIT-verse, with the tagline ‘Sarkaar’s laathi’ was unveiled on Monday morning to coincide with the lead actor’s birthday. The film, scheduled to release in theatres on May 1, follows the journey of cop Arjun Sarkaar (Nani), who is known for his brutal ways.Produced by Nani and Prashanti Tipirneni’s Wall Poster Cinema and Unanimous Productions, the plot of the crime-action thriller focuses on a series of murders that follow a…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav at the Global Investors Summit 2025 in Bhopal, Monday, February 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (February 24, 2025) said he delayed his departure to the venue of the investors summit in Bhopal to ensure that students are not inconvenienced.Mr. Modi mentioned this in his speech after inaugurating the ‘Invest Madhya Pradesh – Global Investors Summit-2025’ in Bhopal.“I apologise to all of you for being late in coming here today. There was a delay because when I reached here yesterday, one thing came to…
Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav in a meeting with Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani during Global Investors Summit 2025 at Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya in Bhopal, on February 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani on Monday (February 24, 2025) announced new multi-sectoral investments of more than ₹1.10 lakh crore for Madhya Pradesh that, he said, would create more than 1.2 lakh jobs in the State by 2030. Mr. Adani, who was speaking at Madhya Pradesh Global Investors Summit (GIS) 2025, also said the Group is in discussions with the State Government for a greenfield…
Poster of the Hindi version of ‘Footage’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Popular Indian filmmaker Anurag Kashyap is backing and presenting the Hindi version of the Malayalam thriller film, Footage, starring Manju Warrier. The Hindi version is now set to release in theatres on March 7.Also starring Vishak Nair and Gayathri Ashok, Footage is a found-footage mystery film that was originally released in theatres on August 23 last year. It marks the directorial debut of Saiju Sreedharan, who has worked as an editor in the National Award-winning Maheshinte Prathikaaram (2026) as well as acclaimed titles like Kumbalangi Nights (2019) and…
While Tapentadol is an opioid medication that is used to treat moderate to severe pain, Carisoprodol is a muscle relaxant which works on the centres in the brain and spinal cord to relieve pain. Representational image. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The apex drug regulatory authority has prohibited the production and export of all combinations of pain relief medicines tapentadol and carisoprodol, over news reports that unapproved combinations of the drugs exported to West African countries are driving an opioid crisis there. In a communication, the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has asked the drug control authorities of States and…
In India’s nascent EV market, many buyers have shied away from making purchases due to lack of fast chargers. File | Photo Credit: Reuters India’s EV policy, which offers import tax cuts for foreign automakers investing in the country, will restrict them from using funds spent on charging infrastructure for such relief, increasing their car manufacturing, a government document shows.India last year announced a policy aimed at attracting Tesla to manufacture EVs in the country and let such foreign carmakers import cars at a 15% tariff, from around 100% now, but only if they invest at least $500 million for…
Aamir Khan | Photo Credit: Manvender Vashist Lav Aamir Khan recently spoke about the emotional toll of his last two films, Thugs of Hindostan and Laal Singh Chaddha, both of which failed at the box office. While he admitted that Thugs of Hindostan did not meet expectations, it was Laal Singh Chaddha that affected him the most, pushing him into a depressive phase for weeks.Speaking at an ABP event, Aamir shared how deeply personal the failure of Laal Singh Chaddha was for him. “I was very sad. I am a very emotional person,” he said. “When one of my films…