South Indian film Jallikattu, a 2019 Malayalam feature directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery, with screenplay based on the short story Maoist by S. Hareesh has been selected as India’s official entry to the Oscars 2021, originating from the state of Kerala. The movie — premiered at the Toronto Film Festival 2019 — launched to rave reviews and […]
Recently, Bieber held a live session on Instagram, and was joined by Indian Tik Tok star Riyaz Aly. Among other things, they discussed India’s situation during the pandemic. Bieber, who joined in from home in the US, asked Riyaz: “What’s Covid looking like over there?” While the video is not clear and is not audible […]
NEW DELHI – The number of new cases of the new Coronavirus in India exceeded the barrier of nine million infections on November 20, 2019, as the capital, New Delhi, continues to report a rise in the number of cases across the country. India ranks second after the United States in terms of the number […]
Dozens of exuberant villagers scooped up handfuls of cow dung to mould and toss at each other like snowballs this week for the Gorehabba festival, a local conclusion to India’s most important festival, Diwali. Similar to Spain’s “La Tomatina” — an eccentric tomato-hurling celebration of the local fruit — residents of Gumatapura village instead fling […]
With a wagging tail, an Indian street dog that lost its front legs in a train accident headed Wednesday for a new life in the English countryside. The three-year-old mutt was found “covered in blood” and badly injured after being run over by a train at Faridabad in the northern Indian state of Haryana last […]
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UADAI) has inaugurated a new “Order Aadhaar Card” service which allows residents to issue their Aadhaar letter reprint by paying nominal charges of Rs. 50, in the event that the holder’s Aadhaar letter has been lost, misplaced or if they want a new copy. Residents without a mobile number […]
NEW DELHI — India’s overall tally of new coronavirus cases remained steady on Saturday, but officials were watching a surge of cases in the capital that comes as people socialize during the festival season. India’s Health Ministry reported 44,684 new positive cases in the past 24 hours and 520 deaths. Of those, 7,802 new cases […]
NEW DELHI — More than a billion Indians celebrated Diwali on Saturday amid twin concerns of a resurgence in coronavirus infections and rising air pollution that is enveloping the country’s north in a cloud of thick toxic smog. Diwali, the festival of lights, is typically celebrated by socializing and exchanging gifts with friends and family, […]
The Indian government has issued an order to bring online news portals and content providers such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hotstar under the Information and Broadcasting ministry. The regulations, signed by President Ram Nath Kovind, also apply to news on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Films, audio-visuals, and news […]
India’s capital is reeling from the double impact of the coronavirus and severe air pollution, New Delhi’s chief minister warned last week, as the megacity reported a record jump in cases and its worst smog in a year. With fears growing about rising infections, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal joined several other Indian states in banning […]
We live in politically volatile times, so it was with a certain amount of circumspect glee that I noted a friend’s social media thread being stitched into a battleground. She — an Indian by birth, an American by naturalisation, and a badge-carrying Democrat — had posted a pro-Joe Biden comment, triggering off a war of […]
