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Generali Central Insurance’s new ad slams tokenism on Women’s Day, calls for pay parity

Titled 'Happy Women's Pay', the campaign uses slam poetry to contrast the familiar language of corporate Women's Day celebrations with a demand — pay parity.

Born in Bangladesh, raised in India, jailed in Bengal—a Hindu woman’s citizenship struggle

The safety of Bangladeshi Hindus, India’s CAA endeavour, and the rising political crackdown on undocumented immigrants. Jabarani Sarkar finds herself entangled in all three narratives.

Hello Bachhon maker watched ‘every Physics Wallah reel’ for Alakh Pandey biopic

Kota Factory writer Abhishek Yadav is back with new coaching drama Hello Bachhon on Netflix, based on Physics Wallah Alakh Pandey. ‘The biggest challenge was making it different.’

Bengali film star Subhashree returns home after remaining stuck in Dubai

Kolkata, Mar 6 (PTI) Bengali film star Subhashree Ganguly and her son, who were stuck in Dubai amid the West Asia conflict, returned...

Why US tech companies are stocking fridges with nicotine pouches

Software company Palantir and AI healthcare startup Hello Patient are using nicotine pouches as productivity boosters.

Americans judge compatriots harshest, Pew survey finds. Indians are kinder—sort of

Indians trust the morals of fellow citizens more than most. They are also among the most morally conservative, Pew finds—except when it comes extramarital affairs.

Gurcharan Das wins the Lifetime Libertarian Award. ‘His ideas shaped India’s growth story’

Gurcharan Das, the author of several books and essays, would be the first Indian to receive the prestigious global honour awarded by US-based non-profit Liberty International.

‘Charak’ explores superstition, faith and rational thought: Film producer Sudipto Sen

Kolkata, Mar 5 (PTI) Filmmaker Sudipto Sen, known for award-winning 'The Kerala Story', on Thursday said his upcoming production 'Charak: Fear of Faith'...

Supporting US, Israel cost me Bollywood work, says Iranian actor Mandana—‘want to return’

The Iranian actor, who was the former Big Boss 9 finalist, had to leave her Mumbai house in Bandra due to death threats. She now just wants to go back to her country.

Netflix sets season two of courtroom comedy ‘Maamla Legal Hai’ for April 3 release

Mumbai, Mar 5 (PTI) Popular courtroom comedy series "Maamla Legal Hai" will return for its second season on Netflix on April 3, the streaming...

On Camera

America is ignoring lessons from Vietnam to Iraq

The least likely outcome of Trump's latest campaign is a stable, peaceful Iran. The most plausible is chaos, and more misery for the Iranians.

Amid the new war in Middle East, ‘God’ surfaces in oil and commodities contracts

Multiple companies have invoked the principle of ‘force majeure’, which lets a party off the hook in case of unforeseen ‘acts of God’, to avoid penalties.

Iranian naval ship Lavan with crew of 184 docked in Kochi same day US torpedoed IRIS Dena

IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.