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Urban Company’s new ad highlights migration bias—and who gets to be visible

The new film, Chhoti si Doori, which is part of Urban Company’s Dignity of Labour campaign, explores the contrast between blue-collar and white-collar migration—through a Bihar-to-Bengaluru lens.

When love happens, it’s a miracle: Celine Song on exploring the idea in 2025

New Delhi, Jun 21 (PTI) Everyday, ordinary love. That's what "Past Lives" writer-director Celine Song set out to explore in her new movie "Materialists"...

‘Chinky is what they say, still we fight’. A bold song from Northeast is calling out racism

For songwriter Sonu Baroi, the song Chinky was born out of personal experiences with racism in Punjab and the widespread misinformation about the Northeast.

ASI is now calling researchers to crack a 100-year-old mystery—Indus Valley script

The Archaeological Survey of India will host a three-day-long international conference on cracking the Indus script in August. Its title: Decipherment of Indus Script: Current status and Way Forward.

Important to have both success and criticism: Diana Penty on ‘Chhaava’

Mumbai, Jun 20 (PTI) Actor Diana Penty, who played a Mughal princess in "Chhaava", a film that was a box office hit but also...

The unending Indian housewife grind—Renuka Shahane’s Marathi film Loop Line shows the trap

The most surprising reactions to Renuka Shahane's animated Marathi short film Loop Line came from men. "They could relate to the film, and what they had seen at home with their mothers."

Adani-backed think tank CRF wants to do ‘chintan’–on India’s $30 trillion economy goal & more

Administrators, policymakers, and senior journalists gathered to celebrate Chintan Research Foundation’s first foundation day. The panel included Adani Group’s Pranav Adani and former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant.

Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi returns: ‘Families may start watching TV shows together again’

Smriti Irani and Amar Upadhyay are set to reprise their iconic roles as Tulsi and Mihir Virani in the new season of Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi beginning 3 July.

MAI applauds Aamir Khan’s theatrical-only release of ‘Sitaare Zameen Par’

Mumbai, Jun 19 (PTI) The Multiplex Association of India (MAI) on Thursday lauded superstar Aamir Khan for his decision to release his upcoming film...

Nat Geo unveils new docu-series ‘Underdogs’ with Ryan Reynolds as narrator

Mumbai, Jun 19 (PTI) Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds has turned narrator for "Underdogs", an unconventional natural history docu-series from National Geographic.The docu-series, which premieres...

On Camera

Worker exploitation powers the firework industry in Tamil Nadu’s Sivakasi

For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.