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Unlike BB Ki Vines, Bhuvan Bam’s Taaza Khabar is sadly a walking, talking cliché

The Disney+Hotstar’s series has Bhuvan Bam playing a public toilet manager who has the divine ability to know things way before they occur.

Vir Das: Landing speaks out unapologetically against India’s ‘cancel culture’

The Netflix stand-up special is a follow-up to the Two Indias’ monologue, which drew maximum eyeballs and massive trolling.

Netflix’s Treason stops short of an exercise in wasting everyone’s time

In the series created by Matt Charman, Charlie Cox plays a under-the-radar deputy, the one running the UK secret service, MI5.

The Witcher: Blood Origin is nothing but a forced Christmas special

After Henry Cavill’s exit made news, fans looked at the prequel to bring the focus back to the series’ magical world. But the show never finds its footing.

Pitchers 2 does not surpass the magic of previous season but it comes close

The show’s timing couldn’t have been better as the new installment of Shark Tank India is on the cards.

Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc doesn’t save Glass Onion: A Knives out Mystery. Blame the plot

As a sequel to a hit film, Glass Onion fails to compete with its predecessor but watch it for its star studded cast and glossy production value.

Rohit Shetty’s Cirkus is easily the worst movie of the year

In Rohit Shetty's Cirkus, Ranveer Singh is at best forgettable. He has a double role and none of them are convincing or funny.

Nayanthara’s Connect has an exciting premise but doesn’t move beyond jump scares

The duration of Connect is, perhaps, one of its strengths, which means the non-commital horror ends sooner than you run out of patience.

Netflix’s Beast of Bangalore is confused. It never drives the point home

If you’re looking for excitement, consider adding something else to your list.

Netflix’s Recruit looks critically at CIA, isn’t about ‘good guys’ against faceless terrorists

The Recruit isn’t quite a perfect indictment of the bureaucratic bloat, privacy violations and wanton human rights abuses. But it serves up a funny, insightful ride.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.