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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
TopicAmazon Prime

Topic: Amazon Prime

Will find ‘pragmatic solutions’ on tobacco rules for streaming firms content, says health ministry

India in May ordered to insert static health warnings during smoking scenes and at least 50 seconds of anti-tobacco disclaimers at start & in middle of each programme.

Amazon manipulated customers into buying Prime subscriptions, says US Trade Commission

The commission seeking civil penalties against Amazon, said it used 'manipulative' and 'dark patterns' to trick consumers to enroll automatically renewing Prime subscriptions.

Hansal Mehta’s Scoop is a nod to journalists. It doesn’t exaggerate

Hansal Mehta's Netflix show is based on a book by former crime reporter Jigna Vora, Behind the Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison.

Vikramaditya Motwane’s Jubilee is a slow burn without a punch

While nostalgia is the strongest element in Amazon Prime's Jubilee, its story is not riveting enough to hold the viewer for 10 episodes.

Shahid Kapoor’s Farzi leaves no scope for boredom. It will keep you hooked

This, by no means, is Kapoor’s best performance, but it comes close and counts for a promising OTT debut.

Authentic and brilliant, The Test 2 is the cricket documentary we’ve all missed

In 2023, The Test has returned with a second season that blows its predecessor out of the water in every aspect, showing the value and appropriateness of brevity.

Amazon’s Four More Shots Please! wants to be desi Sex in the City but feels stretched

The new season is binge-worthy, especially on the weekend, with probably your girl gang and some bubbly.

Dark, disturbing, daring—Amazon Prime’s ‘Ammu’ is not a preachy take on domestic violence

Aishwarya Lekshmi’s Ammu joins Taapsee Pannu’s Thappad and Alia Bhatt’s Darlings to show how women ultimately save themselves from bad marriages.

Madhuri Dixit’s Maja Ma has a great plot twist but it gets cold feet

In making its audience ‘comfortable’, Amazon Prime's first original film directed by Anand Tiwari loses its plot.

Amazon plans to exit $7.7 Billion race for IPL streaming rights

Amazon’s surprise pullout leaves the field open for Ambani’s Reliance, Disney & Sony Group, who’re betting the game will help them dominate an Indian consumer market increasingly going online.

On Camera

With nuke lunacy, Asim Munir joins Pakistan’s Hall of Generals who swapped brains for bluster

Munir indicates that he’s willing to go for broke, even if it risks taking his country “and half the world” down with him. It’s important to understand where he is coming from.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

‘Next war may come sooner than expected, will require whole-of-nation approach’—Army chief

Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.