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Topic: Balaji Telefilms

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

Tina Das -
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.

Hit show ‘Gandii Baat’ isn’t Ekta Kapoor’s 1st controversy. ‘XXX’ angered the Army in 2020

Tina Das -
Mumbai police have booked Ekta Kapoor and her mother Shobha under the POCSO Act for allegedly showing inappropriate scenes involving minor girls in OTT series ‘Gandii Baat’.

Indian Army’s NOC demand after Ekta Kapoor apology shows it’s ok only with pure praise

Tina Das -
The Army seems to have joined a growing list of groups like the Karni Sena who want to control how they are depicted on screen.

Netflix’s rival, Ekta Kapoor’s ALTBalaji hopes to make profits through low-cost web shows

Ameya Karve -
ALT Digital Media aims to produce about 60 new web shows through a joint venture over the next two years, helping it to break even.

Smriti Irani’s close friendship with Ekta Kapoor ‘cost’ Doordarshan serious TRP & revenue

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
I&B minister scrapped a programming deal Balaji Telefilms was on the verge of violating and being penalised for. She denies wrongdoing, says she protected Doordarshan.

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Opinion

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey -
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Everyone’s ‘damaged’ in modern dating. Love will soon be called a mental illness

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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