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TopicBlack Panther

Topic: Black Panther

Black Panther success good for Black cinema. But the battle is only half won

Until Black Panther, no Black film exceeded a $100 million budget, the average benchmark for modern Hollywood blockbusters.

Wakanda Forever ensures Black Panther won’t become alien to fans. Take that, Captain America

Violence in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s universe isn't just about warships, aircraft and high-tech weapons but one that leads its characters to the last stage of grief.

Hollywood studios can’t quit Netflix — even if they want to

Despite Walt Disney parting ways with Netflix, under their current deal, every movie released between January 2016 & December 2018 will be back on Netflix starting around 2026. 

Green Book wins Oscar for best picture in setback for Netflix, Roma

The win dashed Netflix Inc.’s hopes that its Alfonso Cuaron-directed Roma would garner the streaming giant’s first top Oscar.

The name is Idris Elba, and you better not call him Black Bond

About time we got a non-white Bond, even the British royal family has entered the Meghan Markle age.

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

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.

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

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

In a first, Indian small arms maker to bid for UK Project Grayburn to replace British Army’s SA80 rifles

Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.

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

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