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Friday, January 30, 2026
TopicCrime shows

Topic: crime shows

How Sudip Sharma broke OTT’s crime drama rut, Paatal Lok to Kohrra

In a streaming landscape crowded with stylised violence and formulaic crime lords, Sudip Sharma brings in cops and villains who are complex and human, Nagaland to Punjab.

Kohrra subverts tropes of Punjabi romance & nostalgia. Mustard fields, NRI weddings

Randeep Jha’s Netflix show Kohrra is a police procedural exploring complex human psyche, and the many problems that plague Punjab’s society.

On Camera

India’s tech ambitions need private sector investment in R&D. Budget 2026 holds the key

India’s private sector remains hesitant to invest in R&D. This is understandable, as the domestic market often fails to reward differentiated technologies adequately.

Govt panel proposes sharp cut in share of food prices used for calculating retail inflation

A committee proposed cutting food and beverages’ weight in the consumer price index to 36.75 from 45.86 and rejigging categories.

‘LCA man’ Ravi Kota, key in operationalisation of IAF’s Tejas fleet, picked as next HAL CMD

Mechanical engineer & alumnus of IIM-A & IAS France, Kota was General Manager in HAL’s Light Combat Aircraft division. He was selected from a pool of eight candidates.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.