The ‘Saiyaara Effect’ has shaken up Bollywood, unable to decode or deconstruct its massive success. Take a look at the staggering numbers: Rs 576 crore on a Rs 40-60 crore budget.
Organised by state's tourism dept, festival will take place from 18 to 28 September. Dept's director says aim is to make it an annual event, put it on global cultural calendar.
Highlighting the lack of large-scale festivities in the past 2 years, BJP has launched buses, a train for those travelling home for the festival & organised a contest for best pandal.
There is a strong fear of a surge in Covid cases in several states in the upcoming months due to the ongoing festival season. The government has also flagged concerns about it.
Keshav Sitaram Thackeray ‘Prabodhankar’ had joined BR Ambedkar in a movement to allow ‘untouchable’ to worship alongside Brahmins during Ganesh utsav in Mumbai.
In view of the Covid pandemic, the Lalbaugcha Raja organising committee has set up a blood and plasma donation camp in place of its usual towering Ganpati idol.
The methods of the welfarist reduce the productivity of human effort and thus affect the welfare of the invalids as well as of the able-bodied. This is a greater injustice, BS Sanyal wrote in 1957.
Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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