On 31 July, the Thrikkakara police booked Malayalam rapper and songwriter Vedan, after a young doctor alleged that he had sexually abused her on multiple occasions.
Calicut University added a song by Vedan to its BA Malayalam Literature syllabus but withdrew it after a BJP-linked syndicate member’s complaint that the song was 'inappropriate'.
Two Punjab IAS officers and a govt servant are behind a rap number the EC has approved to spread voter awareness. Plan is to run it on Facebook, radio & YouTube.
The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Exclusive: Theaterisation proposal has been stuck over how limited air assets would be divided. Consensus reached on division of air assets among 3 theatres, it is learnt.
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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