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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicInternational Film Festival of Kerala

Topic: International Film Festival of Kerala

Screening bans by Centre, ‘political vetting’ of guests at Kerala film festival. CM alleges ‘sabotage’

Pinarayi Vijayan accuses Centre of curtailing freedom of expression after 6 films were not given clearance for screening on foreign policy grounds.

Kerala govt to screen all films denied censor exemption by I&B Ministry at IFFK

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor criticised the ministry’s refusal to clear the films, saying that ‘denying permission to some Palestinian films reflects bureaucratic over-cautiousness’.

Kerala’s indie films are stuck in bureaucratic belly. No theatre fans or OTT buyers

The cost of Mohanlal’s caravan can fund at least four independent films. So why would a filmmaker get a big star? asked a director who did not want to be named.

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US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.