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Topic: Lagaan

‘Extremely casteist’: Why Zomato pulled down its ‘Kachra’ campaign video on recycling plastics

The video featuring actor Aditya Lakhia received severe backlash from social media users who accused Zomato of drawing comparisons between ‘kachra’ (waste) & a marginalised group.

Lagaan showed nationalism without hate 21 years ago. It has a lesson for Bollywood now

Ashutosh Gowarikar’s Lagaan strikes a chord for every Indian — whether you love cricket or not.

Bihar eyeing Shah Rukh, Aamir Khan for movie on Indian labourers in Mauritius

The screenplay will be the novel Lal Pasina, written by late Sahitya Akademi awardee Abhimanyu Anat.

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Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

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.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

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.