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Topic: Modi biopic

Bollywood’s Mayawati, Rabri Devi biopics easy. Will it ever touch BJP-RSS leaders?

Raghav Bikhchandani -
Be it Modi or Mayawati, Bollywood’s political biopics have either crashed and burned or been mediocre and forgettable. Can Rabri Devi-based Maharani change that?

When a ‘vegetarian’ Union minister tucked into mutton at a BJP Eid bash

ThePrint Team -
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Only thing missing from Vivek Oberoi’s Narendra Modi is the cape

Madhavi Pothukuchi -
PM Narendra Modi fits perfectly as a sequel to Bal Narendra and as a prequel to Akshay Kumar’s ‘apolitical’ interview with Modi.

War of words breaks out between former civil servants over Modi biopic & EC credibility

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
A second group of ex-civil servants has written to President Ram Nath Kovind to ‘counter’ the first group’s allegation last week that the EC was ‘weak-kneed’.

This is not an easy time to be the Election Commission of India. Here’s why

Sanya Dhingra -
EC banned Modi biopic, took his government on over electoral bonds, but it’ll be slammed for ‘letting’ BJP blatantly use armed forces in polls.

Caution against ‘communal black hole’ and Imran Khan sings Modi paeans

Soham Sen -
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Media hails SC’s Rafale verdict for championing free press, & EC for ‘showing some teeth’

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Why Election Commission changed its mind on Modi biopic and stopped its release

Sanya Dhingra -
EC invoked its extraordinary powers to stall the release of PM Narendra Modi, a biopic on the prime minister.

EC stops release of Narendra Modi film during elections, day after Censor Board clears it

Sanya Dhingra -
'PM Narendra Modi', directed by Omung Kumar, was scheduled to release on 11 April, the first day of the Lok Sabha elections.

Modi biopic cleared with 11 cuts, scene of him monitoring anti-terror ops deleted

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
The Central Board of Film Certification has also told the producers to delete apparently communal dialogues and a scene mocking Manmohan Singh.
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Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

MH Mody -
The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

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Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

Snehesh Alex Philip -
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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