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Friday, August 22, 2025
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Topic: Netflix

What were you planning to do post-lockdown and how will you spend two more weeks?

The nationwide lockdown in India has meant an end to social activities — such as eating out, going to the theatre, or meeting friends.

With Netflix’s Never Have I Ever, Indian American has shed the desi identity baggage

Mindy Kaling has liberated the second-generation Indian American from the hyphenated identity. Much like Priyanka Chopra did in Quantico.

Coming soon on Netflix: ‘Social Distance’, a Covid show from ‘Orange Is the New Black’ maker

Jenji Kohan, creator of ‘Weeds’ & ‘Orange Is the New Black’, is producing ‘Social Distance’, a comedy in which actors will film themselves from their homes.

Netflix posts explosive growth, but warns boom may not last

The new Disney+ service has surpassed 50 million subscribers in just five months, a faster pace than predicted while three other new video services will arrive this quarter.

Subscribing to Netflix is no longer a choice. It’s a necessity

Nearly 16 million users signed up for Netflix subscriptions in the first quarter of the year and most of those streaming converts came in March due to Covid-19.

Netflix promises it won’t run out of TV shows anytime soon, so keep bingeing

Netflix has already finished production on almost all of its slate for this year, and has also finished filming many programmes for next year.

How we watch and pay for entertainment will never be the same after Covid-19

The rise of Netflix and inspired copycat services has made studios and cable programmers shift some focus to streaming apps & away from theaters and traditional TV audiences.

Tiger King on Netflix is outrageous, but more weird is Indians following it

Tiger King is so alien to the Indian ways of life that it perhaps ends up comforting us at a time when the reality isn’t that inspiring, especially in lockdown.

Here’s what Indians are watching during Covid-19 lockdown. Spoiler: It’s not Friends reruns

According to an industry survey, users are spending around 12% more time on online streaming platforms during the lockdown period than they did before.

Netflix won’t have new series or movies for a while as Hollywood has shut down

As housebound viewers devour more content than ever, new shows and movies aren’t getting made for Netflix and other streaming services.

On Camera

Tariffs, chips, and China — how Trump’s trade playbook affects India

Trump’s OBBB is framed to augment domestic semiconductor production and enhance trade protection, even at the expense of certain social programs such as Medicaid, food stamps, and student loans, as well as a projected ballooning federal deficit from US$2.8 to 3.3 trillion

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Indian firm joins hands with US manufacturer to locally develop all-terrain vehicles for armed forces

Under joint venture, JSW Sarbloh Motors will indigenise and manufacture TX range ATVs in Chandigarh. The first India-assembled unit is expected by early 2026.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?