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Monday, November 4, 2024
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Topic: NFDC

Bid to save funds or a catastrophe? Why govt has merged 4 film bodies under I&B ministry

National Film Archive, Films Division, Directorate of Film Festivals, and Children’s Film Society are now under the fold of the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC).

‘Mooknayak’: Modi govt plans documentary to showcase B.R. Ambedkar to the world

Govt believes this will also help strengthen India’s soft power in the world by showcasing the Constitution as a progressive, forward-looking document.

After Modi govt order, CBI opens enquiry against NFDC, Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee

CBI launches preliminary enquiry after I&B ministry allegations of financial embezzlement at NFDC, including 'undue' payments to Kashyap, Banerjee.

Ailing Air India working on Lufthansa-style makeover for its in-flight entertainment

Air India plans to introduce iPads, pre-loaded with films and documentaries, to its business and first class passengers on international flights.

NFDC may not be shut after all as I&B ministry comes up with a fresh merger plan

Previous I&B minister Smriti Irani had decided to shut it down, but the ministry is now keen on merging two other units with NFDC.

NFDC chief’s sacking shocks film industry, officials say internal audit sealed her fate

While Nina Lath Gupta was considered a top performer, NFDC under her allegedly flouted rules and favoured select media groups.

I&B ministry terminates senior NFDC officer for irregularities & not following procedure

The I&B ministry relieved managing director Nina Lath Gupta on the basis of an audit report commissioned three years ago.

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

India carries out 1st patrol in Depsang since disengagement with China, to take things ‘slow’

While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.