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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicOscars 2025

Topic: oscars 2025

Diplomatic acrobatics & the Oscar goes to…who?

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

‘Anora’, story of a New York sex worker, sweeps Oscars with 5 awards including best picture

Anora was made for $6 mn, a tiny sum by Hollywood standards. It won against papal thriller 'Conclave', Jewish immigrant story 'The Brutalist', and blockbuster musical 'Wicked'.

How did Kanguva become an Oscars Best Picture contender? Paid a fee, filled an application

‘Unlike Laapata Ladies, which was India’s official selection, Kanguva has paid a fee to make it to the list of Best Picture,’ said film critic Ramesh Bala.

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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.