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Friday, October 31, 2025
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Topic: Oscars

Gully Boy selected as India’s official entry for Oscars in ‘unanimous’ decision

The Ranveer Singh-Alia Bhatt starrer opened to critical and commercial success in February. It was among 27 contenders for India's Oscar entry.

The Freddie Mercury story that goes untold in Bohemian Rhapsody

The film glosses over the bigotry Freddie Mercury faced as a queer man with HIV.

When others tell our stories: Why Oscar win for ‘Period’ is yet another Slumdog moment

Like Period, both Bohemian Rhapsody and Slumdog Millionaire were films waiting for Indians to make them.

Menstrual hygiene must be made part of Swachh Bharat & Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Green Book wins Oscar for best picture in setback for Netflix, Roma

The win dashed Netflix Inc.’s hopes that its Alfonso Cuaron-directed Roma would garner the streaming giant’s first top Oscar.

Business as usual at the Oscars, with only a little politics

The Oscars red carpet this year remained focused on fashion, and continued its apolitical stance with small nods to social issues.

‘We won!’ Oscar goes to documentary set in rural India on menstruation

Period. End of Sentence, directed by Rayka Zehtabchi and produced by Indian producer Guneet Monga's Sikhya Entertainment, won the Oscar under the documentary short subject category.

We should take humour in the workplace more seriously

Humour lets people know that we like and understand them, enabling us to build and nurture relationships across hierarchies and cultural divides.

On Camera

Starbucks was once progressive. It’s now approaching a dangerous spot in culture wars

Former CEO Howard Schultz once told shareholders those who opposed his support of same-sex marriage were free to invest elsewhere. But now, CEO Brian Niccol seems to be selling Starbucks as a place that just, well, sells coffee.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.