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Sunday, April 28, 2024
TopicOscars

Topic: Oscars

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

America’s out-of-control militarised police forces are a threat to democracy

The world watched aghast as police armed with tasers, tear-gas masks—and in one case backed up by snipers—arrested hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters at universities across the United States.

Government allows export of onions to six countries, sets buffer stock target

The government had imposed an export prohibition in order to ensure adequate domestic availability of onions in the country.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.