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Topic: Rajnikanth

SRK changed from Pathaan to Jawan. It shows North-South divide in patriotic action films

Atlee and Shah Rukh Khan came out with blazing guns in Jawan to show Bollywood how a massy and political movie is done.

UP Congress is experimenting with a new strategy—focus on upper caste votes

Congress party workers in Uttar Pradesh are excited about their new state head. He contested against PM Modi in Varanasi.

One state’s freebie can be another state’s welfare

What may be deemed a ‘freebie’ today may become a required ‘welfare’ tomorrow, for example, free internet.

Rajinikanth to Dhanush, how Tamil stars have portrayed politics of ‘freebies’

In his 1993 film Valli, 'Superstar' Rajinikanth urged crowds to diss freebies and ask for employment.

Rajinikanth’s ‘spiritual politics’ & Rabindranath Tagore ‘hides’ from BJP and TMC

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

Rajinikanth admitted to hospital in Hyderabad after suffering blood pressure fluctuations

Rajinikanth was shooting for a movie in Hyderabad for the past 10 days, when a few people on the sets tested Covid positive, and he had isolated himself.

Rajinikanth sets assembly election goal for political debut, but first a 45-day movie shoot

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Indian govt’s Covid vaccine ‘jugaad’, and Rajnikanth says ‘lights, camera, election’

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

Rajinikanth has charisma, but promise of ‘secular & spiritual politics’ confusing, say experts

Tamil superstar Rajinikanth announced he will launch his political party in January 2021, promising ‘wonder and miracle’ in the state assembly polls slated for summer of 2021.

Amitabh Bachchan, Rajinikanth feature in short film ‘Family’ to promote social distancing

The short film 'Family' also stars Mohanlal, Prosenjit Chatterjee and many others and is part of Bachchan's initiative for daily wager earners of the film industry.

On Camera

Trump’s 4,500 troops can topple Nicolás Maduro—not fix Venezuela

The US troops could dislodge the government in Caracas, but it won’t be enough to police a country ringed by drug cartels and insurgents.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.