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Topic: Sci-Fi

Akshay Kumar is entering alien territory with new film Samuk

Samuk will combine military realism, survival horror and alien mythology.

Dark tale of China’s sci-fi industry — how to remain on the right side of CCP’s censorship

It doesn't matter that the plot of a sci-fi book or film is fictitious, the CCP wants to ensure that the imagination of writers and filmmakers doesn’t run amok.

Attack is Bollywood’s PubG-style sci-fi film. But there are only 2 reasons to watch it

The film, based on DRDO's exoskeleton programme, turns John Abraham into a ‘Winter Soldier’ of sorts. It's a healthy dose of deshbhakti minus jingoism.

Captain Vyom — India’s very own sci-fi superhero who came to life on Doordarshan

More than 20 years since it aired, the show, starring Milind Soman, will soon be adapted into a web series and five-part movie.

‘2020: World of War’ creates scenarios to depict a world on the edge

Seven scenarios, bookended by three analytical essays on the state of play of international security, are global in scope as well as meticulous in local details.

On Camera

Why is India importing foreign waste when it cannot manage its own? Madras HC has a warning

The ruling has exposed a quieter form of colonialism in which poorer nations bear the environmental burden of richer countries’ consumption.

Gen Z prefers betting online, so casinos are reinventing the real-world experience

With Gen Z more likely to gamble online than visit casinos, operators are adding sports, spas, street food and social spaces to turn gaming venues into lifestyle destinations.

Finnish satellite giant ICEYE sets up India entity, plans local manufacturing for defence, intelligence

ICEYE builds microsatellites that are smaller, faster, and cheaper to produce. This allows satellites to be used in clusters, providing much faster and more accurate data.

Munir’s latest power grab is proof of his paranoia. Dictatorship and delusion go together

At some point Pakistani dictators begin to show paranoia. That’s the strategic reality most relevant to India since the late fifties. Munir’s case is worse, like some sudden acrophobia.