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Saturday, August 16, 2025
TopicScience fiction

Topic: Science fiction

Netflix’s Spiderhead could have been the new Black Mirror. But plot, characters let it down

Nidhima Taneja -
Joseph Kosinski's sci-fi film is no Top Gun—in a hurry to say everything, it says nothing at all. But Miles Teller and Chris Hemsworth shine.

China is using science fiction to spark a tech boom

Bloomberg News -
China’s leaders have started a campaign to popularise science and promote the country's future hinged on technological innovation.

Top shark movie since ‘Jaws’ may solve US-China film puzzle

Bloomberg News -
Co-productions help the Hollywood industry leverage on China’s fast-growing film market, which is now the world’s second largest. 

Indian science fiction writers are better known to White readers than Indian ones: Mimi Mondal

Mimi Mondal -
Had you heard of me or my book before the Hugo Award nomination, asks Mimi Mondal.

On Camera

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Opinion

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

Seshadri Chari -
So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

India talked big on Russia-Ukraine mediation. Alaska meet offers a window

Dismiss debate on EC functioning as ‘hoo-haa’, then hail India as ‘robust democracy’

Economy

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Mrinalini Dhyani -
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

Defence

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

National Interest

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Shekhar Gupta -
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.

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