Charles Correa’s Kala Academy escaped demolition but was nearly undone by a years-long renovation. ‘You shut us out of our space, changed our stage—someone needs to answer for this.’
A long-drawn-out fight has been playing out between sections of the film industry and theatre owners and the AP government over the latter's decision to lower ticket prices.
A studio might have acquired a cinema chain so it could have more control over where its movies are shown. But in Covid era, direct-to-consumer platforms are the new hot property.
The rise of Netflix and inspired copycat services has made studios and cable programmers shift some focus to streaming apps & away from theaters and traditional TV audiences.
CBSE had introduced a host of optional vocational subjects, but less than 10 students sat for 6 of them. Four of these 6 subjects will be dropped for 2019-20.
Bollywood movies, which account for about 60% of cinema consumption in Pakistan, are no longer being screened amid tensions over the Pulwama attack and IAF strikes in Balakot.
The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.
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