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Actor-comedian Vir Das bags Emmy Award for Best Comedy for his Netflix special

ANI -
Awarded for his special, 'Vir Das: Landing', Das shares this award with ‘Derry Girls - Season 3’ produced by Hat Trick Productions.

‘Lovechild of theatre, comedy’—improv is where India’s young adults come out to play

+TFP Yashika Singla -
Indians discovered improv during Covid, after foreign troupes started experimenting on Zoom. Today, improv has become a means to achieve wellness.

Indian media ecosystem has problems. Vir Das’ ‘Two Indias’ exposed them

Vinayak Ohri -
Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

Vir Das’ ‘Two Indias’ is based on pre-2014 nostalgia & forced funeral enacted by every liberal

ThePrint Team -
A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Vir Das or ‘Vir Abdullah Das’? Edited name on comedian’s Wikipedia page is fake 

Tenzin Zompa -
After Das's 'two Indias' monologue sparked outrage, the Wikipedia page was also edited to claim that he has Pakistani ancestry. The page has now been restored.

The India that Vir Das and liberals want – and the one they won’t talk about

Anurag Minus Verma -
Standup comedian Vir Das' Kennedy Center monologue 'Two Indias' is based on a pre-2014 nostalgia and the forced funeral enacted by every liberal.

Sardesai-Malviya’s spat, Rahul’s looking for PM & Amitabh Bachchan doesn’t like ‘fleets’

Taran Deol -
The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

Vir Das incident proves rogue sneezing and coughing are the new guns during Covid-19

Madhavi Pothukuchi -
Comedian Vir Das’s Twitter post showing a neighbour threatening to sneeze on him points to a growing global trend of people using sneezes & coughs as threats.

Loss of a legend, Anupam Kher’s 1984, Vir Das in a spat with neighbour & a buffalo’s revenge

Shubhangi Misra -
The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

Actor-comic Vir Das sneezed on by neighbour for allegedly not following social distancing

PTI -
In a video posted on Twitter by Das, the man is seen charging at the comedian, asking him to wear a mask, step inside his house and even forcefully sneezing on him.
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Opinion

16th BRICS Summit was about building dollar-free world order. India can use it to expand trade

Seshadri Chari -
For New Delhi, a USD-free system is not an immediate priority nor an existential necessity to unconditionally support the China-Russia agenda.

Pakistan is playing a dangerous sectarian game. Anti-Shia extremism is gaining ground

Geopolitics has reached third inflexion point since WW II, Cold War. An opportunity for India

Economy

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

ThePrint Team -
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Defence

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

Smruti Deshpande -
The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

National Interest

From 2004 to 2024, bad news has come wrapped as good news for Congress

Shekhar Gupta -
Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.

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