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Wednesday, August 13, 2025
TopicWalt Disney

Topic: Walt Disney

With masks & fever checks, it’s a ‘whole new world’ as Shanghai Disneyland reopens in China

The reopening is one of the largest test cases yet of whether mass gatherings can take place safely amid the virus pandemic.

Disney+ to make its India debut through merger with Hotstar on 29 March

Move will give stiff competition to India's already-crowded OTT market, where Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Zee 5, ALTBalaji, Voot and Sony LIV are popular.

How ‘Frozen 2’ embraces homeopathic quackery to create another fantasy world

Disney has long been in the business of creating fantasy worlds, which are usually delightful and wondrous. But we can’t afford to live in one.

Frozen II goes past Toy Story 4, debuts to record global sales for an animated picture

Fans of the royal sisters Anna and Elsa from Arendelle dropped $358.4 million globally in theatres this weekend, with North America contributing $130.3 million.

How Bachchan, Kipling and Disney made future of the tiger uncertain in India

On Global Tiger Day, let UP lynching be a reminder of what decades of mixing fiction with facts has done to Corbett's ‘large-hearted gentleman’.

Netflix isn’t the world’s most valuable media company any more

With its current market cap of $153.8 billion, Netflix again provokes concerns that it has become an investment bubble.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

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

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.