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Oscar-winning filmmaker James Cameron says the fourth and fifth installments of his acclaimed Avatar franchise are still floating, and he wants to use new technologies to make films efficiently.Cameron introduced the franchise in 2009, which was followed by another installments, Avatar: The Way...
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi will attend the swearing-in ceremony of Kerala chief minister-designate V D Satheesan in Thiruvananthapuram on May 18, sources said on Sunday.The party sources said Wayanad MP and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi...
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The Delhi government has advised private companies and organisations to adopt a two-day work-from-home policy, make changes to office timings, and urge employees to avail car pooling and public transport to support the fuel-saving efforts amid global uncertainties.Private entities involved in...
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The Ministry of Education on Sunday dismissed concerns about On-Screen Marking (OSM) affecting students' scores in CBSE class 12 exams and announced that the revaluation and answer sheet verification charges have been reduced to Rs 100 each.According to officials, the decision has been taken to...
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India has flatly rejected allegations of declining media freedom and erosion of religious and minority rights, asserting that the country is a vibrant democracy that guarantees free speech to all.The remarks were made by Sibi George, Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs, in...
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Rail traffic on the Mumbai-Delhi route was disrupted, affecting several trains, after a fire broke out in a Rajdhani Express in Ratlam district of Madhya Pradesh early Sunday, officials said.The repair work of the overhead equipment was underway, and the traffic was likely to be restored in two...
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A Marshall Islands-flagged tanker carrying approximately 20,000 tonnes of liquified petroleum gas (LPG) has arrived at Kandla Port in Gujarat's Kachchh district.The vessel identified as the tanker Symi crossed the strategically significant Strait of Hormuz on May 13 before reaching the Indian...
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Following the Madhya Pradesh High Court's verdict on the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula complex, devotees on Sunday performed havan in the havan kund of Bhojshala complex in Dhar.Bhojshala Mukti Yagya convener Gopal Sharma on Sunday said the complex would now be known as Maa Saraswati Kanthabharan, while...
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Foreign investors continued to pare their exposure to Indian equities, withdrawing Rs 27,048 crore so far this month, indicating cautiousness among global investors amid an evolving global macroeconomic and geopolitical environment.With this, total outflows by Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs)...
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A Nagpur consumer commission has ordered SBI to pay Rs 5 lakh to a widow despite a six-year delay in filing the insurance claim, saying mental shock following a spouse's sudden death is natural and it takes time to recover from the grief.A bank cannot use the 90-day claim...
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Kerala Chief Minister-designate V D Satheesan
Kerala Chief Minister-designate V D Satheesan met Cardinal Baselios Cleemis at the Bishop House in Pattom Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday.Satheesan has been meeting various prominent personalities after the AICC announced him as the next chief minister of the state.Cleemis is the head of the...
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The police registered a case after posters targeting Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Mallikarjun Kharge appeared on the walls of Congress office and nearby areas in Wayanad, officials said on Sunday.Officials at Kalpetta police station said the case was...
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Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay and submitted a memorandum to him with six demands for the Tamil film industry, including to launch a state-owned OTT platform.Haasan's party, the Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM), an ally of the DMK, did not contest the...
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Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) prices were raised by Rs 1 per kg across Delhi-NCR with effect from Sunday, marking the second hike in two days.Following the revision, CNG will now cost Rs 80.09 per kg in Delhi. In Noida and Ghaziabad, the price has gone up to Rs 88.70 per kg.This comes after rates...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to China from May 19 to 20 at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to the official Telegram channel of Russia's foreign ministry.The ministry said the visit is timed to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the signing of the...
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India on Saturday rejected the so-called award by the illegally constituted Court of Arbitration (CoA) on May 15 and said its decision to hold the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance remains in force.The illegally constituted so-called Court of Arbitration (CoA) has, on 15 May 2026, issued what it...
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Trinamool Congress leader Tanmoy Ghosh on Sunday cried foul play days after an FIR was filed against TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee over alleged inflammatory remarks and said such selective FIRs are unacceptable.We have heard many provocative statements from BJP leaders. I believe that...
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The son of Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar, Bandi Sai Bhageerath, was remanded to judicial custody until May 29 regarding allegations against him under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.Cyberabad Police arrested Bandi Sai Bhageerath, alias Bhageerath, following a...
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Head of the Iranian Parliament's National Security Committee Ebrahim Azizi on Saturday said that Iran has prepared a professional mechanism to regulate maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz through a designated route, which will be unveiled soon.In a post on X, Azizi said the proposed...
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Fire broke out in an AC coach of the Thiruvananthapuram-Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express in Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam district early Sunday, railway officials said.No casualties have been reported in the blaze that broke out at 5:15 am in the Kota division of the railways.The fire broke out in...
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Gadchiroli Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have arrested eight Maoists and secured the surrender of five senior cadres during the anti-Naxal drive 'Operation Antim Prahar', marking a major breakthrough in the fight against Left Wing Extremism (LWE) in the...
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The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has reiterated the key benefits of On Screen Marking amid concerns over certain students worrying about lower marks in certain subjects, saying that all the concerns are being addressed accordingly.CBSE said that certain social media posts showed...
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Security forces have launched a multi-area search operation to track down suspected terrorists operating in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Saturday, officials said.The operation was launched in various parts of Poonch after an infiltration bid was foiled in the Mankote area of Mendhar...
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