The recognition that content - video in particular - will be the next big thing in the telecom wars requires no rocket science.
A summary of sports events that made news on Wednesday.
Advait Chandan decodes Aamir Khan.
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021.
Real Madrid were dumped out of the Copa del Rey at the quarter-final stage on Thursday after losing 4-3 at home to Real Sociedad, while record 30-times winners Barcelona were sent crashing out of the Copa del Rey in a 1-0 defeat at Athletic Bilbao.
'The feeling that we were Olympic champions only dawned on us when we reached India.'
'In the next five years both online and TV viewership will grow and complement each other.'
They cheer, dance and sing in perfect unison. But these are not your ordinary cheerleaders.
If Irrfan could have been our finest professor of empirical philosophy, and Nawaz is our foremost poet of that space halfway between the gutter and the stars, then Jaideep Ahlawat has to be our greatest artist-scientist, asserts Sreehari Nair.
Officers who form part of the security force for the upcoming Olympics in Rio de Janeiro are complaining about delayed salaries and unfurnished accommodations, where many are forced to sleep on the floor. "Morale is rock bottom," said one member of the National Force, which is formed by police and fire services from states across Brazil to provide security for major events and emergencies. National Force officers already in Rio - part of an overall security deployment of 85,000 police, soldiers and other personnel - form a relatively small part of the overall effort, with about 5,000 members.
'I might in the future step out of a Dileesh Pothan movie not completely satisfied, but content I'll be in the knowledge that our greatest living film-maker had failed striving to be something more than just an auteur,' notes Sreehari Nair.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday
Indian cricket has been rocked in the last few days with reports of rift between Kohli and Rohit.
Like millions of people across the world, the year 2020 had dealt me irreplaceable losses and the lowest of blows. Like I have always done at such junctures, I had sought the refuge of the mountains. I wanted to end the year on a high, to show the finger to life, says Sumit Bhattacharya after a memorable journey to North Sikkim.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
'Whether it's a morning walk, an evening swim or an afternoon workout in the gym, just get moving.'
'If you listen to the title track of Judgementall Hai Kya, you will find some crazy things happening in it -- from crazy laughter to as if someone is inside your mind.'
His season had already provided several unforgettable chapters but Andy Murray saved the best to last as he eclipsed Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-4 to claim his first ATP World Tour Finals title and rubberstamp the year-end top ranking on Sunday. Against a man who has so often been his nemesis, Britain's golden boy Murray produced a relentless display to claim a ninth title of a year which included a second Wimbledon crown and Olympic gold in Rio.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.
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Sukanya Verma celebrates 25 years of Bollywood images.
Cricket Australia have signed a four-year agreement with energy provider Alinta Energy, potentially laying to rest concerns over a financial fallout from the ball-tampering scandal in March.
'If you are not able to perform today, 10 years later, you won't have an excuse to explain why you didn't do it when you could.'
There is no escaping Rahul Bose's compassion. He wears it like a name tag in Poorna, feels Sreehari Nair.
'Khadi is my passion. The only idea behind this start up is to promote and popularise khadi.'
Vijender Singh gives up amateur boxing to turn full-time professional, perhaps the words ring truer than ever.
Barack Obama will still be in the Oval Office till the morning of January 20, but gosh, we are already beginning to miss him.
Tibet is not this desolate, god-forsaken land that you have imagined it to be, discovers Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
What happens when two twenty-something Delhi boys become crorepatis overnight?
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'I can tell you the case that hurts me the most is the one in which the little boy is forced to sign the Kohinoor over.' 'You take a mother away from a child, you surround him with grown ups speaking a different language, you tell him he must sign this over or else...'
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