IMAGE: Manoj Kumar in Shaheed. Shaheed was Manoj Kumar’s first patriotic success. This small-budget black-and-white film had enormous impact, besides laying the foundation for Manoj’s famous flag-waving Mr Bharat image that was strengthened by a string of subsequent films like Upkar, Purab Aur Paschim and Kranti. Though an oft-told story, this 1965 retelling of Bhagat
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Fifty years after the founding of Microsoft, the CEO of its artificial intelligence division has a big task: develop a new product line as integral to daily life as the software giant’s past innovations. “We’re really trying to land this idea that everybody is going to have their own personalized AI companion,” said Mustafa Suleyman
Massive protests held in Kolkata, Chennai, and Ahmedabad on Friday as thousands took to the streets after weekly prayers, voicing strong opposition to the Waqf Amendment Bill passed by Parliament this week. In Kolkata, a large crowd waved the national flag and held posters reading “We reject Waqf amendment” and “Reject Waqf Bill.” Many of
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has increasingly infiltrated the creative sphere, sparking debates about its influence on artistic integrity, copyright laws, and the livelihood of traditional artists. Most recently, AI tools such as ChatGPT have enabled users to transform images into the iconic hand-drawn style of Studio Ghibli, the legendary animation house founded by Hayao Miyazaki. Social
The line separating historical fact from fiction is blurring fast as creators are making images of the pre-modern past in mere seconds, by using text-to-image AI models. Generative AI chatbots have made it possible to turn historical paintings of Indian rulers and warriors into lifelike portraits. Other AI images illustrate atrocities against enslaved subjects, women,
A protest in Kathmandu demanding the restoration of King Gyanendra Shah to the throne and declaring Nepal a Hindu State turned violent on March 28, 2025. The protest left two dead and several injured, besides large-scale arson and looting, in its wake. Public outcry drove King Gyanendra out of power in 2007. Now Nepal is
Jessica Murphy BBC News, Toronto Getty Images US President Donald Trump has granted TikTok a second 75-day extension to comply with a law that requires the hugely popular video app to either sell its US operation or face a ban in the country. “We do not want TikTok to ‘go dark’,” Trump wrote on Truth
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A daredevil YouTube influencer has been arrested after visiting a remote Indian island, where he tried to make illegal contact with indigenous people, according to global reports. Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, 24, of Arizona, allegedly traveled to the restricted North Sentinel Island, where he tried to offer a coconut and can of Diet Coke as “offerings
Over the years, readers have suggested themes which then appeared on the blog as posts with due credit to them of course. And there were three such suggestions pending from my side to be completed. Today finally it’s time to post a list for the first suggestion. It was about a year and a half
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We all want to stay healthy, and taking vitamin supplements might seem like a quick and easy way to fill the nutritional gaps. But here’s something surprising—not all supplements are as safe or helpful as they seem. In fact, some of the most common ones can silently mess with our gut health and leave us
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