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The decision will benefit the families of persons with disabilities, toddy tappers, handloom weavers, dialysis patients and those affected by HIV and filariasis

Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof and Iranian-born Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat pushed back on the idea of a standalone Oscar category for exiled filmmakers, speaking at the Tokyo International Film Festival as Cate Blanchett’s Displacement Film Fund gave its first five short films their Japan premiere. The question followed the Academy’s recent rule c

Delhi’s 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 232 (poor) at 9 a.m. on October 28, as per Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers for “You Can See Everything,” now playing in theaters. Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s “You Can See Everything” will not be in the running for the Directors Guild of America Awards top prize this season. A representative for the DGA confirmed to Variety that the A24 documentary about […]

Employees in ‘C’ and ‘D’ categories working in profit-making public sector undertakings will be paid a bonus of 8.33% and an ex gratia payment of 11.67%

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will expand the list of festivals that can serve as standalone qualifiers for the International Film Oscar category, AMPAS CEO Bill Kramer confirmed this morning during an interview with Deadline at the Tokyo Film Festival. Kramer, who has become a frequent fixture on the international festival circuit […]

The reading is the highest among the 15 cities in Andhra Pradesh listed in the bulletin of the Central Pollution Control Board; PM2.5 — a fine particulate matter less than 2.5 microns in diameter — has been identified as the main pollutant

Zendaya is “Dune’s” leading lady. Multiple sources tell Variety that Zendaya will campaign for Oscar consideration in the lead actress category for her role as Chani in “Dune: Part Three,” the final chapter of Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic. The move marks a shift from the first two films, where she was positioned in supporting actress. […]

The system allows reserved-category candidates to upgrade their colleges, but prevents them from upgrading their admission category during subsequent rounds of counselling, alleges party leader Vijay Kumar

By the end of three rounds of counselling for MBBS admissions for 2026–27 academic year, 3,543 seats, accounting for 77.34%, of the 4,581 convener quota seats have been allotted to students belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes, says Registrar