Director Madhur Bhandarkar, whose upcoming film Indu Sarkar, based during the time of Emergency imposed by then prime minister Indira Gandhi, is making a lot of buzz everywhere, another film of the director titled Mumbai Mist shows immense potential. Mumbai Mist was made as part of the ‘magnificent five-directors’ collaboration project for the BRICS Film Festival this year in China, wherein five filmmakers have been roped in to make 18-minute […]

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has advised commercial banks to provide adequate transaction details in the passbooks of account holders. “In the interest of better customer service, it has been decided that banks shall at a minimum provide the relevant details in respect of entries in the accounts,” the central bank said in a notification. The RBI said that many banks still do not provide adequate details of the […]

For those of you who don’t have the appetite for horror films, consider this a warning. Do not scroll below. A prequel to The Conjuring franchise, Annabelle: Creation explores the (creepy) origins of the haunted doll that had become all too famous, especially from the 2014 horror film Annabelle. In this film, a married couple loses their young daughter to a car accident, and cannot deal with the loss. They […]

India has been considered as one of the most peaceful nations in South Asia in 2017 and ranked at 137th globally in a latest survey. The Global Peace Index 2017 was prepared by the Australia-based Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP). Bhutan, which ranked 13, has been named as the most peaceful country in South Asia, followed by Sri Lanka 80th, Bangladesh 84th, India 137th, Pakistan 152nd and Afghanistan 162nd. […]

When the National Award-winning filmmaker, Madhur Bhandarkar comes out with a movie, you can expect a completely fresh cinematic experience. With the trailer of Indu Sarkar, Madhur set the stage for his most political film until now. The film is set in the 1975 Emergency, the 21-month period from when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi unilaterally had a state of emergency declared across the country. And as the trailer claims, be […]

Mohammad Shafi Armar, a one-time Karnataka resident charged by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) with playing a key role in Islamic State (IS) operations targeting India, has been named a specially designated global terrorist by the US, a statement released by that country’s Treasury Department said on Thursday. The designation prohibits “any transaction or dealing” with sanctioned individuals. The statement also sanctioned three other alleged IS figures, Bahrain national Mohammed […]

The Finance Ministry today said names of the 12 big defaulters identified by the RBI for initiation of bankruptcy proceedings will soon be made public. The RBI yesterday said it has identified 12 large loan defaulters who account for 25 per cent of the total NPAs in the banking sector and those will be referred to respective banks for filing insolvency proceedings. These cases will be accorded priority by the […]

More than 70% of smartphone apps are reporting personal data to third-party tracking companies like Google Analytics, the Facebook Graph API or Crashlytics, warns a new study. When people install a new Android or iOS app, it asks the user’s permission before accessing personal information. Some of the information these apps are collecting are necessary for them to work properly: A map app wouldn’t be nearly as useful if it […]

A small but significant new study is blowing experts away after it found that a particular cancer drug overwhelmingly helped shrink or eradicate tumors in patients whose cancer had resisted every other form of treatment. The study, which was published in the journal Science, followed 86 patients who had advanced cancer of the pancreas, prostate, uterus, or bone. The patients were given pembrolizumab, which also goes by the brand name […]

Akshay Kumar unveiled the first trailer of his much-awaited film opposite Bhumi Pednekar,Toilet Ek Prem Katha, Sunday evening. The two main character, Jaya and Keshav, get married but the bride soon leaves as her in-laws do not have a toilet in their house. The husband then takes it on himself to ensure that his entire village gets toilets. The trailer addresses various issues like gender discrimination, sanitation issues, irrational traditional […]