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It is an occasion for us to look back at the films inspired by the war, the most recent one being the hit 2021 movie ‘Shershaah’, starring Sidharth Malhotra, playing the martyred war hero, Captain Vikram Batra, and Kiara Advani.Each of these movies adopted a different approach, some took a more realistic and grounded approach, other stuck to the traditional cinematic route, but each mixed together a bunch of elements, from emotions to dance, drama, romance, war action, and, above all, patriotism and national pride.’Shershaah’, a pandemic-era multiple award-winning biographical film on Amazon Prime Video, tells the story of Captain…

While granting bail to a person accused of abetment to suicide on Tuesday, Justice Siddharth allowed bail application of the applicant Jai Govind a.k.a Ramji Yadav who was accused of abetment to suicide of a girl, with whom he purportedly had a love affair. The court said: “This is one of the many cases in the court where the youth in this country are spoiling their lives due to lure of free relationship with the member of the opposite sex, aping western culture and not finding any real soulmate in the end.”The social media, movies show that multiple affairs and…

One thousand and ninety-eight delegates from 32 countries converged to participate and present on the knowledge-sharing platform that featured talks, sessions, and case studies on the organization, management, and administration of temple ecosystems.The event aimed to project best practices for temple management with a new-age and modernized approach to benefit the end consumer aka the pilgrim.Giresh Kulkarni, founder of Temple Connect and ITCX 2023, and his team spent the last six months visiting temples, collating management pain points, and creating researchThe convention was inaugurated by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat along with founders of the convention, Giresh Kulkarni…

Bhadresh Gohil, 58, was convicted in 2010 of money laundering, prejudicing a money laundering investigation and conspiracy to defraud and was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment.His client James Ibori used his position as Governor to steal millions from the people of Delta State to fund a lavish and luxurious lifestyle, buying properties in London, Washington D.C., and Texas, as well as a Mercedes and a Bentley.Following lengthy confiscation proceedings at the Southwark Crown Court in London on Monday, it was found that Gohil benefited from his offending in the sum of 42.4 million pounds.The judge determined that he has…

The airport in the Sicilian capital of Palermo was closed to air traffic on Monday and early Tuesday, as smoke from a nearby blaze had limited visibility in the area. Officials said the airport reopened later on Tuesday, although the number of flights was severely reduced, Xinhua news agency reported.Catania Airport, Sicily’s other main air hub, was closed last week due to a fire in one of the terminals. As of Tuesday, it is also operating at a fraction of full capacity.In total, there were over 50 major wildfires across Sicily, with Italian news sites showing images of grasslands and…

Last month in their meeting with sports minister Anurag Thakur, the protesting wrestlers – Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat – had demanded that no one from Brij Bhushan’s family should be allowed to contest the polls.They were also promised a say in deciding who occupies the key posts of president, general secretary and treasurer.However, Brij Bhushan was quoted as saying that it was his decision to keep his family out of the wrestling election. “I don’t want any more controversy around me and my family.”Out of his three family members only his son-in-law, Vishal Singh, features in the…

Moody’s, a credit rating agency, said in the report on Tuesday that the Israeli Parliament’s approval on Monday of a controversial bill that diminishes the powers of the Supreme Court “points to continued political and social tensions”, Xinhua news agency reported.”We believe the wide-ranging nature of the government’s proposals could materially weaken the judiciary’s independence and disrupt effective checks and balances between the various branches of government, which are important aspects of strong institutions,” the report read.In April, Moody’s downgraded its outlook on Israel from “positive” to “stable”, and did not change Israel’s credit rating in its latest report.In a…

The postponement, announced by the Parliament on Tuesday, came after the state ombudsman’s office on Monday asked the Constitutional Court to review the vote by a joint parliamentary sitting on July 19 to reject Pita’s renomination as the new Prime Minister, Xinhua news agency reported.In its petition, the ombudsman’s office also asked the court to suspend the Prime Minister’s selection until the court makes a ruling on the case.The Move Forward Party emerged as the largest party in the lower house of the National Assembly in Thailand’s general election in May. It has since formed a coalition with the Pheu…

“It is unacceptable. The demand by some countries to extend the EU restriction after September 15 also goes against their own interests,” Kuleba was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency.Ukraine works closely with partners and neighbours to resolve the issue, the minister added.In May, the European Commission imposed a ban on grain exports from Ukraine to five European countries.According to media reports, last week, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania voiced their intent to extend the ban, which expires on September 15, to protect the interests of their farmers.–IANSint/sha

Currently, there are 14,000 doctors working across 19,000 sanctioned posts in the state.”We need more doctors for which the proposal to increase the retirement age from the present 62 years to 65 years has been made. But those doctors opting to work till 65 years of age will not be given administrative charge after age 62 years,” said a senior health official.In January, a panel was set up to evaluate the proposal for increasing the retirement age from 62 to 65 years of age. The government doctors had initially opposed the proposal.According to the report submitted by the panel, those…