The Hindi film industry played a big role in popularising item songs which evolved from courtesan and cabaret dance performances seen in older films.While many item songs are energetic and visually appealing an important question remains. Do some films reduce women to mere visual attractions instead of giving them meaningful roles?The controversy surrounding ‘Peddi’ has…
Ranveer Singh and Farhan Akhtar‘s ‘Don 3′ dispute and the subsequent FWICE directive have become the topic of discussion within the film industry. Now, the president of the Cine & TV Artistes’ Association (CINTAA), the body that stood by the actor when FWICE issued a non-cooperation order against him, has spoken out in the actor’s…
CET top rank holder in engineering Tanisha Karthik with parents – mother Aarthy Karthik, father Karthik R and sister- Harshitha Karthik BENGALURU: In a reversal of last year’s performance, state board students swept most of the ranks in the Karnataka Common Entrance Test (KCET), as against CBSE students. Of the top 10 ranks in engineering,…
Lady Gaga‘s body is a diary. Every tattoo she has ever gotten tells you something true about where she was, who she loved, what she survived, or what she believed in at that exact moment in her life. With over two dozen pieces of ink spread almost entirely across the left side of her body,…
Rishabh Pant (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: Afghanistan missed a golden opportunity to dismiss the in-form Rishabh Pant on Day 2 of the one-off Test at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, New Chandigarh.The incident occurred in the 89th over of India’s innings when Azmatullah Omarzai induced a loud caught-behind appeal against…
Israeli soldiers open fire at car in West Bank; 7-month-old infant dies (Image source: AFP) A seven-month-old Palestinian baby was killed and his parents injured after Israeli troops opened fire on their family vehicle in the Tel Rumeida area of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, according to the child’s family and Israeli authorities.The infant,…
AriesAries may find themselves becoming unusually restless at work this week. Not because there is a lack of work, but because there is a growing feeling that something needs to move faster. Mars continues travelling through Aries and has very little interest in waiting for approvals, committees, or lengthy discussions. Somewhere during the week, a…
Representational AI image India’s fertility rate has fallen below the replacement level for the first time. Reacting to the development, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on X that “India’s birth rate has fallen below replacement. Among those most educated, India’s birth rate fell below replacement many years ago.”A analysis by The Economist identifies education as…
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly now on the same page about reconciling with King Charles III, with a source revealing that the Duchess has finally come fully onboard with her husband’s push to repair the relationship. Harry is said to be delighted by the development, having long believed that Meghan’s involvement would play…
When the Strait of Hormuz tightened, many braced for $200-a-barrel oil. More than three months on, that nightmare scenario is still nowhere in the picture.The disruption, which removed more than 10 million barrels a day of Middle Eastern supply from the market, had fuelled warnings of crude prices soaring to as much as $200 a…