Acclaimed Indian filmmaker Shyam Benegal dies aged 90
Benegal, a pioneer of new wave cinema in India, was celebrated for his films addressing social issues.Shyam Benegal, the acclaimed ...
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China’s in the driver’s seat as EV sales are set to keep growing into 2025 todayheadline
China “will add nearly twice as many EV sales next year as the rest of the world combined," predicts Rho ...
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Singapore’s Straits Times Index is Southeast Asia’s best performing index for 2024—and it’s all due to its Big Three banks todayheadline
A share rally in Singapore's biggest banks—DBS, UOB and OCBC—lifted the Straits Times Index to end the year above Malayis'a ...
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‘Trapped inside’: The children suffocating in the smog of Lahore
Lahore, Pakistan – Fourteen-year-old Fatima has woken up coughing, with a fever, on a Monday morning in early November. “My ...
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An Indian state used citizens’ data on political beliefs to deny benefits
Vijayawada, India – As soon as Meda Ramana was elected the head of Garapadu village council in the southern Indian state ...
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40 years after Bhopal gas tragedy, barefoot school ‘offers hope’
Bhopal, India – Triveni Sonani starts her working day at 9am when she opens the gates of Oriya Basti school ...
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Why a bill on religious seminaries is Pakistan’s latest flashpoint
Islamabad, Pakistan – After fending off protests from the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, the Pakistani government now faces a ...
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Beats by Dre designer Robert Brunner’s advice for creatives trying to make themselves heard: ‘Go take the comedy class’ todayheadline
"Learn how to stand up in front of people to communicate thoughts and ideas”, Ammunition founder Robert Brunner said at ...
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‘Hindus have changed’: A sleepy Indian state becomes anti-Muslim tinderbox
Kadamtala (Tripura), India – The last thing that Shahin Ahmed, 38, remembers of his brother, Alfeshani Ahmed, was a frantic ...
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Amazon faces Indian court scrutiny for labour conditions at warehouse
Amazon is facing prosecution in an Indian court for labour law violations at a major warehouse near the country’s national ...
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