Director P. Suneel Kumar Reddy discusses his new courtroom drama ‘LGBT: A Legal Battle’, the research behind it, the challenges of portraying LGBTQ+ lives on screen, and why cinema must sometimes venture into uncomfortable territory. P Nagarjuna Rao Few Telugu filmmakers have consistently ventured outside the comfort zone of mainstream cinema. Over the years, director…
London: An Indian man arrested by UK authorities was identified on Monday as Captain Ajay Pant and charged in connection with alleged violation of Western sanctions on Russia. The arrest was made during a joint operation over the weekend between the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) and the British armed forces to intercept a Russian…
Bratislava: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Monday conferred with Slovakia’s highest national award, The Order of the White Double Cross (1st Class). This is Prime Minister Modi’s 33rd international honour. President of Slovakia Peter Pellegrini conferred the award on PM Modi at a ceremony in Bratislava. “Honoured to receive The Order of the White…
Washington: The peace deal between the US and Iran merely marks a return to the pre-war status quo and negotiations over the next 60 days will determine whether Washington is able to secure its objectives with which it attacked Tehran, according to an expert. Will Todman, Senior Fellow in the Middle East Programme at the…
Kolkata: Sleuths of the Enforcement Directorate on Monday interrogated Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee for over 11 hours in connection with their probe into the alleged primary school recruitment scam, an official said. The marathon questioning took place a day after Banerjee had a similar session for nearly eight and a half hours…
Chandigarh: The Sikh clergy at the Akal Takht on Monday declared Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann ‘Guru Dokhi’ (anti-Guru) and ‘Khalsa Panth virodhi’ (anti-Khalsa panth), directing the Sikh community to “shun ties” with him as he was accused of lying regarding a purported objectionable video that hurt Sikh sentiments. The Akal Takht is the highest…
Bratislava: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Slovakia’s President Peter Pellegrini on Monday and discussed the growing partnership between the two countries, including digitalisation, innovation, defence and nuclear energy. Modi, who is in Bratislava as part of his weeklong visit to Europe, met Pellegrini at the Presidential Palace, where the two leaders welcomed the growing…
Our Correspondent Tirupati: In a significant move aimed at restoring and strengthening public confidence in the preparation of Srivari Prasadam, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) has entered into a first-of-its-kind partnership with the CSIR–Central Food Technological Research Institute (CSIR-CFTRI), Mysuru, to introduce scientific protocols across the entire prasadam production chain. The initiative comes in the…
Yesterday, through our second Forthright editorial titled “Gen Z: Victims of the Digital Age or Architects of a Chaotic Society?”, we invited readers to participate in an important national debate. The encouraging response demonstrates that this subject has become a focal point in rapidly changing democracies such as Bharat. Here is the first article in…
By MS Sparsha In the late 1890s, inside a bustling laboratory on Bowbazar Street in Calcutta, a young Indian medical student sat in complete darkness, his eyes heavily bandaged after a horrific acid explosion had abruptly ended his medical career. Rather than surrendering to despair, he turned his heightened senses of smell and sound into…
