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NY VFXWAALA announces strategic international expansion with their latest collaboration

Ajay Devgn\’s award-winning entrepreneurial initiative, NY VFXWAALA, a renowned Indian Visual Effects Studio, announces a strategic partnership with the acclaimed Swedish studio, Goodbye Kansas Studio, headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, through its offshore subsidiary. Goodbye Kansas Studios boasts a remarkable portfolio of services, seamlessly integrated across feature films, TV series, commercials, games and trailers. Their expertise spans VFX, FX, […]

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India rejects US concern over citizenship law as ‘misplaced, unwarranted’

Image by Sivaram V/Reuters India has rejected comments by a United States official raising concern over the implementation of a religion based citizenship law as “misplaced, misinformed and unwarranted”. Last Monday, just weeks before the general election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government announced rules to implement the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which makes getting Indian

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New evidence suggests India’s Prime Minister personally sanctioned the assassination of Sikh activists in the West campaigning for a Sikh homeland

Image by Sikh Foundation Media across the globe are active and competing in exposing and getting to the bottom of India\’s transnational repression targeting Sikh activists campaigning for a Sikh homeland as highlighted by the CBC documentary. There is increasing speculation that the arrest of two Indian operatives in Vancouver, Canada is imminent. The stakes

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BYITC marks International Women\’s Day with launch of SheRise Scholarship to aid female students in India

To mark International Women\’s Day today, Dr Rashmi Mantri, founder and chief executive of the British Youth International College (BYITC), has launched a new scholarship programme to assist underprivileged girls in her hometown of Pushkar in Rajasthan, India. The programme was announced during her recent visit to India. The SheRise Scholarship – Empowering Dreams, Transforming Lives will benefit the town\’s

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Kiran Rao’s ‘Laapataa Ladies’ receives glowing reviews from Bollywood icons

After a decade-long hiatus from directing, veteran writer-director Kiran Rao has made a comeback with \’Laapataa Ladies,\’ (Lost Ladies) a film that combines humour and social commentary.  Presented by Jio Studios, \’Laapataa Ladies\’ (Lost Ladies) is produced by Aamir Khan and Jyoti Deshpande, starring Atishay Jain Akhil, Shivam Ghawariya, Nitanshi Goel, Ravi Kishan, Pratibha Ranta, Sparsh Shrivastava, Nitanshi Goel and Chhaya Kadam the film is set to release in UK

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At least 45 killed after a fire broke out at a shopping mall in Bangladesh

Image by Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP A massive blaze in a six-storey shopping mall in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, has killed at least 45 people and wounded dozens. The fire, which struck Green Cozy Cottage Shopping Mall late on Thursday, started in a biryani restaurant on the first floor, with 13 units of firefighters battling for

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First look at the characters from anticipated Netflix series

Image by Nq The first glimpses have been released of some of the characters from the upcoming \’Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar\’ set to air on Netflix. Sanjay Leela Bhansali is set to unveil his 14-year passion project in collaboration with the streaming giant, to global audiences. Set in pre-independent India, the series is described as \’epic

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Pakistani journalist arrested for social posts against government officials

Image by Abid Hussain/Al Jazeera Pakistani journalist and video blogger Asad Ali Toor (pictured above) was arrested by federal authorities on Monday on charges of orchestrating a malicious campaign against the state and its officials, with the “objective to coerce, intimidate, and incite violence” against them through his social media platforms. The Federal Investigation Agency

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UK and Jordan drop aid supplies to Gaza City hospital

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office said the UK-funded consignment was delivered by the Jordanian Air Force to the Tal Al-Hawa Hospital on Wednesday. Supplies included essential medicines, fuel and food for patients and staff. Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron said thousands of patients will benefit from the air drop. He said: “We have worked closely

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