A Government of India arm and a private company have come up with this fantastic (if implemented as conceived) idea to revive cinema watching through small-capacity theatres in small towns and villages across India. It was a part of life, watching a film in a cinema hall. For many it was the thing to do. For some, the day a new film was released and for others, every Sunday.

Taking cinema back to Indian masses

India is busy ‘getting hurt’ while GHI 2022 puts India on 107th position

Too many FIRs on ‘hurting sentiments’ an unprogressive move for India

What exactly is happening in the Mumbai film industry? A sense of uncertainty prevails. There is an all-round nervousness and lack of confidence. The bigger the film due for release, the more the confusion between the makers, the exhibitors and the others concerned.

How not to promote a film

The recent economic upheaval followed by the political disruption in Sri Lanka, has once again made China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) the focus of debate whether it is beneficial or insensitive to the participating countries besides being a success or a failure.

Chinese BRI: A success or a failure?

Online gaming industry is posing quite a similar challenge to regulators. Globally, the industry caters to over two billion entertainment seeking consumers, with services being provided by a rapidly growing multi-billion dollar industry.

Online Gaming - A conundrum for GST

The week began on a quiet note and markets lost ground on the first two trading days. They then rose quite sharply and gained on the remaining three. BSESENSEX gained 1,498.62 points or 2.67 per cent to close at 57,570.25 points. NIFTY gained 438.80 points or 2.62 per cent to close at 17,158.25 points. The broader indices saw BSE100, BSE200 and BSE500 gain 2.58 per cent, 2.45 per cent and 2.33 per cent, respectively. BSEMIDCAP was up 1.65 per cent, while BSESMALLCAP was up 1.06 per cent.

Markets look overheated, take money off the table

Joe Biden's west Asian tour should have been utilised to reset the American ties with different regional players and lay foundations for a more robust engagement but the results seem to be rather disappointing.

Biden's tour de Saudia Arabia

"Trail of the Tiger" tracks the personal and political journey of Uddhav Thackeray against the backdrop of the changing narrative of Hindutva, and new connotations to Hindutvas sub-national plot, with the rise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a new Hindu Hriday Samrat. It is the story of one of the biggest upheavals in Indian politics where breaking a 30-year-old alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Shiv Sena joined Sonia Gandhis camp, holding Sharad Pawars finger after the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly elections)

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