Payal Kapadia wins Grand Prix Award for her film 

Payal Kapadia

FTII alumni Santosh Sivan, Payal Kapadia, Maisam Ali, Chidanand S Naik among others, shines at Cannes SAURABH SINGH   Mumbai: India’s performance at 77th Cannes Film Festival has been phenomenal with 2 filmmakers, an actress and a cinematographer won top awards at the world’s leading film festival. As one of the largest film producing Nation with a thriving Film industry, Indian Film makers have fetched huge accolades at his years’ Cannes. For the first time in 30 years an Indian film, Payal Kapadia’s ‘All We Imagine as Light’ which centers around…

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WIPO Treaty, a big win for India and Global South 

WIPO Treaty

New Delhi: The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) treaty on intellectual property, Genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge, is a significant win for countries of the global South and for India, which is a mega biodiversity hotspot with abundance of traditional knowledge, and wisdom.  For the first time the system of knowledge and wisdom which have supported economies, societies and cultures for centuries are now inscribed into the global IP system. For the first time the connection between local communities and their GRs and ATK is recognised in the global…

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Collaborative Initiative by CCRAS to Propel Ayurveda

New Delhi: The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), an autonomous body under the Ministry of Ayush, Government of India, is hosting “Pharma Research in AyurGyan And Techno Innovation (PRAGATI-2024)” at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on May 28, 2024. This interactive meeting focuses on exploring research opportunities and fostering collaboration between CCRAS and the Ayurveda drug industry. The program will be inaugurated by Secretary Ministry of Ayush Vd. Rajesh Kotecha. He will deliver a keynote speech on the role of Industry in the development of Ayurveda. …

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Disaster awaits those who disregard spiritual values – President

President

New Delhi: The President of India, Droupadi Murmu graced the National Launch of ‘Spiritual Empowerment for a Clean and Healthy Society’ organised by Brahma Kumaris in New Delhi. Speaking on the occasion, the President said that the golden chapters of world history and the history of nations have always been based on spiritual values. World history is witness to the fact that disregarding spiritual values ​​and adopting only the path of material progress has ultimately proved disastrous. Holistic well-being is possible only on the basis of a healthy mentality. A truly healthy…

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Best get rewarded with IPL over

IPL

Kolkata: KKR has won the trophy of IPL 17th season. Kolkata has won the title by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets in the final. The players who performed well throughout the season were given awards after the final match. From Virat Kohli to Harshal Patel and Sunil Narine, many players have won awards in the season. The winner was KKR, which was given a prize money of 20 crores and a glittering trophy. KKR got a lot of money for winning the IPL 2024 title, runner-up Hyderabad also got…

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NARINE  IS AN OUT-AND-OUT SUPERSTAR: KEVIN PIETERSEN

Mumbai: Speaking exclusively to Star Sports Cricket Live, former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen shared his thoughts on Sunil Narine’s performance this season, “It is amazing, it really is amazing what he did, because I was one of the most vocal critics at the start of the tournament, saying I didn’t like Sunil Narine at the top of the order due to his inconsistency. He typically would hit a six and then get out, disrupting the momentum. However, this season, especially over the last couple of months, he has been consistent.…

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Kolkata Knight Riders crowned IPL Champions

Kolkata Knight Riders

Kolkata: On the back of a strong performance by the bowlers led by Andre Russell (three wickets for 19 runs) and a brilliant half-century by Venkatesh Iyer (52 not out), Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by eight wickets in the final of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2024) on Sunday to win the IPL title for the third time. In the final match, Kolkata scored the most one-sided victory by scoring 114 runs for two wickets in 10.3 overs after bowling out Hyderabad for 113 runs in 18.3 overs.…

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Cop plays angel to ailing monkey

Cop plays angel

Bulandshahr: As summer heat wreaks havoc, not only humans but also animals and birds are suffering from the scorching heat. Amidst these circumstances, a video of a soldier’s humanity is going viral on social media. The soldier’s noble deed is being praised everywhere. Due to the scorching heat in the Chhatari police station premises of Bulandshahr district, a baby monkey suddenly fell victim to heat stroke and fell down from the tree in an unconscious state. Head constable showed courage When the condition of the baby monkey worsened, there was…

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An electoral record that still remains a distant dream

Hamirpur

Hamirpur: Fourteen general elections were held in the Hamirpur-Mahoba Lok Sabha seat of Bundelkhand in the last 57 years, but no one could score a hat-trick on this seat. This time, the current MP who scored a hat-trick for BJP is in the fray, who can break the record of Congress if there is more than 60 percent voting. In the first Lok Sabha election of 1952, ML Dwivedi was the first leader to become an MP in the Congress wave. He got 32.7 percent votes. The people of the…

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Indications from West U.P., bode well for INDIA – Akhilesh Yadav

Akhilesh Yadav

Ballia: In support of SP candidates Sanatan Pandey and Ramashankar Rajbhar of Ballia and Salempur Lok Sabha, former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav addressed election meetings at GM AM Inter College Belthara Road and Katariya near the district headquarters. SP President Yadav fiercely targeted BJP in his meetings. He said that when the votes will be cast in the seventh phase, the Bharatiya Janata Party people will go across the seven seas. Akhilesh Yadav said that the wind of victory of India Alliance has blown from the west and the Bharatiya…

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