INTERNATIONAL

Academy rejects Deepa Mehta’s ‘Funny Boy’ as Canada’s Oscar entry

2:19 pm December 20, 2020

Los Angeles: Acclaimed filmmaker Deepa Mehta’s ”Funny Boy”, which was Canada’s submission for best international film at the 93rd Academy Awards, has been rejected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science (AMPAS) on the grounds that it contains too much English dialogue. Set in Sri Lanka during the 1970s and 1980s, ”Funny Boy” explores the sexual awakening […]

Encounter on between security forces, terrorists in Poonch

China calls on India to honor pledge, return missing soldier

10:51 am October 20, 2020

Beijing: China’s military says it hopes India will make good on its pledge to swiftly return a Chinese soldier found lost along their mountainous border where the sides have been locked in a tense standoff. The defense ministry issued a statement late Monday saying the soldier had been helping herders round up yaks when he […]

Gold jumps Rs 462 on global cues, silver soars Rs 1,047

6:28 pm February 19, 2020

New Delhi: Gold prices on Wednesday jumped Rs 462 to Rs 42,339 per 10 grams in the national capital on positive global cues, according to HDFC Securities. Silver prices also surged Rs 1,047 to Rs 48,652 per kg, from Rs 47,605 per kg on Tuesday. The yellow metal had closed at Rs 41,877 per 10 […]

Iran says banned from hosting international football

12:32 pm January 18, 2020

Tehran: Iran’s football federation said Friday it has been banned from hosting international matches inside the country. The “federation received a letter today from the Asian Football Confederation… announcing the decision to hold AFC Champions League matches hosted by Iranian teams in neutral countries,” said a statement on the federation’s website. An extraordinary meeting was […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

US: State officials are at the core of 2020 election security

9:23 pm December 26, 2019

SPRINGFIELD: Inside a hotel ballroom near the nation’s capital, a U.S. Army officer with battlefield experience told 120 state and local election officials that they may have more in common with military strategists than they might think. These government officials are on the front lines of a different kind of battlefield — one in which […]

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