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Westside Story
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Westside Story

Tom Cruise to resume shooting M:I7 in the UK Actor Tom Cruise will resume shooting for Mission: Impossible 7 in the UK. The seventh instalment in the popular spy action film franchise will now shift production to Surrey in Southeast England which falls within Tier 4 (the highest level of...
Love Byte: First flush
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Love Byte: First flush

Poonam Das Sameer’s house was full of people. For the first time, he felt like a stranger in his own abode. He was getting married that evening. Everything had been arranged perfectly – from the décor to the food. The house looked beautiful with the canopy of pink and blue linen drapes. It was also...
Cinemascape
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Cinemascape

Sanjay Ray Director Vikramaditya Motwane weaves a unique story of two characters from the Indian film industry in AK vs AK. It is unique because in this dark comedy-thriller, both the lead characters, Anurag Kashyap, the director, and Anil Kapoor, the actor, are playing themselves, or, so to say,...
Reverse Sweep: Day After Day
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Reverse Sweep: Day After Day

Manish Goswami It was New Year’s Day and Hemen Vishwakarma, sitting in his official chamber in Janata Sadan, was looking intently at the calendar. Nodding his head, he exclaimed, “I never thought that we had so many days in a year.” Vishwakarma’s private secretary, who was present in the chamber,...
When in Cherrapunji…
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When in Cherrapunji…

In 2018, my family and I planned a two-day trip to Cherrapunji. We started at around 7.30 am on a Saturday in July. The beautiful scenes that we saw on our journey charmed us. Upon reaching Cherrapunji, the weather became chillier. There was a thick cloud of fog and it felt as if we were floating...
Wordspeak The Story behind words:
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Wordspeak The Story behind words:

Bibekananda Choudhury Shampoo Hold your breath. The word owes its origin to the Sanskrit word chapatti. It refers to any type of pressing, kneading, or soothing. In 1860, this definition was extended to mean ‘wash the hair’. In 1950, it was further extended to refer to washing of carpets and other...
Seeds of change: Fire in the Dzukou Valley
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Seeds of change: Fire in the Dzukou Valley

Mubina Akhtar Last year, the world experienced unprecedented waves of wildfires that caused extensive damage to local ecosystems. Australia had been the worst sufferer as widespread wildfires caused the death of humans and wildlife. The wildfires that burnt from 2019 into 2020 caused the death of at...
Tech Trends: Bug Bots
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Tech Trends: Bug Bots

Devol Nath The spy games have entered a new phase with the UK military revealing that it has acquired 30 palm-sized drones known as ‘Bugs’ that are capable of spying on targets or gathering intel across a great distance. The AI-based autonomous Bugs, weighing the same as about a smartphone, can...
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