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Toxic Bookings Open After Iran War Delayed Release
The Yash film opens on 12,000 screens next week, having been postponed twice, once because instability in Gulf markets followed the strikes on Iran.
Category: South Asia
Tata Sons Adjourns AGM for First Time Since 1917
A regulatory freeze on the Sir Ratan Tata Trust left the company unable to reach quorum, and the same block prevents the committee that…
India Needs More Than a New Party. It Needs a New Political Imagination.
India does not need another political party simply to add another symbol to an already crowded ballot paper. It needs something far more difficult…
Tata Sons Chairman Resigns After Board Deadlock
N Chandrasekaran has stepped down after nine years, six days before a contentious AGM, with Tata group stocks losing about 26,800 crore rupees in…
Jharkhand Shutdown Called After Police Beat Students
Water cannon and baton charges met a march on the Ranchi assembly over recruitment exam irregularities, as a former commission chairman was arrested.
Aid Cuts Leave 17 Million Afghans Facing Hunger
Donor reductions, forced returns and drought have combined to leave 40 per cent of the population facing acute food insecurity, with health facilities closing.
Afghan Code Defines Shia Muslims as Heretics
A criminal procedure code issued in January restricts the legal definition of Muslim to Hanafi adherents, part of a steady codification of Taliban restrictions.
Millions Forced Back to Afghanistan as Aid Shrinks
Iran and Pakistan have expelled Afghans in their millions, including people born abroad, into a country where more than 400 health facilities closed last…
Afghanistan Has 3.8 Million Girls Out of School
A quarter of a million more are excluded from secondary education each year, in what UN officials have described as the creation of a…
Afghanistan Reaches Five Years of Taliban Rule
Restrictions on women and girls have been written into law and 21.9 million people need aid, as the fifth anniversary of the takeover approaches…
Toxic Trailer Divides Opinion Over Animal Comparisons
Online reaction to the Yash gangster film has centred on tonal parallels with Animal, a comparison complicated by the fact a woman directed and…
Ramayana Set for 6 November Worldwide Release
Nitesh Tiwari two-part epic opens two days before Diwali, with Ranbir Kapoor as Rama and Yash as Ravana, and an English trailer released alongside…
Yash Gangster Film Toxic Sets 26 August Release
The trailer launched in Bengaluru on Saturday, confirming a worldwide release on 26 August after the Kannada gangster film missed two earlier release dates.