With Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey taming camera noise, IMAX bets bigger on India 🔍
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📆July 27, 2026 at 07:20AM
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With Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey taming camera noise, IMAX bets bigger on India
The Odyssey is the first feature film shot entirely with IMAX film in the large-scale format.
Watched Nolan’s The Odyssey? Here’s how Odysseus’s adventures play out in the Greek epic 🔍
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📆July 27, 2026 at 11:55AM
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Watched Nolan’s The Odyssey? Here’s how Odysseus’s adventures play out in the Greek epic
If, after the movie, you are left with questions about what exactly was going on in the many episodes Nolan races over, here is a brief guide.
JPSC controversy: Why recruitment exams in Jharkhand have faced scrutiny 🔍
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📆July 27, 2026 at 03:52PM
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JPSC controversy: Why recruitment exams in Jharkhand have faced scrutiny
The controversy surrounding the 14th Jharkhand Public Service Commission examination has revived an old question that has followed the Commission almost since Jharkhand was carved out in 2000. We explain.
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Did OpenAI’s AI agents go ‘rogue’? Why the answer is more complicated than it seems 🔍
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📆July 27, 2026 at 04:44PM
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Did OpenAI’s AI agents go ‘rogue’? Why the answer is more complicated than it seems
The recent hack by OpenAI AI agents has revived a long-standing science fiction fear: could intelligent machines go 'rogue' by pursuing their goals so relentlessly that human rules and ethics become obstacles?
NEET paper leak controversy: What a 2024 report said about reforming India’s entrance exams 🔍
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Before Team Nilekani, ex-ISRO chief-led panel tried to fix exams
Constituted after the NEET-UG 2024 paper leak controversy, the K Radhakrishnan Committee submitted a report containing 101 recommendations. It aimed to transform the NTA into “a nimble, zero-error, adaptive and integrative process”.
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Tax dept puts out guidance note on crypto asset reporting aligned with OECD framework: What this means 🔍
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📆July 27, 2026 at 06:35PM
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Tax dept puts out guidance note on crypto asset reporting aligned with OECD framework: What this means
With the note, India aligns with the OECD framework to facilitate automatic exchange of information between countries from next year; experts say transactional data to be monitored closely
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Amid shake-ups in UK politics, why immigration-critical leader Nigel Farage is again in focus 🔍
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📆July 28, 2026 at 06:30AM
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Amid shake-ups in UK politics, why immigration-critical leader Nigel Farage is again in focus
Nigel Farage founded the Reform UK party, built on Euroscepticism and anti-immigration. His party's rapid rise has increased his prospects as a future Prime Minister, in no small part due to the political instability over the last decade.
Why raising Russian oil imports is India’s obvious choice as the conflict spreads to the Red Sea — but comes with risks 🔍
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Why raising Russian oil imports is India’s obvious choice as the conflict spreads to the Red Sea — but comes with risks
India faces fresh oil supply risks as Houthi attacks threaten Saudi shipments via Bab al-Mandab. Russian crude and alternative sources could cushion the impact.
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Parliament debates examination Bill: How it compares with states’ anti-cheating laws 🔍
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📆July 28, 2026 at 02:23PM
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Parliament debates examination Bill: How it compares with states’ anti-cheating laws
With Parliament slated to discuss the Bill on Tuesday, here’s a look at how individual states have legislated similar laws to curb use of cheating, malpractice, and unfair means in competitive examinations.
Seven years on, how Assam’s NRC process remains incomplete 🔍
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Seven years on, how Assam’s NRC process remains incomplete
A plea in the Supreme Court says that publishing the NRC list was only half the process. Two things were legally supposed to follow — identity cards for those included, and an appeal process begun for those excluded.
Expert Explains | What the entry of the Houthis means for the US-Iran conflict 🔍
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Expert Explains | What the entry of the Houthis means for the US-Iran conflict
The question is no longer whether the US and Israel can further degrade Iran’s military capabilities. The more consequential one is whether they can prevent the conflict from spilling into a global maritime crisis.
Bihar cop suspended over AK-47: When can police use such weapons, what are the rules for protests 🔍
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📆July 28, 2026 at 05:35PM
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Bihar cop suspended over AK-47: When can police use such weapons, what are the rules for protests
While rules are uniform across the country, states can take a call on use of sophisticated weapons under extraordinary circumstances.
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The rupee is no longer overvalued: Why this may help India 🔍
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📆July 28, 2026 at 07:46PM
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The rupee is no longer overvalued: Why this may help India
The rupee’s sharp depreciation over the last one-and-a-half years has made it a currency that is more undervalued than even the yuan. Whether this helps boost Indian exports and makes domestic manufacturing more competitive against imports remains to be seen.
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Expert Explains | From Saudi to Kuwait, how US-Iran war is forcing Gulf states to rethink their security strategies 🔍
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Expert Explains | From Saudi to Kuwait, how US-Iran war is forcing Gulf states to rethink their security strategies
Kuwait has ratified a 2023 defence pact with Pakistan, while Qatar has committed to deepening its security cooperation with Pakistan. Saudi Arabia, meanwhile, will have to navigate renewed Houthi attacks while protecting its nuclear ambitions and economic…
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Why Misir Besra’s arrest could mark the end of the Maoist insurgency 🔍
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Why Misir Besra’s arrest could mark the end of the Maoist insurgency
For nearly four decades, Besra remained one of the CPI (Maoist)’s most influential leaders. With his arrest, the organisation has effectively lost the last active member of the leadership that built it into a nationwide insurgent force.
What’s the Cauvery dispute and how does the Mekedatu dam feature in it? 🔍
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What’s the Cauvery dispute and how does the Mekedatu dam feature in it?
Karnataka’s proposal to construct the Mekedatu balancing reservoir has long been a thorny issue between the two states, which have often clashed over their share of waters of the Cauvery river.
Why India’s tea giants face rising competition from cheaper alternatives 🔍
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Why India’s tea giants face rising competition from cheaper alternatives
The overall tea market has been in a deflationary phase over the past four to five quarters, driven by a combination of factors, including adverse weather and a rise in cheaper imports.
Punjab’s six alleged incidents of exam malpractice: What Opposition claims, how AAP government responded 🔍
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📆July 29, 2026 at 06:29PM
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Punjab’s six alleged incidents of exam malpractice: What Opposition claims, how AAP government responded
The Congress, BJP, and Shiromani Akali Dal have alleged that there were at least six paper leaks and malpractices in Punjab since the AAP came to power in 2022.
Former PM Manmohan Singh gets posthumous clean chit: Recalling the coal block ‘scam’ case 🔍
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Former PM Manmohan Singh gets posthumous clean chit: Recalling the coal block ‘scam’ case
A bench comprising CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana accepted the CBI’s decision to close the case against Singh. Here's what to know about the case.
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No blanket amnesty or bar: How SC set ‘public interest’ test for ex-post facto environment clearances 🔍
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📆July 30, 2026 at 06:06AM
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No blanket amnesty or bar: How SC set ‘public interest’ test for ex-post facto environment clearances
The judgment has sought to strike a middle path in its evolving environmental jurisprudence, distinguishing between the source of executive power and the limits of regularisation.
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