The Emmy-award winning director, who helmed two episodes of the Netflix hit ‘Never Have I Ever’ unpacks the show’s identity politics. By Ankur Pathak HUFFPOST INDIAA still from ‘Never Have I Ever’ Among the many things that director Kabir Akhtar did not anticipate about Never Have I Ever’s global success was the fact that it would be […]
The owner of Cup Foods pledged on Facebook not to call the cops in the future and to “handle incidents like this one using non-violent tactics.” By Jenna Amatulli, HuffPost US The owner of Cup Foods, the Minneapolis store where a clerk called 911 on George Floyd, says his business will no longer involve the […]
Tamil Nadu’s reported cases breached the 1,000 mark for two consecutive days and Chennai accounted for a lion’s share. By Meryl Sebastian ARUN SANKAR VIA GETTY IMAGES A shopkeeper arranges a protective suit for sale on a mannequin at a garment shop after the government eased a nationwide lockdown, in Chennai on May 28, 2020. […]
The fracas around the TTD’s auction lays bare the contradictions between the ritual renunciation of wealth by shrine’s devotees and the staggering wealth and hardball political intrigue behind one of India’s most famous temple trusts. By Nikhila Henry UNIVERSAL IMAGES GROUP VIA GETTY IMAGES Tirumala Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala, Tirupati, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad, TELANGANA […]
Government officials said coronavirus test results in West Bengal were getting delayed because of the large number of tests being carried out and that could increase chances of transmission. By Rohini Chatterji NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES Workers carry sacks filled with sugar to load them onto a supply truck at a wholesale market after the […]
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned the country on Sunday to remain vigilant against the spread of coronavirus as the country prepares a phased re-opening of activities even as daily cases rise to record highs. People wearing protective face masks exercise inside a park after few restrictions were lifted, during an extended […]
Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) – At least two people working at India’s foreign affairs ministry have tested positive for COVID-19, and the government has asked several officials to self quarantine as a precaution, according to a source and internal e-mails seen by Reuters. One person who tested positive worked as a consultant in the […]
Joey Roulette CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – SpaceX, the private rocket company of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, launched two Americans into orbit from Florida on Saturday in a landmark mission marking the first spaceflight of NASA astronauts from U.S. soil in nine years. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center […]
Neha Arora NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India extended its coronavirus lockdown until June 30 in high-risk zones but permitted restaurants, malls and religious buildings to reopen elsewhere from June 8 despite a record high number of cases detected nationwide on Saturday. The home ministry ordered state governments and local authorities to identify “containment zones”, or […]
India has announced plans to further ease a strict national lockdown even as the country reported a record daily rise in new coronavirus cases. From 8 June, restaurants, hotels, shopping centres and places of worship will be allowed to re-open in many areas in the first stage of a three-phase plan. Weeks later, probably in […]
