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Hollywood romantic musical comedy-drama film "La La Land" is nominated across 14 categories -- equalling a record previously set by "Titanic" and "All About Eve" -- for the 89th Academy Awards, it was announced in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Indian composer A.R. Rahman missed the race to the golden statuette, while Indian-origin British actor Dev Patel has one nomination for "Lion".....
Not all was unexpected at the prestigious Oscars stage, 'Moonlight' wins Oscars for the Best Film, La La Land wins Damien Chazelle Oscar for Best Director, Emma Stone best actor (female) and Casey Afflek best actor (male)....
Compared to other nations, only a few Indians are influenced by the terror group Islamic State's (IS) ideology, thanks to the country's social and communal harmony, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday. ....
A total of 382 cadets were commissioned into the Army after a Passing out Parade at the Indian Military Academy (IMA) in Dehradun on Saturday.....
Indian-origin MIT professor Abhijit Banerjee, his wife and one-time Ph.D student Esther Duflo, and Harvard professor Michael Kremer have been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics for their work which has "dramatically improved our ability to fight poverty in practice," it was announced on Monday.....
The internal probe carried out by the Army in the alleged Army recruitment scam has found that officers allegedly cleared candidates for the Services Selection Board (SSB) of the National Defence Academy (NDA) in December 2020 in lieu of money, sources said on Tuesday. ....
Nearly two weeks after Will Smith hit Chris Rock onstage at the Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has decided on a repercussion under its guidelines. ....
With the aim to further advance the training programme for boxers, the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sports Authority of India (SAI)under which an International Boxing Academy will be set up with eight regional centres.....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday left on a two-day visit to Sri Lanka where he will be the chief guest at the International Vesak Day celebrations.....
US economist Richard Thaler won the 2017 Nobel Economics Prize for his contributions in the field of behavioural economics, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday.....