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Remember Labubus, the furry dolls with oversized eyes and a mischievous grin that took the internet by storm in 2025? They are back in the headlines, but this time for all the wrong reasons. A labour rights NGO has revealed exploitative practices at one of the factories producing these quirky dolls, part of the popular…
Composer A R Rahman’s claims that he possibly faced instances of “communal” discrimination in the last eight years in Bollywood caused an outcry on Saturday. During an interview with BBC Asian Network, Rahman was asked, “…today there’s a lot of discrimination against the Tamil community within Bollywood. What was it like in the 1990s. Did…
Shobhaa De has never been one to mince words, and at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2026 press conference, she didn’t disappoint the audience. The author and columnist spoke about the true feminism and the need for better gender equality , especially at the workplace. Cut straight to the heart of modern feminism. Forget hashtags or…
The year 2025 saw major Punjabi releases, both on the cinematic and musical front. While the majority of artists celebrated their career milestones, things were different for Punjabi actress Tania. Despite the release of her career-defining projects, the challenges on her personal front kept her from feeling the joy of professional success. However, what didn’t…
Nitish Kumar Reddy (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: As a seam-bowling allrounder, Nitish Kumar Reddy is a project struggling to launch. The team management sees him as a key piece of the puzzle in constructing a well-rounded team. It’s just that the piece is refusing to fit in. Uninspiring numbers across formats aside, the reluctance of…
NEW DELHI: People with job cards assigned under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Guarantee Scheme will be able to get work without disruption when transition takes place to new rural employment framework under Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act.Even though exact timeframe is not known yet, rural development ministry officials said the VB-G…
Oscar-winner composer AR Rahman recently shared why he has faced a slowdown in Bollywood over the last eight years, attributing a shift in power to “non-creative” dynamics. Reflecting on his journey from an “outsider” to learning Urdu for Subhash Ghai’s ‘Taal’, Rahman however remains at peace, refusing to chase industry trends. In candid reflection recently,…
What is impacting the young generation at the workplace? It lives in the pit of the stomach of a 23-year-old marketing executive in Noida, refreshing her inbox, in the strained shoulders of a junior analyst in Mumbai who hasn’t taken a real weekend off in months, in the quiet resignation of a Bengaluru developer wondering…
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that a resolution could come up amid his repeated threats to seize Greenland, following a high-level meeting in Washington with officials from Denmark and the autonomous territory. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office after the talks, Trump said the United States had “a very good relationship with…
Bollywood often celebrates glamour, success, and box-office numbers, but behind the spotlight lie struggles that rarely make it into public conversations. In an exclusive interview with ETimes, Alexx O’Nell—an American-born actor and musician who has built a prolific, nearly two-decade-long career across Indian cinema in languages including Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, and Malayalam—speaks candidly about loneliness,…
