India’s official entry to Oscars ‘Jallikattu’ is a Malayalam film

The Film Federation of India declared that Malayalam feature film ‘Jallikattu’, directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery, has been chosen to be India’s official entry for the International Feature Film Category at the Oscars. From the feature films in 27 languages like from Hindi, Marathi, Odiya, and various others, Jallikattu was unanimously selected. It is about…

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Naveen Patnaik appeals to Centre for giving a timeframe for the 2020-21 academic year and boards

As the schools are shut for over eight months now to contain the transmission of Covid-19 pandemic, chief minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to urge the Union government to have a clarification regarding the timeframe for conducting Board and Higher Secondary examinations and the duration pertaining to the academic…

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Kerala HC anticipates upcoming development for Police Act, pushes hearing to Nov 25

The Kerala High Court adjourned the court hearing to November 25, pushed by the petitions invoking the Section 118 A of the Kerala Police Act, anticipating for the upcoming developments regarding the issue. The submission presented by Additional Advocate General representing the Kerala government was noted by a division bench having Chief Justice S Manikumar…

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Ashok Gehlot to introduce digital concert series for supporting Rajasthani folk artists

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot launched the ‘Padharo Mhare Des’ digital concert series for COVID-19 relief on Sunday, a move to support the Rajasthani folk artists. As per an official release, the digital concert series is an initiative to nurture the inherent talent of the Rajasthani folk artists by Manesha A Agarwal’s Arpan Foundation. During…

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Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine trials to commence this week in India on humans

Russia’s potential Covid-19 vaccine candidate, Sputnik V, will be subjected to human clinical trials in India to test its efficacy against preventing the novel Covid-19 viral infection, in the mid of the following week, revealed the government officials. An official revealed, “All necessary requirements are in place, especially the mandatory regulatory approvals, for human trials…

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India, Singapore and Thailand commence trilateral SITMEX-2020

India, Singapore, and Thailand have began with the trilateral naval exercise in the Andaman sea from Saturday. The naval exercise, scheduled for two-days known as SITMEX-2020, is planned with “non-contact, at sea only format” considering the Covid-19 restrictions. The elementary objective of the naval exercise is to support consolidated interoperability between the three countries Navy…

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