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Neon While the Cannes Film Festival has been synonymous with long standing ovations at its glitzy film premieres for decades, the Palme d’Or (the Cannes equivalent of a Best Picture Oscar) is slightly more obscure. That has changed in recent years. Mainstream audiences have declared that the allure of winning the Palme d’Or prize is the principal reason they checked out several recent films like the Oscar-nominated “Triangle of Sadness” or “Anatomy of a Fall” on the big screen. The Palme d’Or trophy has become so ubiquitous that Taylor Swift name-dropped it…

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Pan-India SIR: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday detailed the nationwide voter list verification and clean-up drive, known as the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), aimed at purging inaccuracies and ensuring that every eligible citizen is included in the electoral rolls. Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar announced that the second phase of this massive exercise will now cover 12 States and Union Territories, including Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Goa, Puducherry, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Lakshadweep. The first phase, conducted in Bihar, concluded successfully with “zero appeals”, Chief Election Commission (CEC)…

Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Monday announced that the Election Commission will undertake a pan-India Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in 12 states and union territories. #WATCH | Phase 2 of SIR | CEC Gyanesh Kumar says, “As far as the Aadhaar Card is concerned, Supreme Court has said that Aadhaar is to be used as per Aadhaar Act. Sec 9 of Aadhaar Act says that Aadhaar will not be the proof of domicile or citizenship. Supreme Court has given… pic.twitter.com/SMVoVHv0vG — ANI (@ANI) October 27, 2025 “…The voter lists in all states undergoing SIR will…

In the summer of 1831, something strange happened to the skies over Europe and North America. As witnesses later described, the Sun turned an unsettling shade of blue, crops failed, and temperatures dropped when they should have been at their peak. The atmosphere took on a metallic hue. People were baffled, uneasy—and eventually, silent about it. For generations, the cause of this bizarre episode remained unknown. No volcanic eruption on record at the time seemed large enough to have triggered such far-reaching atmospheric effects. Some experts speculated about Ferdinandea, a submarine volcano off the coast of Sicily that briefly breached…

They’ve cased a few joints in their criminal careers. Even swallowed diamonds and done time.So what do former jewelry thieves make of the brazen heist that the entire world can’t stop talking about?Could they have pulled it off? Was it a criminal stroke of genius or sheer luck resulting from a museum’s master class in incompetence?Some gave their, ahem, professional insight into last Sunday’s break-in at the Louvre in Paris, where intruders breached a second-floor window of the world’s most-visited museum and got away with more than $100 million in royal jewels and crown diamonds. In no more than seven…

New Delhi: Expressing anguish over the continued “withholding” of the Diljit Dosanjh- starrer Punjab ‘95, BJP national spokesperson R.P.Singh has urged the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to immediately release the movie without any cuts.The movie has not been released in India as it is yet to be certified by the CBFC. It is based on the life of slain human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, a former bank manager who exposed mass disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Punjab during the militancy era. Though the movie was privately screened at Cannes for a small group of Indian and international journalists,…

The concept, while sounding like a novelty, builds on decades of animal research and could offer a low-tech, emergency solution for patients whose lungs are no longer functioning. The first clinical test in humans suggests the method—known as enteral ventilation via anus (EVA)—is physically tolerable and has cleared an essential safety hurdle. Inspired by a natural survival mechanism found in some aquatic species, scientists from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and the University of Osaka are exploring whether oxygen can be absorbed through the gut. When the COVID-19 pandemic intensified demand for alternative ventilation strategies, this unorthodox method—once ridiculed—re-emerged as a potentially…

The Election Commission of India (EC) on Monday announced the second phase of a crucial electoral roll cleanup exercise, known as the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). The SIR aims to overhaul and update voter lists across the country. The new phase will cover approximately 12 states and Union Territories, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar announced. This initial group is expected to include those states scheduled to go to Assembly polls in 2026, where the cleanup exercise will begin first. Addressing the media on on Monday, CEC Gyanesh Kumar officially announced the next step, saying, “Phase two of the Special…

Days ahead of the Bihar Assembly polls, RJD leader and Mahagathbandhan’s chief ministerial face Tejshawi Yadav speaks to The Indian Express on his pre-poll promises, friendly fights in the Opposition camp and the politics of doles, among other issues. Excerpts:* Your 10 lakh jobs promise is seen to have changed the narrative in your favour in the 2020 polls. Do you sense the same happening with your promise of one government job for each family, though your rivals have said it is not financially viable? You need to create jobs if you want a healthy economy. Employment links livelihoods with…