Filmmaker Alexandre Singh won an Oscar in the category of best live action short film for the French-language drama ‘Two People Exchanging Saliva’ at the 98th Academy Awards on March 15.His film, co-directed with long-time creative partner Natalie Musteata, shared the honour in a rare tie with ‘The Singers’ by Sam A. Davis and Jack…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday released its first list of 47 candidates for the upcoming Kerala assembly elections, fielding several key leaders, including former Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar and former state chief K Surendran. Poll Do you believe BJP has a strong chance of winning seats in Kerala? Among the prominent…
The UK government has unveiled a £53 million emergency support package to help vulnerable households struggling with soaring heating oil costs, as global energy markets remain volatile amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced the measure during a press conference at 10 Downing Street, saying the government’s immediate priority is…
The Political Science Conclave 2026, organized by the Political Science Society, was held from March 12-13 at the India International Centre (IIC) in New Delhi. The two-day event brought together scholars, policymakers, and practitioners to discuss contemporary political thought and public life in India.The Conclave was inaugurated by Sukanta Majumdar, Union minister of State for…
A 44-year-old software developer, Kishor Karunakaran, who was convicted of sexually assaulting a woman on a bus, said he was honeytrapped, got fired from his job at Amazon, and can’t find work since the incident. In an exclusive interview with Sunday World, the father of one said he was not a creep but a “valued…
NEW DELHI: A parliamentary committee has recommended strengthening institutional capacity in cybersecurity, data protection and digital infrastructure while examining the government’s spending plans for the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) for 2026-27. The panel also cautioned that inadequate funding could affect the expansion of digital governance systems, cybersecurity capacity and emerging initiatives such…
Admiration for Adolf Hitler should be morally unthinkable anywhere. Yet in parts of Pakistan, his name still surfaces in conversations with a strange tone of respect. The reaction can be startling for Europeans who encounter it. The German journalist Hasnain Kazim described precisely this experience in a widely discussed essay in Der Spiegel, where he…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs on Monday rejected the annual report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom for 2026, which recommended targeted sanctions on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Research and Analysis Wing for violations of religious freedom.MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, in a statement, said that the commission has persisted…
File photo: British PM Keir Starmer UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday that Britain “will not be drawn into the wider war” in the Middle East, even as it works with the US, European partners and Gulf allies on a “viable collective plan” to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the critical energy chokepoint…
NEW DELHI: The Left front on Monday released its first list of candidates for the upcoming assembly elections, fielding leaders like outgoing Rajya Sabha MP Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya and CPI(M) central committee member Minakshi Mukherjee .Out of 192 seats, CPI(M) will contest 142, the Forward Bloc (21), RSP (13), CPI (14), RCPI (1) and MCP…