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'Our time has come': Kiran Rao is hoping to make Oscars history with 'Laapataa Ladies'
The last entry to be nominated was the 2001 film "Lagaan". Kiran Rao was an assistant director in that epic
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UK's National Gallery bans liquids after activist art attacks
Over the last two years, various liquids have been thrown at iconic paintings in the gallery on Trafalgar Square, including Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" and John Constable's "The Hay Wain"
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Independent studio turns Disney's 'Tron' into video game
The original Oscar-nominated film "Tron", which came out in 1982, tells the story of Kevin Flynn, a programmer who gets trapped in a virtual world created by a computer and attempts to escape
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Ethical misconduct at work is not always reported: survey
The Institute of Business Ethics and the Compliance Institute surveyed over 12,000 employees from 16 countries on ethical matters in the workplace
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How worms and snails handle the pressure 2,500m below the Pacific surface
Scientists are now trying to understand how the tube worm larvae get around so quickly to colonise new areas around the vents created after each underwater eruption
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Restored 'Apollo Belvedere' marble back on show in the Vatican
Once considered to epitomise classical Western ideals of beauty, the 2.24-metre-high (seven-feet-tall) marble statue shows the Greek god of medicine and poetry in motion, his left arm having just let fly an arrow from his bow
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Climate change solutions not always good for biodiversity: IPBES report
The IPBES will publish a report in December on how different crises—including climate change and biodiversity loss—are closely related and should be addressed together, not in isolation
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In Pictures: Behold the exciting conception of the Goddess Durga at this year's puja pandals
The human spirit's contemplation--and expression--of the divine takes an inventive leap in the construction of Goddess Durga at the puja pandals every season. A reason why Durga Puja in Kolkata was inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2021. A joyful riot of conception, colour and chiaroscuro so intrinsic to India, the deity and the pandals that unfold in the images below defy description, an invitation to contemplate its ever-changing form--and meaning
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EVs seek to regain sales momentum at Paris Motor Show
The show, which lasts through Sunday, also comes as the European Union is set to begin imposing tariffs as high as 45 percent on imported Chinese electric cars
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India's DIY film industry from Malegaon comes to London
'Superboys of Malegaon' has already been shown at the Toronto International Film Festival, and with its screening in London, producer Ritesh Sidhwani hopes it will attract audiences beyond the Indian diaspora
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Kartik Aaryan: A Champion's Mindset
The actor on making it big, his crazy self-belief and willingness to work hard, and his equation with money