Author: Eva Benerjee

A New Chapter for Indian Cinema A group of Indian filmmakers wants to push the limits of filmmaking by announcing plans for Hanuman, which could be India’s first fully AI-generated feature film. The project is being led by Rajesh Mapuskar, a director who has won a National Award. He says this big project will explore how artificial intelligence can be used in stories while keeping creativity at the centre of the process. People know Mapuskar for his work in films. He believes AI can be a useful tool rather than a replacement for imagination. AI is a helper, not an…

The second day of the fifth and final Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) had everything that cricket purists crave for in the traditional format: a class century, a dogged lower-order rearguard and an electrifying fight back. In a roll of the dice in a one-off winner-takes-all Test match following rain and bad light on Day 1, Monday provided everything that this form of cricket can deliver: England with a strong total, and Australia’s top order an aggressive riposte. By the end of play, the story of this match — and perhaps of this series finale — was tantalizingly poised. England…

In a year in which one could be forgiven for not knowing the difference between late-night comedy and evening newscasting, Jimmy Kimmel took to the stage at the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards on Jan. 4, 2026 with a statue that seemed to synopsize his most volatile time yet. Best Talk Show (with Jimmy Kimmel Live!), the veteran host skipped all the usual suspects when it comes to “thank yous” — agents, studio heads — and went straight for a more familiar one: President Donald Trump. “I want to say thank you to President Donald Jennifer Trump, because remember last year when it seemed…

In the new year of 2026, rather than wondering what AI can do?   In a recent string of high-profile warnings, some of the world’s top AI researchers—including David Dalrymple who now works for the UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA)—are raising a brutal ultimatum: time is running out to set global safety protocols. The heart of the problem is not that AI is getting smarter, it’s that it’s now too dumb to control its own evolution at the pace necessary for large institutions — like humans? — to govern. With models suddenly able to self- improve and engage in autonomous reasoning,…

The winter in Pune is experiencing a strange pattern as the night conditions are increasing much higher than the average seasonal temperatures, and this is an indicator that the weather patterns in this city are changing significantly. Over the last couple of days, minimum temperatures have increased considerably across a variety of localities, even though the skies were mostly clear. Why are Nights in Pune becoming warmer? Meteorologists credit the increase in nighttime temperatures to a combination of haze, incursion of moisture, and weakened northerly cold winds. Under normal circumstances, the Deccan plateau cools down very fast after the sun…

The US President Donald Trump has sent warning signals that Washington could soon start levying tariffs on India at a very high rate unless the country further reduces its imports of Russian crude, directly linking the threat to current attempts to coerce Moscow into resolving the Russia-Ukraine conflict. In a Sunday interview on Air Force One on his way back to Washington following his visit to Florida, Trump stated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi knew very well about his displeasure concerning India’s continuing energy trade with Russia. He claimed that India had already been pressured by tariffs to reduce its…

Unexpected IPL Release Shock Bangladeshi fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman has finally said something about being suddenly let go from the Kolkata Knight Riders team before the start of the Indian Premier League season. The fact that KKR chosen him up in the IPL sale and thought he would play a big part for the team was a surprise. The left-arm pacer was taken out of the team because the Board of Control for Cricket in India told them to. Fans and cricket watchers were very upset about the move, since the player wasn’t released because of an illness or poor…

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is considering the possibility of requesting the International Cricket Council (ICC) to move its ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 matches out of India to Sri Lanka after the Mustafizur Rahman incident in the Kolkata Knight Riders team (KKR). Increasing security and safety issues have been cited by the board as the main reason of this possible move. How the controversy began? KKR purchased Mustafizur Rahman in 2026 to play in the IPL season, but released him after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) intervened (Kanjanipour, 2014). It is reported that the…

The professor involved in the mysterious death of a Dharamshala university student has indicated that he is ready to stand before the law in case he is found guilty, though the case has continued to raise outrage, protests, and demands for accountability by students and the civil society groups. The case, which has rocked the academic fraternity, is based on the demise of a college student amidst a situation that many people believe was neither accidental nor natural. The professor claims that he will cooperate It is the first time the accused professor has made a public statement since the…

The US operation of capturing the Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro, has thrown uncertainty into the world oil market through the dramatic US operation. The country is the largest in proven global crude deposits, and due to decades of sanctions, political instability and crumbling infrastructure, Venezuela has contributed little to world supply. Nevertheless, the geopolitical shockwaves from Washington’s aggressive step might spread through the oil markets, and countries such as India are not indifferent observers. Global Oil Prices and their current position The price of crude oil has been quite stable so far despite the unrest in Caracas, with the prices…