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Watch: Latest ‘Sense and Sensibility’ film stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Esme Creed-Miles
Also read: Why Jane Austen’s leading men are such enduringly popular heartthrobs … Read more
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For children: The animals on Great Nicobar protest when the island is threatened by human greed
Once Golee had spread the word, the gathering under the canopy had grown so large and was filled with so many kinds of chatters and twitters, chirps and howls, that it was impossible to discern who was saying what. They were one united voice of the jungle. “You see,” chattered Macaque, “there are plans to…
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Start the week with a film: In ‘Bowfinger’, an actor stars in a movie without his knowledge
The recently released Welcome to the Jungle borrows plot points from Hollywood showbiz satires such as The Producers (a stage production that is deliberately designed to flop) and Tropic Thunder (actors in a war drama finds themselves in the middle of a real war). Welcome to the Jungle struggles to maintain its spoofy tone –…
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As US switches focus in the Pacific, it’s time for New Delhi to strengthen ties in the Indo-Atlantic
What’s in an abbreviation? An entire ocean. In 2018, when the United States expanded the USPACOM, the official name of its Pacific military command that has overseen security across more than half the world since World War II to USINDOPACOM, it indicated a pinnacle of sorts for US-India relations. Critics warned that the Indian Ocean…
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Mumbai Rains: Heavy Overnight Showers Lash City, Waterlogging Reported In Andheri, Malad & Mulund; Traffic Hit At Subways Briefly – VIDEOS
Mumbai: Heavy overnight rainfall lashed Mumbai, bringing a wet start to Monday morning and causing waterlogging in several parts of the city and neighbouring regions, including Navi Mumbai and Thane. #WATCH | Maharashtra: Morning visuals from Marine Drive as rain lashes various parts of Mumbai. pic.twitter.com/AzQWbxR1ct — ANI (@ANI) June 29, 2026 #WATCH | Maharashtra…
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Europe heatwave: More than 1,300 excess deaths recorded, says WHO
More than 1,300 excess deaths have been recorded in Europe since June 21 because of high temperatures, the World Health Organization said on Sunday. Of these, about 1,000 additional deaths were recorded in France, AP quoted the country’s public health agency as saying on Sunday. Eighty-five percent of the deaths were of persons above age…
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‘Dogs are essential to my life’: Indologist Wendy Doniger writes about her pets in her memoir
Through all of the turmoil and triumphs in my life, my closest companions have often been dogs. For I have measured out my life not in coffee-spoons but in dogs; even in India, among all the many temples I visited, I remember with special pleasure my visit to the extraordinary dog temple in Varanasi, dedicated…