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Hollywood: Steven Spielberg's coming-of-age movie, 'The Fabelmans', gets top TIFF award

Steven Spielberg's autobiographical coming-of-age story 'The Fabelmans' took home the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). This is seen as a major boost to the film's awards season chances, reports 'Variety'.

Sep 19, 2022

Roger Federer announces end of historic career; Laver Cup his last ATP event [details]

Roger Federer, a 20-time Grand Slam singles champion, on Thursday announced his retirement from top-level tennis, saying that Laver cup will be his final ATP tour event.

Sep 15, 2022

Superstar Singer 2 winner: Mohammad Faiz from Jodhpur lifts trophy; gets Rs 15 lakh cash prize [details]

The young talents were mentored by Salman Ali ('Indian Idol 10' winner), Pawandeep Rajan ('Indian Idol 12' winner), Arunita Kanjilal ('Indian Idol 12' first runner-up) and Sayli Kamble ('Indian Idol 12' second runner-up) and Mohammad Danish ('Indian Idol 12' third runner-up).

Sep 4, 2022

Journalist P. Sainath returns award given by rape accused seer [details]

Sainath's announcement came after a court in Karnataka on Friday sent the Chitradurga mutt seer accused of raping minor girls to police custody till September 5.

Sep 2, 2022

Mikhail Gorbachev: Last Soviet Union leader who ended cold War dies at 91

Gorbachev's death on Tuesday was announced by Russian news agencies, citing the government hospital where he was being treated.

Aug 31, 2022

Telangana: Cybercrime tops in FIR conversion rate, says state DGP

The higher number of cases of cybercrimes and human trafficking registered are attributed to the proactive measures taken by Telangana Police to deal with such crimes effectively and render justice to victims, he said.

Aug 31, 2022

Angela Merkel wins 2022 Unesco Peace Prize for 'efforts to welcome refugees'

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has been awarded the 2022 Unesco Peace Prize for "her efforts to welcome refugees".

Aug 24, 2022

Left leader Nalakkanu donates Rs 10 lakh award prize to Tamil Nadu's CMPRF

Veteran leader of the Communist Party of India (CPI), R. Nallakannu, who was chosen for the 'Thagaisal Thamizar' award by the Tamil Nadu government, returned the Rs 10 lakh cash prize of the award to the Chief Minister's Public Relief Fund (CMPRF). He added an amount of Rs 5,000 to the award money and donated the total amount to CMPRF.

Aug 16, 2022

Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi given 6 more years in jail for corruption

A court controlled by the military junta in Myanmar sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to six more years in prison over alleged corruption, according to sources familiar with the proceedings.

Aug 16, 2022

Salman Rushdie off ventilator; "talking (and joking)" following stabbing in US [details]

British-American writer Aatish Taseer said, in a since-deleted tweet, that the 75-year-old was "off the ventilator and talking (and joking)", which was then confirmed by the author's agent Andrew Wylie.

Aug 14, 2022

Har Ghar Tiranga: IBT hosts first-ever photo-contest in Kashmir [see terms, prizes]

As India celebrates 75 years of Independence on August 15, 2022, International Business Times is hosting a unique photo-contest for the readers in Kashmir with cash prizes as rewards for the best entries.

Aug 13, 2022

Salman Rushdie put on ventilator, likely to lose one eye, facing difficulty in breathing

Because of his 1988 work "The Satanic Verses", a fatwa was issued against Rushdie by then-Iranian revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khomeini calling for the author's death.

Aug 13, 2022

Karnataka: 7 youths arrested for kidnapping friend who won over Rs 1 cr in online game

Seven youths were arrested on charges of kidnapping their friend who had won over Rs one crore in an online game in this district of the state.

Aug 11, 2022

BGMI ban: Gaming companies urge Modi for 'uniform and fair treatment'

After the government ordered Google and Apple to ban popular battle royale game Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), some gaming companies have written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting for a 'fair treatment' to help foster the gaming ecosystem in the country.

Aug 9, 2022

JCB bulldozers take down illegal structures at Tyagi's Noida house; residents cheer, netizens question

The man who needs to be arrested is at large, while we are celebrating this unconstitutional approach to justice, opined several users

Aug 8, 2022

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