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A round-up of what’s been happening in India and around the world, from The Hindu Weekend desk
Actor-producer Deepika Padukone joins six other actors — Aja Naomi King and Sadie Sink (USA), Jung Ryeo-Won (Australia), Anne Nakamura (Japan), Dorra Zarrouk (Tunisia), and Yang Zi (China) — for Chopard’s new Happy Diamonds campaign. Caroline Scheufele, the luxury watch and jewellery brand’s co-president and artistic director, has chosen the seven ‘Happy Women’ with “unparalleled influence” to embody the iconic watch, characterised by diamonds that gently move and twirl. Starts at CHF 7,200, (approx ₹5,80,000 lakh). Details: chopard.com
Historian and author Manu Pillai is clear. He has chosen a path towards interpreting Hindu nationalism but has done so with 230 pages of notes and research backing his latest book, Gods, Guns and Missionaries
The DMK government — when M. Karunanidhi was Chief Minister from 2006 to 2011 — enacting a law to provide 3% reservation to Arunthathiyars within the 18% quota of Scheduled Castes (SC) has had a lasting impact on the community and is a milestone in the party’s ambitious path towards social justice, Minister for Adi Dravidar Welfare M. Mathiventhan said on Friday (January 17, 2025).
Kangana Ranaut’s Emergency was not screened at most cinemas in Punjab on Friday following protests by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and Sikh organisations
Indian Hepatitis Summit 2025 focuses on early detection, treatment, and prevention of viral hepatitis with global experts.
CAT directs Kerala government to allow senior IAS officer B. Ashok to remain as Agricultural Production Commissioner.
He accused Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah of bringing the caste census report to the fore and using it as a ‘dice’ whenever his position becomes ‘shaky’.
Tribal University in Andhra Pradesh seeks more staff to expand courses and facilities for student success by 2025-26.
We hope Saif Ali Khan’s health is better and we all are concerned for him, Shahid Kapoor on Friday said about his Rangoon co-staR
Telangana Junior Doctors Association meets Health Minister to request him to address stipend, scholarship, and salary delays, promising immediate action.
Delhi High Court sets March 21 hearing for ED plea against Arvind Kejriwal's bail in money laundering case.
Jofin T Chacko's success with Rekhachithram, a film connecting generations with alternate history and AI technology.
The BJP had alleged in its complaint, filed in June 2023, that ‘false, baseless, and reckless’ allegations were made under the title ‘Corruption rate card’ in the advertisements issued by the accused persons on May 5, 2023, in all the mainstream newspapers in Karnataka during campaigning for the elections.
Andhra Pradesh IT Minister Nara Lokesh to attend World Economic Forum 2025, discussing investments, AI, and global partnerships.
Delhi Assembly elections 2025: BJP releases manifesto on January 17, 2025: BJP announces ₹2,500 to women every month; LPG cylinders for ₹500 to women from poor families
The TTD information office in Vyalikaval near Malleswaram was a place where many devotees were getting tickets a few years ago, but even there the facility does not exist any more. Private tour operators had cancelled their special Tirupati packages a few months ago.
As many as 19 children who went missing in the crowds that had gathered at the beaches of Chennai on Kaanum Pongal day on Thursday (January 16, 2025) were traced and reunited with their parents by the Chennai police.
On the day of the campaign, several traffic police will stand at about six high traffic density destinations and stop the bikes with riders or pillion wearing substandard helmets. The police will then break the helmets and give them new ones.
Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy discusses broad partnerships with Singapore Minister for Foreign Affairs