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Imphal: The Manipur State Film Development Society has condoled the sad demise of Irom Maipak, Manipur’s first and only national award-winning cinematographer on Thursday.Maipak, a resident of Sagolband Salam Leikai, succumbed to post-Covid complication at the early hours of...

Moscow: Andrea Meza of Mexico was crowned Miss Universe at the televised event held in Florida, US, on Sunday."The new Miss Universe is Mexico!!!!" the organizers of the pageant said on Twitter.Miss Mexico (Andrea Meza, 26) finished ahead of...

Mumbai: Actor Kangana Ranaut on Saturday said she has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and is under home quarantine.The 34-year-old actor, whose Twitter account was permanently suspended for repeated violations of rules earlier this week, shared her diagnosis...

New Delhi: Twitter has permanently suspended Kangana Ranaut's account following a controversial tweet related to violence in Bengal after the Assembly elections.The action against the actor was taken by the social media site after her tweet that seemed utterly...

Imphal:  Fipresci-India has instituted the ‘Satyajit Ray Memorial Award for Outstanding Contribution to Writing on Cinema’ award to commemorate Satyajit Ray's Birth Centenary (2 May 1921-2021), and veteran author Aruna Vasudev will be the first recipient of this coveted...

Washington: The 93rd Academy Awards had an all-time record low number of viewers, according to statistics released by data measurement giant Nielsen.An average of 9.85 million people were watching the Oscars on ABC on Sunday, a drop of 58...

Washington: Chloe Zhao, who won the Oscar for directing "Nomadland" has become the first woman of color to have won the prize, and overall only the second woman to win.Zhao becomes the second female filmmaker to win the award...

New Delhi: Nearly half of all women are denied their bodily autonomy, according to a data from 57 countries, the UN Fund for Population Activities said Wednesday in a flagship report.The 2021 State of World Population report, titled My...

New Delhi: Social media users couldn’t control their laughter after a petitioner moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court, seeking legal action against UK’s Prince Harry for allegedly not fulfilling his "promise to marry" her. Prince Harry trended on...

No other has attempted such a venture in the mysterious hilly region, dotted with lovely people of different ethnicity and colour with different political hues.Under the banner "Breaking Stereotype and Redefining North-East", Nirmali Nath from Assam, Rosalynn Lushai from...