A viral video has stirred a row over alleged hiring bias in the United States after a White job seeker claimed his chances of employment improved when he changed his surname on job applications to an Indian one.In the video, the man said he had applied for hundreds of roles without success before conducting a…
John Stuart Mill was a 19th-century philosopher who argued that true happiness comes from developing the mind A shopper standing in the middle of a brightly lit superstore, holding three slightly different versions of the same household item, often feels an odd sense of confusion rather than freedom. The endless scroll of online stores promises…
Kolkata: With former Cine Technicians & Workers of Eastern India (FCTWEI) president Swarup Biswas in police custody, Tollywood faces deep uncertainty regarding technician operations. This has been compounded by confusion over the status of Eastern India Motion Pictures & Cultural Confederation. On Monday, BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya clarified that the party has not sanctioned…
Ludhiana: Punjab Agricultural University is all set to open a single-window sales point in the varsity market to sell food and value-added products developed across its various departments. The initiative aims to provide students and the general public with easy access to high-quality, research-backed food.This will replace the current system where products are sold individually…
Cockroach Janta Party leaders; CJP member Abdul Hafiz’s father was beaten to death BANKURA: A leader of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Monday gave the West Bengal government 10 days to arrest all those allegedly involved in the death of the father of a party volunteer in Bankura district and demanded a probe into…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Aashirwad Sooryavanshi NEW DELHI: Cricket appears to run in the Sooryavanshi family. While teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi continues to make headlines on the international stage, his younger brother Aashirwad is now beginning to attract attention with the bat.Just 10 years old, Aashirwad Sooryavanshi produced a sparkling century in a local practice match…
Dibrugarh: The Assam Tea Tribes Students’ Association (ATTSA) is campaigning in Demow tea gardens against ‘sulai’, citing its health and social costs.ATTSA held its latest awareness session at Diroi Tea Estate in Sivasagar district on Sunday. Senior members Diganta Tasa and Rajkishore Bhumij led the weeklong drive.The campaign targets ‘sulai’, or country liquor, widely consumed…
Panaji: Padmashree awardee, thespian and classical artist, Prasad Sawkar (97) passed away on Wednesday, marking the end of a long and distinguished career in performing arts. He was widely regarded for his contributions to natya sangeet and Marathi musical theatre, and was honoured with the Padmashree in 2006.Born into a theatrical family in Goa, Sawkar…
Ex-Bengal minister Udayan Guha (wearing helmet) outside court in Dinhata, West Bengal NEW DELHI: Eggs were pelted on Thursday at Udayan Guha, a Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and former West Bengal minister, marking the latest incident of a TMC leader being targeted with eggs after the party was voted out of power in the assembly…
FWICE has stepped into the growing dispute around ‘Don 3’ after reports claimed Ranveer Singh walked out of Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani’s film shortly before its shoot. Ashoke Pandit, Chief Advisor of the Federation of Western India Cine Employees, called the matter serious and criticized the reported trend of actors leaving films close to…
