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Amidst the popularity of Christopher Nolan’s film Oppenheimer, Japan marks the 78th anniversary of the lethal bombing in the city of Hiroshima which demolished the entire city and killed 1,40,000 people on August 6th, 1945. The historical event stands as a rather grandiose and intimidating reminder of the power of nuclear weapons against humanity and calls for the urgent need for global unity and progress towards nuclear disarmament and peace. On this day, 78 years ago, an blinding flash of light tore through the sky of Hiroshima and the cataclysmic tragedy that followed is one of the worst disasters that humanity…

A few months after student Darshan Solanki’s suicide, which was allegedly caused due to caste-based discrimination in the institute, IIT Bombay has introduced new disciplinary guidelines which had prohibited discrimination in the campus by enforcing various rules such as the discussion of JEE/GATE score would be prohibited, as it leads to development of hostility among students because of personal opinions and reservations about religious and caste-related matters. New guidelines in IIT Bombay The new guidelines encourage students to foster relationships over common interests such as books, movies and other source of media instead of engaging in discussions which may involve…

In his latest and one of his most popular projects, Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan has bragging rights over the fact that CGI was not used in the filming of the atomic bomb explosion in the film. However, the gigantic feat of making the explosion look realistic and get all the credit it is getting right now had the work of quite a few dedicated VFX artists and about 80% of them were snubbed of a 10-second credit in a 3-hour behemoth of a film by Nolan. The film, Oppenheimer, is about J. Robert Oppenheimer, who oversaw the Trinity Test and the…

North Korea fires two ballistic short-range missiles off of the east coast as US submarine, Annapolis arrives in South Korea. North Korea’s reaction was followed by their initial response to US’ USS Kentucky arriving in South Korea last week, where they stated that the presence of the submarines would be enough reason for them to deploy their own nuclear weapons against South Korean and US naval forces. South Korea has called North Korea’s reaction “a grave provocation” and a threat to their internal security and peace. The missiles were launched by North Korea on Monday night from approximately 11:55 p.m.…

Elon Musk rebrands and renames Twitter and changed it’s iconic bird logo and replaced it with an ‘X’. The 52 year old Tesla founder has confirmed that the acquisition of Twitter last year was a catalyst for the creation of X, well rounded application. It is a derivative of X.com, a company which Musk had established and later evolved into the payment app, PayPal. The logo of the app was just released a few hours ago and is completely contrasting to the old and extremely popular logo. Why the change from Twitter to X? Six months after Elon Musk gained…

The cultural phenomenon of Barbie has been embedded in popular culture for a long time. The entity of Barbie has been popular for both right and wrong reasons, but with Greta Gerwig’s announcement of the movie, it saw a response which the marketing team responded to so cleverly that it deserves a standing ovation of its own. The Barbenheimer With Barbie’s star cast, it’s name was not going to dissolve into people’s minds very easily. It was going to stand out for it’s own idea, the idea of the Barbie live action movie, representing stars like Margot Robbie and Ryan…

Major film studios and production houses offered actors compensation worth more than $1 billion dollars before the SAG-AFTRA rose against them in protest, joining the Writers Guild of America (WGA) last week. “The deal that SAG-AFTRA walked away from on July 12 is worth more than $1 billion in wage increases, pension and health contributions and residual increases and includes first-of-their-kind protections over its three-year term, including expressly with respect to AI,” the AMPTP said in a statement. The AMPTP represents various organisations such as Netflix, Warner Bros, Disney and other production houses and continue to criticize SAG-AFTRA for continuing…