Author: Smriti Jha

A major fight or a massive action scene is not necessary for an engaging or thrilling movie. In fact, more often than not, the most compelling movies—or elements of movies—come from going internally for sources of conflict since these might seem more authentic and familiar to viewers than any gunfire or chase. We’re discussing narratives that examine mental illness and the effects that different illnesses may have on people’s lives, relationships, and other aspects of their existence. And while there is still much too much stigma associated with mental illness in contemporary society, it is eroding. Popular depictions of the…

In light of Moscow’s attempts to exert pressure on its allies to open new fronts in its conflict with Ukraine, the United States has acquired military equipment to combat what they refer to as a “threat of terrorism.” Despite not allowing his own troops to participate, President Lukashenko enabled his nation to be used as a staging area for Russia’s assault on Kyiv. Russia had previously assisted Belarus in quelling a popular uprising two years prior.  Since the surprise visit to the capital by Sergei Shoigu, Russia’s defense minister, there have been further indications of involvement from Belarus’s end. He…

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday allowed a woman to terminate her pregnancy at 33 weeks due to abnormalities in her foetus. The Delhi High Court earlier on Tuesday said that the ultimate decision when it comes to matters of abortion have to be given to the woman as it recognises her choice to give birth and a possible dignified life to the unborn child. This decision came in light of a 26-year-old married woman who was allowed to undergo medical termination of her 33 week old pregnancy. Justice, Pratibha M Singh recognised the right of a women’s choice in…

Film director Vivek Agnihotri submitted an unconditional apology to the Delhi High Court in a matter of contempt of court case over his allegations on a judge that he was biased while releasing the activist Gautam Navlakha of the Bhima Koregaon violence case. Court however, underlined its order and asked him to appear for hearing and show remorse in person. Justice Siddharth Mridul and Talwant Singh informed the same to his lawyer and said that remorse cannot always be expressed through an affidavit that is in writing and hence he must not have any difficulty to express remorse in person.…

China is likely to relax some of its very stringent zero-Covid regulations after protests in several cities calling for an end to the stringent Covid norms, as stated by one of the senior Chinese officials on Thursday. The Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan, the senior most Chinese official overseeing the Covid strategies said that the country needs to come up with newer strategies as the Omicron variant has become less pathogenic and more and more people are getting vaccinated. Thereby sharing experiences regarding the control of the virus. This news was shared to the official news agency Xinhua. Protests emerge in China…

The Chief Justice of India, D Y Chandrachud decided to look into the petitions filed by Bilkis Bano against the release of her rapists who were serving life sentences. The event took place during the Gujarat riots when she was gang raped by 11 people. Bilkis Bano’s advocate Shobha Gupta filed a review petition against the Supreme Court’s decision of May 2022 by making an oral mention before the CJI’s bench against the Gujarat government regarding the early release of the convicts under the state’s Premature Release Policy of 1992. She argued that the remission policy of the state of…

The long-standing conflict between Iran and US has gaslighted during the FIFA World Cup, 2022 face off, pushing it beyond the stadium into geopolitics. The political overtones have come into the fragile situation as the US and Iran have this face off in Qatar on Tuesday . While talking to the CNBC report, the Iranian state media asked for the termination of the US World Cup team from the 2022 FIFA tournament being held in Qatar. This was in the backdrop of the protests taking place in Iran that the US erased their emblem of the Iranian Republic from the…

Jama Masjid, the iconic site of Delhi comes up with a notice outside its main gates, restricting the entry of girls and women coming in solitary or in groups. The administration of this mosque bans the entry of unaccompanied females to the monument. This has led to widespread outrage. Amidst the opposition, the mosque Shahi Imam stepped in to clarify that the order was not applicable to those females who came in to offer prayers. As per the Press Trust of India, the notice did not have a date and was seen a few days ago outside the three main…

The successful testing of the Agni-3 missile was carried out under the aegis of Strategic Forces Command and was part of the routine user training. The range for the launch was predetermined and it had already validated all other operational parameters required.  India successfully test-fired the intermediate-range ballistic missile Agni-3 from the APJ Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha coast on Wednesday. Agni-3 missile successfully test-fired The Agni-3 missile is the third in the line of the Agni missile series, and the first missile was test fired on July 9, 2006. However, it wasn’t successful due to some technical snag and fell…

Earthquake of magnitude 5.6 hits the island of Indonesia. The death toll rose to 268 on the island of Indonesia, struck by an earthquake on Tuesday. The search for the survivors in the debris by the rescuers is still on, struggling to sift the rubble. The rescue efforts continue to find survivors under the rubble so that the relatives could respectfully bury their loved ones.  Indonesia earthquake The earthquake was of a shallow magnitude of 5.6 with the epicenter near the town of Cianjur, which was the most hard hit as most of the victims were claimed dead and several…