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K-pop's uncertain English-language future

NPR

K-pop's uncertain English-language future When the stars of Korea's exploding pop market start directly courting American listeners, is it even K-pop anymore? Earlier this month, the BLACKPINK member Rosé and the girl group TWICE, two of the genre's towering figures, released new English-language music on the same day — the former dropping her solo debut, rosie, and the latter releasing …

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Punjab: Farmers hold 'rail roko' agitation to press MSD demand, train services affected

India TV News

The movement of several trains was affected in Punjab on Wednesday as farmers squatted on the tracks as part of their three-hour 'rail roko' protest in support of various demands, including a legal guarantee of MSP on crops. According to farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher, the protests, organised by Samyukta Kisan Morcha and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha, began at 12 pm, …

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1 week ago

South Korea’s ‘Hurry Hurry’ Culture Helps Bring Down a President

Live Mint

President Yoon Suk Yeol’s shock declaration of martial law revved up South Koreans from 0 to 100. “But when the momentum is there, it really translates into a huge amount of energy.” South Korea’s history helps explain its culture. In 1995, he set fire to 150,000 phones and faxes, some of them defective, to make a statement about quality control, …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Assad ally Russia in touch with Syrian rebels, aims to maintain its naval and air bases

Firstpost

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said contacts with HTS, the most powerful force in the country after the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad, were “proceeding in constructive fashion” Russian President Vladimir Putin and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu watch servicemen passing by as they visit the Hmeymim air base in Latakia Province, Syria December 11, 2017. Reuters Russia has established …

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DC Edit | Dhaka needs to act swiftly, firmly to restore normalcy

Deccan Chronicle

India has had its say on the situation in Bangladesh where the safety of minorities has been under a grave threat. It was on the cards that Bangladesh would come up with the response that India’s premises were based on “misleading and false information” and that whatever is happening in the country since the fall of Sheikh Hasina Wazed’s government …

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4 weeks ago

KTR slams Revanth Reddy on Constitution Day: Violating all principles, values

India Today

Bharat Rashtra Samithi working president KT Rama Rao on Tuesday tore into Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, and accused the state's Congress government of "violating all the constitutional principles and values". In an open letter to Reddy, the BRS working chief said, "While Rahul Gandhi speaks of constitutional values, your government tramples on them," he said. In his letter, …

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4 weeks ago

Dems need to 'take a page from Donald Trump's book': Bill de Blasio

Raw Story

Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has a few messages for Democrats about how to get back on course and take on MAGA over the next two years. I think people were more ready for it, we understand a lot about how to confront the excesses of Donald Trump. "Part of what happened here is the American people …

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1 month ago

Balancing the interests of State & Justice seekers

New Indian Express

The soul of justice cannot be enclosed in world-class brick and mortar structures just as the cause of liberty is not served by sermons in structured judgements. Upholding constitutional values is in the nature of a sacrament; any willful infraction or apparent insouciance in protecting those values makes the justice delivery system suspect in the eyes of the public. Despite …

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1 month, 1 week ago

KTR condemns Congress-led Telangana government for atrocities on Dalits, farmers

India Today

In a press conference held at Delhi’s Constitution Club, Bharat Rashtra Samithi working president KT Rama Rao joined hands with landowners from Lagacharla to expose the alleged injustices perpetrated by the Congress-led Telangana government. KTR’s press conference was held on Monday to highlight the stories of harassment, forced land acquisition, and police excesses, undertaken in the state under Chief Minister …

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1 month, 1 week ago

DC Edit | End to bulldozer justice: Govts pulled up by SC

Deccan Chronicle

It could perhaps be one of the harshest indictments of the executive by the judiciary when the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the government to call off the new-found practice of demolishing homes with bulldozers, delivering extra-judicial punishment to people accused of crimes. Unauthorised homes can be demolished but after following the due process for which the apex court has …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Pub goers hit out at police excesses in the name drug control measures

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: The crackdown launched by Telangana police against the drug menace is leading to invasion of privacy of those going to pubs in the name of collecting urine samples even from women, who condemned the highhanded behaviour, while pub goers slammed the police. It is the duty of the police to tackle drug menace but not by intruding into our …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Executive Can't Become Judge, Pronounce Guilt Of Persons & Punish Them By Demolishing Their Properties : Supreme Court

Live Law

Pronouncing judgment in the 'bulldozer matter', the Supreme Court today stated in unequivocal terms that the executive demolishing house of an accused without following due process of law would constitute an 'abuse of power'. "Only on the basis of accusations, it the executive demolishes property of an accused person, without following the due process of law, it would strike at …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump and the imperial presidency: What lies ahead?

Salon

As the dust settles over Election Day, it’s worth reflecting that it’s not only the election results that have been at stake, but the future of the presidency and its powers. While the “cascade of illegality” that defined the Bush era’s war on terror was indeed somewhat addressed by Obama, it remained, Koh reminds us, “undercorrected” — including not seeking …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Money from the royal estates should be given to schools and the NHS

The Independent

The royal duchy estates should be dissolved and the money refunded to the NHS and state schools.. Catherine Bolton Derbyshire We simply don’t care enough Western leaders have failed to turn the tide of the war in Ukraine – partly due to a lack of unity and strategic planning; partly through self-defeating caution – but also because their respective populaces …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Social media insiders warn user safeguards and efforts to stop disinformation have been 'cut to the bone'

ABC

They were the people tasked with keeping users safe on the world's biggest social media platforms. Instagram inaction Meta product safety engineer-turned-whistleblower Arturo Béjar says "every parent should know how bad it is" on social media. "Seeing that you could fire huge numbers of people and not face really any meaningful consequences, Mark Zuckerberg followed and fired 20,000 employees," says …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Alastair Down, ebullient racing journalist and broadcaster who won a string of awards

The Telegraph

Alastair Down, who has died aged 68, was a multiple award-winning racing correspondent, writer and broadcaster with such an eloquent gift for bringing racing alive that Chris Cook of the Racing Post observed that his reports were “sometimes more fun to read than the race in question had been to watch”. Down was voted racing writer of the year at …

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2 months ago

The Art of the Poker Table: How India's Economic Dance Plays Out in the Street

Live Mint

Bertie, an astute journalist, is intrigued by the changing economic landscape of India. He is concerned about the country's dwindling fiscal and monetary impulses, which he believes could negatively impact economic growth. He seeks the insights of a seasoned street food vendor, Anna, who provides him with valuable insights into the competitive dynamics of the local market. Through his conversation …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Smile 2 does what every good horror sequel should — takes the original and makes it gnarlier

ABC

The fictional pop star movie has long been one of cinema's richest playgrounds, holding up a funhouse mirror to satirise — and, in its own warped way, celebrate — the giddy excesses of fame. Though it's nominally a sequel to a horror movie about a demonic entity possessing people, Smile 2 is really a striking 21st-century pop fable, connecting its …

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3 months ago

4 artists’ works shortlisted for the prestigious Turner Prize go on display at a London museum

Associated Press

LONDON — A large concrete sculpture of a bracelet referencing the excesses of former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos and a collection of portraits focusing on Black men and women are among the eclectic artwork shortlisted for the prestigious Turner Prize. The sculpture is “a reimagination of Imelda Marcos’ ostentatious 30-carat ruby, diamond and pearl bracelet as a colossal concrete …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Wedding photos: The one awkward, terrible pose we refuse to stop doing.

Slate

My wedding is nine months away, which means that my fiancée and I are contending with an unlimited number of booking agents, vendor contracts, and backup plans. It’s all overwhelming, frightening, and occasionally exhilarating, but frankly, those concerns pale in comparison to a far more pressing nuptial anxiety: We need a photographer, and that photographer must never ask us to …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

The Hindu Morning Digest: August 29, 2024

The Hindu

Telegram founder-CEO Pavel Durov charged, banned from leaving France France on Wednesday charged Pavel Durov, the founder and chief of Telegram, with a litany of violations related to the messaging app and banned him from leaving the country while allowing the billionaire to walk free after four days under arrest. Jharkhand police snooping on Champai Soren: BJP Two Jharkhand police …

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4 months, 1 week ago

The top court as custodian of liberties

The Hindu

Former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s enlargement on bail by the Supreme Court of India, after an unconscionably long incarceration, is a welcome vindication of the apex court’s remit as custodian of individual liberties. In an eloquent exposition of its mandate, the Court reiterated that ‘a constitutional court has to lean in favour of constitutionalism and the rule of …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Puja Khedkar Granted Interim Protection from Arrest by Delhi High Court

The Hindu

The Delhi High Court on Monday granted interim protection from arrest to former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, who has been accused of fraudulently clearing Union Public Service Commission examination, till August 21. Read Editorial | A case of excesses: On the Puja Khedkar case Justice Subramonium Prasad gave the direction on the anticipatory bail plea by Ms. Khedkar. On Monday, …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

A case of excesses: On the Puja Khedkar case

The Hindu

Even one egregious violation of the rule can cast shade on the entire process. She claimed mental illness, and visual impairment, faked a community certificate, used a disability certificate to get chosen, having scored a rank that would have otherwise put her out of the reckoning. Considering how persons with a true disability must jump through hoops to merely get …

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K-pop's uncertain English-language future

Punjab: Farmers hold 'rail roko' agitation to press MSD demand, train services affected

South Korea’s ‘Hurry Hurry’ Culture Helps Bring Down a President

Assad ally Russia in touch with Syrian rebels, aims to maintain its naval and air bases

DC Edit | Dhaka needs to act swiftly, firmly to restore normalcy

KTR slams Revanth Reddy on Constitution Day: Violating all principles, values

Dems need to 'take a page from Donald Trump's book': Bill de Blasio

Balancing the interests of State & Justice seekers

KTR condemns Congress-led Telangana government for atrocities on Dalits, farmers

DC Edit | End to bulldozer justice: Govts pulled up by SC

Pub goers hit out at police excesses in the name drug control measures

Executive Can't Become Judge, Pronounce Guilt Of Persons & Punish Them By Demolishing Their Properties : Supreme Court

Donald Trump and the imperial presidency: What lies ahead?

Money from the royal estates should be given to schools and the NHS

Social media insiders warn user safeguards and efforts to stop disinformation have been 'cut to the bone'

Alastair Down, ebullient racing journalist and broadcaster who won a string of awards

The Art of the Poker Table: How India's Economic Dance Plays Out in the Street

Smile 2 does what every good horror sequel should — takes the original and makes it gnarlier

4 artists’ works shortlisted for the prestigious Turner Prize go on display at a London museum

Wedding photos: The one awkward, terrible pose we refuse to stop doing.

The Hindu Morning Digest: August 29, 2024

The top court as custodian of liberties

Puja Khedkar Granted Interim Protection from Arrest by Delhi High Court

A case of excesses: On the Puja Khedkar case