Built from intuitive hunches — she calls them “corazonadas” — the work of Mexican writer-director Lila Avilés plays like an invitation into her characters’ most vulnerable states, not to judge them but to share in their experience. Although “Tótem,” in theaters Friday, didn’t receive an Oscar nomination for international feature, its soul-stirring power has gained Avilés several famous fans. “‘Tótem’ …
New Delhi: In a daring operation, the Indian Navy's elite special operation force, MARCOS, successfully boarded the hijacked Liberian-flagged commercial bulk carrier MV Lila Norfolk in the North Arabian Sea. Responding swiftly, the Indian Navy launched a Maritime Patrol Aircraft and diverted the destroyer INS Chennai to assist the hijacked vessel. The cargo vessel, owned by Lila Global, and its …
The first time Gustavo Dudamel enthralled Los Angeles, he did it with music from Latin America. Dudamel is the program’s most accomplished alum and proselytizer — the Youth Orchestra Los Angeles, which was launched by the L.A. Phil in 2007, is modeled after El Sistema and has given free instruments and music education to the city’s underprivileged children, many of …
ABB India has strengthened the ongoing merit-cum-need-based undergraduate engineering scholarship programme meant for girls who are pursuing education and careers in STEM. Employees of ABB India would voluntarily offer technical training to select students in the areas of cyber security, data analytics, industry 4.0, leadership talk, design thinking, and digital marketing. Sanjeev Sharma, Country Head and Managing Director, ABB India, …
