Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 5: For once, Hindi cinema didn’t wake up obsessing over a single saviour. Bollywood’s no one film was burdened with the responsibility of “reviving” the industry, rescuing exhibitors, or restoring audience faith. And perhaps that’s exactly why 2025 worked. This was not the year of a messiah movie. It was the year of plural success. From historical epics to rooted folklore, from star-driven spectacles to quietly confident narratives, several Hindi films crossed the elusive “clean hit” mark at the box office. Titles like Chhaava, Kantara: A Legend – Chapter 1, and Saiyaara didn’t just mint money—they…
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 5: There was a time when an Avatar release didn’t merely arrive—it rearranged the global box office calendar. Studios stepped aside. Competitors rescheduled. Analysts sharpened pencils and prepared to rewrite annual forecasts. The franchise wasn’t just cinema; it was a gravitational event. In 2025, Avatar: Fire and Ash arrived differently. It still earned an astonishing $935 million worldwide, placing it comfortably among the highest-grossing global films of the year. By any rational standard, that figure screams success. Yet the conversation around the film has been strangely muted, tinged with an unfamiliar question: Was this enough? That…
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 5: Yajur Fibres Limited (The Company, Yajur) specializes in producing premium cottonised bast fibres, including flax (linen), jute and hemp. The company proposes to open its Initial Public Offering on Wednesday, 07th January, 2026 and aiming to raise ₹ 120.41Crores, with shares to be listed on the BSE SME platform. The issue size is 69,20,000 equity shares with a face value of ₹ 10 each with a price band of ₹ 168 – ₹ 174 Per Share. Equity Share Allocation • Qualified Institutional Buyer – Not more than 64,000Equity Shares • Non-Institutional Investors – Not less than 19,51,200 Equity Shares • Individual Investors – Not less than 45,58,400 Equity Shares • Market Maker – 3,46,400 Equity Shares The net proceeds from the IPO will be utilized for: (1) Setting up of 50,000 sq.ft. of shed in…
New Delhi [India], January 5: Tourism Finance Corporation of India Ltd (TFCI) has decided to expand its presence in the alternative investment space by acting as a co-sponsor and anchor investor in two Category II Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs), signalling a calibrated shift towards equity-linked and asset management opportunities. In a regulatory disclosure, the company said it will act as co-sponsor and anchor investor in the Holystone Hospitality Fund, an equity-focused Category II AIF, with a proposed commitment of up to 5% of the total fund corpus. An application for registration of the fund has already been filed with the Securities and Exchange Board…
New Delhi [India], January 5: If you were looking for an announcement that sounds like it came out of a Tony Stark tech reveal, but with cricket whites instead of armour, you found it. On Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India is preparing with full strength to host the 2036 Olympic Games — and he didn’t just speak the words, he backed them up with a sports strategy that reads like a master class on momentum. Speaking at the opening of the 72nd Senior National Volleyball Championship in Varanasi, Modi didn’t waste time on clichés. He laid it out bluntly: India…
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 3: For decades, Indian pop culture followed a familiar hierarchy. Films reigned supreme, television followed obediently, and web series were the new kid allowed to sit at the table—politely, conditionally, and only after the elders finished speaking. In 2025, that seating arrangement collapsed. When The Ba**ds of Bollywood emerged as the most-popular Indian streaming show of the year on IMDb, it didn’t just top a list. It signalled a recalibration of cultural power—one where audience obsession, not box office collections, dictates relevance. No firecrackers. No industry-wide announcements. Just numbers quietly telling the truth. This isn’t a…
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 3: For years, cinema owners were told—gently, repeatedly, and sometimes smugly—that streaming had won. The couch was king. The algorithm was good. And theatres, poor souls, were merely nostalgic monuments with sticky floors and overpriced nachos. Then Stranger Things ended. And people—millions of them—put on real pants, left their homes, and lined up for popcorn to watch a show they could have streamed perfectly well on their own screens. Irony has never tasted this buttery. The series finale’s hybrid release on New Year’s Eve quietly detonated one of the more fascinating box office surprises in recent…
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 3: Technology revolutions are usually imagined as hoodie-clad founders scribbling on whiteboards or venture capitalists throwing money at whatever has “AI” in the name. Meanwhile, somewhere far from keynote stages and pitch decks, a quieter transformation has been unfolding — inside state government offices, where innovation wears a badge, not a brand. In 2025, state CIO offices across the U.S. didn’t just “keep up” with technology. They rewrote how public-sector tech is conceived, deployed, defended, and occasionally, painfully learned from. While the private sector chased speed and spectacle, states chased stability, resilience, and systems that won’t…
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 3: At Borivali, the three-day international conference “Rishabhayan-2: Forerunner and Architect of Indian Culture”, dedicated to the life and values of Bhagwan Rishabhdev—the pioneer of human civilisation—concluded successfully in a truly historic manner. Scholars, saints, thinkers, educationists, and students participated in the conference, which was witnessed by an audience of over one lakh people. The programme commenced on Friday, 19 December, with a grand procession. The inspirer of the Rishabhayan Conference, Jain Gachchhadhipati Acharya Yashovarmasurishwarji Maharaj, bestowed blessings. In the august presence of saints from all four Jain traditions, more than 15 Acharyas and over 400…
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 3: For years, artificial intelligence has been sold like prophecy: abstract, dazzling, vaguely spiritual. Models grow smarter, demos grow louder, and everyone nods as if intelligence simply floats down from the cloud, free of consequence. SoftBank, it seems, has grown tired of the mysticism. With its $4 billion acquisition of DigitalBridge, SoftBank has made a decision that feels almost philosophical in its bluntness. Forget arguing about which model thinks better. Forget chasing the loudest chatbot of the week. If AI is the future, then the future will need land, power, cables, towers, fibre, and someone wealthy…