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The 92nd edition of the Academy Awards i.e, the Oscars 2020 is done and dusted. Director Bong Joon-Ho's 'Parasite' made history by being the first foreign-language film to win the Best Picture award. 'Joker' star Joaquin Phoenix won his first Oscar after being nominated four times. Renee Zellweger also lifted her first Oscar for the portrayal of late icon Judy Garland.

In a relief to the BJP parliamentarian from Akola, the Bombay High Court recently dismissed a petition seeking his disqualification for failing to disclose his expenses on using a helicopter for Gopinath Munde and for publishing advertisements of the then PM candidate Narendra Modi. The HC has accordingly imposed costs of Rs 25,000 on the petitioner, a villager, for “wasting” its time.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held talks with his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa covering the entire expanse of bilateral ties between the two countries including in areas of defence and security.

After a spate of speeches that have hit out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on various issues of law and order and the Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA), Governor Jagdeep Dhankar appears to have softened his stand.

In a rare move, a word from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech in Rajya Sabha was expunged from records.

Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM), an RSS affiliate has voiced concern against the merger of the public sector general insurance companies Oriental Insurance Company, United Insurance Company and National Insurance Company. SJM, in its letter to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi despatched on Thursday, said the merger will endanger the growth of insurance sector in the country and the flagship insurance-based social schemes like Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana and Pradhan Mantri Aarogya Yojana.

The Shiv Sena on Thursday endorsed Union home minister Amit Shah's view that alleged inflammatory statements made by Sharjeel Imam, an anti- Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) activist, were dangerous.

Nathuram Godse, an affiliate of BJP’s parent organization, Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS) has become an indispensable part of the BJP. With recent developments, the ruling party's leaders have made it difficult for BJP to maintain its image as the only and truly nationalist and patriotic party with their embarrassing statements on Godse.

Hours after the stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra posted a video of his encounter with Republic TV editor and journalist Arnab Goswami that ensued a one-sided conversation, Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri took to Twitter to expose 'how his interview was never published' and 'lies on Rohith Vemula's suicide'.

NCP spokesperson and minister of minority affairs Nawab Malik on Tuesday dared the BJP-led government at the Centre to sack the Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra. The trigger was when BJP leader and Maharashtra's former finance minister Sudhir Mungantiwar's statement that if the state government does not cooperate with the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the investigation of Bhima Koregaon violence case then there is possibility of a Constitutional crisis and in such a situation the Centre may sack the MVA government.