Director Prasanth Varma: I sought Rajamouli’s advice for ‘Hanu-Man’ 

Director Prasanth Varma: I sought Rajamouli’s advice for ‘Hanu-Man’ 

Hanu-Man, the first film from director Prasanth Varma’s superhero series, will be released soon. The Telugu film will also be dubbed in multiple languages. Prasanth debuted with the multi-genre Telugu film Awe in 2018, which won the National Film Awards for best visual effects and make-up. Those who follow Telugu cinema would be aware of … Read more

Santanu Bhattacharya takes charge as IISER Director

Santanu Bhattacharya takes charge as IISER Director

Santanu Bhattacharya assuming the office of the Director of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), in Tirupati on Wednesday. His predecessor K.N. Ganesh is also seen. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Santanu Bhattacharya, a professor of organic chemistry at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, took charge as Director of Indian Institute of … Read more

Teja Kakumanu to debut as director with Disney+ Hotstar Telugu comedy web series ‘Save the Tigers’

Teja Kakumanu to debut as director with Disney+ Hotstar Telugu comedy web series ‘Save the Tigers’

Director Teja Kakumanu and actor Priyadarshi with Gangavva on the sets of ‘Save the Tigers’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The title, Save the Tigers, might lead to an assumption that it is a documentary or docu-fiction on saving the big cats. A Telugu web series has this title for a comedy- relationship drama in … Read more

Technology should benefit the common man, says AIIMS Director

Technology should benefit the common man, says AIIMS Director

AIIMS (Mangalagiri) Director Mukesh Tripathi. File | Photo Credit: Ch. Vijaya Bhaskar Technology may die in textbooks, classrooms and laboratories if it is not developed further for the benefit of common people, said All India Institute of Medical Sciences-Mangalagiri Director Mukesh Tripathi on Tuesday. Addressing students at SRM University-AP on the occasion of National Science … Read more

Pleas challenging tenure extension of ED Director filed for personal motive: Centre in Supreme Court

Pleas challenging tenure extension of ED Director filed for personal motive: Centre in Supreme Court

A Bench led by Justice B.R. Gavai had issued notice to the Union of India and the Central Vigilance Commission. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Centre on February 25 alleged in the Supreme Court that the real purpose of the petitions challenging the third extension in tenure given to Directorate of Enforcement (ED) Director … Read more

Thousands maybe shedding COVID in Bengaluru’s sewage, says TIGS director Rakesh Mishra

Thousands maybe shedding COVID in Bengaluru’s sewage, says TIGS director Rakesh Mishra

According to the surveillance report, the city-wide wastewater positivity rate for SARS-CoV-2 increased to 46% last week (ending December 24), albeit with a low viral load. Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu photo library The weekly sewage surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in 28 STPs of Bengaluru, being jointly conducted by Tata Institute … Read more

Director Sai Rajesh: ‘Baby’s music by Vijai Bulganin aims at evoking nostalgia

Director Sai Rajesh: ‘Baby’s music by Vijai Bulganin aims at evoking nostalgia

Anand Deverakonda and Vaishnavi Chaitanya in director Sai Rajesh’s Telugu film ‘Baby’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A contemporary romance to evoke nostalgia is how director Sai Rajesh describes his new Telugu film Baby, starring Anand Deverakonda, Vaishnavi Chaitanya and Viraj Ashwin. Expected to release in theatres in the first quarter of 2023, the film … Read more

IIITDM Kancheepuram gets new director

IIITDM Kancheepuram gets new director

M.V. Kartikeyan, professor of Electronics and Communication Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, has taken charge as Director of the Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing (IIITDM), Kancheepuram, a Union Government institute. He took charge from D.V.L.N. Somayajulu, who was appointed as interim director in August last year. Mr. Somayajulu is … Read more

CDC Director: Enjoy the Holidays, But Take a COVID Test First

CDC Director: Enjoy the Holidays, But Take a COVID Test First

[MUSIC PLAYING] SPEAKER: How does a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine work? COVID vaccines are now available. Some of the COVID-19 vaccines are mRNA vaccines, but what does this mean? mRNA vaccines are different from traditional vaccines. mRNA vaccines don’t expose you to any real virus instead, they’re made with messenger Ribonucleic Acid or mRNA. This is … Read more