Bhimavva Shillekyathara, a 96-year-old puppeteer, received the Padma Shri award. She was honored for her lifelong dedication to preserving Togalu Gombeyaata, a traditional art form. This ancient ...

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While everyone remembers the Indo-Japanese anime Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama with fondness, there's another adaptation that made waves.

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The EU has physically extended its shadow fleet enforcement from the Mediterranean into the Indian Ocean, the corridor through which the bulk of Russia's sanctioned oil reaches its buyers — but the ...

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EU countries have agreed to allow a joint naval mission in the Indian Ocean to begin boarding ships suspected of belonging to Russia's shadow fleet, the bloc's top diplomat Kaja Kallas said on July 22 ...