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Jehanabad - Of Love and War is now streaming on SonyLIV, and is a dramatised retelling of a real-life Naxalite-perpetrated jailbreak which took place in November 2005, in Jehanabad, Bihar. The drama-thriller by show runner Sudhir Mishra and director Rajeev Barnwal also touches upon various other topics of relevance in its small-town setting, including local politics and crime, customs and traditions, and caste equations that plague the typical affairs of semi-urban Bihar. While the crux of the plot is based on true…

For Lauren Spencer-Smith, everything started with a fairly low-key TikTok, posted late last year. Showing the Canadian singer-songwriter kicking back on a sofa in trackies and a baseball cap, the viral clip featured an early rendition of Fingers Crossed, an emotionally fraught break-up anthem. Now her biggest hit, it boasts a staggering 261m streams on Spotify, though she certainly took her time in ramping up the anticipation with a lengthy roll-out between the demo and the finished article. It’s a savvy tactic: even now…

India's largest telecom operator Reliance Jio Infocomm has submitted earnest money deposit (EMD) of Rs 14,000 crore ahead of its participation in 5G auction, while Bharti Airtel has put in Rs 5,500 crore. According to the list of pre-qualified bidders posted on the telecom department's website, the EMD amount of Adani Data Networks stands at Rs 100 crore. Typically, EMD amounts give a broad indication of players' appetite, strategy and plan for picking up spectrum in an auction. It also determines the eligibility points,…

India's largest telecom operator Reliance Jio Infocomm has submitted earnest money deposit (EMD) of Rs. 14,000 crore ahead of its participation in 5G auction, while Bharti Airtel has put in Rs. 5,500 crore. Vodafone Idea has put in an EMD of Rs. 2,200 crore. According to the list of pre-qualified bidders posted on the telecom department's website, the EMD amount of Adani Data Networks stands at Rs. 100 crore. With its EMD at Rs. 14,000 crore, the eligibility points assigned to Jio for the auction stand at 1,59,830, the…