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The Great Indian Murder, out now on Disney+ Hotstar, is an insanely disastrous adaptation of a maddeningly ambitious novel. It's based in parts on Vikas Swarup's 2008 whodunnit Six Suspects — Swarup is best known for the book that got made into the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire — which, through its six titular suspects, comments on virtually everything under the sun. Class, politics, indigenous, nationalists, spoiled elite, the unprivileged, and Gandhian principles — you name it, Swarup's book attempts to tackle it.…

Amazon Prime Video has unveiled 35 Indian series for next two years — 2022, 2023, and possibly 2024 — including 18 new scripted ones and four new unscripted ones. Among new TV shows, we have the Shahid Kapoor-led thriller Farzi from Raj & DK, the Sonakshi Sinha-led serial killer drama Dahaad from Reema Kagti and Zoya Akhtar, the Kay Kay Menon-led action crime drama Bambai Meri Jaan, period drama Jubilee from Vikramaditya Motwane, the Karan Johar-produced comedy-drama Call Me Bae, Hush Hush with Juhi Chawla and Soha…

Airtel Xstream Premium over-the-top (OTT) streaming service has been launched in India. The Indian telecom provider claims that its new OTT service will aggregate content from 15 Indian and global OTT platforms including SonyLIV, Eros Now, Shorts TV, and more. This integration is said to bring access to more than 10,000 movies and TV shows in one platform. The new streaming service from Airtel was first spotted last week. Furthermore, Airtel said that it is opting for a single app, single subscription, and single sign-in…

WhatsApp banned 14.26 lakh Indian accounts in February based on complaints received from users via grievances channel and through its own mechanism to prevent and detect violations, according to a monthly report published by the messaging platform.As many as 335 grievance reports were received and 21 accounts were "actioned" between February 1 and February 28. Out of the total reports received, 194 pertained to ban appeal while others were in the categories of account support, product support and safety, among others."We…

HP maintained its lead in the overall PC category in 2021 in India with over 1.3 million units shipped in the fourth quarter (Q4 2021), according to a report by IDC. The vendor reportedly enjoyed a market share of 31.5 percent and saw its shipments grow by 58.7 percent last year. Meanwhile, the PC market remained upbeat with vendors shipping an impressive 14.8 million PC models in 2021, buoyed by remote working demand and better supplies. Notebook computers saw its shipments reach 11.6 million units and remained the main…

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has directed the blocking of 22 YouTube-based news channels, of which four are from Pakistan, for allegedly spreading fake news to mislead viewers. This is the first time that action has been taken against the Indian YouTube-based news publishers since the notification of the IT Rules, 2021 in February last year, it said.In an official statement, the ministry said that it issued an order on Monday to block 22 YouTube channels, three Twitter accounts, one Facebook account and…

Meesho will integrate its grocery vertical in the core app in line with its vision to become a single shopping destination for the next billion users in India, the Softbank backed e-commerce firm said on Tuesday. The company expects to complete the integration of the grocery business by the first week of May and will rebrand it from Farmiso to Meesho Superstore."As more users from beyond Tier 2 regions get comfortable with the idea of shopping online, the demand for online grocery only continues to grow. We are thrilled…

Video sharing platform YouTube's creator ecosystem generated "considerable" economic value and contributed an estimated Rs 6,800 crore to the Indian economy in 2020, according to a report released on Thursday.The report by Oxford Economics, an independent consulting firm, assessed YouTube's economic, societal, and cultural impact in India.The report shows "YouTube's growing creator ecosystem generated considerable economic value, contributing Rs 6,800 crore to the Indian GDP and supporting 6,83,900 full-time equivalent…

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (aka PUBG), and Battlegrounds Mobile India (aka BGMI) are the same, and Tencent has misled the Indian government, a non-profit organisation called Prahar has claimed. Calling for a ban on BGMI/ PUBG, a top executive of the NGO has alleged that there is no company called Krafton India. BGMI is an Indian version of PUBG Mobile, which was launched exclusively for players in India after the government banned PUBG Mobile in the country. The battle royale game is developed and published by…