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The academic, activist and blogger Abduljalil al-Singace from Bahrain has been named this year’s international writer of courage by Malorie Blackman. Al-Singace is serving a life sentence in prison for his role in Bahrain’s 2011 anti-government protests.The award is part of the PEN Pinter prize, which goes to an author deemed to have fulfilled Harold Pinter’s aspiration to “define the real truth of our lives and our societies”. This year’s PEN Pinter winner was Blackman, the first children’s writer to be awarded the…

As a veteran actor of nearly 100 films and television shows, Alec Baldwin was no stranger to the strict safety protocols around the handling of firearms on set. While preparing to film an action scene for his low budget western film Rust in New Mexico last October, Baldwin was handed a .45 Colt replica revolver. According to affidavits from law enforcement, the 64-year-old actor was discussing a gunfight sequence with crew members when he unholstered the weapon and raised it in the direction of a camera, where director…

As a veteran actor of nearly 100 films and television shows, Alec Baldwin was no stranger to the strict safety protocols around the handling of firearms on set. While preparing to film an action scene for his low budget western film Rust in New Mexico last October, Baldwin was handed a .45 Colt replica revolver. According to affidavits from law enforcement, the 64-year-old actor was discussing a gunfight sequence with crew members when he unholstered the weapon and raised it in the direction of a camera, where director…

Johnson & Johnson JNJ 1.22% is a name familiar to generations of consumers for its baby powder, Band-Aid bandages and Tylenol medicines. The new home of those medicine-cabinet mainstays is known by practically no one. J&J said Wednesday that it would name the company that will house its consumer-health products Kenvue. The healthcare-products giant said last year that it would separate that unit, with $15 billion in annual…

As a tribute to the great freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, the Chandigarh airport will now be named after the iconic martyr, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday during his monthly radio broadcast ‘Mann Ki Baat’. “It has been decided that the Chandigarh airport will now be named after Shaheed Bhagat Singh. It had been waiting for a long time. I congratulate the people of Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana, and the entire country for this decision,” he said in his half-hour address. Touching upon various subjects, Modi also…

| Comic book writer of the new Star Trek Lower Decks comic book from IDW, Ryan North, tweeted the confirmation. "Saw someone surprised that we named a ship the "USS Lovelace" in STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS #1 (out now at a comic store near you!). I want to assure them it's named after Ada Lovelace – the world's first computer programmer – and not, as they assumed, the star of Deep Throat (1972)" That would have been Linda Lovelace of course. Ada Lovelace worked with Charles Babbage and created the world's first software for…

Former Disney CEO Bob Iger and Star Wars composer John Williams are the latest Hollywood industry members to receive an honorary knighthood. The honor grants both entertainment titans with the title of KBE, which is more formally known as Knight Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Bestowed by Queen Elizabeth II, who died on Sept. 7 at the age of 96, Iger and Williams are just two among a larger 2022 class of approved honorary British awards. Iger,…

Ashish Sukhadeve, Founder and CEO of Analytics Insight, has been named in the Insight250 list of people. The Insight250 is the worldwide ‘who’s who’ of insight innovations across market research, data-driven marketing, consumer insight and data intelligence. Ashish founded Analytics Insight to help organizations and leaders adopt the right technologies with the right workforce to achieve business objectives. When organizations were struggling to identify the necessity and leverage the right technology based on their…

Türkiye's national flag carrier receives three awards, including Best Airline in Europe, according to a survey which included responses of more than 14 million online customers. Turkish Airlines won two other major awards at the ceremony, namely the World's Best Business Class Catering and the Best Airline in…

We earlier told you that MotoGP is all set to debut in India next year and our ‘exclusive’ has been officially confirmed by Carlos Ezpeleta, Chief Executive Office, Dorna, through a press conference. Dorna Sports in association with Fairstreet Sports has announced the First-ever Motorcycling ‘Grand Prix of Bharat’ for India. To be called as Bharat Grand Prix, it will be held at the Formula 1 track of Buddh Internation Circuit (BIC) in Greater Noida with participation from 19 countries. Carlos Ezpeleta, Chief Executive…