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The highly anticipated second season of “Squid Game” has emerged as not only the most-watched international series in India for 2024 but also achieved the highest viewership of all time in the category, according to a comprehensive report by media consulting firm Ormax Media. The Netflix phenomenon had 19.6 million viewers in India, significantly outperforming […]

Stephen Colbert opened Monday’s inauguration day edition of CBS’ “The Late Show” by giving us permission to live by “airport rules” for the next four years: “Calories don’t count, and it’s perfectly reasonable to have a vodka tonic at 8 a.m.” But the truth of the matter is, it’s still stunning that a convicted felon

France and NATO are protesting after a Russian missile battery locked on to a French Navy maritime patrol over the Baltic Sea last week. The incident is considered a major escalation of the normally carefully orchestrated surveillance operations carried out by both sides in areas like the strategically important Baltic. “On Wednesday night, a French

The hospitality industry is experiencing a fundamental change in how guests interact with restaurants and hotels. Traditionally, Point of Sale (POS) meant a fixed terminal with an employee taking orders from guests across a counter. Today’s reality is radically different, with guests expecting to order and pay however they prefer, whether through their phones, at

The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has announced that the provincial department will fill 477 teaching posts this year to accommodate the increasing number of learners and the new schools opening this year. “During my Adjustment Budget Speech in December 2024, I said that we would need to make provision for these new schools and

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Among other false and misleading claims in U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration addresses on Tuesday, his declaration that Americans “split the atom” prompted vexed social media posts by New Zealanders, who said the achievement belonged to a pioneering scientist revered in his homeland. Ernest Rutherford, a Nobel Prize winner known as

Multiple award-winning Indian director Hansal Mehta (“Scam 1992,” “Shahid”) is diving into the production game, launching True Story Films with producer Sahil Saigal in a strategic partnership that includes investments from industry heavyweights Vinod Bhanushali and Parag Sanghvi. The newly minted banner, which represents a significant expansion of Mehta’s creative footprint, is launching with an

Jimmy Kimmel addressed the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump on Monday night’s edition of “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” and noted how odd the ceremony turned out to be — just as “our long national nightmare was officially sworn in.” “It’s still pretty hard to wrap your head around,” he said of the fact that Trump, a

Image: Reuters/Noor Khamis Last week, Safaricom, Kenya’s largest Telco, published a joint report with the Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) where it estimated that building a new fast payment system (FPS) could cost $200 million and require four years to complete. In that report, the telco argued that upgrading the Pesalink, which facilitates interbank transfers between