Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Aishwarya Rai chosen to vote in Oscars

Indian stars Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Aishwarya Rai, filmmakers Goutam Ghose and Buddhadeb Dasgupta are among the 774 people who have been invited to join the Academy and vote in the Oscars.

Priyanka Chopra tops social media favourite celebrity list, defeats Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot

Priyanka Chopra is not only ruling the world, but she is the queen of social media too. The actor has become social media’s favourite star and snatched the number one position from Hollywood’s leading lights.

UAE based airlines Emirates, Etihad Airways, Air Arabia and flydubai suspend flights to Qatar

Close on the heels of United Arab Emirates severing ties with Qatar, several airlines based in UAE including Emirates, Etihad Airways, Air Arabia and flydubai have made announcements that they shall be suspending all flights to Qatar from June 6 onwards.

Indian rights lawyer Indira Jaising to lead UN probe into Rohingya crackdown

The United Nations yesterday appointed an Indian human rights lawyer and two other experts to a fact-finding mission investigating alleged killings, rape and torture by security forces against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state.