The glittering WAVES event integrate films, OTT, gaming, comics, digital media, Artificial Intelligence, AVGC-XR, broadcasting, and emerging technology, and seek to present itself as a comprehensive showcase of India’s media and entertainment prowess.
Author: Press Trust of India
Pakistan appoints ISI chief Muhammad Asim Malik as National Security Adviser
Malik was appointed as the director general of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in October 2024.
Justice B.R. Gavai Appointed 52nd Chief Justice of India
As per laid down procedure, his name was recommended by CJI Khanna on April 16 to the central government. Justice Gavai, who was elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court on May 24, 2019, will have a tenure of over six months and he would demit office on November 23 on attaining the age of 65 years.
Singapore: Indian duo charged for tying up woman, stealing SGD 2,000 in hotel robbery
With the help of police cameras and CCTV footage, officers from the Central Police Division managed to establish the men’s identities and arrested the pair within four hours after the report was made.
Canada: Mark Carney’s Liberal Party wins election
Even with Canadians grappling with the fallout from a deadly weekend attack at a Vancouver street festival, Trump was trolling them on election day, suggesting on social media that he was on their ballot and repeating that Canada should become the 51st state. He also erroneously claimed that the US subsidizes Canada, writing, “It makes no sense unless Canada is a State!”
US strikes kill 8 in Sanaa, hundreds of Houthi fighters targeted
The overnight statement from the US military’s Central Command also said its “Operation Roughrider” targeting the rebels had “killed hundreds of Houthi fighters and numerous Houthi leaders,” including those associated with its missile and drone program. It did not identify any of those officials.
Kashmir terror attack: Trump refuses to mediate, says India and Pakistan will sort it out
Terrorists opened fire in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam on Tuesday, April 22, killing 26 people, mostly tourists, in the deadliest attack in the Valley since the Pulwama strike in 2019. The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of the banned Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), claimed responsibility for the attack.
Tom Cruise’s ‘Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning’ releases early in India on May 17
“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” also stars Hayley Atwell, Esai Morales, Henry Czerny, Simon Pegg, Pom Klementieff, Vanessa Kirby, Hannah Waddingham, Nick Offerman, Katy O’Brian and Tramell Tillman.
US condemns Kashmir terror attack, calls for justice
Responding to a question on whether the US sees Pakistan as potentially being behind the attack and if Washington is playing any role in trying to de-escalate tensions between the nations, Bruce said the issue was highlighted due to the severity of the situation but added that no further comment would be made at this time.
President Trump to hold Michigan rally marking first 100 days of second term
The rally will take place one day before Trump’s 100th day in office — a traditional early milestone in which a president’s progress is measured against campaign promises. Michigan was one of the key battleground states Trump flipped last year from Democrats on his path back to the White House.
