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Colin Clark on December 24, 2020 at 4:56 PM
Santa Claus reviews his flight plan for his Dec. 25 trek across the globe in the North American Aerospace Defense Command and US Northern Command Current Operations Center
WASHINGTON: After years of diligently trying to track down the mystery of where Santa Claus begins his annual trip, I gave up, but was delighted to learn from very well informed sources that his route will embrace a stop at the International Space Station to deliver presents to the astronauts for the first time.
Santa’s swinging by to help them celebrate the twentieth year of humans living continuously in the station. (As I write this, NORAD has pinpointed Santa swinging by Valetta, Malta)
Anti-conversion laws in India: How states deal with religious conversion
Anti-conversion laws in India: How states deal with religious conversion
There is no central anti-conversion law. The states that have enacted anti-conversion laws make religious conversion by force or allurement a punishable offence. Here is an account of how states deal with religious conversion in India
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Religious conversion by force or allurement is a punishable offence in states that have enacted anti-conversion laws. (Picture for representation)
With the recent controversy over the Uttar Pradesh government’s anti-conversion ordinance, India Today takes a look at the existing laws regarding forced conversions in India.
India joins the love police: Draconian interfaith marriage laws ring the death knell for individual liberty December 20, 2020, 8:57 PM IST
Robin David is resident editor of The Times of India s Hyderabad edition. His first book, City of Fear, was shortlisted for the Crossword Book Award in 2007.
The so-called ‘love jihad’ laws that many Indian states hope to pass after Uttar Pradesh’s ordinance, aim to stop Muslim men from marrying Hindu women after converting them. Ironically enough, the same laws may help India become a lifetime member of an exclusive club of Muslim-dominated countries, that consider it their moral responsibility to police love between interfaith couples.
Grease.
The movies are selected because of their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance to America s film heritage, and this year s selections also includes the likes of 1927 s
The Battle Of The Century, cult comedy
The Blues Brothers, 1999 s
Buena Vista Social Club and
A Clockwork Orange.
This is not only a great honor for all of us who worked on
The Dark Knight, this is also a tribute to all of the amazing artists and writers who have worked on the great mythology of Batman over the decades, says Christopher Nolan.
Dark Knight, Grease added to U.S. National Film Registry
This year s inductees into the United States National Film Registry include a record number of female directors and filmmakers of colour as well as a new crop of movies ranging from a silent short film thriller, classic musicals and an acclaimed Batman film.
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The U.S. Library of Congress announced Monday that the 2008 film The Dark Knight was added to the National Film Registry, alongside Grease, Suspense and others. ( via AP)(Warner Bros./Library of Congress/The Associated Press)