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Ravinder Kaul “The horror! The horror!” The last four words whispered by Col. Kurtz (played by one and only Marlon Brando) before succumbing to his wounds in Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Apocalypse Now’, one of the greatest war films ever made, are the words that keep reverberating in one’s mind as one leaves the auditorium after watching Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri’s ‘The Kashmir Files’. In both cases it is the final assessment of what one has seen- the horror of what people […]

India’s top virologist Dr Shahid Jameel has resigned as the chair of a key panel spearheading genome sequencing for Covid-19 samples, after he repeatedly criticised the government’s response to the virus outbreak. Dr Jameel, who is highly respected in the scientific community, has been outspoken throughout the pandemic and recently penned an opinion piece in the New York Times which assessed the Modi government’s response to multiple waves of...

Nigel Farage left the Conservative Party after Maastricht (Image: GETTY) While the EU is still arguably paying the price for Maastricht, it also continues to cast a shadow over Sir John’s reputation. Sir John was even accused of “hiding facts” as he was criticised for comments he made about Danish proposals on the controversial and fiercely opposed treaty in October 1992. In a speech at Lancaster House, he claimed Brussels was “getting back on the path” and that Danish demands to water down the treaty would not present a problem. He added that the Danes would have to “swallow” t...