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In a rush to put every last egg in the RRR basket, the film’s legions of admirers failed to realise one important thing about Oscar campaigns: fans don’t get to pick the winners. When it was decided, for whatever reason, that the largely unseen Chhello Show would represent India at the Academy Awards, the RRR brigade was up in arms. While the Indian contingent was typically toxic in its social media dissent, the Americans who’d been desperately trying to emulate desi behaviour (including our willing ignorance of socio-political context), decided that they, too, must voice their dissatisfaction. Nobody was quite sure about whom to direct their anger at, which resulted in vague fist-waving on Twitter.

“Anyone else find it f***ing terrifying that they ALREADY have a documentary of the Titanic sun on Netflix? It hasn’t even been a f***ing week bruh. Wtf. #setup,” a Twitter user wrote.

Observing our life experiences without being consumed by them is a delicate balance of mindfulness and detachment. It requires a conscious effort to cultivate a sense of awareness that transcends mere participation in our experiences.

Sitharaman has been in charge of two key portfolios of Finance and Corporate Affairs in the Narendra Modi-led government since May 2019, and has presented six Budgets in a row — equalling the record of Morarji Desai.

According to the leak, the Dell Inspiron 14 7441 Plus will come with a 16-core Snapdragon X Elite processor and will run on Windows 11 24H2 with a new AI Explorer and other AI capabilities. The laptop is said to come with 16 GB of RAM, non-upgradable, and the design of this machine is inspired by a classic Inspiron with a slightly curved design. Despite being a thin notebook, it does include a couple of USB-C ports, a USB-A port, and a microSD slot, and also comes with a dedicated copilot key.

Ola continues to scale up across various categories and geographies in its ride-hailing business, it added.

India first imposed windfall profit tax on July 1, 2022 joining a growing number of nations that tax super normal profits of energy companies. But the levy of Special Additional Excise Duty (SAED) on locally produced crude oil was seen by producers as violation of the contract which provides fiscal stability.

Copilot+ PCs, powered by Snapdragon X Elite/Plus SoC, are spearheading the AI PC revolution with several on-device AI experiences such as Recall and Cocreator. I got my hands on one such PCs––the Acer Swift 14 AI––for the very first time, at the Computex 2024 event. This is also the first Copilot+ PC that is shipping as early as June 18.