On Durga Pujo, the lives of the big-eyed, gentle-faced, and maach-guzzling Bengalis are marred by a potent shadow of the world’s most deadly dose of ABC – ambol (acidity), bodhojom (indigestion), and constipation.

Deepfakes have contributed to a rise in revenge porn. Now, on the messaging app Telegram, a network of bots has been engaged in creating nudes of unsuspecting female social media users, often at the request of other users on Telegram. Some of the victims of these bots were reported to be underage as well.

US President Donald Trump labelled India’s air “filthy”. Trump was both correct and incorrect: India’s Air Quality Index is among the worst and Indian cities figure on lists of the most polluted places in the world. However, the context of the remarks was climate change, and India’s per capita emissions are nowhere near those of developed countries.

Pope Francis recently spoke about a civil union law that allows for same-sex marriage. But his progressive views aren’t echoed everywhere. The Kerala Catholic Bishops Council dismissed a documentary featuring the Pope’s comments as “misleading”, and said there had been no change in the Church’s stance on same-sex marriage.

Everyone seems to be loving Mirzapur 2 and looks like Pankaj Tripathi’s Kaleen Bhaiya has stolen the show again.

In the second presidential debate, Donald Trump once again took potshots at India. “Look at India. The air is filthy,” he said. He might be correct but it has left desis fuming.

Many Durga Puja pandals in Kolkata have offered unique glimpses at the way the Covid-19 pandemic has affected our lives in 2020. Some of these have gone on to achieve viral fame, such as one featuring a life-sized sculpture of actor Sonu Sood, who bowled over everyone with his humanitarian activities during the migrant crisis.

India bid farewell to one of its heroines yesterday. Wing Commander Dr Vijayalakshmi Ramanan, who was the country’s first woman IAF officer, passed away due to health complications in Bangalore. She was 96. Dr Ramanan also helped design the iconic sari uniform that women IAF officers wear.

At 508 kmph, the reptilian SSC Tuatara hypercar owned by an American automaker is the fastest car on the planet. That’s the speed that most planes achieve during a take-off.

Politics and a targeted hate campaign followed 800, the biopic on legendary off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, aimed at actor Vijay Sethupathi. The actor has now decided to pull out from the project. Several people have alleged that Muralitharan’s politics caused damage to the cause of Sri Lankan Tamils.