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'Maadhu' Balaji on keeping Crazy Mohan's legacy alive with ‘Chamber of Humour’

Popular late playwright Crazy Mohan’s brother and actor, 'Maadhu' Balaji, is on a mission: to take his plays and Tamil theatre to more audiences. And for that, he has kickstarted a new concept called “Chamber of Humour”

Instead of large halls, Balaji and his troupe perform evergreen Tamil comedies to a group of audiences in an intimate setting. The group, Crazy Creations, recently performed the superhit Tamil comedy play, ‘Marriage Made in Saloon’.

Reporter: @srinivasjam
Video and edit: Shivaraj S
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[The Hindu @the_hindu]

Karnataka Minister B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan visited drought-hit villages across Vijayanagara district and assured farmers that the State government was committed to providing justice and appropriate compensation to every cultivator who had suffered crop losses due to the failure of the southwest monsoon.

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[The Hindu @the_hindu]

In a bid to stem pilot attrition and strengthen retention, Air India has unveiled a revamped pay and career progression package that includes an 8–15% increase in fixed salary and higher flying pay for hours beyond the guaranteed 40-hour threshold.

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[The Hindu @the_hindu]

What does the Kangaroo Mother Care technique comprise? How does it help the infant?

Dr Nishad Plakkal discusses with @ramyakannan, The Hindu's Health Editor, in the latest episode of Health Wrap.

Stay tuned!

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The Supreme Court on Friday (August 7, 2026) agreed to examine if the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 can be used to cripple the Right to Information Act by classifying all data as “personal” and, separately, gag investigative journalists.

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[The Hindu-Bengaluru @THBengaluru]

#Karnataka's newly launched Composite Digital Crop Survey (CDCS) model will see integration of high-resolution satellite imagery, ​SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar), drone surveys, GIS data, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning into the process.
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[The Hindu-Bengaluru @THBengaluru]

Villagers in Arsikere's Neeragunda have stumbled upon a centuries-old veeragallu (hero stone) bearing a #Kannada inscription that could resolve long-standing confusion over the date of death of Vishnuvardhana, the celebrated Hoysala ruler.
✍️@satishshile
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[The Hindu-Bengaluru @THBengaluru]

Highlighting the lack of avenues in India for the queer community to compete in sports, Goaty and Sumit Pawar, winners at the International Gay Games 2026, appealed to #Karnataka govt to take proactive steps to ensure queer participation
✍️@elizabethshilpa
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Uttar Pradesh government said multiple initiatives under Dairy Development Department helped to secure employment opportunities for over 2.25 lakh people and playing a crucial role in rural livelihood with formation of nearly 5,000 cooperative societies across the state. 

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Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye on Friday (August 7, 2026) signed a key joint defence agreement under which an attack against one of them will be treated as an attack against all of them, amid increasing security concerns in the wake of escalating tensions in West Asia.

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In the first episode of The Scope's special series on Gaganyaan, we explore why India's first human spaceflight mission is about much more than sending astronauts into orbit.

Discover what Gaganyaan is, why human-rating a rocket is essential, how ISRO has prepared through years of testing, and why this mission could make India only the fourth nation capable of launching humans into space on its own: https://t.co/Wqs2rQZQa6

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[The Hindu @the_hindu]

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday (August 7, 2026) dismissed criticism surrounding India’s foreign funding regulations, asserting that legislative affairs remain an internal prerogative governed by Parliament.

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In this episode of In Focus, @devyanshibihani speaks to Himanshu Thakkar about the Ken-Betwa Link Project, the protests over displacement, the debate around "surplus" rivers, and what India's first river-linking project could mean for the future of water management.

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[The Hindu Cinema @TheHinduCinema]

#DCReview: A crafty paean to cinematic violence, #DC, starring #LokeshKanagaraj and #WamiqaGabbi, is slick with some superbly staged action set pieces, but its emotional undercurrents rarely live up to Anirudh’s spectacular scores, writes @bhuvan_bruce_

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Conflict of interest in selecting expert panels to disburse public funds for technology startups is “unavoidable” and a matter “to be managed,” Technology Development Board (TDB) secretary Rajesh Pathak said on Friday.

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The Maharashtra government has banned the literature of terrorist organisations, including the Islamic State, Al Qaeda, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, and Islamic State in Khorasan Province, for glorifying violent extremism and providing ideological indoctrination.

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Following complaints received from public, videos posted on social media platforms and media reports, the Health and Family Welfare Department has formed 30 special teams to conduct inspections in hotels, restaurants, smaller food units and others.

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JUST IN | The Government of India, in consultation with State Government of Arunachal Pradesh, has identified a total of twenty-seven (27) places/features located in Arunachal Pradesh, by standard place and feature names on the official maps of Survey of India (SoI): MHA

— @vijaita reports

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Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday (August 7, 20276) said his government was ready to hold talks with students protesting over alleged irregularities in recruitment exams in the State, and asserted that "big and strong reform" is on the anvil.

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[The Hindu-Bengaluru @THBengaluru]

Mohan Gowda of the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti had filmed a video on the premises of Whitefield police station claiming that the outfit had demanded that comedian Kunal Kamra’s show be stopped and the inspector had assured action, which was false.
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