Firstpost Podcast: Plagued by controversies, is Bollywood in trouble?

Indian-origin couple Jogesh Bhandari and his wife Meenakashi Bhandari have bee convicted of carrying out a personal protective equipment (PPE) scam alongside associate Craig Morris in the United Kingdom. The investigation found bank records showing Bhandari and his wife used the money to purchase Rolex watches, jewellery, holiday packages and luxury cars

Russia is accused of using fake job offers, tourist visas and lucrative military contracts to recruit thousands of foreign nationals for the Ukraine war. Investigations reveal how poverty, deception and coercion have drawn people from Asia, Africa and Latin America into one of the world's deadliest conflicts

Sandeep Lamba, an Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) (North East District), was seen slapping a female CJP protester in a video on July 20. Lamba has now been removed from the protest site and sent back to his original station. In 2021, Lamba was awarded the Union Home Minister’s medal for excellent investigation

On April 11, 1952, a Pan Am Flight 526A, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 52 of the 69 people on board. After decades of effort, explorers have found the wreck of the plane at the bottom of the seabed near Puerto Rico. The discovery offers new hope to families who lost loved ones in the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 crash in 2014