Why micro-dramas are going mainstream in India

Micro-dramas originated in China – where they are called Duanju – through apps including Singapore-headquartered DramaBox, and ReelShort, which are together valued at $3-4bn, according to industry estimates. In 2024, micro-drama revenues outperformed the domestic box-office in China, according to reports. Source link

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Garcia presses DHS for info on whether Noem is living in government housing

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Reform Committee, is pressing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for information on whether its former secretary, Kristi Noem, is still living in government housing. In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, Garcia cited the Wall Street Journal’s reporting last week……

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Appeals court blocks mail-order mifepristone, restricting abortion access nationwide

A federal appeals court late Friday blocked the ability of doctors to prescribe the abortion pill mifepristone through telehealth and dispensed through the mail. A three-judge panel on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Louisiana in a lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The court issued a temporary nationwide injunction……

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Football gossip: Joao Pedro, Romero, Mbaye, Gordon, Openda, Hackney, Rice, Trafford

Barcelona eye Chelsea‘s Joao Pedro and Tottenham‘s Cristian Romero, Aston Villa want Paris St-Germain’s Ibrahim Mbaye, Leeds United and Coventry City battle for Lois Openda and Anthony Gordon’s team are in contact with Bayern Munich. Chelsea and Brazil striker Joao Pedro, 24, is Barcelona’s preferred candidate to replace 37-year-old Poland striker Robert Lewandowski who is…

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The MAHA movement's wild week

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story The MAHA movement’s wild week The “Make America Healthy Again” movement flexed its muscle this week by successfully pushing a pro-pesticide provision out of the farm bill but lost a chance for higher influence when the Trump administration……

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Carville rips 'sons of b—-es' on Supreme Court: 'So happy to help the Republican Party'

Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville tore into the Supreme Court on Friday, accusing the justices of engaging in political favoritism and ethical misconduct. “There is no reason, none, that you should have any respect or any admiration for this pack of people who take money from anybody, don’t report anything, are the only nine people……

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ServiceNow under siege as Atlassian adds to ITSM take-outs • The Register

The chase is on. Atlassian reported its largest-ever quarter for taking share from a major IT service management provider, CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes said on the company’s fiscal third-quarter earnings call Thursday, escalating its rivalry with ServiceNow. “This is our largest ever quarter for competitive displacements from a major ITSM provider,” Cannon-Brookes said, without referring to…

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