Covid-19 leaves hundreds orphaned. How you can help and what you should know about adoption
Covid-19 leaves hundreds orphaned. How you can help and what you should know about adoption
More than 1,700 children have lost both their parents during the Covid-19 pandemic in India, the NCPCR has informed the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Who will look after these children? What does the future hold in store for these vulnerable kids? Read on to know how you can help them and everything about adoption in India.
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UPDATED: June 2, 2021 10:07 IST
The plight of recently orphaned children in India has led to increased chatter around adoption. (Image for representation: Getty Images)
NEW DELHI: The home ministry, in a breather to NGOs struggling amid the pandemic to comply with last year’s amendments to Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), has allowed them extended time until June 30, 2021 to receive foreign funding in an existing bank account in case their designated account in SBI New Delhi main branch (NDMB is still not opened.
The ministry on Tuesday also extended validity of FCRA registration certificates of NGOs and associations expiring between September 29, 2020 – when the amendments to FCRA were enacted – and September, 2021, until the latter date.
The home ministry had earlier set April 1, 2021 as the date from which NGOs either registered or granted prior permission under FCRA, would not be eligible to receive foreign contribution in any account other than the exclusive ‘FCRA account’ in SBI main branch here. Now this cutoff date stands extended to July 1, 2021.
Netflix’s The Serpent revives Charles Sobhraj’s cold-blooded story. Does it work?
The Serpent, starring Tahar Rahim as the notorious serial killer Charles Sobhraj, is currently streaming on Netflix. Previously, Randeep Hooda played the unnerving murderer in the 2015 film Main Aur Charles.
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The Serpent, based on the life of serial killer Charles Sobhraj, is streaming on Netflix.
The dark and deadly story of Charles Sobhraj has been catnip for adaptations books, films and television for decades. The infamous killer preyed upon Western travellers on the Hippie Trail in Asia back in the free-wheeling 70s. Now, The Serpent on Netflix has chronicled his reign of terror, his slithery evasiveness and eventual incarceration. The eight-part limited series stars Tahar Rahim as the sinister Charles and Jenna Coleman as his accomplice, Marie-Andrée Leclerc. Before this, Bollywood gave us an account of Charles Sobhraj’s exploits in India with the 2015 film Main Aur Charles,
While the show imagines Sobhraj as a ruthless killer, there is a small room left for his portrayal as a victim of circumstances in a sequence in the second episode where he asserts how, from the time he was 15 he felt that no one actually wanted him, that he was denied everything. While most of “The Serpent” depicts Sobhraj as a cold, calculating monster, the series creates scope to humanise him through this scene.
SNAKE (yet to release)
Based on Farrukh Dhondy’s research and interviews with Charles Sobhraj, three seasons of the series will be produced in Hindi and English, according to reports. The series will stream on Zee5. Details are awaited.
Sobhraj on screen, down the decades
Sun, Apr 04 2021 10:42:07 AM
By Anjuri Nayar Singh
Mumbai, Apr 4 (IANS): Bikini Killer, The Splitting Killer and The Serpent are but a few sobriquets that Charles Sobhraj earned in his heydays. The awe about the half Indian-half Vietnamese criminal mastermind sustains even years after his final capture, and his life as a serial killer, fraudster, escape artiste and thief continues to interest film and OTT makers.
As Sobhraj s birthday comes up on April 6, we take a look at some of the notable screen efforts to capture his life:
THE SERPENT (2021)
Sobhraj s life is back in focus with the new Netflix show, The Serpent , starring French-Algerian actor Tahar Rahim as the criminal mastermind of French nationality. The eight-episode limited series is among the most chilling and interesting accounts on Sobhraj s life yet.