Lifetime

Stars of Literature Shine at the 2024 Crossword Book Awards in Mumbai: Amitav Ghosh Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

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Mumbai, India – The 2024 Crossword Book Awards celebrated a star-studded evening in Mumbai on December 8, spotlighting the year’s literary successes across a variety of genres and categories. The prestigious event, known for acknowledging exceptional literary contributions, awarded winners a cash prize of Rs 50,000 each and also honored distinguished writer Amitav Ghosh with the Lifetime Achievement Award. The awards were decided by different juries for every category to ensure a fair and balanced judgment of the works. The Fiction category was judged by noted critics Manjula Narayan, Prayaag Akbar, and Somak Ghoshal, while … Read more

Celebrated Hungarian Director Bela Tarr Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award at Tokyo International Film Festival

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Tokyo, Japan — Renowned Hungarian filmmaker Bela Tarr will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF), celebrating his distinguished career and enduring contributions to cinema. Scheduled between October 28 and November 6, the festival will host a Special Talk on November 1 featuring Tarr alongside Japanese director Yoji Yamada at the Tokyo Midtown Hibiya venue. Bela Tarr, whose influential filmography includes the epic 438-minute saga “Satantango,” which won the Berliner Zeitung Reader’s Jury award at the Berlin Film Festival in 1994, has long been a towering figure in … Read more

Trial of a Lifetime: Worker’s Battle with Silicosis Puts Engineered Stone Manufacturers in the Legal Spotlight

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Los Angeles – Gustavo Reyes Gonzalez, a stonecutter, now breathes with the aid of transplanted lungs, his own destroyed by years of inhaling fine particles from cutting engineered stone, a popular material for countertops. His harrowing experience opens the door to a legal battle in Los Angeles County, raising urgent questions about industry responsibilities and worker safety. Reyes Gonzalez, a worker in Orange County’s fabrication shops, would spend his days slicing through slabs of the artificial stone, which, while aesthetically pleasing, contains dangerous levels of crystalline silica. Despite its durability and stain resistance, the engineered … Read more

T-Mobile Faces Class Action Lawsuit for Breaching Lifetime Price Promise

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Bellevue, WA — T-Mobile is facing a class action lawsuit after allegedly reneging on a promise to offer a “lifetime” rate guarantee for certain customers who enrolled in its wireless plan. This pivot away from their initially promised forever-fixed price has triggered backlash among consumers who believe they were misled by the telecommunications giant. The litigation centers on the claims from subscribers of T-Mobile’s legacy plan, who were ensured that their rates would remain constant for the duration of their service. The suit alleges that T-mobile violated its agreement when it recently informed these customers … Read more