
Historical Report: Gunpowder Transport in Lapua, 1976
A historical article from Helsingin Sanomat reports on the transportation of gunpowder in glass jars in Lapua, Finland, in August 1976, ending a three-month hiatus.
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A historical article from Helsingin Sanomat reports on the transportation of gunpowder in glass jars in Lapua, Finland, in August 1976, ending a three-month hiatus.
The acclaimed Iranian author Shahrnush Parsipur has passed away at the age of 80. Her book "Women Without Men" was nominated for the International Booker Prize earlier this year, 37 years after its initial publication.

Prime Minister Modi's BJP party secured a historic victory in the West Bengal state election, gaining control of the state and ending the Trinamool Congress's long-standing rule.

As her banned 1989 novella, Women Without Men, is published for the first time in the UK, the Iranian author looks back on a life of resistance and repression As I write this, Iranians around the…
Minister Pramoda Devi has assured that the KSIC filature factory at T. Narsipura will not be shut down, addressing concerns about its future.
Around 700 workers of the Mysuru weaving unit, 150 from Channapatna and nearly 190 from the filature factory stayed away from duty, disrupting operations, and raising concerns over the potential impact on the production of GI-tagged Mysuru silk sarees

An article reflects on the life and work of Shahrnush Parsipur, an influential Iranian feminist literary figure.

Ludovic Attal has left his role at Amazon MGM Studios to become President of Sipur, Shari Redstone's production outfit, taking on the position previously held by the late Michael Peter Schmidt.

Published in 1989, the book was seen as an act of insurrection and Parsipur was jailed, while the novella was banned

The Booker-longlisted novel follows the interwoven stories of five characters in search of new, sometimes surreal, destinies

The MLC says the officials, who had explored various sites, had identified the KSIC factory land as the most suitable site

Former Legendary Entertainment exec Deborah Kaufmann has joined Sipur Studios as its new chief of global content. The position is new for the studio, which recently added former Paramount Global chair Shari Redstone as part of its management team as chair. At Sipur, Kaufmann will handle development projects, as well as finding IP for the […]
The factory premises also houses a large number of trees that are several years old.

Shahrnush Parsipur, the celebrated Iranian writer known for her subversive feminist fiction and repeated imprisonments, has died at the age of 80.

An individual shares their experience of an AI tool potentially saving their life by diagnosing a blood clot, emphasizing AI's beneficial role alongside physicians, though regulation is crucial.

An American, Israeli and British creative team is coming together to forge a timely doc about an Iranian judo star who defied government orders and risked everything to compete against an Israeli…
Deputy Commissioner of Mysuru instructed to inspect the factory land along with sports and sericulture officials; alternatives will be explored if the proposal affects the factory, its operations, or its workers in any way, says Minister

Legendary Entertainment literary boss Deborah Kaufmann is joining Israeli studio Sipur to run content. Kaufmann, who brought adaptations of Alchemised and Denis Villeneuve’s Nuclear War during her Legendary tenure, has joined the Bad Boy studio in the newly-created role of Chief of Global Content. She will oversee a multitude of projects in Sipur’s development pipeline, […]