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DELHI THE HINDU 20 LIFE SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF At Cannes, Modhura Palit gets India its moment in the sun The young cinematographer received a special encouragement award during the Pierre Angénieux ExcelLens in Cinematography ceremony

Namrata Joshi Ms. Palit, dressed in an filmmaker Rajiv Menon, Prince in 2010, Inside Llewyn Chokri’s A Brother’s Love kerci­Porst (producer, Ger­ Cannes orange and green silk sari, is while congratulating Ms. Pa­ Davis in 2014 and Darkest and Michael Angelo Covino’s many), Lisandro Alonso (di­ India had a brief moment in the first Indian and the first lit, said that it was an honour hour in 2018). The Climb, respectively. rector, Argentina) and Lukas British, Irish climbers the sun at the Cannes Film woman to get this recogni­ to see a young Indian cine­ Meanwhile, a Brazilian Dhont (director, Belgium). become Everest victims Festival on Friday night tion. A graduate of the Satya­ matographer breaking new film, Karim Ainouz’s The In­ Critics divided In a statement, the jury ex­ KATHMANDU when the young Indian di­ jit Ray Film and Television grounds. “It warms my heart visible Life, about two insep­ Two period pieces, that left pressed great pleasure in The deaths of an Irish and a rector of photography, Institute of Kolkata and a that a young Indian girl is arable sisters, with common the critics divided, also having dived into the diversi­ British climber on Mount Modhura Palit, was given a member of the Indian Wo­ coming up with images that hopes and dreams, who are walked away with awards — ty of selection; diversity that Everest took the toll from a special encouragement men Cinematographer Col­ the world is waiting for and forced to live away from each Jeanne (Joan of Arc ) by Bru­ reflected on many levels: deadly season on the world’s award during the Pierre An­ lective, Ms. Palit is a free­ competing with the best.” other, walked away with the no Dumont got a special subjects, the way cinematic highest peak to 10, génieux ExcelLens in Cine­ lance cinematographer who The big award for the day, Best Film award in the Un mention, while a Special Jury tools were used and the por­ expedition organisers said on matography ceremony has been working primarily the Pierre Angénieux Excel­ Certain Regard section of the prize went to Liberte by Al­ trayal of characters. The Saturday. British climber opened by the General Dele­ on independent films. Lens in Cinematography ho­ Cannes Film Festival. bert Serra that faced multi­ statement said: “It was very Robin Fisher, 44, reached the summit on Saturday morning gate of the festival,Thierry nour was bestowed upon Russian Kantemir Balagov ple walkouts at its premiere stimulating to have seen, side but collapsed when he had Frémaux, in Salle Buñuel at Encouragement for girls Modhura Palit * FACEBOOK Bruno Delbonnel (AFC, bagged the best director screening for its explicit por­ by side, filmmakers that mas­ got just 150 m back down the Palais des festivals. The She said the recognition ASC), renowned French di­ award for the Cannes favou­ trayal of sex. ter their language so well and slope. On the northern Tibet award highlights the promis­ seems unreal, like a fairytale. considered “manly” while al­ rector of photography with rite Beanpole, about two wo­ Un Certain Regard pre­ others still finding their way side of the mountain, a ing work of a young film pro­ In fact, when she got the in­ so hoping that that the idea five Oscar nominations for men in Leningrad rebuilding sented 18 films this year, 9 of to mastery... We were ho­ 56­year­old Irish man died on fessional and will offer Ms. formation on E­mail, she of “woman” cinematogra­ Best Picture ( Le Fabuleux their lives from the wreckage them first films. The jury noured to be transported in­ Friday morning, his Palit the opportunity to use thought it was a spam. Ms. pher will also go away some Destin d’Amélie Poulain in of Second World War. headed by Lebanese direc­ to all these different univers­ expedition organisers the best of the Angénieux Palit hoped that her award day. “You can’t genderise a 2002, Un long dimanche de Neighbours Canada and tor­actor Nadine Labaki was es. World cinema remains confirmed in a statement. AFP technology for the images of would encourage young girls craft,” she said. fiançailles in 2005, Harry U.S. got to share the Coup de comprised of Marina Foïs very much alive and in good her next pr oject. to take to a profession that is Indian cinematographer­ Potter and the Half­Blood Coeur prize with Monia (actress, France), Nurhan Se­ shape!” IISc researchers confirm Bong Joon­Ho’s Parasite

Reading with children superconductivity breakthrough strikes gold at Cannes makes a better parent NEW YORK People who regularly read Achieving it at room temperature and pressure represents major advance Belgium's Dardenne brothers won the best director award with their children are less likely to engage in harsh R. Prasad (random fluctuations of data Reuters/PTI parenting and their children Cannes Shubashree Desikan that hinders perception of a are less likely to have CHENNAI attention problems, say signal) for two presumably Parasite, a suspenseful dark researchers. The study, Superconductivity at am­ independent measurements comedy about class strug­ published in the Journal of bient temperature has been of magnetic susceptibility. gles directed by South Ko­ Developmental & Behavioral the holy grail in physics for Noise, by its very virtue, is rea’s Bong Joon­Ho, won the Pediatrics, says that reading about a century and a team random and so finding near­ top Palme d’Or prize at the with your child “on a daily from the Indian Institute of ly identical noise in mea­ Cannes Film Festival on basis provides not just Science (IISc), Bengaluru led surements made under diffe­ Saturday. academic but emotional by Prof. Anshu Pandey has rent conditions is highly The award adds to a suc­ benefits that can help bolster confirmed that the material improbable. Brian Skinner, a cessful run at the French ci­ the child’s success. IANS they tested exhibits major physicist at MIT, Boston, was nema showcase for Asian properties of superconduc­ Quantum leap: A material is a superconductor if it conducts the first to notice this. films after Japanese director tivity at ambient tempera­ electricity with zero resistance to the flow of electrons. * AFP In one of his tweets in Au­ Hirokazu Kore­eda clinched ture and pressure. gust 2018 he said: “…They the prestigious gong last A material is said to be a noparticles embedded in a Physics at IISc. “They have [IISc team] are really not year. Top honours: Director Bong Joon­ho after winning the Palme superconductor if it con­ gold matrix. Interestingly, found a sharp drop in resis­ backing down from their Mr. Bong, who made his d’Or for his film. * REUTERS ducts electricity with nil re­ silver and gold independent­ tivity [in their material]. This claims. They emphasize that mark at Cannes in 2017 with sistance to the flow of elec­ ly do not exhibit is potentially amazing.” they are focused on provid­ Netflix­produced Okja, set film Shoplifters. top honour this year. trons. Superconductors will superconductivity. “This looks like a case ing validation of their data…” his latest movie in modern This year’s Cannes film Britain’s Emily Beecham help build very high efficien­ The team examined 125 where granular supercon­ And the IISc team did just South Korea. festival also shone a light on was crowned best actress af­ Volcanic eruption in Bali cy devices leading to huge samples, of which 10 showed ductors play a role. I am ex­ that. On May 22, 2019, Dr. Belgium’s Dardenne newcomers, in an unusually ter starring in Jessica Hausn­ causes flight cancellations energy savings. Until now, a drop in resistance, signall­ cited that the key first step in Skinner tweeted “…I am brothers won the best direc­ crowded field. er’s Little Joe as a botanist JAKARTA scientists have been able to ing the onset of supercon­ this challenging field has gratified, to say that least, tor award for their story of a Atlantics, a ghost story who starts having doubts A volcano erupted on the make materials supercon­ ductivity. The remaining been brought about by a sys­ that it is a scientific story radicalised Muslim youth, about migrants directed by about her latest genetically­ Indonesian holiday island of duct only at temperature samples were exposed to ox­ tematic and detailed effort,” now, and not a story about Young Ahmed. Franco­Senegalese filmmak­ modified creation when it Bali, causing some overnight much below zero degree C ygen at the time of sample says Professor G. Baskaran social scandal.” flight cancellations to and It follows a down­on­ er Mati Diop, won the run­ begins to affect her loved and hence making practical preparation leading to un­ from The Institute of Mathe­ Interestingly, the new da­ from Australia as an ash cloud their­luck family of four who ner­up Grand Prix award. ones. utility very difficult. successful results. Repro­ matical Sciences, Chennai. ta still show the repeated rose into the sky, officials said spot an opportunity to con a The movie, based on her Our Mothers , a film by on Saturday. Mount Agung This is where the IISc’s ducibility and repeatability “noise” in some instances. wealthy household into giv­ 2009 short documentary, Guatemalan director Cesar volcano spewed out lava and work becomes particularly are the cornerstones of Identical noise However, the researchers ing them jobs. was Ms. Diop’s first feature­ Diaz, won the Camera d’Or showers of rocks over a important. A revised article science, and the IISc team The initial version posted in have clarified that the magni­ They worm their way into length film. for the best debut film. The distance of about 3 km, with on the tests has been posted was able to achieve it. arXiv on July 23, 2018 by tude of the noise is well the other family’s lives — be­ Spain’s Antonio Banderas film was part of the parallel ash falling over dozens of on May 21 in arXiv, a pre­ “If this result is correct, it Prof. Anshu Pandey and Dev above instrumental resolu­ fore things start going south. won the male acting prize Critics’ Week. villages, officials said. There print repository. would be the greatest work Kumar Thapa attracted criti­ tion. “This suggests a possi­ Mr. Bong is the second for his role as a tortured film­ The Prix Un Certain Re­ were no reports of casualties. The material that exhibit­ done in India since the dis­ cism, raising doubts about ble physical origin related to Asian director in succession maker in Pedro Almodovar’s gard went to Brazilian wri­ Photographs showed an ash ed superconductivity is in covery of Raman effect,” said the data and hence the stu­ the sample as opposed to in­ to win the Palme d’Or, after loosely biographical Pain ter­director Karim Ainouz’s column and glowing lava in the form of nanosized films Professor T.V. Ramakrishnan dy. The reason: the presence strument artefacts,” they Japan’s Hirokazu Kore­eda, And Glory — one of the films The Invisible Life of Euridice the crater of the volcano. and pellets made of silver na­ from the Department of of identical pattern of noise write. who won last year for the that had been tipped for the Gusmao.

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Reuters The drive is part of a push ST PETERSBURG to strengthen Moscow’s Russia launched a nuclear­ hand in the High North as it powered icebreaker on Sa­ vies for dominance with tra­ turday, part of an ambitious ditional rivals Canada, the programme to renew and ex­ United States and Norway, as pand its fleet of the vessels in well as newcomer China. order to improve its ability to By 2035, Mr. Putin said tap the Arctic’s commercial Russia’s Arctic fleet would potential. operate at least 13 heavy­du­ The ship, dubbed the Ural ty icebreakers, nine of which and which was floated out would be powered by nu­ from a dockyard in St Peters­ clear reactors. burg, is one of a trio that Float­out: The nuclear­powered icebreaker ‘Ural’ during the The Arctic holds oil and when completed will be the launch at the Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg. * REUTERS gas reserves equivalent to largest and most powerful 412 billion barrels of oil, icebreakers in the world. handed over to Russia’s the NSR to all­year activity,” about 22 percent of the Russia is building new in­ state­owned nuclear energy Alexey Likhachev, Rosatom’s world’s undiscovered oil and frastructure and overhauling corporation Rosatom in chief executive, was quoted gas, the U.S. Geological Sur­ its ports as, amid warmer cli­ 2022 after the two other ice­ saying. vey estimates. mate cycles, it readies for breakers in the same series, President Vladimir Putin Moscow hopes the route more traffic via what it calls Arktika (Arctic) and Sibir (Si­ said in April that Russia was which runs from Murmansk the Northern Sea Route beria), enter service. stepping up construction of to the Bering Strait near Perfect ride: Japan’s Kanoa Igarashi, who won the World Surf League Men's Championship Tour event at Keramas in Gianyar on (NSR) which it envisages be­ “The Ural together with icebreakers with the aim of Alaska could take off as it

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