Iranian Film wins Golden Bear at Berlin Film Festival
Iranian drama ‘Nader and Simin, A Separation’ has won the Golden Bear award for Best Film at the Berlin Film Festival. Director Asghar Farhadi’s film, which also took the best acting prizes, tells the story of a troubled marriage.
The film – which pits one family against another in a legal battle over the care of an elderly man who suffers from incontinence – highlights the gap between middle class and poorer, more traditional Iranians. The Best Actor award (Silver Bear) went to the film’s male ensemble consisting of Peyman Moadi, Ali Asghar Shahbazi, Babak Karimi. The movie’s female ensemble comprising Sareh Bayat, Sarina Farhadi, Leila Hatami picked up the Best Actress award (Silver Bear).
Best Director award (Silver Bear) was won by German Ulrich Kohler who was honoured for his film ‘Sleeping Sickness’, the tale of a corrupt Western aid programme in Africa.
India-Malaysia sign Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement
Anand Sharma, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Mustapa Mohamed, Minister for International Trade & Industry, Malaysia, signed the India-Malaysia Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) in the presence of Malaysian Prime Minister, Mohd Najib Razak at Putrajaya in Kuala Lumpur on February 18, 2011. The Agreement will come into effect on July 1, 2011 and the first review will be held within a year of coming into force.
The India-Malaysia CECA is a comprehensive and ambitious agreement that envisages liberal trade in goods and services and a stable and competitive investment regime to promote foreign investment between the two countries.
The goods package under the CECA takes the tariff liberalization beyond the India-ASEAN FTA commitments on items of mutual interest for both the countries.
Indian History Congress organised in Malda
The 71st session of the Indian History Congress (IHC) was organised at the Gaur-Banga University in Malda, West Bengal in from February 11 to 13, 2011. The Congress elected Professor B.B. Chaudhuri general president for the next IHC session to be held at the Punjabi University in Patiala from December 10 to 12.
The sectional presidents elected for the 72nd session are: Professors Ranabir Chakravarti (Ancient India), Pushpa Prasad (Medieval India), N. Rajendran (Modern India), Madhavi Thampi (Countries other than India), and D.P. Agrawal (Archaeology). N. Ram, Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu, has been chosen president of the section on Contemporary India.
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