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Adlabs celebrates Oscar fever
MUMBAI: It’s Oscar time again and Adlabs cinemas is bringing Oscar themed programming in which the best of Oscar nominated films of this year and the winners of previous years will be screened across Adlabs cinemas in Mumbai, Pune and Mangalore.
Till 1 March, Oscar nominated films will be screened in various Adlabs Cinemas across Mumbai, Delhi, Pune and Mangalore.
These films include The Departed, Babel, Blood Diamond, The Prestige and United 93.
The initiative is targetted at discerning film viewers and will be supported by various Oscar themed activities. An Oscar themed contest will be run in the cinemas and an Oscar message board where visitors can post their comments on the nominations and the award proceedings.
To celebrate Oscar week hosts do the rounds in the cinema asking visitors for Oscar trivia and there would be rewards for the correct answers. The deccor will also be Oscar themed as well.
Adlabs Cinemas COO Tushar Dhingra says, “The academy award is as big as you can get in the Hollywood films category. It is but natural to celebrate the biggest ticket event at our cinemas to give film aficionados a chance to revisit the best of the year on a big screen”.
The Oscars air live in India on Star Movies on 26 February at 6 am.
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Uidai partners with Google to help users locate Aadhaar centres
Verified Aadhaar centres to appear on Maps with services and access info
MUMBAI: Finding an Aadhaar centre may soon be as easy as finding your favourite café. In a move aimed at making public services more accessible, the Unique Identification Authority of India has partnered with Google to display authorised Aadhaar centres on Google Maps. The feature, expected to roll out in the coming months, will allow residents to locate verified centres quickly and confidently.
More than 60,000 Aadhaar centres, including state of the art Aadhaar Seva Kendras, will be mapped. When users search on Google Maps, they will be directed to authorised facilities rather than unverified listings, helping curb misinformation and confusion.
The listings will do more than drop a pin. Users will be able to see the nature of services offered at each centre, whether it is adult enrolment, child enrolment, or limited to address and mobile number updates. Details such as operating hours, parking availability and divyang friendly infrastructure will also be shown wherever applicable.
Uidai CEO Bhuvnesh Kumar, said the collaboration is part of the authority’s continued effort to improve ease of living for Aadhaar holders by making authorised centres simpler and faster to navigate.
The partnership will deepen in its next phase, with Uidai using Google Business Profile to manage information and respond directly to public feedback. Looking ahead, the two organisations are also exploring the option of enabling appointment bookings through the Google Maps interface, potentially allowing residents to plan their visits with greater efficiency.
Google India country head, strategic partnerships Roli Agarwal, said integrating verified Aadhaar centres would help millions access trusted services with confidence, bringing essential government infrastructure closer to the people who need it most.
If all goes to plan, a routine Aadhaar update may soon begin not with a queue, but with a search bar.
