The Jury at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) said that they were left "disturbed and shocked" to see the controversial film The Kashmir Files in the competition section.

The Jury also noted that they felt the movie was "a propaganda vulgar movie" inappropriate to be in the competition section in an event like IFFI.

"We felt it was a propaganda vulgar movie, inappropriate to be a part of competition section of a prestigious festival that is organised by the Government of India", the jury noted in its remarks.

The remarks were made during the closing ceremony of the festival, by Nadav Lapid who was head of jury for the festival.

The closing ceremony was attended by several Indian politicians and ministers.

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Bengaluru, Nov 1: ISRO on Friday said its analogue space mission has taken off at Leh in Ladakh, where it will simulate life in an interplanetary habitat as India prepares to send a human to the moon.

The initiative is a collaborative effort of the Human Spaceflight Centre, ISRO, AAKA Space Studio, University of Ladakh, IIT Bombay, and supported by Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council.

The month-long mission, kicked off mid-October, comes in the wake of India's plans to set up lunar habitats, which could provide a base to launch inter-planetary missions.

The geographical features of Ladakh are considered to closely resemble Martian and lunar landscapes and are an ideal training ground for scientific missions aimed at exploring planets "India's first analog space mission kicks off in Leh...this mission will simulate life in an interplanetary habitat to tackle the challenges of a base station beyond Earth," ISRO said in a post on X.

The team of AAKA Space Studio is testing environment suits and conducting geological studies in Leh's low-oxygen environment, simulating space-like conditions, studies that could be crucial for future space missions.

The team is also studying how the human body adapts to the harsh weather conditions in Ladakh that could be useful in understanding how astronauts could get used to space like conditions.