Hot News Mix: India Partially Bans Gmail After NSA Leaks, CNN’s Weird Q&A with Nina Davuluri, + More

Screen Shot 2013-10-30 at 10.20.57 PM• Following the never-ending NSA leaks, India is banning civil servants from using foreign-based e-mail services, like Gmail, Outlook, and Yahoo! to send correspondence of any kind. [BBC]

• Yesterday, CNN did a Q&A with Nina Davuluri and, like, rather than discussing her pre-med ambitions, her classical dance talents, her platform of diversity, or her meeting with President Obama, they opted to discuss her dating life. Way to go, guys! #Journalism [CNN]

• Apparently Bollywood “soft-porn” is not a noted favorite among some Pakistanis — and they’ve gone to Twitter to voice their dissent. [BBC]

• Konkona Sen Sharma does not look excited at all to be at the red carpet at the 15th Mumbai Film Festival. [BollywoodLife]

• On The Vampire Diaries, Janina Gavankar’s character is apparently “a bit extreme and scary and ruthless.” [Hypable]

• Nestlé India’s doing quite well for itself. Must be all that Maggi sauce. [Business Standard]

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