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  "id": 17745042,
  "title": "Ranbir Kapoor draws Elon Musk comparison with Ramayana’s 5,000-year-old flying cars",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/ranbir-kapoor-draws-elon-musk-comparison-with-ramayanas-5-000-year",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-02T04:27:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/ranbir-kapoor-draws-elon-musk-comparison-with-ramayanas-5000-year-old-flying-cars-1.500732231"
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  "summary": "Dubai: Actor Ranbir Kapoor has sparked an interesting conversation about ancient Indian mythology and modern technology after comparing the mythical Pushpaka Vimana from the Ramayana to Elon Musk’s vision of futuristic flying vehicles. While promoting his upcoming film Ramayana, in which he plays Lord Rama, Ranbir suggested that India imagined the concept of flying cars thousands of years ago.…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/europes-answer-to-elon-musks-starlink-wants-to-build-satellites-in",
        "published": "2026-11-01T02:45:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Europe’s answer to Elon Musk’s Starlink wants to build satellites in Australia",
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        "outlet": "The Hill",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/lawfare-against-elon-musk-could-affect-the-artemis-program",
        "published": "2026-11-01T15:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Ranbir Kapoor on Ramayana: ‘Elon Musk invented flying car now; India did it 5,000 years ago’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/ranbir-kapoor-on-ramayana-elon-musk-invented-flying-car-now-india-did",
        "published": "2026-11-02T06:24:22.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}