Overview

• Reliance Industries formally withdrew its trademark application for 'Operation Sindoor,' attributing the filing to an unauthorized junior employee error.
• The term, tied to India’s recent military success, has since attracted trademark bids from individuals and production houses, with 15 Bollywood filmmakers reportedly vying for the title.
• Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi criticized filmmakers for exploiting a national symbol, calling them 'shameless vultures.'
• Mukesh Ambani praised the Indian Armed Forces for their bravery in Operation Sindoor and reaffirmed Reliance’s commitment to national unity.
• The controversy underscores tensions between national pride, corporate responsibility, and the ethics of profiting from real-time military events.