US woman diplomats go on 'auto-pilot' to connect with people

Leaving behind their bullet-proof vehicles, four US woman diplomats have taken to the streets of the capital with their "personalised autorickshaws" in their "out-of-the-box" diplomacy style. Ann......

Chinese ruling party document threatens armed invasion of Taiwan

A White Paper which was released by the Chinese Communist Party on the Taiwan issue read that in order to reunify the island nation into the mainland, Beijing will use force and will turn towards......

China's actions fundamentally at odds with goal of peace, stability: US

The recent Chinese actions around House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan are fundamentally at odds with the goal of peace and stability, the White House said on Friday, adding that Beijing is......

Oxford jabs effective against severe Covid: US trial

A large trial in the United States and two South American countries of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has shown 79 per cent efficacy rate at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 and 100 per cent......

Google pushes UPI model of digital payments for US Fed

Citing the UPI’s phenomenal success in India, Google, in a letter to the Fed, said FedNow should be an open system, like the UPI. Photograph: Shannon Stapleton / Reuters. The US Federal......

Fed officials lay case for December liftoff

US Federal Reserve officials lined up behind a likely December interest rate hike with one key central banker saying the risk of waiting too long was now roughly in balance with the risk of moving......

Obama to honour three Indian American startup entrepreneurs

US President Barack Obama will honour three Indian Americans among others for their innovative and path breaking startups which have had a major impact on people's lives. The three are - Privahini......

The issue of gender diversity in the workplace

The gender diversity exercise in the workplace is so pro forma as to make a mockery of the concept, says Kanika Datta.Tata Group Chairman Cyrus Mistry has established his progressive credentials by......

Golden Globes: RRR's Naatu Naatu Wins Best Original Song

Here's a quick look at the winners of the 80th Annual Golden Globe awards. IMAGE: Tony Kushner, Seth Rogen, Judd Hirsch, Gabriel LaBelle, Steven Spielberg, Michelle Williams, Paul Dano and Kristie......

'Godard is never of the past'

'He provokes you intellectually so hard that you really break out of your shell and come up with something creative.''He can extract a creation out of you, such is the power of Godard and his......

Aryan, Ananya, Sara, Shahid, Party!

It's not everyday that Bollywood gets to party with Hollywood biggies Anthony and Joe Russo. So when they got the chance, they made sure it was a night to remember. The star of the party was, of......

Why Priyanka is UNSTOPPABLE!

I have heard cynics say that Priyanka Chopra Jonas as we know her today is the creation of a PR machinery, but that is rather a poor reading of a determined woman and the work she has done to get......

Pooran, Holder, Mayers skip central deals, eye T20I glory

Photograph: Kind Courtesy ICC/X Joining the growing tribe of cricketers who stay away from the country's central contract, premier white ball players Nicholas Pooran, Jason Holders and Kyle Mayers......

Chess Olympiad: Indian teams off to winning starts

IMAGE: India's Koneru Humpy in action during Day 1 of the Chess Olympiad in Chennai on Friday. Photograph: Chennai Chess 2022/Twitter Indian teams opened their campaigns with easy wins in the Open......

Women's WC: Indian batters must raise their game against WI

Photograph: Kind courtesy BCCI Women/Twitter India's under-performing top-order will be keen to display way more intent to bring the team's campaign back on track when it squares off against a......

Women's WC: Harmanpreet's fifty in vain; NZ thrash India

Images from the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup match between India and New Zealand in Hamilton on Thursday. Scorecard IMAGE: India’s Harmanpreet Kaur a reacts. Photograph: Andy......

NZ's oldest surviving Test cricketer John Reid dies at 92

IMAGE: John R Reid was the 1959 Wisden Cricketer of the Year. Photograph: Harrison/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images New Zealand's former captain and their oldest surviving Test cricketer, John R......