Taiwan: A Thorn In China-US Relations

Any miscalculation and miscommunication are fraught with the risk of a major catastrophe, warns Rup Narayan Das. IMAGE: Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with US President Joe Biden on the......

India's envoy 'heckled' at US gurdwara by Khalistan supporters

India's Ambassador to the United States, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, offered prayers at a gurudwara in Long Island in New York on the occasion of Gurpurab where a group of Khalistani supporters heckled......

Will Chandrayaan's Success Make Science More Robust In India?

'Perhaps the government should explain how the same scientific temper, which authored a precise landing for Chandrayaan-3, finds the periodic table and the theory of evolution not good enough for......

Is This Why BJP Has Revived The NDA?

AIADMK insiders see the very idea of an NDA conclave as a measure of the BJP's current electoral assessment, stemming from relative weakness in 2024 compared to 2014 and 2019.In their reckoning,......

Was Peter Kerkar responsible for the 'death' of Cox & Kings?

Was Cox & Kings' Group Chief Executive Officer Ajay Ajit “Peter” Kerkar duped by his employees, as he claims, or did a cocktail of greed, poor cost control and bad management bring......

Is there a way out of the gloom and doom?

'The government has said it has kept its powder dry to fight the true battle against the debilitating influence of the pandemic.''The release of the shocking economic data this week should act as......

Why Cayman Islands is a big headache for taxmen in India

Equity inflows worth $3.7 billion came from the sunny Caribbean jurisdiction in 2019-20, a 267 per cent increase from the $1 billion registered in 2018-19 making it India’s 10th largest......

Why are our passports so shabby?

'Why can't a country that builds and manages airports of acknowledged excellence at home and abroad produce passports of durable quality for its citizens?' asks Sunil Sethi. Indian travellers to......

The Banshees of Inisherin Review: Friends No More

People move on, get attached to other people, ending a close bond. But we rarely see that on screen, observes Aseem Chhabra. Martin McDonagh's The Banshees of Inisherin opens with fog lifting and......

Review: Godzilla saves the world... and this movie!

Where the human aspect of Godzilla: King of the Monsters fails, technology more than does its bit. The glee it evokes, no matter how meaningless or momentary, is worth the price......

When a gora produced a Bollywood movie

'The first time we actually got to meet a Bollywood star, it was Salman Khan.''We met him at his farm house.''For Pia, an actor is just an actor. There is no such thing as a star in her world, and......

The BEST Moments in Hindi Films in 2016

Aseem Chhabra lists the elements that he loved and was pleasantly surprised by in the movies. As the year closes, critics and film writers come up with their favourite lists -- the top 10 best and......

51 Test Centuries Meets 800 Test Wickets

IMAGE: Sanath Jayasuriya, Sachin Tendulkar and Muttiah Muralitharan at the trailer launch of the Sri Lankan spin legend's biopic 800 in Mumbai on Tuesday, September 5, 2022. All Photographs:......

'Japan's' Korean gold medallist's lesson in Olympic spirit

IMAGE: Son Chung-in poses with a photograph of his father, Sohn Kee-chung, who won the 1936 Berlin Olympics marathon event. Photograph: Chang-Ran Kim/Reuters Long before American sprinters Tommie......

Diego Maradona: The genius who saw heaven and hell

'In our collective imagination Diego Maradona represents a certain glorious past, he's a symbol of what we might have been.' IMAGE: Diego Maradona reacts after receiving a yellow card during the......

I'm definitely up there with the Windies greats: Gayle

IMAGE: West Indies batting ace Chris Gayle in action during the World Cup match against New Zealand at Old Trafford. Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty Images Chris Gayle's swagger is unmatched, and......

It's Archer versus Gayle as England and West Indies renew rivalry

IMAGE: The addition of Jofra Archer in the side allows England to pick up wickets at any stage of an innings during the World Cup. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Action Images via Reuters England......