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India-born media veteran selected as new BBC chairman

An India-born media executive who has worked in United Kingdom broadcasting for over 40 years, Dr Samir Shah, has been announced as the UK government's preferred candidate to take over as the new......

HC quashes DU order debarring PhD student over Modi's BBC documentary show

The Delhi high court on Thursday set aside a Delhi University order debarring a National Students Union of India leader for a year for his alleged involvement in the on-campus screening of a banned......

Anurag Thakur cautions Indian media against...

Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday urged the media fraternity in the country to remain cautious and desist from giving its space to narratives that threaten the......

The Truth BBC Will Not Tell You...

If Mr Modi is to be blamed for the post-Godhra riots, he should also be given credit for maintaining peace after the Akshardham and Ahmedabad terror attacks.The BBC will never tell you that, points......

Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-serving monarch, dies aged 96

Queen Elizabeth II, the United Kingdom's longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland after reigning for 70 years. She was 96. IMAGE: Queen Elizabeth II. Photograph: Simon......

Why Short-Sellers Like Hindenburg Matter

Strange souls see a research report on an Indian conglomerate as part of a vast conspiracy to Keep India Down.There is only one possible response to this: Grow up.Nobody in the West cares enough......

Google to launch ChatGPT competitor 'Bard': Sundar Pichai

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced that the tech giant will soon launch an Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered chatbot called ‘Bard', aimed at countering the popularity of the ChatGPT......

'Never suggested overnight banning of high value notes'

'There has to be an 18-month transition.''But if the government had some prior knowledge that the high value notes were being used for an imminent terrorist activity in the country, then we have to......

Chidambaram-Jaitley verbal duel over Modi's economic knowledge

The war of words between Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Arun Jaitley, leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha, refuses to die. It started when Chidambaram, in a recent interview with BBC News,......

Google focusses on new interface for searches on mobile phones

Ben Gomes, the India-bred techie, who oversees Google's handling of 100 billion searches a month, believes a new voice-based interface is needed for the next frontier of search centred round mobile......

Meet Bhagyashree's daughter, Avantika Dassani

'The filmi keeda was always there.''I hope I can get even five percent of the love that audiences gave my mother.''But I'm here to make my own identity.' IMAGE: Avantika Dassani. Bhagyashree's......

Can you watch 425 films in a year?

Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2020. IMAGE: Danesh Razvi and Tanya Maniktala in A Suitable Boy. It was the year of staying at home and watching films......

He enriched the world with his magical voice

His songs were the anchor, the substratum, if you will, upon which life unfolded day after day, decade after decade -- across villages, towns, cities, and regions.Siva Sankar pays a tribute to S P......

Good Omens to Leila, series to watch

From a dystopian world set in 2047 to one of the most publicised crime trials in America, Nikita Puri brings you top 5 binge-worthy series Leila IMAGE: Huma Qureshi in Leila. Incarcerated in a......

Sharing Salman Khan!

PINK, Penaz Masani and a precious picture of Nirupa Roy in and as Superman, a low-down of Sukanya Verma's fully filmi week! Monday Oh look, a picture of Bhagyashree and Sheeba celebrating Ganesh......

Will Archer recover in time for T20 World Cup?

IMAGE: Jofra Archer has been plagued by injuries for the last three years. Photograph: BCCI England are hoping to have a fully-fit Jofra Archer available for the T20 World Cup later this year......

FIFA WC diary: Beer priced at nearly $14 per half-litre!

IMAGE: A football fan from England bought beers from all 32 countries playing at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Gus/ballstothis/Twitter Half a litre of beer will cost 50......

Soccer: Fletcher joins Manchester United's coaching staff

IMAGE: As a player, Darren Fletcher won five Premier League titles, one FA Cup, two League Cups, the UEFA Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup, as well as 80 caps for Scotland. Photograph:......

Silverstone open to hosting two F1 races without spectators

McLaren boss Zak Brown told the BBC last week that all races in Europe could be held without spectators and with numbers on site kept to a minimum. IMAGE: Silverstone also hosted the first world......

Shorts: Coach Gopichand rues lack of preparation time for Olympics

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday IMAGE: India's badminton coach Pulella Gopichand and former champion Aparna Popat at a badminton clinic for children during the......

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