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G20 summit: Delhi civic body makes big plans to fight dengue

Municipal authorities have envisioned a comprehensive and pro-active plan to combat dengue this year with focussed fumigation at monument sites and markets in Delhi, which will host the G20 summit......

Kalki and Rajaji: A Connection From Previous Lives

Fifty years ago today, December 25, 1972, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, one of the titans of India's freedom struggle, passed into the ages. Kalki Krishnamurthy, who penned the Tamil classic......

'Rishi you are going to be something one day'

'Rishi is brought up with Indian values -- respect our parents, respect our uncles, -- but he is more British.' IMAGE: Britain's first Prime Minister of Asian origin Rishi Sunak delivers his first......

Vikrant: A Giant Leap For Indian Navy

The Indian Navy has a big role to play in support of our strategic objectives in the Indian Ocean.The increasing Chinese presence in the Indian Ocean is a matter of concern and need to be......

Air India: Will JRD Tata's Legend Return?

J R D Tata and Air India... Mrigank Warrier explores one of India's eternal love stories. IMAGE: J R D Tata was India's first qualified pilot; his flying license bore the legend No 1. Photograph:......

Most wanted in India: Ethical hackers!

Hackers have begun to emerge from the shadows of suspicion, says Dhruv Munjal. IMAGE: Ankit Fadia has written books on cyber-security yet yet his own site has been hacked at least nine times.......

Why Sergey Brin and Larry Page created their own Alphabet

Keeping a company on the cutting edge is about more than making workers happy, notes Chana R. Schoenberger. Image: Eric Schmidt (L), Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Photograph, courtesy: Google......

Who will be the next Steve Jobs?

In some ways, Elon Musk’s vision is even bolder and more transformative than that of Steve Jobs. Jobs changed the modes of many of our sensory experiences. Musk’s interest seems......

One man's quest to help the world learn

After a trek in the Himalayas brought him face-to-face with extreme poverty and illiteracy, John Wood left his position as a director of business development at Microsoft to found Room to Read, an......

Looking for energy, Google goes to hell

Deep underneath your feet is a hellish stone soup, kept hot by a torrent of radiation from poisonous isotopes of uranium, thorium and potassium in the earth's superheated mantle. This is the heat......

19 Brilliant Movies You Need To Watch

Sukanya Verma gives us a lowdown on all those wonderful movies she saw and movies you need to see as and when they arrive to a screen or streaming space near you. A lot has changed since the 2019......

Catch Some Unicorn Action On OTT

Along with Salman Khan's multi-starrer Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan and Keanu Reeves's action blockbuster John Wick: Chapter 4, we have Nawazuddin Siddiqui's rom-com Tiku Weds Sheru releasing on OTT......

'Irrfan never felt he was a master of acting'

'For him to suddenly leave the way that he did, it shattered me.''It took me a long, long, time to come to terms with it.''Because the loss of such a friend can destroy you.''The loss was and......

'Where did Kapil Sharma learn to act like this?'

'Karenge aur kaam, sir. Zindagi bahut choti hai, ideas bahut sare hain.' IMAGE: Kapil Sharma as Manas in Zwigato. Kapil Sharma has made a career laughing at and with Bollywood stars like Shah Rukh......

Can You Watch 384 Films In A Year?

Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2021. IMAGE: Aditya Rao Hydari and Konkona Sensharma in Ajeeb Daastaans. Year two of the pandemic was a challenge in so many......

Selection chief defends stand to persist with Dhoni

'I can clearly say this that till today MS is the best glovesmen and finisher in India in the shorter formats. The others are still work in progress' Credits should be given to selectors for......

Rishabh Pant: Unrepressed, entertaining, authentic

'I just go out there and do my thing; try to express myself. I'm glad people enjoy it,' Rishabh Pant tells Dhruv Munjal. IMAGE: Rishabh Pant at the Vidarbha Cricket Association ground in Nagpur,......

My Daughter Mithali Raj

'From the beginning (I have told her) "Whatever it may be -- you are losing or winning -- on the ground you're not going to cry!" She never cried.''"I don't want you to project that you are a......

The Thai charmer who made a fortune and won soccer's biggest league

'Believe us when we say he’s the best. He let us dream' IMAGE: Leicester City chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and vice chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha with the trophy as they celebrate......

And tennis players' favourite venue is...

And no, it doesn't begin with a W...Rahul Jacob rhapsodises about the world's most picturesque tennis venue. IMAGE: Feliciano Lopez with the winner's trophy following his victory in the men';s......

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