Battle Royale in Thiruvananthapuram

I have a bit of a personal dilemma: I have a soft corner for Shashi Tharoor, but I do like Rajeev Chandrasekhar's pitch, confesses Rajeev Srinivasan. IMAGE: Dr Shashi Tharoor, the Congress Lok......

If Kejriwal's Government Is Dismissed...

'Kejriwal could have easily deputed someone to step in as chief minister, but being the authoritative and self-centered personality that he is, he chose not to do it.' 'If the AAP loses Delhi,......

India's polls under Chinese threat? Microsoft warns of AI misuse by Beijing

China is likely to deploy Artificial Intelligence-generated content via social media to sway public opinion to boost its geopolitical interests during elections in countries like India, South Korea......

Time to speak up: What women want from elections

Ahead of the upcoming elections, political parties have started announcing incentives to benefit women, but what do women truly seek for genuine gender parity, asks Nivedita Mookerji.......

How Will Assembly Polls Impact Markets?

'The outcome of the state polls may lead to some strategy-related permutations and combinations and the markets may extrapolate it to the likely outcome in the general elections.' IMAGE: Senior......

Russia becomes India's premier oil supplier but Saudi is not losing sleep

A few years ago, when top officials of Indian state-run refiners went to Dubai to negotiate a crude oil supply contract, a senior official from state-owned Saudi Aramco told them, “We can......

'It is a trauma that we all have lived'

'A large part of this episode has come from my own life, the backlash I faced and my journey after having publicly claimed my identity.' IMAGE: Radhika Apte as Pallavi Menke in Made In Heaven 2.......

Watch Aishwarya's Romance Gone Wrong On OTT

Royal tragedies, loony vampires, nuclear disasters, scoop hunters becoming the story, all that and more on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma lists everything you can watch on streaming platforms this......

Thallumaala Won't Let You Breathe Or Blink

Friendships are not merely severed, but built over scuffles.And just about anything can stir things up -- a long-standing feud, a pointless stare, a disrupted moral stance, a fist that ricochets......

10 Best Films From Around The World

A beautiful documentary from Delhi.A shocking satire that spares no one.A thriller about a serial killer in Iran.A Pakistan film about family secrets...Aseem Chhabra lists the best films he saw in......

Football's 'Eternal great' Pele passes away

'God gave me this ability for one reason: To make people happy.' IMAGE: Pele had been undergoing chemotherapy on a regular basis since he had a tumor removed from his colon in September 2021........

Qatar World Cup: A showcase for political tensions

'Qatari authorities have had to tread a fine balance over Iran and Palestine but, in the end, the tournament once again puts Qatar at the center of regional diplomacy' IMAGE: Fans hold up a shirt......

FIFA pleads with World Cup nations to 'focus on football'

IMAGE: Gianni Infantino, FIFA president makes a speech during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Final Draw at the Doha Exhibition Center. Photograph: David Ramos/Getty Images FIFA has written to......

WNBA star's detention continues in Russia; US silent

IMAGE: Brittney Griner was detained at a Moscow airport on Feb. 17 when a search of her luggage allegedly revealed multiple cannabis oil vape cartridges, which could result in a maximum penalty of......

What the coaches said about the FIFA World Cup draw

IMAGE: Coaches of the 2022 World Cup finals teams pose for a photograph after the draw, at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center, in Qatar, on Friday. Photograph: Pawel Kopczynski/Reuters Four......