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Quiet Doesn't Flow The Cauvery

With the Lok Sabha polls only months away, any inter-state dispute over the Cauvery water dispute has the potential to take more political turns than otherwise, predicts N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE:......

Egypt's strategic partnership for India, highest award for Modi

Imparting new momentum, India and Egypt on Sunday elevated their relationship to a ‘strategic partnership' after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi held......

Modi to visit mosque in Egypt renovated by Bohri Muslims

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his first tour of Egypt, will visit the 11th century Al-Hakim mosque and will also pay tribute to the Indian soldiers who died fighting for Egypt during the......

Parkash Singh Badal: Grand old man of Punjab politics

Parkash Singh Badal was not the one to give up easily, on life or on politics. IMAGE: Parkash Singh Badal. Photograph: ANI Photo Only last year, the Shiromani Akal Dal fielded the patriarch......

The Best Wildlife Photographs, 2022!

The winners of the Natural History Museum's prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition were announced at an awards ceremony in London recently. American Photographer Karine Aigner......

How Bhubaneswar will transform into a smart city

In the second of a five-part series, Business Standard captures the action in Bhubaneswar, which has emerged first in the Smart City Challenge competition earlier this year. Part 1: How Surat......

Taj Mahal emerges as top Google Street View destination

Agra's tourist attraction Taj Mahal has emerged as the most popular in Asia for global 'virtual travellers', according to Google. "Taj Mahal has emerged as one of the most popular Asian places for......

Italian village meets China

China has constructed a copy of an Italian city called Florentia Village. It's a sprawling 14-acre complex of colonnades and piazzas that boasts its own faux Colosseum and Grand Canal with gondolas......

Amazing photos: World's 15 strangest bridges

Some of the world's most remarkable infrastructure projects are bridges. Besides being vital transportation links, these bridges are architectural marvels...Take a look at 15 strangest bridges......

The threat of global food shortages

Last month, the wheat fields in Punjab stretched in amber-tinged waves as far as the eye could see, promising bountiful harvests. Nothing hinted at the grave crisis that has gripped the state,......

The Magic of Asha Bhosle

Do you know Ashaji crooned a seductive night club song, Zooby Zooby Je L'aime Vous for An Evening In Paris? Asha Bhosle sang some of her best songs for film-maker Shakti Samanta, and their......

PIX: Inside the George Clooney-Amal Alamuddin wedding

Hollywood A-lister George Clooney got hitched to acclaimed London barrister Amal Alamuddin in an intimate ceremony in Italy over the weekend.Like the contemporary A-list Hollywood weddings,......

PIX: Lady Gaga, Uma Thurman and more at Cannes

True to her reputation, pop singer Lady Gaga came preapared with an outfit that was unusual to say the least. The eccentric dresser waves to fans after she performed on the Canal......

Casanova: Been there, seen that

Giacomo Casanova, hats off. This is a true man of legend. The iconic lover of the 18th Century, he estimated the number of his women at about 1000. His autobiography-- don't all romantics like to......

SEE: Asian Games opens with futuristic ceremony

Photograph: Screengrab of Indian contingent at the Asian Games Blending elements of artificial intelligence and environmentally friendly technology, the Hangzhou Asian Games began......

2022 Asian Games mascot unveiled in digital ceremony

IMAGE: 19th Asian Games will be held in Hangzhou from September 10 to 25, 2022. Photograph: Twitter Three sporty robots, collectively known as the 'smart triplets', representing the UNESCO World......

PSG's 36-game unbeaten streak broken at Lyon

IMAGE: Olympique Lyon's Maxwel Cornet (left) shoots to score past Paris St-Germain's Gregory Van Der Wiel during their Ligue 1 match at the Grand Stade stadium, in Decines, France on Sunday.......

#PrayersforParis...Sporting world mourns

IMAGE: Romain Grosjean of France and Lotus wears a french national flag on his arm in tribute to the victims of the terrorist attacks in Paris. Photograph: Lars Baron/Getty Images All major......

Hope floats for Bianchi family as F1 returns to Monaco

Jules Bianchi, who went into a coma after suffering brain injuries in a horrific crash in Japan last October, recorded his first points for Marussia at the Monaco GP last season. Marussia Formula......

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