How we can DEFEAT COVID-19

'If people are not cooperating and do not follow policies laid down by the government or follow scientific infection control management, then all will be lost.' IMAGE: 107-year-old Kewal Krishan......

PHOTOS: The world gets its asanas right

Some practised their stretches on a boat as they floated across River Siene in Paris; the others did their asanas outside the world famous ruins of Angkor Vat in Cambodia. Fitness enthusiasts......

Legends Made in Mysore: B K S Iyengar and Pattabhi Jois

Two of the greatest modern exponents of yoga began their life in Mysore, under the tutelage of the legendary Krishnamacharya. For both of them, life was yoga. And yoga was life, says Sunaad......

Prof C N R Rao becomes third scientist to be awarded Bharat Ratna

Professor Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao is the third scientist to be awarded the highest civilian award -- Bharat Ratna, a crowning glory of his inexorable list of outstanding achievements. Rao......

Australian residency laws get tougher

Thousands of Indian students enrolled in vocational courses like cookery and hairdressing, which till now allowed a 'fast track' to permanent residency, will have to sit for a test requiring......

Homes for the mobile

Ram Charan's wheeled suitcase functions as a virtual home. The 67-year-old management consultant and writer of business books sleeps in five-star hotels every night of the week, every week of the......

Chak De's Sandia in a chat

She was the one who uttered the ironic 'difference between a Tamil and Telugu is same as between a Punjabi and Bihari," inthe film Chak De! India. In real life too, Sandia Furtado, who played......

Pele's Story Is A Story Of Hope

More than the story of any other footballer or athlete, Pele's life helped democratise his sport; made it the stuff of a widely shared dream.Shyam G Menon salutes the memory of the greatest......

Tokyo Games could lead to "Olympic virus" strain, doctor warns

'All of the different mutant strains of the virus which exist in different places will be concentrated and gathering here in Tokyo. We cannot deny the possibility of even a new strain of the virus......

Balbir's death marks end of hockey's golden era

If Dhyan Chand's wizardry was a source of joy in a colonised India, Balbir Singh Sr's artistry was an inspiration for an India trying to find its bearings post-independence. 'He was one of India's......

Rajneesh's Believe It Or Not in Cricket!

Rajneesh Gupta lists some more amazing coincidences in cricket -- a feature guaranteed to amuse you in these anxious times. IMAGE: The Lord's cricket ground, owned by the Marylebone Cricket Club,......

Prem Panicker: The boys in black have a bit of growing up to do, yet

'That was the key to a game where, on paper, there is nothing to separate the two sides: Intensity. From the first ball of the innings to the run out of Southee, the Australian bowlers and fielders......