'Can Modi show that Trudeau is wrong?'

'Can Trudeau's evidence hold up? If not, he's finished.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi with Canada'S Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the G20 Summit in New Delhi. Photograph:......

For Stan Swamy, life after death can be deemed rewarding

One unwanted fallout of Stan Swamy's death from the government's point of view will be the increased attention on those senior citizens who are still in jail on charges which are taking a long time......

The world's worst natural disasters in 2018

The world endured bushfires, drought, tsunamis and earthquakes in 2018.According to the Centre of Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, 5,000 people died and 28.9 million needed emergency......

'Lashkar and Pak army recruit from same pool of educated youth'

According to acclaimed Pakistan expert C Christine Fair, madrassas are not the factories of jihad. What they do engender is a mindset that supports jihad. Ajai Shukla listens in. You......

India suffers from huge gender pay gap

IT services sector has a huge gender pay gap of 34 per cent. Amid raging debate over gender pay gap globally, a new report shows the figure for India stands as high as 27 per cent, where men earned......

Indian economy recovering? But where and how

Policy pre-requisites for corporate earnings growth are being ignoredThe fourth quarter of the last financial year, 2014-15, was an unmitigated disaster for Indian companies. Even after adjusting......

The rise and fall of Anshu Jain

The Indian-born Anshu Jain had pushed Deutsche to remain Europe's ‘last man standing’ in investment banking.   Image: After 2 decades, Anshu Jain quits Deutsche Bank.......

Monster to buy Yahoo's HotJob for $225 mn

Online career and recruiting firm Monster Worldwide has said it will buy Yahoo's jobsite HotJob for $225 million in cash. The companies have also entered into a three-year 'commercial traffic......

'I get slightly troubled when people see Sherlock Holmes as sexy'

'I was very wary about stepping into the limelight and the populist role like Sherlock Holmes, but the minute I saw who was involved and read the script and the quality of it I thought: I've got......

'I wanted the Marigold Hotel films to give very strong sense of India'

'You need to be very careful to avoid certain features and stereotypes whenever you come across a cross cultural story. I was particularly anxious to avoid that in the new film because it’s......

Johnny Depp's Dark Shadows has HIT written all over it

The summer frenzy for adrenaline-pumping big budget films gets bigger today when Dark Shadows, a fairly entertaining horror comic movie driven by the star power of Johnny Depp (and to a lesser......

PIX: Lookalike fans greet Lady Gaga in Japan

Lady Gaga, lovingly known as the Fame Monster among her fans worldwide, arrived in Japan for her Born This Way Ball Tour in another one of her eye-catching, elaborate outfits. The 26-year-old......

Sportsperson who have tested positive for coronavirus

IMAGE: Loftus Road Stadium, home to Queens Park Rangers is pictured on March 23, 2020 in London. Photograph: Warren Little/Getty Images While the whole world grapples to contain the spread of the......

Woods takes charge as Stenson stumbles

Tiger Woods, boosted by two monster birdie putts, grabbed the lead from overnight pacesetter Henrik Stenson in the Target World Challenge second round on Friday. The world number one holed out from......