The A to Z of 2020

Wow -- 2020, huh? From the deadly coronavirus to lockdowns, wildfires to the Black Lives Matter movement, to the Bihar and US elections, it's been a year we won't forget. It's hard to believe it......

COVID-19: Every life counts

The benefits of modern medicine have led people to demand more from the State, and to value every life.Even a modest death toll caused by an epidemic today is unacceptable, notes Dipankar Gupta.......

What cities look like during the coronavirus quarantine

Closures, travel restrictions, and self-isolation measures due to the coronavirus have cleared public squares, roads, and travel destinations across the globe. Photographers have been capturing the......

Animals explore cities during COVID-19 lockdowns

When humanity’s away, the animals will play. With much of the world driven indoors to quarantine during the coronavirus pandemic lockdown, some species not often seen -- or, at least, rarely......

When an Indian city shut down coal plants

Pollution is not merely the price to be paid for growth; it is also a drag on the same growth, notes Vandana Gombar. 'Coal power plants being shut down for polluting the air.' That is hardly the......

Smog chokes Beijing as Paris climate talks get under way

More than 200 expressways were closed and residents were advised to stay indoors as China grappled with the worst smog of the year, ahead of the Paris climate meet on Monday. Shandong province......

Bollywood's Amazing WINTER FASHION

Winter is kicking in, but in a year dominated by a deadly global pandemic, chills and thrills are largely limited to staying indoors. One can always take refuge in the world of movies though where......

Unstoppable Duplantis breaks World record for 8th time!

IMAGE: Armand Duplantis broke his own pole vault world record with a 6.24 metres effort in the first Diamond League meeting in Xiamen, China. Photographs: Tingshu Wang/Reuters Armand Duplantis put......

World Indoors: Bathroom break helps Kerr win high jump gold

IMAGE: Commonwealth Games champion Hamish Kerr has ample big-event experience but he said nerves got to him in Glasgow. Photographs: Hannah Mckay/Reuters Bouts of nerves sent New Zealand high......

WFI invite Bajrang, Vinesh, retired Sakshi for national trials

IMAGE: : Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia protesting against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Singh last year. Photograph: ANI Photo The Wrestling......

Tejaswin bags gold in Belgium; sets sight on Paris Olympics

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Tejaswin Shankar/Instagram National record holder in high jump Tejaswin Shankar won the top prize in the International High Jump Gala Elmos 2024 athletics meet in......

PIX: USA's Tausaga wins shock discus gold; Tamberi on podium

All the action from the World Athletics Championships at the National Athletics Centre, at Budapest, Hungary, on Tuesday... Tausaga stuns favourtie to win discus gold IMAGE: USA's Laulauga Tausaga......