What Deals Will Be Signed On Macron's Visit?

Officials hint the visit could finally see a formal defence industrial road map being adopted by both nations. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi meets French President Emmanuel Macron......

2024 May Witness More Natural Disasters

'The Weather Channel argues that India faces the gravest challenge: Climate change-induced health vulnerability.' 'This is an issue often neglected, alerts Claude Arpi: "Prolonged summers,......

How I Want To Make Our Planet Liveable

Nothing is more promising than countries putting aside hubris and ideological differences to invest in our shared future, observes Durga Sreenivasan, a delegate at COP28. IMAGE: The United Nations......

Ayodhya Is Getting Ready For The Big Day

With the spate of businesses turning their attention to Ayodhya, land rates have shot up, in some pockets by as much as 10 times. Whether one walks into a hotel lobby or sits down for a meal, land......

Swedish furnishing major IKEA to bring in funding arm, expand retail biz

Swedish furnishing major IKEA, part of the Ingka Group, is inviting its investment arm — Ingka Investments — to India, a senior company executive said during an interaction in New......

'India can continue to be fastest growing economy this decade'

'With a solid investment programme and sustainable development strategy, India can exceed 7 per cent growth per year, or a doubling of high-quality national income within a decade.' Illustration:......

Shortage of charging stations may short-circuit India's EV revolution

Only a few thousand chargers dot the Indian landscape, some in working condition, others not, with some held hostage to the power supply vagaries of local utilities, reports S Dinakar. Photograph:......

Why Has RBI Scrapped Polymer Currency Notes Idea?

The RBI has shelved its plan for polymer notes more than a decade after it invited interest from global manufacturers for one billion pieces of Rs 10 denomination polymer banknotes, reveals Tamal......

4 Palestinian Women: A Touching Story

'The idea of this movie is to trace these journeys and not to blame.''We could have talked what happened in 1948. This is what the Israelis did. This is what the Palestinians and Arabs did.''We......

Wild, Wild World On OTT This Week

Werewolves, vampires and chimps, it's a wild, wild world on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma lists her recommendations. BhediyaWhere to watch? Jio CinemaLanguage: Hindi A good dose of comedy and......

'I watch horror movies with my eyes shut'

'When I look at my journey in Bollywood, I realise that all of those things were small pieces towards a larger sort of plan, which just had to fall in place the way it did.' Photograph: Kind......

10 Films You Must Watch

Aseem Chhabra picks 10 movies that amazed him at the international film festival in El Gouna, Egypt. Last month as film people from around the world traveled to El Gouna, an Egyptian resort by the......

Can Russia Make the Olympics? It's Up to This Panel

IMAGE: A man carries the Russian flag past the Olympic rings. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters Russian and Belarusian athletes who have qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympics this summer will need......

Russia fumes: 'Unjust' ban from Paris Olympics opening ceremony

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) decision to ban Russia's athletes from the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics in July......

How France plans to use AI to keep Paris 2024 safe

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Paris Olympics/X France tested Artificial Intelligence-driven video surveillance technology that will be deployed during the Olympic Games at a Depeche Mode concert this......

Srikanth stuns Chou Tien Chen, Sindhu through

IMAGE: Kidambi Srikanth opened his French Open campaign with a stunning win. Photograph: Hannah Mckay/Reuters A determined P V Sindhu advanced to the women's singles second round after grinding......

Satwik-Chirag will be the ones to beat in Paris: Gopichand

IMAGE: Pullela Gopichand believes the Indian men’s doubles pair will enter the Paris Olympics as the favourites. Photograph: Weixiang Lim/Reuters Chief national badminton coach Pullela......