Covid-hit China welcomes international passengers after 3 years

China on Sunday welcomed international travellers and returning residents without the need to quarantine for the first time in three years, even as infections surge after it scrapped its stringent......

Talibs. Refugees. The Fallen.

A couple of days before American troops leave Kabul on Tuesday, August 31, images to remember from the Afghan capital and elsewhere... Please click on the images below for a better look. IMAGE:......

Beware! Indians are vulnerable to Zika virus: Study

India is vulnerable to the risk of Zika virus transmissions owing to high travel volumes from the disease affected areas in the America, presence of mosquitoes capable of transmitting the virus and......

Nightmare for Indians trapped in Brussels ends as they reach home

Two hundred and forty two Indians, including 28 Jet Airways crew members, who were stranded after the deadly terror strikes in Brussels on Tuesday, returned home on Friday, much to the relief of......

Remembering Charles Correa and his 'breathing' buildings

India's foremost architect and town planner was renowned as much for his 'breathing' spaces as for his irascible personality Obituaries can be hagiographic, at least in the immediate aftermath of......

Star Alliance to develop Delhi, Mumbai airports as its hubs

Airports at Delhi and Mumbai would be developed as 'seamless hubs' by the 27-member airline grouping Star Alliance and work on it may start next year itself, a top alliance official has said. "We......

Jet wants lion's share of Abu Dhabi seats

Indian carriers, led by Jet Airways, have asked for 55,191 weekly seats to Abu Dhabi till 2015-16, a four-fold rise over the present arrangement.Jet has asked for the bulk of the seats, at 41,797.......

Minister rebuffs AI concerns on Jet-Etihad deal

Air India’s concerns over the Jet-Etihad deal have found no favour with the civil aviation minister, Ajit Singh.In a letter to Civil Aviation Secretary K N Srivastava, Air India chairman and......

Why Radhika Madan learnt to smoke and milk buffaloes

'I was ready to do anything and go to any extent.''Vishal Bhardwaj told us to gain 8 kilos, but we gained 10-12 kilos.''I had to blacken my teeth, bleach my hair, get freckles on my face...'......

Why SRK?!!!!!

'No Indian citizen should be humiliated by the US authorities.''And Shah Rukh Khan happens to be one of India's most well known citizens,' says Aseem Chhabra. IMAGE: If only American airports were......

'Women make very good peacekeepers'

'If you look at peacekeeping right now, it is fraught with accusations of sexual abuse or peacekeepers involved in deals that are outside their purview, human trafficking.' 'When a contingent of......

'How many lives can these outsiders have?'

'Outsiders are the ones who have to make the biggest journey to realise themselves, to come back to some sense of normality.' Director Jacques Audiard and actor Jesuthasan Antonythasan discuss the......

Events That Changed Indian Cricket Forever

Would there have been an incomparable batsman named Sachin Tendulkar had Doordarshan not telecast Guide one summer afternoon?A fascinating excerpt from Abhishek Mukherjee and Joy Bhattacharjya's......

Football Focus: MLS players raise fists, take a knee

IMAGE: Players of MLS teams Orlando City and Inter Miami participate in a Black Lives Matter pre-game ceremony before match between as part of MLS is back Tournament at ESPN Wide World of Sports......

Football Briefs: Chhetri winner in running for 2017 AFC Cup Goal of Tournament

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: India captain Sunil Chhetri. Photograph: AIFF Media India captain Sunil Chhetri's spectacular free-kick goal in Bengaluru FC's......

World Cup chit-chat: England's Rodriguez out with injury

Catch all the news and views from the upcoming 2014 FIFA World Cup right here... Southampton striker Jay Rodriguez, who had been an outside bet for England's World Cup squad in June, has been ruled......

New York set to stage India ODIs

For the 400,000 Indian expatriates in New York, it will be one of the hottest tickets in town, and not since Manchester United sold out the Giants stadium would interest be so fevered for a......