From the ruins of a Syrian city to shamans, these are just some of the 60 breathtaking images selected as finalists in Smithsonian Magazine's 16th Annual Photo Contest. The magazine received a whopping 48,000 submissions from photographers in 155 countries between March 27 to November 30 2018. The annual contest has gifted us breathtaking pictures from six different categories: Travel, Altered Images, Mobile, Natural World, People, and The American Experience. March 27 is the day when Smithsonian will announce the winner of the Grand Prize. Till then, enjoy some of the amazing work done by the photographers.
Listening -- really listening -- to advisers in the government and outside would help. India has plenty of wise economists who have worked within the bureaucracy during previous crises, points out Rahul Jacob.
'It's commendable how earnest Anya Singh remains even after Qaidi Band does everything to undermine her efforts,' says Sukanya Verma.
The mood was celebratory after Mumbai Indians won the Indian Premier League at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Sunday night.
The Bihar CM has made a sagacious attempt to consolidate his extremely backward castes (EBC) support base while trying to make a dent into RJD's Muslim-Yadav combine.
Huma Qureshi, Athiya Shetty, Shabana Azmi walk the ramp for Manish Malhotra's 'Caring with Style' fashion show.
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021.
The Victoria's Secret model is the queen of risque on the red carpet.
Australia captain Tim Paine hailed his side's effort and fight as they rose from the malaise of their ball-tampering scandal to find a competitive edge on the third day of the fourth Test against South Africa at the Wanderers.
The amazing Shraddha Kapoor on Rock On 2, acting as Dawood's sister and why she thinks journalists are unfair sometimes.
Here's Raja Sen's take on the Mars/Venus choice wars.
In his autobiography, the rock star talks about how he developed a love of reading whilst growing up in the suburbs of London following the Second World War and before discovering music.
Epic volcanoes, breathtaking beaches and otherworldly canyons... Feast your eyes on fine photography! Agora, a free photography app, recently held its #Landscape2020 contest. The competition, which ran from June 19 until July 3, encouraged photographers to share images they've taken of stunning scenery around the world. Octavi Royo, Agora's CEO & co-founder, said: 'Nature surrounds us and protects us. The #Landscape2020 photos will pass through your eyes to impact directly into your heart.' Scroll through to see the amazing shots.
Sukanya Verma introduces you to Bollywood's gorgeous behens.
The violence, which erupted in January 2007 over fear of land acquisition for a chemical hub in this hitherto little known corner of West Bengal, continued till November that year. Residents turned the area into a no-man's with roads dug up and the police unable to enter with the issue rocking the Parliament.
'It is never easy to run a campaign as a woman, particularly a minority woman, especially when you are bucking the establishment.' 'My entire campaign is an act of resistance.'
The Bharatiya Janaat Party's 'lotus' bloomed for the first time in south India in 2008 but the saffron party had little time to celebrate as Karnataka was rocked by serial bomb blasts in capital Bangalore and attacks on churches that drew flak in the country and abroad.
The great Jamaican, who has won eight Olympic and 11 world championship gold medals, is planning to quit the track after competing in the 100m and 4x100m relay in the global event in London.
National Geographic launched its annual Travel Photographer of the Year contest, calling on photographers around the world to submit their work in one of three categories: nature, people or cities.
With cash shortage and plans going awry, the AirAsia owner is looking to cash out of the venture he built with Ratan Tata in 2013.
Will a time come when people will look beyond what they see as Modi'S strengths and begin to wonder why they have got poorer or sicker under his rule, asks Vir Sanghvi.
It has been rumoured that the singer has already spent $53,000 on her maternity style.
Pay a little more attention and there's a lot she can teach you about romantic relationships.
Seamer Duanne Olivier completed an 11-wicket match haul as South Africa roared back into contention in the first Test
Actress Shahana Goswami talks to about her relationship, beauty and fitness regime, and her favorite things. Read on to get to know her!
A look at some of tinseltown's most well-known single ladies.
The chargesheet in which 15 persons have been named as being part of a 'premeditated conspiracy' in the north east Delhi riots, said the tone and nature of the communication of the members of Jamia Co-ordination Committee (JCC) changed from the evening of February 24 and they started talking about relief, rehabilitation and care of the victims while 'simultaneously unleashing concerted disinformation campaign blaming the state, police and the ruling political party for the loss of lives and property caused by their terrorist and unlawful act'.
Chances are any such disruption will not occur on the major shipping lanes but on some edge of the ocean between India and China. Even if there is no actual disruption, the costs of averting one can be punitive. The setting for this is provided by the energy shortage both countries face, says Subhomoy Bhattacharjee.
A selection controversy rocked Indian cricket on Saturday following reports that Mahendra Singh Dhoni had threatened to resign as captain after he had failed to ensure that pacer RP Singh was retained in the side playing the current ODI series against England. On the eve of the fourth ODI against England, a livid Dhoni did little to dampen the speculation about resignation threat when he said that "something or the other leaks out" but stopped short of denying the reports.
Images from the soccer matches played across Europe on Saturday.
When Twinkle Khanna asked her celebrity friends what was in their dabba, everyone wrote in and sent their recipes as well. What does Katrina Kaif like to include in her dabba? She tells us here.
People were both happy and angry about her appearance.
The powerful World No 7 was relentless as he snuffed out any hope of a famous French fightback -- giving Pouille little chance of sending the showpiece into a fifth rubber.
The United States of America sought Pakistan's help in 1998 to prevent Osama bin Laden from launching an Al Qaeda attack against it, with then President Bill Clinton asking Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to personally use his influence to prevail over the Taliban in averting the imminent strike.
Top social media posts from your favourite celebrities.
Ana Ivanovic used her champion's instinct on Sunday as she was made to sweat for more than two hours by a little-known Italian who had never won a French Open match. While Ivanovic barely resembled the player crowned queen of Roland Garros 12 months ago, Andy Murray looked every inch a seasoned claycourt campaigner during a 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 first-round demolition of Argentine dangerman Juan Ignacio Chela.
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