'I was a young pilot in the IAF and Tom Cruise (with his genuine Ray-Bans) was now an icon with his sensational performance in Top Gun.' 'The IAF, maybe influenced by the movie, decided to 'issue' pilots Ray-Bans as part of their flying kit,' remembers IAF Veteran Air Commodore Nitin Sathe.
The entire operation was meant to have a chilling effect on independent journalists, those not completely subservient to the regime, the small section still doing what the Fourth Estate should do -- raising questions to those in power.
Images from Day 7 of the 2023 Australian Open, at Melbourne Park, on Sunday.
'India matters significantly to President Biden and to this administration, and not just in South Asia or the Indo-Pacific region, but truly globally.'
Make your Valentine's Day fun and fabulous with Sukanya Verma's OTT suggestions.
'I had the Indian American community fully supportive from day one when I ran and they said, Yes.' 'I ran again, I lost and they said, Yes.' 'I came back to them again, and they said, Yes, every time.'
Aseem Chhabra highlights 10 films that moved him, films that may show up in theatres near you.
British writer and historian Patrick French has died in London after battling cancer for four years, his family announced on Thursday.
The competition for the worst or most perilous 10 years has always been between the 1960s and the 1980s, points out Shekhar Gupta.
Praggnanandhaa turned things around in the all-Indian battle after his opponent blundered
On March 8, the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to advance former Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti's nomination as US ambassador to India.
Ajit Balakrishnan on how to arrest a worldwide decline.
South Korea's Chung Hyeon said he hopes the shot clock being tested out at the inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan will become a regular feature on the Tour because it allows him to clean his spectacles without worrying.
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To no one's surprise, the first question directed at Indian Ambassador to the United States Dr S Jaishankar -- at the end of his first public address since he assumed his duties in December -- was about the controversial Devyani Khobragade episode.
The former Congress chief is an accused in the National Herald case in which BJP leader Subramanian Swamy is the complainant.
IMAGES from the FIFA World Cup Group H match played between Uruguay and South Korea at Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar on Thursday
From dark humour to days of innocence, it's quite an emotional spectrum on OTT this week.
As the second season of The Night Manager hits the OTT screen, Deepa Gahlot looks back at the top spy thrillers on streaming platforms.
But just over half an hour into the game at the Al Thumama Stadium, the Costa Ricans had already been blown away and were 3-0 down after goals from Dani Olmo, Marco Asensio and a Ferran Torres penalty.
'Amritpal was just a plant.' 'We have to be careful that such kind of people do not emerge in Punjab.'
Swati Snigdha Suar brings you some interesting factoids about the Indian-American who is eager to take on Washington.
A fly-past by a 220-ft-long majestic Indian tricolour, made of khadi, over the iconic Hudson river and the display of a giant billboard at Times Square are among the highlights of the grand celebrations planned to mark 75 years of India's Independence in New York this week.
Chopra, who is now settled in Los Angeles, was invited by the Democratic National Committee's Women's Leadership Forum to interview the Vice President for a fireside chat.
Tiger Woods is set to tee off at the Masters with Viktor Hovland and Xander Schauffele.
Arthur J Pais profiles this year's Truman Scholars.
Serena Williams' career has been so astonishing that it could fuel umpteen movies
The other Indian in the fray, Parth Makhija, who also qualified for the ranking event following an impressive show on Sunday, finished fourth with a score of 258.1, behind 33-year-old Israeli shooter Sergey Richter, who scored 259.9.
Wimbledon debutant Eubanks ends Tsitsipas's challenge in fourth round.
His release from the central prison on Thursday was delayed by a day as the Department of Immigration, where Sobhraj was to be sent for deportation, did not have a separate room ready for him.
A social media analytics firm, co-founded by two Indian-American entrepreneurs, has been acquired by Apple for over $200 million.
Argentina are on a 36-match unbeaten run with top scorer and captain Messi playing his fifth and last World Cup in search of the elusive honour
The mini mogul from America made $ 22 mn last year just reviewing and playing with toys.
Eileen Gu is fast becoming one of China's hottest young stars.
Images from the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Tuesday, Day 5.
Unlike any other business, banking is a turf where the captain's role is the most critical. Often a bank is defined by the personality of the CEO who runs it. Both HDFC Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank are the creation of their CEOs, notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
A body discovered in a river in Providence, Rhode Island, may be that of Sunil Tripathi, the 22-year-old Indian-American student who went missing on March 16.
'Society deals with you the way they do, or forms an opinion, depending on if your family is with you every step of the way.'
There are concerns that his arrest and arraignment could bring with it a repeat of the kind of violence and protest seen during the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol building by pro-Trump rioters in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election that Trump lost to Joe Biden.
When Jiang Zemin traveled, as you can see in the photographs here, a Kodak Moment was never far away.
