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Voting Begins To Elect A New Pope!

On May 7, 2025, the conclave to elect a new pope began, with a Vatican official calling out 'extra omnes' and the door to the Sistine Chapel shutting. The order by Archbishop Diego Ravelli allows......

Why Wayanad's Landslide Survivors Are Protesting

In the months immediately following the 2024 tragedy, reporting on the landslide per se had been a straightforward affair. On one side was death and destruction. On the other side, survivors and......

Ratan Tata's pet dog 'Goa' refuses to leave his side

As thousands gathered at Mumbai's National Centre for Performing Arts, where Ratan Tata's mortal remains were kept earlier on Thursday, a black dog with white paws and a white patch on its nostril......

America Stoops to Conquer

The Biden administration's failure in stopping two major wars and several minor ones was seen as a major disaster by many Americans and the world at large, observes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.......

Pope Francis gets rock-star welcome on maiden US visit

Pope Francis received a rock-star welcome on his first visit ever to the United States on Tuesday. US President Barack Obama smiles as Pope Francis shakes hands with first lady Michelle Obama as......

Sebi sets up panel to look into 'unbundling' of 'black box' charges by clearing corporations

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Wednesday announced a slew of measures to ease the compliance burden in the stock markets ecosystem, encourage more companies to list on the......

Akasa Air's net loss widens to 1,983 crore in FY25 as costs, delays rise

Akasa Air’s standalone net loss rose 18.7 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) to roughly Rs 1,983 crore in 2024–25 (FY25), driven by rising employee costs, aircraft maintenance and airport charges,......

iPhone exports from India hit $2 billion in April-May

Technology giant Apple Inc has pushed the pedal on exporting iPhones from India by racking up exports valued at over $2 billion in the first two months of the current financial year (FY25),......

'Idea behind SROs is not to make them more regulatory'

'One of the aspects for transparency and fair governance is to give the industry being represented the chance of lobbying with the regulator.' Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters In March, the......

ED questions Anil Ambani in fresh FEMA case

Reliance ADA Group chairman Anil Ambani on Monday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Mumbai and recorded his statement in connection with an investigation linked to the alleged......

Diane Keaton Had My Heart

This weekend, we lost Diane Keaton, that piece of American heart, Hollywood's darling hummingbird.Thank God she is still alive in her films.Aseem Chhabra on the Hollywood star he was in love with.......

Aishwarya Goes For Gold At Cannes

Photograph: Yara Nardi/Reuters Aishwarya Rai Bachchan looked gorgeous in her first appearance at this year's Cannes International Film Festival. Photograph: Yara Clodagh......

#AmbaniWedding: Are These The Best Dressed Stars? VOTE

When you are attending one of the most high-profile weddings in the world, you expect nothing less than opulent fashion on display. That's exactly what we saw at Radhika Merchant and Anant Ambani's......

Bramayugam Review: Mammootty is Terrifying

Mammootty is towering as the unflinching enigma that prevents Bramayugam from being a middling genre exercise, observes Arjun Menon. Bramayugam is the third directorial feature by Rahul Sadasivan......

'The audience loved Helen then, they still do'

'It was because of the strength of Helenji's performance that I was even called on stage to present her with the coveted Black Lady.' IMAGE: Helen in the song Baithe Hai Kya Uske Paas in Jewel......

Pope Leo makes his first US pitch at White Sox Park

IMAGE: Pope Leo XIV delivers a video message during a public celebration hosted by the Chicago White Sox and the Archdiocese of Chicago for the election of Pope Leo XIV, featuring a mass at Rate......

Sachin, Sania, SKY, Pant Bless Anant-Radhika

Tennis queen Sania Mirza looked like a vision as she arrived to attend Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant's Shubh Aashirwad ceremony at the Jio World Centre at the Bandra Kurla Complex, north west......

Cummins, Not Rohit, Will Lead My Team

IMAGE: Australia Captain Pat Cummins holds aloft the World Cup after beating India in the final in Ahmedabad on Sunday, November 19, 2023. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters India will rue......

Two Spinners And An X-Factor In My XI

The sound and fury of World Cup 2023 has ended, and Norma Astrid Godinho picks her World Cup XI. Do you agree with her choices? Rohit Sharma IMAGE: Rohit Sharma was his aggressive best......

New Zealand-South Africa face-off as race to semis hots up

IMAGE: South Africa's in-form batter Quinton de Kock. New Zealand's Mitchell Santner has been economical in his bowling while scoring some handy runs with the bat. Photograph: Francis......