Indian-origin journalist wins Pulitzer Prize

Megha Rajagopalan, an Indian-origin journalist, along with two contributors has won the Pulitzer Prize for innovative investigative reports that exposed a vast infrastructure of prisons and mass......

Bali on volcano red alert

Bali has ordered a mass evacuation and raised the volcanic eruption alert to the highest level with the island’s international airport closed for 24 hours, trapping 60,000 travellers.......

Omicron: What Mask Should I Wear?

'Every time you put on a mask and take the mask off and adjust the fit, you are putting additional fatigue on the materials.' IMAGE: School students, wearing protective face masks, leave after......

Beware! Popular apps may secretly take screenshots of your activity

Some popular smartphone apps may be secretly taking screenshots of your activity and sending them to third parties, a study has found. This is particularly disturbing because these screenshots --......

There is a lot to learn from India: IMF

India's deployment of a direct cash transfer scheme and other similar social welfare programmes is a “logistical marvel”, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday.......

After 6 years on top, Lakshmi Mittal drops out of SA rich list

In 2012, Mittal was ranked third in the annual Sunday Times Rich List and a year later, he was at the 9th position. Non-resident Indian steel baron Lakshmi Mittal, who had topped South Africa's......

Hay for cheese? Barter booms in cash-squeezed rural Greece

A rising number of Greeks in rural areas are swapping goods and services in cashless transactions. Image: Barter booms in Greece. Photograph: Reuters     Wild boar and power cuts were......

Bollywood baddie Bob Christo dead

Veteran Bollywood actor Bob Christo, who essayed the role of a villain in films of the eighties and nineties, passed away here on Sunday afternoon. He was 70.His business partner and family friend,......

The other side of Bob Christo

Bollywood's villain Bob Christo may have passed away but he has left behind much to remember him by. Besides a large collection of movies, the civil engineer from Sydney, Australia, also left......

Bollywood pays tribute to Bob Christo

Twitter is a busy world, and Bollywood contributes a great deal to it. Here's looking at the best star tweets of the day. Australian actor Bob Christo, who played a baddie in more than 200......

The Problem With Ullozhukku

People turn a corner and overhear secrets, men change stripes so as to acquire shades of villainy most convenient to advancing the plot, secondary characters confess to past sins just so that the......

India Open at IG Stadium exposes gaps before World Championships

India will host the World Championships for the first time since 2009, with the event seen as a key test of the country's ability to deliver large-scale international tournaments as it eyes the......

India Open: Lakshya enters quarters; Satwik-Chirag exit

IMAGE: India's Malvika Bansod in action against China's Han Yue at the India Open Super 750 badminton tournament, in New Delhi, on Thursday. Photograph: ANI Photo Former champion Lakshya Sen......

Srikanth shares own experiences to defend India Open venue

'In Singapore, there is a lot of drift. In Malaysia, probably a little less. Earlier in Indonesia, it used to be very compact and fast before renovation.' IMAGE: According to Kidakbi Srikanth,......

An, Wang in women's showdown at World Tour Finals

IMAGE: South Korea's An Se Young had it easy against Japan's Akane Yamaguchi in the semi-finals of badminton's World Tour Finals in Hangzhou on Saturday. Photograph: Stephanie Lecocq/Reuters Paris......

Hylo Open: Lakshya stuns 5th seed to reach last 16

IMAGE: Lakshya Sen pulled off an upset win over fifth seed Christo Popov of France at the Hylo Open Super 500 tournament in Saarbrucken, Germany, on Wednesday. Photograph: ANI Photo Star Indian......