Why I Mourn Sitaram Yechury

There are few leaders in the Opposition line up who can claim a path to party leadership like Sitaram Yechury and certainly, very few who blended that ascent through student politics with awareness......

South Asia: It Is Climate Change, Stupid

India should encourage the second coming of SAARC with climate change as an urgent agenda and keeping Indian security concerns in mind as the subtext, suggest Lieutenant General Ashok Joshi (retd)......

100 Indian Elephants March To New York

Photograph: Kind courtesy The Great Elephant Migration A huge herd of elephants -- 100 of them -- are arriving in Manhattan on Friday, which is also auspiciously the eve of Ganesh Chaturthi. Nope,......

'Rahul is more intellectual, better strategist than Rajiv'

'The image created in the media was based on a well-orchestrated campaign against an individual where millions and millions of dollars were spent on maligning this young man and when he is highly......

'No question of bringing in an investor right now'

'We have got enough internal accruals, and we are able to do acquisitions on our own.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Metropolis Lab Metropolis Healthcare Executive Chairperson and Whole-time Director......

What Nirmalaji told India's taxmen

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday asked tax officers to use simple language in income tax communications so that notices do not instil fear in the minds of taxpayers. Photograph:......

Google Unveils AI For India's Developers

Developers in India now have expanded access to Google's powerful AI models with the 2 million token context window in Gemini 1.5 Pro and Gemma 2, the next generation of open models. IMAGE:......

Will Nirmalaji Cheer The Markets?

'We are confident that over the next few years the government will strike a fine balance between populist measures and growth, and manage coalition partners well.' Finance Minister Nirmala......

The Genius Behind Bollywood's Beautiful Words

As a uniquely multi-hyphenated writer-director-lyricist-author, Gulzar has built a reputation across multiple spheres of film-making and literary creative endeavours.Dinesh Raheja salutes the......

The Real Reason Why Movies Are Flopping

The consistently heavy downpour of films, shows, events, videos and whatnot is causing economic disruption. IMAGE: Alaya F and Tiger Shroff's Bade Miya Chote Miyan is among the year's biggest......

When Karan Johar Yelled, 'Are You Mad?'

'When Bad Newz was given to me to direct, the first thing I did was go back to my childhood.''It's an ode to Hindi cinema.' IMAGE: Tripti Dimri and Vicky Kaushal in Bad Newz. Anand Tiwari broke......

Sarfira Review: Akshay Does It Again! Yawn.

Throughout its 155 minutes, every scene is doused in blaring background music and melodrama.Disappointment alone won't do, it must feel like a full blown catastrophe, observes Sukanya Verma.......

The World Cup That Cheers

In cricket, we have something that we can share with our families, neighbours and indeed, the whole country. It is colour-blind, language-neutral, truly secular and transcends all regions, from......

'He's probably saving the big score for the final'

'And for some reason, I don't want to jinx it, but I think there's a big one coming up.' IMAGE: Out of form Virat Kohli gets backing from Head Coach Rahul Dravid and captain Rohit Sharma.......

South Africa face test of nerves against Afghanistan in semis

IMAGE: South Africa have competed in seven World Cup semi-finals in both formats but have never reached a final. Photograph: Proteas Men/X South Africa's bid to lift a first major cricket trophy......

Shopping blunders to movies, music: Neeraj Chopra gets personal

Photograph: Kind courtesy Neeraj Chopra/Instagram Olympic and World champion Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra feels that he has not reached his peak yet and revealed the throw eight years back......

Pandya hails experience, honesty of India bowlers

IMAGE: Hardik Pandya celebrates his first wicket against Ireland with his India team-mates. Photograph: BCCI / X Hardik Pandya, India's star all-rounder, has expressed his confidence in the team's......