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'May All Know The Greatness Of India'

Many ordinary citizens are drawn by a sense of history and India's remarkable journey from bondage to freedom which culminated in this monumental building. IMAGE: Visitors outside the main......

A life in photos: George H W Bush

With a rich political and personal legacy, former United States President George Herbert Walker Bush left no shortage of memorable images from his time in and out of office.'Pappy' Bush passed into......

George Floyd tested positive for coronavirus in April

George Floyd, the African-American, who died in police custody last month, had tested positive for the coronavirus in April, according to the medical examiner's report. A report in The New York......

Three killed as TMC, BJP partymen clash

Three persons were killed, while three were injured and at least five houses were set on fire when Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party supporters fought a gun duel at Makra village in......

The American Chinese Leaders Adored

Henry Kissinger, who opened America's doors to China in the early 1970s, died on Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at his home in Connecticut at the age of 100. Dr Kissinger, then US president Richard M......

'Crisis: There is scope for India to do well'

Martin Feldstein is the George F Baker Professor of Economics at Harvard University and a member of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board convened by the US President. He is also President Emeritus......

Nobel Laureate Raghuram Rajan? We will know on Monday

Though Nobel Prize nominations have been a secret for 50 years, speculation abounds over the contenders for this year’s prize in economics. A look at the possible winners. Colin......

Nothing can kill Mallya's appetite for fun

The last few years may have been turbulent for Vijay Mallya but that didn’t stop him from having fun, says Raghu Krishnan. Image: For his 60th birthday in December, Mallya flew in Enrique......

What Links Srijit Mukherji, Sherlock Holmes?

'Elementary, My Dear Holmes imagines Arthur Conan Doyle stepping into his own fiction, a man haunted by the clarity he created, forced to apply it to a world far messier than the one on paper.'......

2024: Top 10 International Films

Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite 2024 films that he watched at film festivals in Berlin, Cannes, Toronto and India. It's that time for the year to track its very best. These are personal choices,......

Indian Film Makes HISTORY At Cannes

IMAGE: Director Payal Kapadia, the Grand Prix award winner for the film All We Imagine as Light, at the closing ceremony of the 77th Cannes Film Festival, May 25, 2024. Photograph: Clodagh......

10 Star Wars facts

Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.-- YodaFor the word Jedi, George Lucas was inspired by the Japanese phrase Jidai Geki, which......

Can the Censor Board decide how long a kiss should last?

'People with a lot of dreams and passion are paying a lot of money and making a film for two years. Then one random person, who might be a lawyer or a teacher or a social worker, comes and finds a......

Azlan Shah Cup: Selvam's strike helps India edge New Zealand

IMAGE: India's players celebrate a goal against New Zealand in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup on Thursday. Photograph: Hockey India Selvam Karthi produced the winning goal in the last quarter as India......

Flintoff's son part of Lions squad for India A series

Andrew Flintoff's 17-year-old son Rocky and fit-again pacer Chris Woakes were on Wednesday named in England Lions squad for the two four-day games against India A at home. IMAGE: Rocky, son of......

Verstappen wins as red flag drama engulfs Australia GP

IMAGE: Max Verstappen celebrates on the podium with second-placed Lewis Hamilton and third-placed Fernando Alonso. Photograph: Darrian Traynor/Reuters Max Verstappen won the Australian Grand......