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The 25 Books Banned In Kashmir

IMAGE: Police personnel search a bookstore in Srinagar, August 7, 2025, following the Union Territory government's ban on 25 books accused of promoting secessionism and false narratives in Jammu......

Trump's Language Of Fascism

'Non-compatible with Western Civilization' is about as vague and jingoistic as it gets and Trump saying this gives full license to his acolytes to go full throttle on making life as difficult and......

'China Is Competing In A Space Where India Was Dominant'

'These efforts by Beijing can be weaponised one day with economic, security and political implications for India.' IMAGE: A combo photograph of External Affairs Minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar......

'Bihar Doesn't Predict Outcomes In Bengal, UP'

'The question for the TMC is not whether it can hold its bastions, but whether it can expand effectively into regions where the BJP already possesses a good ecosystem.' IMAGE: West Bengal Chief......

Why Parsiana Is Downing Shutters

'Financially we are sound and we have always broken even.''It is just we don't have the personnel and that is why we have to close down.' IMAGE: The August issue of Parsiana magazine. Photograph:......

WEF: Tourism's share in global GDP to return to pre-Covid levels this year

The travel and tourism sector’s contribution to global gross domestic product will return to pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2024, according to a new report by the World Economic Forum......

Millennium Development Goals? Asian nations fail

Most south Asian nations will fall short on the Millennium Development Goals, a set of eight globally agreed development goals due to be achieved by 2015, a study by the World Bank and......

'Labour laws hampering India's manufacturing sector'

Services cannot create enough jobs that will match the skill sets of the bulk of the Indian work force, says Nirvikar Singh, Professor of Economics at UC Santa Cruz. Singh, who directs UCSC's......

Millionaire Wadhwani sets up India chair at CSIS

Multimillionaire Silicon Valley information technology entrepreneur Romesh Wadhwani, CEO of Symphony Technology Group in Palo Alto, California, has established an India Chair at the Center for......

India gained $755m from US-China trade war: UNCTAD study

India gained about USD 755 million in additional exports, mainly of chemicals, metals and ore, to the US in the first half of 2019 due to the trade diversion effects of Washington's tariff war with......

The Om Puri You Never Knew

'One is not allowed to smoke on the sets of a Hollywood film even during a break.''When I asked an assistant to suggest some place where I could light a cigarette, he recommended the bad boys'......

'Cinema's Greatest Challenge Is Reels'

'I don't know how long cinema will survive.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Goutam Ghose Goutam Ghose is one of India's most celebrated contemporary film-makers. He has bagged multiple National Film......

The BEST International Films of 2021

2021 may go down in the history of world cinema as having produced the largest number of good quality films from across the world. What is remarkable is that practically all of these films were......

The Buddhist Who May Bring Home The Oscar

'The richness of Buddhism makes it possible for us to create these stories and to interpret them.' Pawo Choyning Dorji learned film-making by observing and working with his spiritual guru,......

'Indian football should look at Uzbekistan, Jordan'

'Even with modest leagues, they have structure, they produce players, and they qualify for big tournaments. India need to study those models and not just corporatise or commercialise football.'......

FIFA wants March, April internationals postponed

The South American and Asian World Cup qualifiers have already been postponed. However, the European body has not yet called off the Euro 2020 play-off matches which involve 16 teams. IMAGE: The......

Remembering Football Legend Tulsidas Balaram

Tulsidas Balaram, who passed into the ages last week, was a member of the Indian football team which reached the semis at the Olympics and won an Asian Games gold medal. IMAGE: Tulsidas Balaram,......

FIFA WC: Qatar will look to shut down critics as kick-off arrives

IMAGE: Football fans are pictured at the Corniche ahead of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 in Doha, Qatar, on Friday. Photograph: Stuart Franklin/Getty Images The moment of truth for Qatar's ability......

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