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Putin: Ukraine War Wouldn't Happened If Trump Had Been President

'We had very narrow negotiations that were quite useful.' IMAGE: Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the joint press conference with US President Donald John Trump in Alaska, August 15,......

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:......

India successfully test-fires long range hypersonic missile

In a major boost to its military prowess, India has successfully flight-tested a long-range hypersonic missile off the coast of Odisha, an achievement that has put the country in a select group of......

On Bose's birthday Modi names 21 Andaman islands after PVC awardees

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday virtually unveiled the model of a proposed memorial dedicated to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, to be set up in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and said it will......

The Prison Which Is A National Pilgrimage

The long queue outside the Cellular Jail is a testimony to its place in India's national consciousness.The Andamans is also where the only British viceroy was assassinated and where Netaji unfurled......

'We Have An Indian Tiger That Needs To Be Uncaged'

'What's sad today is that there are so many people who cannot find work, not because the country is devoid of that opportunity, but because we are not doing enough in the country.' Interview with......

India's Green Shoots for the Planet

Modi's unexpected announcement of achieving net zero by 2070 may have neatly deflected the pressures on India to sign up to an ambitious pledge but it does nothing to dispel the ecological......

Why are our passports so shabby?

'Why can't a country that builds and manages airports of acknowledged excellence at home and abroad produce passports of durable quality for its citizens?' asks Sunil Sethi. Indian travellers to......

What the monsoon winds bring

We are all ‘Chasing the Monsoon’, notes Ajit Balakishnan. The skies over Mumbai, as I write this, are dark and foreboding. There is a sense that something is about to happen. Mumbai......

Remembering Amar Bose: The label 'Great Man' fits him to a T

Sree Sreenivasan recalls his encounters with the pioneer of sound who passed away on Friday and gives a sense of how many lives he touched -- in big and small ways. There are two......

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'......

'One Actor Can Only Do So Much Work'

'I had not even realised I had done almost 100 films.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Pankaj Tripathi/Instagram Pankaj Tripathi revealed that wooing his wife Mridula was far more difficult than wooing......

10 Must Watch Stories From Across The World

This year's Sundance Film Festival was rich with films and the theatres were warm, even as temperatures outside dipped to below freezing point. It snowed only once but the sidewalks remained......

Sonam's Fun Vacation With Vayu

Photograph: Kind courtesy Sonam Kapoor/Instagram The Maldives is Bollywood's go-to holiday destination but Sonam Kapoor gives us another perspective of the exotic island, as she takes son Vayu......

Bloody Ishq Review: We've Seen It All Before

Bloody Ishq comes off looking even more shoddy and ill-conceived when there is so much superior content to entertain the horror buff, observes Deepa Gahlot. The horror universe in Hindi cinema has......

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......

How Kohli gets 'charged up' in challenging times...

SCORECARD 'Very grateful I got to play 500 games for India. I have got 15 centuries away from home. I have got more hundreds away than at home. I have got a few fifty-plus scores.' IMAGE: Virat......

England fall short of Test win as Windies hang on for draw

IMAGE: West Indies batter Nkrumah Bonner shakes hands with England captain Joe Root after the drawn first Test, at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua, on Saturday. Photograph: Gareth......

Australia destroy England to win women's T20 title

IMAGE: The Australian women's team celebrate after winning the Women's World T20 title. Photograph: Southern Stars/Twitter Ashleigh Gardner scored an unbeaten 33 as Australia beat England by eight......

Day 15: What's hot at the Beijing Winter Olympics

Sweden beat Britain to win men's curling gold IMAGE: Sweden's Christoffer Sundgren, Vice Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wranaa and Daniel Magnusson react after winning the curling men's gold medal game......