What's Admiral Hari Kumar Doing In Male?

Three weeks after India handed over a coastal radar system to the Maldives, Admiral Radhakrishnan Hari Kumar, chief of the naval staff, met Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih and other......

India's vaccine diplomacy with the Maldives

COVID-19 has emerged as an important form of diplomatic currency around the world as nations try to showcase their soft power gains.In this race, India has an edge as India is already a......

REWIND: Stunning PHOTOS of the week that was

Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last week, in 9 images. An aeroplane flies past the sun as it goes into a partial solar eclipse in Singapore on Wednesday. Photograph: Edgar......

3 British sisters with 9 children travel to Syria to join Islamic State

Three Pakistan-origin British sisters are feared to have travelled to Syria with their nine children to join the dreaded Islamic State militant group after they went missing on their way back from......

How Saji Thomas, a deaf-mute, built an aircraft with just Rs 14 lakh

Saji Thomas jots down these inspiring lines in a paper and shows: 'I can’t hear or talk but I could build an aircraft and fly it.'  Image: A dream come true for Saji Thomas.......

Box Office: Meri Pyaari Bindu, Sarkar 3 open poorly

The hits and misses of the week. Both Meri Pyaari Bindu and Sarkar 3 got poor reviews, resulting in poor box office collections. Baahubali: The Conclusion, meanwhile, continues to set new records.......

Box Office: Baahubali 2 is a blockbuster!

The hits and misses of the week. Baahubali: The Conclusion, the sequel to SS Rajamouli's Baahubali: The Beginning, is on its way to setting new benchmarks. The film has been creating new......

Box Office: Noor, Maatr get poor opening

The hits and misses of the week. Last week saw two actresses take centre-stage in the movies but very different kind of films. Unfortunately, both of them -- Raveena Tandon's Maatr and Sonakshi......

Box Office: Begum Jaan gets poor opening

The hits and misses of the week. Vidya Balan's Begum Jaan has released to mixed reviews and poor box office collections.  Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly verdict.......

India add more gold and silver at Asian Track Cycling Championship

Photograph: Kind courtesy SAI Media/X The Indian cyclists continued their dominant show to add four more medals, including two gold, in the Asian Track Cycling Championship in New Delhi on......

Yogesh bags double as India's gold rush continues

IMAGE: Yogesh Singh won gold in both the individual event as well as the team event. Photograph: SAI Media/X Indian shooters' gold rush continued in the Asia Olympic Qualifiers with Yogesh Singh......

Swiss Chess: Gujrathi takes sole lead; Vaishali joins leaders' pack

Indian Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi produced a classic game to beat Javokhir Sindarov of Uzbekistan, and jumped to sole lead after seven rounds of the FIDE Grand Swiss tournament in Isle of Man, UK,......

Grand Swiss Chess: Arjun Erigaisi in joint lead

IMAGE: Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi pipped Rinat Zumabayev of Kazakhstan in the fifth round to jump into the joint lead FIDE's Grand Swiss chess tournament on Monday. Photograph: Anna Shtourman/FIDE......

Vaishali beats former World chess champ Muzychuk

IMAGE: India's R Vaishali needed just 23 moves to beat Ukraine's Mariya Muzychuk and register her third victory in four games at the FIDE women's Grand Swiss tournament. Photograph:......