How To Prevent Terror On The High Seas

The world needs to wake up to this new dimension of war at sea and be prepared to face the 'unknown enemy' who have the advantage of attacking at their choice of location and time, cautions......

Vadakara: The Most Important Contest In Kerala

Shailaja Teacher, arguably the most famous Covid warrior in India, versus former student leader Shafi Parambil who defeated 'Metro Man' E Sreedharan in the last assembly election.Shyam G Menon......

SC stays MP civic body order, allows Christian prayer meeting

Terming as "unjustified", the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the decision of the Indore administration to cancel its permission for a prayer meeting of the Christian community scheduled there on......

NCERT tweaks references to Babri Masjid, Gujarat riots, Hindutva

Dropping references to the demolition of Babri Masjid, the killing of Muslims in Gujarat riots and Hindutva, and tweaking the reference to Manipur's merger with India are among the latest set of......

Has Paytm Woken Up Too Late?

Has Vijay Shekhar Sharma given up on the bank?For now, he seems to be on a save-OCL mission. The bank will face its logical end, observes Tamal Bandopadhyay. IMAGE: A cobbler uses Paytm as a mode......

Paytm Payments Bank fiasco: Independent directors raised concerns

At a time when the role of corporate boards is once again under the scanner, independent directors on the Paytm Payments Bank board have indicated that red flags were raised over regulatory issues......

How GenAI Startup Ecosystem Is Unfolding

'In India, the GenAI startup ecosystem is unfolding with remarkable speed, signalling a new era of technological advancement and investment opportunities.' IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been......

RBI gives clarity to 'politically exposed persons' term to meet FATF norms

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has updated Know Your Customer (KYC) norms for politically exposed persons (PEPs) who transact with regulated entities (REs), seeking to comply with the......

Why Did Kiran Rao Struggle?

'I was very keen to make another film and I was dying to say action and cut and get back into creating characters and creating worlds.''But I just didn't have a script I was happy with.''I was......

'This film makes you become patient'

'Usually, we are always worried that we are missing out something in life.''We are very keen for the audience to have this as a cinema experience in theatres.''You get the rare chance to be......

'I wanted to write about a young woman's sexual awakening'

'I went to a school in Baroda, where if the boys harassed us, the teachers pulled the girls aside and said, "Oh, your skirts are too short".''They made us feel ashamed of having any sexual feelings......

'Today's actors can't read Hindi scripts'

Photograph: Kind courtesy Shabana Azmi/Instagram Javed Akhtar says he has to write Hindi dialogues in the Roman script for the new generation of actors today because 'they can't read anything......

Mahipal Lomror aces 'weird' role of Impact Player

IMAGE: Mahipal Lomror donned the finisher’s role along side Dinesh Karthik in RCB’s first home game of the IPL 2024 season. Photograph: BCCI On a balmy Monday night, Mahipal Lomror......

IPL: When franchises show no respect to players

'I just received a 10-second call. ‘You will not be retained.' That was all. There was no talk, no explanation as to why they released (me) after a few seasons.' The quixotic world of player......

Vaughan staggered by England's decision to drop Woakes

IMAGE: Chris Woakes has done well in home conditions, boasting of a bowling average of 21.88 but in the three Tests in India in 2016, Woakes managed only three wickets at a cost of 81.3.......

Why Johnson Slammed Warner

IMAGE: In happier times: Mitchell Johnson celebrates with David Warner after taking Stuart Broad's wicket in the second Ashes Test at the Adelaide Oval, December 7, 2013. Photograph: David......

How South Africa raised the bar at the World Cup

'No definitive roles given, but everyone kind of knows what they need to do to help this batting unit peak at their best' IMAGE: Quinton de Kock smashed his way to his third hundred in five......