'Ever Given's Indian crew won't be punished'

'The Ever Given, which had 200,000 tonnes of cargo, was too long for the Suez Canal.' IMAGE: A man waves an Egyptian flag after the MV Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, was......

Giant ship blocking Suez Canal finally freed

The Ever Given container ship that has been blocking the Suez Canal for almost a week, was finally pulled free on Monday. IMAGE: Ship Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, is......

A chilling film for terrifying times

Arun Karthick's Nasir is not the story of one man.It's a documentary on the scary, majoritarian, hateful road India has taken, discovers Mohd Asim. IMAGE: Valavane Koumarane in Nasir.   For......

Rahul Gandhi is no different from Smriti Irani

'We needed Smriti Irani to champion democratic values, but she's chosen to be a coward.''In fact, she has shrunk India's democracy.''Why blame her or the BJP? I can't hear the voices of Sonia and......

Govt working on plan to bring back thousands of stranded seamen

The government will chart out a plan for the evacuation of seafarers stuck on international waters amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Union Minister Mansukh L Mandaviya has said.  Image is used for......

How HUL and P&G are shaping their India strategy

While Unilever has been aggressive, both organically and inorganically in the country, P&G’s approach has been about achieving ‘balanced growth’ in terms of top line and bottom......

How China's BRI is making inroads into Europe

'Chinese companies have acquired stakes in 13 ports in Europe, including in Greece, Spain and, most recently, Belgium.''Those ports handle about 10 percent of Europe's shipping container capacity,'......

How Hindustan Unilever plans to fight toxic ads

By toxic, the reference is to material that whips up hatred, is discriminatory in nature and has explicit sexual and pornographic content. The country’s largest advertiser,  (HUL), is......

Can You Watch 384 Films In A Year?

Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2021. IMAGE: Aditya Rao Hydari and Konkona Sensharma in Ajeeb Daastaans. Year two of the pandemic was a challenge in so many......

The BEST Indian Films of 2021

Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021. Aseem's Best International Films of 2021 In the second year of the pandemic when movie theatres remained closed for an extended period of......

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......

Koozhangal At The Oscars: 'Years of effort paying off'

'We didn't expect the film to be recognised at this level; we focused on making an honest and simple film.''We didn't have any expectations even like being appreciated at festivals.' For debutant......

PIX: France down Ireland; Dutch overcome 10-man Gibraltar

IMAGE: Benjamin Pavard, centre, celebrates with team-mates Kylian Mbappe and Eduardo Camavinga after scoring the goal for France against Ireland in the Euro 2024 qualifying Group B match at Dublin......

PIX: Alcaraz routs Medvedev in final; Rybakina triumphs

IMAGE: Carlos Alcaraz celebrates beating Daniil Medvedev of Russia in the final to win the Indian Wells title, on Sunday. Photographs: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Top seed Carlos Alcaraz snapped......

PIX: Gauff survives scare; Medvedev overcomes Zverev

IMAGE: Coco Gauff celebrates winning her match against Rebecca Peterson of Sweden during the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, on Tuesday. Photograph:......

Daniil Medvedev: Three titles in three weeks!

IMAGE: Russia's Daniil Medvedev poses with trophy after winning his final match against Andrey Rublev. Photograph: Satish Kumar/Reuters Daniil Medvedev continued his impressive form with a......

Novak Djokovic falls to first defeat of the year

IMAGE: Daniil Medvedev ended Djokovic’s winning run. Photograph: Francois Nel/Getty Images Daniil Medvedev handed Novak Djokovic his first defeat of the year, beating the world number......