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Cyclone Asani: Flight operations hit in Vizag, Chennai

Severe cyclonic storm 'Asani' in the Bay of Bengal has hit flight operations with several airlines canceling flights in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam and Tamil Nadu's Chennai on Tuesday. IMAGE:......

Money Is At The Heart Of Sharifs' Power

The Shahbaz Sharif family (his two wives and their children) invested PkRs 277 crore in 13 companies without having known sources of income. IMAGE: Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif delivers......

'Putin's nuclear threats are attempts to bully the world'

'Putin is in danger of losing face in his Ukrainian adventure. His bluster is a response to this.' IMAGE: Russian President Vladimir Putin at a ceremony honouring the country's Olympians and......

'The RSS is no longer in charge'

'The RSS ideology has been borrowed from fascism and is not borne out of Hinduism.''They want India to have one historical identity whereas India is a land full of divergence which goes in every......

Sabarmati ashram gifts UK PM Gandhi's unpublished work, Mirabehn's autobiography

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is on a two-day visit to India, visited the Sabarmati ashram, also known as Gandhi Ashram, in Ahmedabad on Thursday after landing in the country. The......

Ultratech joins race for Ambuja Cements and ACC, submits non-binding bid

India's largest cement firm, Ultratech Cement, has joined the race to acquire the Holcim stake in Ambuja Cements and its subsidiary, ACC. UltraTech — part of the Aditya Birla Group —......

India's oil import from Russia minuscule: Govt

India on Wednesday asserted that its energy purchases from Russia remain 'minuscule' in comparison to its total consumption and that legitimate energy transactions cannot be politicised as energy......

Bengal foundry units impacted by Ukraine war as input prices soar

'After the Ukraine war, coke prices just soared and most units don't have money left to buy raw material. Customers are not absorbing the price escalation' IMAGE: Kindly note that this image......

Privatised Air India loses priority in international traffic rights

Air India will no longer enjoy a priority in allocation of international traffic rights. This follows its takeover by Tata Sons in January. Photograph: Vivek Prakash/Reuters The Directorate......

In case of war, can India be cut off from internet?

With Western corporations, including Microsoft, AWS and Oracle, shutting down their operations in Russia, the rest of the world has become acutely aware of its dependence on a clutch of technology......

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,......

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 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......

How Mithun Dazzled The World

'Mithun has showed Hindi cinema that a tall, dark man with a charming smile and a great physique can take the world on.' The Mithun Chakraborty starrer Disco Dancer (1982) was the first Indian......

Why India Played Pak In 2019 World Cup

I tried to reason in my mind that wouldn't beating Pakistan again and again -- in the league matches and in the knockouts if they made it -- be a better tribute to our martyred soldiers?A revealing......

Al Shabab rout Mumbai City in Asian Champions League

IMAGE: Al Shabab’s Hattan Bahebri celebrates after his hat-trick against Mumbai City in the Asian Champions League match, at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium in Riyadh, on Friday. Photograph:......

Soccer PIX: Barca stunned by Cadiz

IMAGES from soccer matches played on Monday. IMAGE: Barcelona's Luuk de Jong reacts after the final whistle of the La Liga match against Cadiz CF at Camp Nou in Barcelona on Monday. Photograph:......

Indian football: Mumbai City FC prep for AFC Champions League

IMAGE: Mumbai City FC secured their first League Winners Shield in 2021 and thereby a place in the AFC Champions League. Photograph: ISL/Twitter Mumbai City FC will travel to Abu Dhabi for a......

Under-19 team manager recounts harrowing experience

‘After we landed at Port-of-Spain, we had to take a charter flight to Guyana, but seven of our boys were stopped as they were not vaccinated. We tried to explain to the immigration officials......

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