The Course Mate Who Will Be Chief

'As a course mate who has followed closely this star on the Bombay Sappers firmament, my heart swells with pride to see his extraordinary brilliance and focus; his commitment and his dedication;......

Pakistan always first in our neighbourhood policy, says China

China on Thursday told Pakistan's new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif that it will always put its ”all-weather ally” as a priority in its neighbourhood diplomacy as it praised his......

Sulli Deals app creator was upset with 'downfall of Hinduism'

The ongoing probe into the 'Sulli Deals' case has revealed that around 30 Twitter handles were misused for uploading morphed pictures of Muslim women for their purported 'auction', the Delhi police......

2022 Will Determine Xi's Political Future

Xi does not want to risk any political or economic crisis complicating his bid to remain in office, observes Ambassador Shyam Saran, the former foreign secretary. IMAGE: Xi Jinping, general......

How AgNext will make Farmers Money

'Our technology is going to help Indian agriculture the way the White Revolution helped milk production.' IMAGE: AgNext founder Taranjeet Singh Bhamra. Photograph: Kind courtesy Taranjeet Singh......

Indian green economist wins 'environment Nobel'

Renowned Indian environmental economist and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) goodwill ambassador Pavan Sukhdev has won the 2020 Tyler Prize, regarded as the ‘Nobel Prize for the......

Innovative field research in India helped Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo win Economics Nobel

This year's Laureates have shown how the problem of global poverty can be tackled by breaking it down into a number of smaller - but more precise - questions at individual or group levels, he Royal......

Economics Nobel for India-born Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, M Kremer

The trio introduced a new approach to obtaining reliable answers about the best ways to fight global poverty IMAGE: The portraits of Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kreme, who......

Oscars BANS Will Smith for 10 years

IMAGE: Will Smith slaps Chris Rock at the Oscars. Photograph: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images Days after Will Smith's slapping incident at Oscars 2022, the board of governors for the Academy of......

'My behavior was unacceptable'

'I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris. I was out of line and I was wrong.' IMAGE: Will Smith slaps Chris Rock at the Oscars. Photograph: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images Will Smith seems......

'This Oscar journey is for all of South Asia'

'The entire region that I love so much can come together and celebrate the Oscar nomination.' IMAGE: Pawo Choyning Dorji and his wife Stephanie Lai at the Oscar luncheon in Los Angeles, March 7,......

Oscars: Writing With Fire in next round

IMAGE: A scene from Pebbles. Pebbles, India's official entry in the international feature film category at the 2022 Academy Awards, is out of the Oscars race. On the other hand, the Indian......

Will Hardik get BCCI's clearance to bowl in IPL?

IMAGE: It is understood that Hardik Pandya might still be bowling at 75 per cent of his full potential or what it was before he sustained a lower back injury leading to a surgery in 2019.......

Will BCCI resume Nayudu trophy, women's T20?

IMAGE: The C K Nayudu Trophy for the Under-25 cricketers and Women's Senior T20 event had to be postponed last month due to rising cases of COVID-19. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters The......

Check out ex-India coach Shastri's new assignment!

IMAGE: Ravi Shastri's four-year tenure as India's head coach ended last week after India bowed out of the T20 World Cup.. Photograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images Former India coach Ravi Shastri has......

Mere formality but BCCI invites application for head coach's post

IMAGE: BCCI had announced that Rahul Dravid will be appointed as the head coach after the T20 World Cup. Photograph: Reuters A couple of days after convincing former India captain Rahul......

Football: 'Aguero out for up to 10 days due to quarantine'

IMAGE: Manchester City's Sergio Aguero has played nine games in all competitions this season after missing the start of the campaign following knee surgery. Photograph: Jason......