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Is Rishi Sunak Taking Jewellery Making Lessons?

Britain's political pundits don't believe Rishi Sunak and his Conservative party will win next year's general election, so we wonder if the Stanford grad is preparing for a post election career.......

Why Are Bangladeshis Protesting?

Members of the Islami Andolan Bangladesh, a political party, marched to the nation's election commission, ahead of the election schedule declaration, in Dhaka, November 15, 2023. Three days......

UNSC votes for 'humanitarian pause' in Gaza

The United Nations Security Council has called for urgent humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout Gaza to allow unhindered humanitarian access in the strip, finally overcoming deadlock and......

Gen AI Governance Is A Global Challenge

What all global leaders need to understand is that no Generative AI regulation will work unless they start with the basics, which is data collection, asserts Prosenjit Datta. IMAGE: Kindly note......

Sunak sacks Indian origin home secy; Ex-PM Cameron brought in

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak carried out a dramatic reshuffle to his Cabinet on Monday, firing his hardline Indian-origin Home Secretary Suella Braverman and bringing former premier David......

Industry Praise Murthy; Janata Denounce Him

Infosys Co-founder N R Narayana Murthy stirred a storm on X when he said young people should work 70 hours a week to level up the country's productivity. Photograph: ANI Photo In a conversation......

Hindujas turn London's World War II era war office into a luxury hotel

The Old War Office (OWO) of Britain's World War II era prime minister Winston Churchill opened its doors as a brand-new luxury hotel in London with a glittering launch event, complete with surprise......

Tata Steel, UK govt ink 1.25 billion pound JV

The United Kingdom on Friday announced a joint investment package with Tata Steel worth 1.25 billion pounds, including a government grant of 500 million pounds, for the country's largest......

Sensex, Nifty rally around 1% on strong macro data

two months, while Nifty closed above the 19,400 level on value-buying in power, metal and oil stocks following strong domestic macro data and global cues. Photograph: Shailesh Andrade/Reuters The......

Sensex, Nifty retreat from early highs to end flat

Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty retreated from early highs to close on a flat note on Wednesday due to fag-end selling in banking and power shares amid mixed global cues. Illustration:......

The Crown Has Lost Its Way

Was descending into the telling of only Diana's tale in four long, slightly-draggy soap-opera-ish episodes of the last season the original premise of The Crown? asks Vaihayasi Pande Daniel. IMAGE:......

Malaika-Arjun Party With David Beckham

David Beckham got a taste of a Bollywood bash when Sonam Kapoor Ahuja invited him for a house party. Photograph: Kind courtesy Sonam Kapoor/Instagram Sonam Kapoor can't stop grinning.......

4 Palestinian Women: A Touching Story

'The idea of this movie is to trace these journeys and not to blame.''We could have talked what happened in 1948. This is what the Israelis did. This is what the Palestinians and Arabs did.''We......

Djokovic sends Serbia into Davis Cup semi against Italy

IMAGE: Novak Djokovic celebrates winning his match in the quarter final against Britain's Cameron Norrie. Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters Novak Djokovic steered Serbia into the Davis Cup......

Las Vegas GP: Verstappen races to record-extending win

IMAGE: Red Bull's Max Verstappen celebrates on the podium. Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters Red Bull's Max Verstappen sang "Viva Las Vegas" after racing to a record-extending 18th victory of......

2036 Olympics: Coming Out Party For India

If Ahmedabad is India's preferred candidate, as seems likely, hosting Olympics 2036 should give it a leg up: A bigger airport, a better metro network, more hotels, flyovers and so on, observes T N......

'Kohli, Rohit would want to have Olympic medal'

IMAGE: Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma would aspire to add an Olympic medal to their impressive list of achievements. Photograph: BCCI Former Indian cricketer Atul Wassan has expressed optimism......

1900: Cricket's only date with the Olympics

IMAGE: Cricket has been included for the LA 2028 Olympics. Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters Cricket and the Olympics made for strange bedfellows when the sport featured in its roster for......

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