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'We Have To Blame Ourselves, Not Macaulay'

'We kept importing educational models from outside that had no connection to our cultural and intellectual strengths.' IMAGE: Professor V N Jha. Photograph: Shivanand Kanavi Professor V N Jha is......

Can India do without Russian oil?

'Indian refiners can operate without Russian crude from a technical standpoint, but the shift would involve major economic and strategic trade-offs' Photograph: Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters Indian......

Sindoor: 'We Could Have Continued To Strike'

'But that was not our aim. Our objective was already achieved.' IMAGE: Jash-e-Mohammad building in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, on May 7, 2025 after it was hit by an Indian missile. Photograph: Reuters......

Purple revolution: How J-K's Bhaderwah became India's lavender capital

A six-hour drive from Jammu leads to the quiet hilly town of Bhaderwah, which is blanketed in purple this time of year, thanks to the sea of lavender spread across the town, giving a new identity......

'US Remains Invested In Quad'

'Trump's aggressive stance towards China and preference for military posturing could shift the Quad's balance towards overt militarisation.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi and US President......

Reliance Q2 net profit rises 9.6% YoY, slips sequentially on inventory losses

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on Friday reported a 9.6 per cent year-on-year rise in net profit for the September quarter, driven by strong performance in its consumer-facing retail and telecom......

For Herman Jansen, India still a strategically-important emerging market

Herman Jansen continues to see India as a strategically-important emerging market despite selling the global rights for Maison House and Savoy Club brands from UTO Asia to Allied Blenders and......

Why Chandrasekaran skipped TCS AGM for the 2nd consecutive day

Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran on Thursday skipped the Annual General Meeting of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), marking his absence from the group's shareholder gathering for the second......

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman calls India a potential AI leader

Two years after his dismissive stance on India's AI potential raised eyebrows here, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Wednesday gave a ringing endorsement to Artificial Intelligence momentum in the country......

Meity To Tap Global AI & ML Experts

'We will start reaching out to researchers, academics, and experts on AI from top universities and companies from across the world.' Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational......

Did These Films Influence Zohran Mamdani?

New York City's newly elected mayor Zohran Mamdani, who created history with his big win, ended his victory speech with the song, Dhoom Machale from the Dhoom movies. Why didn't Zohran pick a song......

S D Burman's Magic Music For Guru Dutt, Dev Anand

Music composer Sachin Dev Burman created magic with several directors, giving us many, many songs to remember him by. On his 50th death anniversary on October 31, Dinesh Raheja celebrates the......

Meet The Villain of Kantara

'After the first Kantara, when they announced the second one, I kind of knew he will call me. I had this instinct.''Then he called me at midnight and I didn't pick up. I was like, I'm not talking......

SRK, Ranbir... Vote Best Valentine!

These six male megastars have formed popular pairs with two starkly different leading ladies. Dinesh Raheja compares and contrasts the chemistry between the onscreen couples, and asks you, dear......

A Maharashtrian Haunts Bollywood

Munjya is the most wildly entertaining ghost I have encountered at the movies recently.But he has the added advantage of being a Maharashtrian ghost, of possessing rhythms of speech and behaviour......

Shocking Bumrah On-Field Moments!

IMAGE: No roar, no fist pump -- just Jasprit Bumrah's eyes locked on his mark. Photograph: BCCI When the skies unleash their fury and the match teeters on the edge, Mumbai Indians look to one man:......

Bat. Ball. Brilliance. Sunil Narine reignites KKR's playoff dream

Bee Gees' 'Stayin' Alive' could've been the soundtrack of the night -- because Sunil Narine made sure Kolkata Knight Riders were doing just that. IMAGE: Sunil Narine turned the contest on its head......

Can AI help save cricket careers?

'...you can't become a slave of it, but certainly there are huge advantages to using Artificial Intelligence.' IMAGE: Jasprit Bumrah has been sidelined from the Indian team due to back injury and......

SKY under pressure: Will he shine in second T20?

IMAGE: Skipper Suryakumar Yadav will be mindful of the fact that he has just two fifties in the previous 11 innings after the T20 World Cup final last year. Photograph: BCCI Unruffled by the......

First Indian firm to produce fuel for F1 racing...

IMAGE: Indian Oil Corporation Ltd will start manufacturing fuel used in F1 racing in three months' time. Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/Reuters Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOC) -- the nation's top......