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Anoushka Shankar 'devastated' after sitar damaged on Air India flight

A "devastated and truly disturbed" Anoushka Shankar has said her sitar was damaged on an Air India flight, telling the airline in a social media post that "you're the country this music belongs to"......

Delhi orders 50% WFH for govt, private offices as air quality worsens

Delhi government offices and all private establishments in the city will function with 50 percent staff strength, and the rest will work from home under stage three of the Graded Response Action......

'Nothing Kills More People Than Air Pollution'

'It is high time to recognise that this is the greatest issue India is confronting.''Even the BJP should be raising concerns because polluted air suffocates everybody's child.' IMAGE: A protest......

India Rushes To Help Ditwah-Hit Sri Lanka

India has ramped up its humanitarian mission to cyclone-hit Sri Lanka under Operation Sagar Bandhu, with the Indian Air Force lying a 65-tonne Bailey bridge to Colombo to restore connectivity in......

IndiGo operations to normalise in 3 days, says govt; launches probe

Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu on Friday said various operational measures, including keeping new flight duty norms in abeyance, will help address the IndiGo flight disruptions, and......

LG India profit declines 27.3%

LG Electronics India saw its net profit decline by 27.3 per cent due to margin pressures witnessed in the second quarter. Photograph: Steve Marcus/Reuters Its net sales in the quarter marginally......

GST 2.0: AC, TV dealers see spike in sales on Day-1

As lower GST rates take effect on Monday, sales of air-conditioners, TV sets surged dramatically with buyers rushing to grab cheaper deals offered by retailers at the beginning of the Navratra......

India, Russia Warm Arctic Ties With Ship Deal

One key development is the direct cargo connection between Chennai and Vladivostok, a crucial Russian port on the Northern Sea Route. IMAGE: A Russian ice-breaker ship. India and Russia are in......

Return of coal threatens India's emission commitments

India's new climate pledge to the UN could be weakened by its growing use of coal, even as the country plans a 2035 roadmap to cut emissions and boost clean energy. Illustration: Dominic......

Noida Airport set to begin operations post-Diwali

The Noida International Airport (NIA), being developed as a greenfield aviation hub in Jewar, Gautam Buddh Nagar, is on track to begin operations by the end of this year. IMAGE: Noida......

Pather Panchali@70: Beautiful, Broken People

Seventy years after Pather Panchali released on August 26, 1955, we finally get it.Shuttling between the village of Boral and a studio in Calcutta, caught between worrying about the next purse of......

'The door is always open for Chhetri'

'Sunil is a legend of Indian football. I have played against him, and he is one of my favourite players.' IMAGE: Sunil Chhetri announced his international retirement in June 2024 but reversed his......

Why Bumrah Is Being Hounded

The matter of Bumrah's availability for the series should have been a highly-guarded secret.That it was bandied about all through suggests the matter was deliberately placed in the public......

Pant deleted WhatsApp before Headingley comeback

'He dragged me into the gym whenever he was free. He didn’t care about fatigue or work-load management' IMAGE: Rishabh Pant roared back in style — becoming only the second wicketkeeper in Test......