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'I Don't Care How Much It Costs. Please Save My Mum'

'Doctors feel they have a duty to prolong a heartbeat at all costs.''And a son or a daughter feels, I can't let my mum die. I have to save her at all costs.''They think saving is just prolonging......

We Are In An Era Of Puppets And Puppeteers

'As we enter 2025, it must be acknowledged that there is a convergence of capital, influential people (from business and politics) and technology deciding the destiny of others in the name of......

Tiger Deaths Decline By 29 Percent

2023 was the worst for the tiger population, recording the highest number of mortalities in a decade with 178 tigers dying. IMAGE: A tiger at the Assam state Zoo in Guwahati, July 21, 2024.......

Are We A Nation With A Wayward Moral Compass?

'Violence is the human abuse of power and rape is one of its worst manifestations.' 'Especially, the R G Kar kind, which allegedly involves not just brutal rape and murder but also destruction of......

Aarey metro carshed threat to many species: Activists

While the Maharashtra government is moving forward with the Mumbai Metro-3 carshed project in Aarey Colony, a forest area in the city, environmentalists warn that not only leopards, but a host of......

India's 'boring' banking system remains robust: Parekh

At a time when bankers across the world are being termed as 'London Whale', hedge-fund sharks and various other deadly creatures, Indian financial system remains intact despite its "boring banking"......

Looking for a job? Be a 'Pokemon Catcher'!

Bengaluru-based Babajob, an online livelihood marketplace has advertised for a new job category 'The Pokemon Catcher'. Hunting for Bulbasaur, Charmander and Pikachu - all characters......

With Rs 10,800 crore, Yuri Milner eyes Indian start-ups

Image: Russian billionaire Yuri Milner with wife Julia. Photograph courtesy: Breakthrough Prize website Yuri Milner, the Russian billionaire investor, on Thursday announced......

Cops use the Game of Thrones way into millennial hearts!

City police, metros, airports, even power utilities are using pop culture and social media to reach the young and encourage public ownership of public services. Amritha Pillay reports. IMAGE: The......

Rajan's reputation helped stabilise Rupee: Subbarao

Former RBI Governor Subbarao blamed Chidambaram for undermining the autonomy of RBI and putting pressure on him to cut interest rates. Former Reserve Bank Governor Duvvuri Subbarao has credited his......

Naomi Watts is Australia's Highest Earning Actress

Naomi Watts has been named Australia's highest earning actress. She was placed at number three on BRW magazine's list of the country's wealthiest entertainers with earnings of 12 million pounds,......

A Beginner's Guide To K-Drama

It's addictive. It's entertaining. It's gorgeous. Once bitten by the K-drama bug, there's no going back. A binge worthy mix of style and substance, South Korea's small-screen wave, which hit......

Avatar: The Way of Water Review: Spectacular, But Empty

Avatar: The Way of Water feels like a poorly chosen present -- the wrapping is beautiful, but the gift inside is a disappointment, observes Mayur Sanap. We have seen countless major film......

Bong Joon Ho: Master of Unsubtle Symbolism

Only Bong Joon Ho -- whose film Parasite won the Oscars for Best Film, Best Director, Best International Feature -- knows how to work with a heavy hand and still get respectable results, says......

Wild Karnataka, India's first natural history film

After four years in the making, a band of 20 film-makers were left with 400 hours of footage for what is now India's first blue chip natural history film.Nikitta Puri reports. All Photographs:......