Irish writer takes Booker bookies by surprise

Veteran Irish novelist John Banville brought about one of the biggest literary coup when he took the 50,000 Man Booker Prize for fiction from under the noses of the bookies and the pundits. A 7 to......

Is India Distancing Itself From Israel?

India's voting pattern in the United Nations with regard to the Israel-Palestine conflict is lately marked by a calibrated distancing from Israel, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE:......

Fleeing The Israeli Army In Gaza

More than 100,000 Palestinians have fled south over the past two days, according to Israel, but they still face bombardment and dire conditions. Palestinians have been able to evacuate due to a......

'Abhilash Tomy is very comfortable at sea'

'If you are caught in a violent storm at sea you have to deal with it and find a way out which Abhilash Tomy did,' Commander Dilip Donde, the first Indian to circumnavigate the world solo, tells......

Ola founders backed Tork to launch India's first electric motorcycle by next year

Looks at 100 km ride on single charge, ideal for big cities Right from his days in college, Kapil Shelke dreamt of building the world’s fastest electric motorcycle. Armed with a......

India Gets 3 Nominations At Oscars 2023

Oscars 2023 will be special for India for three reasons. The song Naatu Naatu from S S Rajamouli's RRR has been nominated in the Best Original Song category at the 95th Academy Awards. Earlier,......

Physical, Sherni: OTT DELIGHTS of the Week

Serial killer confusion in small-town South Korea, a struggling mission to save the tiger in the heartland of India, a slice-of-summer friendship by the Italian coast, Sukanya Verma lists a......

11 BEAUTIFUL STORIES From Around The World

Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite films from the recent Toronto International Film Festival. As the pandemic situation began to improve and movie theatres opened up in North America, the Toronto......

FIFA Women's WC: Japan crush Spain; Nigeria in knockouts

IMAGES from the Women's World Cup matches played on Monday. Japan hammer Spain on the break to top Group C IMAGE: Japan's Hinata Miyazawa scores their first goal. Photograph: Amanda......

Former Davis Cup captain Naresh Kumar passes away

IMAGE: Naresh Kumar began his journey with tennis at the Asian Championships in 1949 before ruling the Indian tennis along with Ramanathan Krishnan for close to a decade in the......

Abhilash Tomy Challenges The Oceans Again

'When I crossed that point where I had the accident, I felt light and that was a very physical experience. I felt something leave me.'Shyam G Menon chronicles the voyages of that incredible Indian......

Euro 2016: Northern Ireland fan dies in Nice

Image for representative purpose: Northern Ireland's Kyle Lafferty looks dejected after the defeat against Poland. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/ Livepic/Reuters. A Northern Irish soccer fan died in......

Dhoni switched to Plan B: Take the pace off the ball and the oxygen out of the game

'For all practical purposes, the game ended at the break. The Irish bowlers had neither the pace nor the skill to compete against the Indian line-up; the lack of swing further blunted any edge they......