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Did You Miss The Hybrid Solar Eclipse?

It's a rare type of eclipse. A phenomenon that changes the moon's appearance from annular (the moon appears visually smaller and is not able to fully cover the sun) to total (when the moon......

36 dead in Manila casino attack

IMAGE: Smoke billows from the Resorts World building in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines. All Photograph: Erik De Castro/Reuters Thirty-six bodies have been found inside......

The French Spiderman's Latest Conquest

Alain Robert, also known as the 'French Spiderman', climbed the GT International Tower -- 712 feet tall and 47 storeys high -- in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines, March 5, 2024. The 61-year-old......

Bringing In 2024 Around The World

How 2024 arrived the world over. IMAGE: Ladies leap in the air on the last day of 2023 in Bhopal. Photograph: ANI Photo IMAGE: Mumbaikars watch the last sunset of the 2023 from a......

It's An Odd Odd World Out There!

Don't believe us? Check these pix! IMAGE: Erika Sedlacek balances on a highline at 114 metres high and 510 meters long in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Photograph: Carla Carniel/Reuters IMAGE:......

Lessons for badly-planned, congested Asian cities

Most of the ill-planned Asian cities need a more creative plan aimed at weaning people away from using personal cars for commuting, says Barun Roy. Manila's commuting public, condemned to......

How the Philippiness outplayed India in the outsourcing game

The rambling, low-slung vastness of Metro Manila, the National Capital Region of the Philippines, is broken by the steel and glass high-rises of Makati -- the country's financial nerve centre.......

Review: Citylights is a must watch

A hard, unrelenting film that doesn’t give in to over-sentimentality, Citylights is like the city of Mumbai -- it beats you down and when you are broken, takes you in its arms and loves you.......

The Best Actors in Hindi cinema, 2014

Bravo, gentlemen! The year 2014 was great for our actors, and a lot of them did exceptionally well. Restricting this annual fixture to a list of 10 was harder than it is in most years, and the......

Satyajit Ray's Feluda turns 50

While Calcutta has transitioned to Kolkata, Satyajit Ray's detective, Feluda, has remained unchanged in the Bengali consciousness Here’s a mystery for Prodosh C Mitter to solve. How can a......

Boxer Manny Pacquiao to run for Philippine president in 2022

IMAGE: Philippine Senator and boxing champion Manny Pacquiao goes through his briefing material as he prepares for a Senate session in Pasay city, Metro Manila, Philippines. Photograph: Erik De......

50 years on... 'Fight of Century' still packs a punch

'Ali and Frazier, they were symbols of the divide in the country that united people on one side or the other.' IMAGE: A boxing programme feature promoting the World Heavyweight Championship......