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Modi terms yoga ray of hope in pandemic, announces app

Yoga is a ray of hope and source of strength in the fight against Covid, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday as tens of thousands of people across the globe touched their toes, stretched......

Record numbers rush for jabs as UK opens COVID vaccines to all adults

More than 700,000 COVID-19 jabs were booked in Britain as people rushed to get vaccinated after the National Health Service opened up its vaccination programme to all adults aged 18 and over, the......

'Mucor is very scary'

'Mucor is an environmental fungus, and it's much more prevalent in hot and humid areas'. 'The amount of fungus in the air is much higher in India than some other parts of the world.' IMAGE: A......

'We have tided over the crisis in this part of the country, hopefully'

'In the second wave, probably due to the mutants, probably due to COVID-19-inappropriate behaviour, we are seeing it coming in the younger population, say from ages 30 to 50.''Also, we've seen that......

Workers sue BAPS in US over alleged forced labour, wage law violations

A group of Indian workers in the US have filed a lawsuit in a district court against the Swaminarayan sect BAPS, accusing it of human trafficking and wage law violations during the construction of......

Why we should avoid a fresh lockdown

'The cost of the lockdown so far is the loss of about 11 million jobs.''It is important that a fresh lockdown does not make this worse,' asserts Mahesh Vyas. IMAGE: The deserted Gateway of India,......

How to solve financial sector's $75 bn problem

'The solution is to enable a graceful transfer of the deposit and funding 'franchise' from capital-deficient firms to capital-surplus firms.' 'This will expand credit intermediation, bring down......

Has economy de-linked from coronavirus?

'With the June quarter GDP shrinking by nearly a quarter, there is an even greater economic imperative: Reduction of uncertainty,' observes Neelkanth Mishra. Illustration: Dominic......

Covid-19 gives India's private airlines a chance to go international

Over 600 slots at three major airports - Heathrow, Dubai and New York’s JFK International - could be at stake. SpiceJet and Vistara recently started flights to London after bagging slots at......

How TCS plans to make WFH its mantra

'At any given point in time, we expect only 25 per cent of our workforce will need to be in office.''And any given person will only be required to spend only 25 per cent of their time in office.'......

15 BEAUTIFUL stories, told on screen

Aseem Chhabra introduces us to the best of Berlinale. I usually spend 10 days of February in Berlin attending the Berlinale, the most exciting international film festival in Europe, in the early......

Seen these FANTASTIC films?

The New York Film Festival served an amazing plate of films.Aseem Chhabra picks the best ones. It has been the strangest year of our lives, but films have been important in keeping us sane. And......

Pather Panchali, the film that made history

August 26, 1955. 65 years ago, Pather Panchali was released.Aseem Chhabra salutes the Masterpiece. IMAGE: Harihar (Kanu Banerjee) returns to his village and ancestral home after having been away......

Basu Chatterjee was the Master of Hope

'I always felt that Basu Chatterjee was a kind, gentle, man who truly believed that in directing films like Chhoti Si Baat, he was impacting our lives,' remembers Aseem Chhabra.'He seemed to be on......

WATCH Ronit Roy make fine music

'I hate 'fakeism'.''People don't love who you are, they love what you have achieved.''Only your success counts.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Ronit Roy/Instagram "Television has hit rock bottom for......

Kristina-Timea forced to withdraw due to COVID-19 restrictions

IMAGE: Hungary’s Timea Babos, left, and Kristina Mladenovic of France pose. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Doubles top seeds Kristina Mladenovic and Timea Babos were withdrawn......

Paire tests positive for COVID-19 before US Open: reports

IMAGE: 17th seed Benoit Paire arrived in New York to play the Western & Southern Open last week, a tune-up for the US Open, but he did not complete his first-round match against Croatia's Borna......

Individual tests positive for COVID-19 at US Open bubble

IMAGE: The US Open is scheduled to start on August 31. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images A non-player has tested positive for COVID-19 within the controlled environment that will host this......

Experts warn of high-risk Tokyo Olympics amid COVID-19

IMAGE: International Olympics Committee President Thomas Bach with Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo. Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters With just over a year to go until the Tokyo Olympics,......

Djokovic accuses critics of 'witch-hunt' over Adria Tour fiasco

'I can only see criticism lately and much of it is malicious' IMAGE: Novak Djokovic tested positive for COVID-19 after the Adria Tour's second leg in Croatia last month. World number one Djokovic,......

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