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Siddharth Chatterjee takes over as top UN diplomat in China

Senior United Nations official Siddharth Chatterjee of India has formally taken over as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in China, a key posting of overseeing the work of 27 agencies, funds......

Why Modi-Shah must thank Advani-Vajpayee

'Like in cricket, M S Dhoni was the captain and Virat Kohli played under him.''Then Dhoni played under Kohli.''Now imagine, having a second switch.''That is the analogy here, and I find no other......

Hindu-Americans must make room for everyone

Vineet Chander, Director of Hindu Life, Princeton University, offers his take on the US presidential election: What it means to him and what he believes it might to the community. IMAGE: An art......

China versus the people of Hong Kong

India needs to take note of China's assertiveness in implementing the national security law in Hong Kong as also its recently exhibited sensitivity to criticism of Xi Jinping by the Indian media,......

Thapar among 12 asked to submit CVs: JNU admin

Former Jawaharlal Nehru University vice-chancellor Asis Datta, noted scientist R Rajaraman and historian Romila Thapar are among 12 emeritus professors whose CVs have been sought by Jawaharlal......

Good to see Bikhchandani, Banga on the rich list

'To all the MBAs that burn the candle at both ends, travel half-a-million miles every year, and spend little or no quality time with their families, the rise to riches of Mr Bikhchandani and Mr......

MIT congratulates Abhijit Banerjee, wife Esther Duflo

MIT, in a release, said the 'work of Duflo and Banerjee has emphasised the use of field experiments in research, to bring the principles of laboratory-style randomised, controlled trials to......

Economist Surjit S Bhalla appointed as executive director for India at IMF

Bhalla will succeed former RBI deputy governor Subir Gokarn, who died in the US on July 30 after a brief illness. Eminent economist Surjit S Bhalla was on Tuesday appointed as the executive......

Viral Acharya and 7 economists who quit

Dr Viral Acharya, who quit as Reserve Bank of India deputy governor on Monday, is the second high-profile exit at the central bank since Dr Urjit R Patel resigned as RBI governor in December.Syed......

'Universities have become vacuum cleaners'

'They suck talent and dump elsewhere.' IMAGE: A photograph of Zoho Mail's engineers at 2 am after releasing a new version in 2015."As long as we get people with basic aptitude, it is easy to train......

Super Filmi Week: Kajol is the boss

Christopher Nolan's next, Gulzar's gussa, Shyam Benegal's Shivaji and RD's Lawrence of Arabia connection, catch all this and more in Sukanya Verma's Super Filmi Week. Monday IMAGE: Christopher......

'I was hopeless in Maths'

'My Maths teacher, Mrs Barucha, hated me. She would come to class and because my name was Azmi, I would be the first on the roll call. She would say 'Azmi Shabana', I would say 'Present' and then......

'I'm thrilled Bombay Velvet even got made!'

It took author Gyan Prakash’s saga Mumbai Fables more than eight years to be brought to screen. But just less than a week for the movie version Bombay Velvet to come crashing......

Review: Bombay Velvet is marred by weak storytelling

Bombay Velvet spends too much time on period details and loses focus, notes Aseem Chhabra. Towards the middle of Anurag Kashyap’s Bombay Velvet, Anushka Sharma’s Rosie Noronha stands on......

How Bombay Velvet got made!

'I kept telling Anurag, "I don't care about anything, I don't want any money. Just get the film made".' 'One day I called Anurag and someone else picked up the phone. He said, "Hello, Sir." I......

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