The pandemic's other dangers

'Every strongman leader is faced with the same opportunity: Harness the increased societal panic to amass more power,' warns Mihir S Sharma. IMAGE: Leaders of the BRICS nations: From left, Chinese......

Coronavirus: 'For two years we have to be careful!'

'Once you resume economic activities, life will be normal.''The younger people will tolerate the virus very well. So, life will become normal very soon.' IMAGE: Medics carry out thermal screening......

Namaste is the new Hello!

The bear hug in which the prime minister loves to smother Western VIPs might strike as theatrical, boastful and, above all, unhygienic, in these stricken times, observes Sunanda K Datta-Ray.......

'The world has been transformed into a huge laboratory'

'Hopefully, people will understand that, beyond medical vaccination plans, in the future we will also need to implement some 'social inoculation' plans.' IMAGE: A lone tourist poses in front of an......

India wants trade deal with US primarily to keep me happy: Trump

President Donald Trump on Monday slammed India for imposing "tremendously high tariffs" on American products and said that New Delhi wanted to have a trade deal with the United States primarily to......

IIM-A director Ashish Nanda steps down citing personal reasons

An alumnus of IIM-A from the 1983 batch, Nanda was a Robert Braucher Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School and later a Harvard Business School faculty member, before he took charge on......

Big question from the Greece crisis: Do history and geography trump economics?

How did Greece, the country of Archimedes and Socrates and Plato and Pythagoras, come to such dire straits, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Like any Indian schoolboy, or should I say any schoolboy......

You can't operate in Silicon Valley if...

Addressing internal audit and risk management are top-of-mind issues for today's executives. Protiviti Inc, one of the world's largest independent business and risk consulting firms, specialises in......

'I was told Yash and Mumtaz were 'just friends.' That wasn't the truth!'

'All the pretty actresses made me jealous. Yash would pay them a lot of attention. Later, I got used to it because for Yash, his family was also very important.' 'Shah Rukh and I have a very good......

Coming Up: The Bachchans Film Fest

When the pandemic ends and the film business gets back to normal, expect to see a lot of Bachchans on the big screen. At last count, there are at least 12 films between Amitabh Bachchan and......

What will Saiyami play next?

'Nothing comes easy, but I knew what I was getting in to.' IMAGE: Saiyami Kher plays Shirley in Breathe: Into The Shadows. After Saiyami Kher began her Bollywood career with Rakeysh Omprakash......

Spider-Man Far From Home review: Lighthearted joyride

Spider-Man: Far From Home moves to and fro between light-hearted slice-of-teen life and an underprepared Avenger second guessing what's right, real and responsible, notes Sukanya Verma. When......

Wozniacki takes positives after US Open exit

IMAGE: Caroline Wozniacki showed her mettle against the 19-year-old Gauff, who is at the top of her game after winning at Washington and Cincinnati, but ran out of steam on Arthur Ashe Stadium as......

Can England's bowlers cope without Archer, Leach?

IMAGE: Jofra Archer will miss a third successive summer, and a second successive Ashes series. Photograph: Alex Davidson/Getty Images England's bowling attack will struggle to bowl out......

'We will do anything for Shami'

'I don't think Shami had any doubts that Ravi would stick by his word, but to see the head coach move heaven and earth to ensure his best interests were taken care of at a difficult time must have......

'India have even-money chance of beating England'

IMAGE: Ian Chappell said, India, notwithstanding, their loss in the final of the World Test Championship final to New Zealand, has become a "pace-bowling proficient" team in recent years, joining......

Australia remembers Hughes: Cricket felt irrelevant, says Smith

IMAGE: Philip Hughes was 25 when he was hit on the neck by a bouncer during a Sheffield Shield match in Sydney and died without regaining consciousness exactly five years ago. Photograph: Morne de......