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Why PM V P Singh avoided Nuclear Tests

'With Punjab and Kashmir in flames, it would not have been politically wise to alienate the West.''It would have inclined Western countries towards Pakistan.''It would have been a self-goal.'A......

Masood Azhar a global terrorist, says US ahead of crucial meet

Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar meets the criteria to be designated as a global terrorist and not doing so is against regional stability and peace, the United States said on the eve of the......

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.......

PM attacks Congress, says institutions biggest casualty of 'dynastic politics'

'India has seen that whenever dynastic politics has been powerful, institutions have taken a severe beating' 'After 1947, every Congress government has seen multiple defence scams. They began with......

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......

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......

Chanda Kochhar falls on her sword, but why now?

Make no mistake, legally Chanda Kochhar was not and still is not obliged to quit.But quitting earlier would have placed her personally and as a leader on a very high pedestal, indeed where she......

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......

RARE PIX: Yash Chopra directs Dilip Kumar in Mashaal

In his long career, Yash Chopra's charm was not restricted to the Indian film industry but extended to international film personalities as well. Hollywood filmmaker Robert Wise, who made such cult......

Sound Of Music director dead

Robert Wise, director of Hollywood musicals like West Side Story (1961) and The Sound Of Music (1965), died at his Los Angeles home, an official of the San Sebastian Film Festival said on......

Our Biopics Are Bad, But There's Hope

I do have a dream biopic. It has as its subject Renu Saluja, the cosmically gifted editor, with a special focus on the Vidhu Vinod Chopra-Saluja-Sudhir Mishra love story, states Sreehari Nair.......

'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......

Rookie's mistake, Haaland's heroics: City's comeback story

'When we had the start like we did it is difficult, but we played really well and we kept on going and kept on going' IMAGE: Manchester City's Erling Haaland scores their second......

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......