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'If everyone wore a face mask, this thing will be gone tomorrow!'

'The majority of the spread is by people coughing, or sneezing or talking loudly, in a very short distance, two metres from one another, and a mask will prevent that sort of transmission.'......

Can you call Ishrat's a fake encounter?

'The Ishrat encounter was neither genuine, nor fake. I believe it was a 'controlled killing,' says Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Ishrat Jahan, the Mumbra, Maharashtra, teenager killed in an encounter by......

What's the EU migrant crisis about?

For the last few days, images of people sleeping at railway stations, dying while trying to cross rivers across Europe have grabbed headlines. Reports state that over 350,000 migrants are moving......

Netaji deputy, Nehru aide was Soviet spy: British documents

A deputy of freedom fighter Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, an ‘old friend’ of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and a former Indian ambassador, ACN Nambiar, has been described as a Soviet spy.......

Finishing Hugo Chavez's unfinished task in Venezuela

Sustaining the Bolivarian revolution after Hugo Chavez won’t be easy. But we must all celebrate its considerable achievements and wish it well, says Praful Bidwai. He was called a......

Aman eyes Mumbai/Delhi for urban hotel

'We have never compromised on the location of properties and that won't change.' IMAGE: Vladislav Doronin, chairman and CEO, Aman Resorts, and supermodel Naomi Campbell attend the world premiere......

Going cashless costs YOU much more!

Americans use cash for 45 per cent of transactions by volume. Germans use cash for 80 per cent by volume. Japan uses cash for an amazing 82 per cent of transactions by value and over 90 per......

Twitter says widespread outages resolved; blames glitchy software update

Twitter currently has just over 300 million users but had its slowest user growth in 2015 Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it had reversed a glitchy software update and resolved outages widely reported......

Bullet trains: Modi's extravagant gift to Gujarat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's loyalty to his home state, Gujarat, is admirable but an Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train will not begin to address any of the many problems Indian Railways faces, notes......

China's slowdown may not be good news for India: Rajan

The RBI Governor said industry should take more risks, as a lot of regulatory and administrative processes had been eased. Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday said a......

'In no way has Bollywood been unkind to me'

'Rahman is beyond petty politics.' IMAGE: Resul Pookutty captures sound. Photograph: Kind courtesy Resul Pookutty/Twitter Refuting claims that he was a victim of a 'gang-like' attitude in the......

When Elli Avram wanted to scream

'When I went home to Sweden after Bigg Boss, people recognised me as they were following the show!''In New York, they were calling out my name on the streets!' IMAGE: Sunny Deol and Elli Avram in......

Liv Ullman brings Ingmar Bergman film to India

It's Liv Ullman's dream project, and it'staking its final shape in India. The Norwegian actress's Liv & Ingmar,a film about her stormy yet passionate relationship with Swedish director Ingmar......

Looking at Bollywood's exotic locales

From Swiss Alps to Eiffel Towers and Big Bens to South African splendour and busy streets of Bangkok to stunning landscapes down under and more, there's abundant beauty all around. Only we've......

Lata Special: Sunidhi sings her fave Lata song

We continue our series celebrating the life and melodies of Lata Mangeshkar who turns 80 on September 28 with this number sung by one of Bollywood's hottest singers today, Sunidhi......

Bundesliga to lure soccer-starved global TV audiences

'With the Bundesliga as the only league to be broadcast on TV, I expect we will have an audience of a billion' IMAGE: Highlights this weekend include league leaders Bayern away at Union Berlin on......

Ibrahimovic statue vandalised again

IMAGE: The nose of the statue was cut off in a pre-Christmas attack but the vandalism this weekend was the most severe yet. Photograph: Twitter The statue of Zlatan Ibrahimovic erected in his home......

Angry fans vandalise Ibrahimovic's statue in Malmo

IMAGE: Zlatan Ibrahimovic poses in front of a bronze statue of him during the unveiling ceremony in October. Photograph: TT News Agency/Johan Nilsson/Reuters Fans in Malmo reacted angrily to the......

PIX: Stuttering Spain held; Italy maintain perfect record

Images from the Euro 2020 qualifying matches played on Tuesday night.Stuttering Spain draw with Sweden to qualify for Euro 2020 IMAGE: Sweden's players celebrate after Marcus Berg, centre, scored......

Sports Shorts: Koepka holds off Woods to win PGA Championship

IMAGE: Brooks Koepka poses with the Wanamaker Trophy after winning the PGA Championship golf. Photograph: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters Brooks Koepka fought off an inspired challenge......

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