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'BJP Has Several Big Ideas For 2024 Election'

'The allegations of government involvement in targeted assassinations abroad are likely to help, not hurt, the ruling party.' 'True or false, they convey a sense of muscularity and, in some......

Crucial to prevent Gaza war from escalating into regional crisis: Modi at G20

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said it was important to ensure that the Israel-Hamas war does not take the shape of a regional conflict and expressed concern over the prevailing......

The A-W Of Desi Guests At the White House Dinner

The dinner Jill Biden and her husband US President Joe Biden hosted for Prime Minister Narendra D Modi, June 22, at the White House brought together, Indians and Americans from so many firmaments,......

AUKUS And The Militarization Of Indo Pacific

Although the pact would focus mainly on the Pacific and the South China Sea region, any action designed to deter China with or without New Delhi's active participation is a welcome move, notes......

Jaishankar lists out what India intends to do as G-20 president

As India assumed the presidency of G-20, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said New Delhi's endeavour would be to make consensus on key global issues more relevant through a wider......

How Smart TV Is Changing India

The way video is being watched and monetised is changing.This is the first thing that stands out as the penetration of smart TVs continues to rise. IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted......

AWS upbeat on India market, sees massive headroom for growth in cloud adoption

Within days of announcing mega investments for building in Hyderabad its second data centre cluster in India, Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Monday said it is excited about the India market, where......

Omicron adds new uncertainties to global economic outlook: Moody's

The Omicron variant of Covid-19 adds new uncertainties to the global economic outlook but much will depend on its speed of transmission, hospitalisation and death rates, and also the effectiveness......

SBI's digital transactions are as high as 67% now

The country's largest lender State Bank of India has seen a perceptible increase in the number transactions happening at its multiple digital channels, with the percentage moving from 60 per cent......

The visionary who made Indian IT industry global

One should appreciate the sagacity and audacity of JRD and Nani Palkhivala in founding TCS on April 1, 1968.At that time there was no Microsoft or Intel, SAP or Accenture, much less Google.They......

How Netflix Finally Got It Right In India

Its success script: Investing more in local content ecosystem; growing its partnership footprint. IMAGE: Netflix's Guns And Gulabs, directed by Raj and DK, starring Rajkummar Rao, Dulquer Salmaan,......

Which Is India's Largest TV Channel?

DD Freedish is the 'largest TV platform in India', going to 58 million homes, featuring 70-odd private channels.DD Freedish reaches about 278 million people, and is easily among the top five TV......

'Some love me, many hated me'

'N Chandra told me, "Arree yaar, don't get heavy on me now! This is a Hindi movie so leave your logic at home".' IMAGE: Mohan Kapur at the premiere of Ms. Marvel in Los Angeles. Photograph: Kind......

Can You Watch 384 Films In A Year?

Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2021. IMAGE: Aditya Rao Hydari and Konkona Sensharma in Ajeeb Daastaans. Year two of the pandemic was a challenge in so many......

How long will OTTs survive?

The argument that the pandemic has given a boost to streaming video is fallacious.Only three OTTs saw a rise in viewership; the others fell.Vanita Kohli-Khandekar reports. IMAGE: Patralekhaa in......

Junior Asia Cup 2023: India down rivals Pakistan to clinch historic title

IMAGE: The Indian junior team beat Pakistan in the final of the Men’s Junior Asia Cup 2023. Photographs: Hockey India The Indian Junior men's hockey team reigned supreme as they beat nemesis......

Cricket on the big screen means green tills for Inox, PVR

IMAGE: The Inox-PVR merger plans to serve fans a big screen cricket bonanza. Photograph: Inox Twitter Cinema and cricket, the two 'religions' of the country will play out on the big screens on......

EPL: Spurs' Son racially targeted by teen Burnley fan

IMAGE: Spurs' South Korea forward Son Heung-Min was targetted during Burnley's 5-0 Premier League defeat on Sunday. Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images A 13-year-old Burnley fan ejected from......

Caught in the act! 10 cricketers banned for doping

The world has been witness to many sports stars who have been caught and subsquently punished for using drugs. Among them, most recently, is Prithvi Shaw, who has been handed a back-dated......

Sports Shorts: Pistorius to appeal increased sentence

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday IMAGE: South African Olympic and Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius. Photograph: Mike Hutchings/Reuters Jailed South......

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