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China angry as Modi greets Dalai Lama on his 90th birthday

China said on Monday it protested to India over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's greetings to the Dalai Lama on his 90th birthday and the attendance of Indian officials at the celebrations, stressing......

Dalai Lama's successor must get China's nod, says Beijing; US rift likely

China on Wednesday rejected the Dalai Lama's succession plan, insisting that any future heir must receive its seal of approval, adding a new chapter to Tibetan Buddhism's decades-long struggle with......

Modi's Media Triumph With Uncertain Returns

'Unsurprisingly, Trump shared Modi's podcast with Fridman on his Truth account.''The intentions of Trump, a transactional president, are never easy to tell.''We will know in the next fortnight if......

History In Minutes: World's First Airmail Flew Over Kumbh

On February 18, 1911, French pilot Henri Pequet carried 6,500 mails in the world's first official airmail flight over Allahabad, coinciding with the Kumbh Mela. IMAGE: Devotees take a dip in the......

An Indian Moment, Modi's Golden Hour

We may not be a super military power like the US, but we are the superpower in compassion, love and human values as taught to us by the Bhagavad Gita and the Guru Granth Sahib, says former BJP MP......

We have paid a price for delayed decisions, says FM

Finance Minister P Chidambaram concedes that delay in decision-making has extracted a price from the United Progressive Alliance government but asserts that the Cassandras who predict the current......

How bad employee behaviour can dent a company's reputation

Wayward employee behaviour at Uber and Infosys highlights the risk to corporate reputations, says Shailesh Dobhal. Two developments days apart could be a wake-up call for firms on the perils......

A promising Golden Compass

It could be the biggest hit of the year or it could be one of those also-ran films. But there is no doubt that adventure film based on an internationally acclaimed bestseller The Golden Compass......

Adventure and intrigue in Golden Compass

It is not impossible to enjoy The Golden Compass, a flop in America but a hit across Europe and South America. But to enjoy the film and some of its fine performances and spectacular scenery, see......

'Corruption Is No Longer A Bad Word'

'When India opened its doors to the world, moving away from an agrarian to a market economy, everything, whether life or love, was commodified.' IMAGE: Nana Patekar and Rekha in Yatra. In the......

Oscars 2008: The Mumbai connection

Indian films and the Oscars are poles apart, but the 80th Oscar ceremony saw a behind-scenes-connection between the two. Mumbai-based company The Rhythm & Hues Studio did 25 per cent of visual......

2024 Belongs To Payal Kapadia!

All We Imagine as Light has been on several critics' best of the year lists, including Sight and Sound (Payal Kapadia appeared on the magazine's cover, perhaps a first for an Indian filmmaker), to......

Bhoomi pujan: Dhawan, Raina, Bajrang elated

'This day will be written in golden letters in history.' IMAGE: A sample design of Ayodhya's Ram temple.Photograph: @ShriRamTeerth/Twitter Top India batsman Shikhar Dhawan saw it as a historic day......