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RIP Danish Siddiqui

Danish Siddiqui, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist who worked with the news agency Reuters, was killed in Kandahar, Afghanistan on Thursday night. Danish was embedded with the......

Report indicates Wuhan scientists got sick with Covid before outbreak

Three researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology sought hospital care in November 2019, weeks before Beijing disclosed the COVID-19 pandemic, a United States media report said, citing a......

Why Modi's Gujarat model has failed

As India suffers and the ruling party is on the defensive, the truth is that the only way that this wave will pass is if exponential growth of the virus stops on its own, asserts Aakar Patel.......

Karunanidhi saw the 2G episode -- from the leak of the CAG report to the weak defence put forth by Congress leaders -- as politically motivated

Karunanidhi was convinced that using the 2G cases against the DMK and reopening the fodder case against Lalu Prasad Yadav were products of the Congress leadership's short-sightedness.A revealing......

Joe Biden's Many Challenges

'India should be aware that China will take full advantage of US domestic turmoil and reduced international prestige,' warns Colonel Anil A Athale (retd). IMAGE: United States President Joe Biden......

Netflix-ication of print media in India?

Monetising online readership, a deeper focus on content and getting revenue from the reader are ways to make the business future-proof, observes Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. Illustration: Dominic......

Why are govts out to de-fang FAANG?

So far, there seems to be limited debate about their activities in India, where virtually all FAANG companies have teamed up in different ways with India's most powerful businessman, observes T N......

Where is China's Alibaba group founder Jack Ma?

Chinese billionaire and Alibaba group founder Jack Ma is suspected to be missing following his mysterious disappearance from the public eye for over two months after Beijing's aggressive crackdown......

The truth about India's ease of doing business claim

'The recalculated ranking showed India should have had a higher ranking earlier (113 in 2012 instead of 132) and lower ranking later (114 in 2018 instead of 100).''This would mean that there has......

US adds 4.8 million jobs as unemployment falls to 11.1%

But, the Wall Street Journal said that the US labour market is operating with millions fewer jobs than in February, the month before the coronavirus pandemic struck the country's economy. The US......

Remembering R K Studios before it becomes history

R K Studios is not just another piece of real estate; it is part of India's movie history.Arundhati Dasgupta reports. IMAGE: Shashi Kapoor, Raj Kapoor, Prithviraj Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor. Two......

Omerta review: A lean, brutal masterpiece

'Omerta is a work of true moral force; it is, at the risk of sounding fancy, a motion picture for our times,' says Sreehari Nair. On a pleasant evening not that long ago, a few cinephile friends......

'An absurd lie': Neymar hits back at Nike!

IMAGE: Nike - which had Neymar on a long-term contract - said it terminated the deal last year after an employee came forward with what it said were "credible" allegations against the Brazilian.......

Why did Nike end Neymar deal?

IMAGE: Neymar had been signed with Nike for 15 years when the deal ended. The contract was terminated with eight years remaining, the Journal said, citing a person familiar with the matter.......

Nike's Phil Knight's $270 million stadium!

Photograph: Kind courtesy Oregon Track & Field/Twitter Most college track and field stadiums are basic structures. Then there is the University of Oregon's Hayward Field, a 100-year-old......

US president Biden to decide on Tokyo Olympics?

'Mr. Biden is dealing with a tough situation with the coronavirus. But if he makes a positive statement about the Olympics going ahead, we’d gain strong momentum.' IMAGE: Tokyo Organising......

Osaka pays tribute to Kobe Bryant after triumph

IMAGE: Naomi Osaka in Kobe Bryant's LA Lakers No 8 jersey after winning the US Open title. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Naomi Osaka/Instagram Naomi Osaka paid handsome tribute to basketball......

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