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Koo's handle suspended on Twitter, founder slams Elon Musk

Microblogging site Twitter has suspended the account of Indian microblogging platform Koo. Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters The Twitter handle @kooeminence was suspended on Friday, a......

Do people ever recover from COVID-19?

'People who have diabetes or heart disease or high blood pressure seem to be more badly affected by the disease.' IMAGE: Medical workers get ready to treat patients suffering from COVID-19 at the......

Has Modi met the soldiers' expectations?

The Modi government has not lived up to the muscularity the prime minister promised while campaigning, says Ajai Shukla. On Thursday, this government will mark its second anniversary in power.......

Modi govt's defence report card: Not good enough

The Narendra Modi government has not lived up to the muscularity the prime minister promised while campaigning, says Ajai Shukla. On Thursday, the Narendra Modi government will mark its second......

Obama, Castro hail 'new day' for US-Cuba relations

Barack Obama and his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro vowed on Monday in Havana to set aside their differences in pursuit of what the US president called a "new day" for the relationship between the......

'18% GST on parathas, as they are not ready-to-eat'

The controversy over the goods and services tax (GST) rate on food products refuses to die. Now, the Gujarat-based authority of advance rulings (AAR) has ruled that 'parathas' would attract 18 per......

A Hungarian invention that helped the British in WWII

Tracing the early life of the humble ballpoint pen to its present. IMAGE: Modern folks would not even think of the ballpoint pen as an innovation. It seems to be an inexpensive writing instrument,......

India to have 526 mln internet users by 2018: Cisco

Internet user base in India, the third largest after China and the US, is expected to more than double to 526 million by 2018, networking solutions giant Cisco said on Tuesday. ......

Top global exchanges woo Indian firms

Leading global bourses are wooing Indian companies to list on their platforms. Top officials of stock exchanges NYSE, Euronext, SIX Swiss Exchange were in Mumbai on Thursday to encourage companies......

Ratan Tata among American Academy Fellows

One of India's leading industrialist and two Indian American researchers have been elected as members of the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Ratan Tata, chairman of Tata......

Esha Enjoys A Walk In Cannes

Esha Gupta is making sure that she unleashes her fashionable avatar at Cannes 2023 in the best possible way. Esha shared a picture of her taking a walk in the famous French town in a blue dress,......

Life Of Pi Comes Alive Again

IMAGE: Jonathan David Martin poses with the tiger puppet at the Broadway opening night of Life Of Pi at The Schoenfeld Theatre, in New York, March 30, 2023. Photograph: Michael Loccisano/Getty......

Pix: Huma paints Cannes red!

Huma Qureshi went for red and black at Cannes 2019. She wore red for the Chopard Love party and black for another appearance. Huma paired a red suede blazer with a tulle skirt by Nauman Piyarji.......

Cannes 2018: Which Sonam look is your favourite?

A good mix of formal, casual and chic... Her Cannes 2018 choices are reasons why over-awed Bollywood hails Sonam Kapoor as The Fashionista. Sonam, as most of India knows, wed the very cool Anand......

Lunchbox director: From Irrfan to Broadbent to Redford

'One of the director's primary jobs is to make sure that all the actors perform as if they are in the same movie, playing in the same band -- one is not acting in a different band than the......

PIX: Manchester City held by Chelsea in eight-goal thriller!

IMAGE: Cole Palmer, left, celebrates with Nicolas Jackson after scoring Chelsea's fourth goal from the penalty spot against Manchester City at Stamford Bridge in Manchester on Sunday. Photograph:......

Dream is that our daughter should win Olympic medal: Kiran Baliyan's mother

IMAGE: Kiran Baliyan celebrates on the podium after winning bronze in the ongoing Asian Games. Photograph: Tingshu Wang/Reuters Ecstatic over Kiran Baliyan's podium position in the shot put......

Head constable's daughter who became a shot putter by accident!

IMAGE: Kiran Baliyan ended a 72-year wait. Photograph: Anurag Thakur/X The daughter of a traffic police head constable in Meerut, Kiran Baliyan was an accidental shot putter as her name was......

Asian Games: Baliyan second Indian woman to win shot put bronze!

IMAGE: Kiran Baliyan is the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games medal in shot put event in 72 years. Photograph: SAI Media/X Kiran Baliyan became the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games......

EPL PIX: Fernandes inspires United comeback victory

Fernandes seals comeback win for Man Utd over Forest IMAGE: Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes celebrates scoring their third goal. Photograph: Lee Smith/Reuters Bruno Fernandes completed a......

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