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Author Sunjeev Sahota among Booker's 13 contenders this year

Indian-origin British author Sunjeev Sahota is among the 13 authors longlisted for the prestigious 2021 Booker Prize for fiction for his novel China Room, alongside Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro......

Time for India to Engage the Taliban

India needs to shed its policy of lethargy and inhibitions to engage the Taliban with an intent to maintain its influence in Afghanistan. This would not just put a spanner in Pakistani designs, but......

Life-changing experience to see Earth from space: Bandla

Indian-American astronaut Sirisha Bandla says it was an “incredible" and a "life-changing" experience to see the Earth from space during her maiden trip on Virgin Galactic's first......

Shirisha Bandla becomes 3rd Indian-American woman to fly into space

Aeronautical engineer Sirisha Bandla on Sunday became the third Indian-American woman to fly into space when she joined British billionaire Richard Branson on Virgin Galactic's first fully-crewed......

Meet the 3rd Indian-origin woman to go to space

After Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams, Sirisha Bandla will become the third Indian-origin woman to fly into space. IMAGE: Sirisha will be astronaut no 004 and her flight role......

Glimmers of Mehul Choksi's 'empire' that was built on fraud

A Palanpuri Jain whose father and uncles were also jewellers, Choksi always wanted to be the Vijay Mallya of the diamond world, and chased the larger-than-life image by hiring actresses and models......

ROMANCE, HISTORY, FEAR: All on OTT

Thrillers, horrors and real-life inspired stories dominate the OTT scene this week. Sukanya Verma offers some suggestions for your watch list. Anne BoleynWhere to watch? SonyLivLanguage:......

State Of Siege-Temple Attack review

Akshaye Khanna is the only worthy element about this patriotic actioner, says Prateek Sur. IMAGE: Akshaye Khanna in State Of Siege-Temple Attack. Films inspired by real life incidents often......

'Ray is a hit and miss job'

If Netflix and the film's producers thought they would bring younger audiences to the master's works, they have failed with the experiment, says Aseem Chhabra. IMAGE: Manoj Bajpayee in Ray. In......

India's shooters draw blank for second day running

Angad Bajwa is placed 11th after three rounds; has finals in sight IMAGE: India's Manu Bhaker watches helplessly as her gun malfunctions during the 10m Air Pistol women's event at the Tokyo......

Olympics PIX: Djokovic off to a smashing start

IMAGE: Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates winning his first round match against Hugo Dellien of Bolivia on day one of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Tennis Park in Tokyo. Photograph: Clive......

Honeymoon has to wait! Newlywed Elina Svitolina back on court

IMAGE: Gael Monfils and Elina Svitolina exchanged wedding vows last week. Photograph: Kind courtesy Gael Monfils/Instagram Few athletes would have had a more eventful buildup to the Tokyo......

Coco Gauff tests positive for COVID-19, to miss Tokyo Games

IMAGE: Coco Gauff joins a number of the world's top players who have already pulled out of the Tokyo Games. Photograph: Peter van den Berg-USA TODAY Sports /Reuters American Coco Gauff......

Verstappen wins Silverstone Sprint for British GP pole

IMAGE: Red Bull's Max Verstappen during sprint qualifying for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Britain, on Saturday. Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/Ruters Max Verstappen......

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