In China, Old Gives Way To The New

The National People's Congress concluded at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday March 13, 2023 as a new set of leaders took charge of the Chinese government, and the ones they......

Beijing reports first Covid deaths after lifting pandemic curbs

Beijing on Friday reported the deaths of two former Chinese state media journalists due to COVID-19, the first since most pandemic control measures were lifted on December 7, reported Singapore......

Chinese spy ship leaves Sri Lankan port after 6 days

A high-tech Chinese research ship docked at the strategically important Hambantota port departed from Sri Lankan waters on Monday after a controversial six-day visit. IMAGE: The Chinese research......

'How would America respond if China invades India?'

'India will want a lot of help from the US, but it's not going to want US troops.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi and US President Joe Biden at the White House, June 22, 2023. Photograph:......

The Yin and Yang of markets

The paper is worth reading because it helps us understand "large movements in prices unaccompanied by significant news about fundamentals". There are hundreds of learned papers and books on why......

How the mallus of Kerala made it

The rest of India has always tended to ogle at Kerala and the mallus. Even before they had taken over not just the government of India-- and simultaneously become its main opposition in 2004 (a......

How to get banks to restart lending to corporates

Let all the stakeholders, especially the government, remember that if the Make in India lion needs to roar and rise again, it won't happen unless India Inc rises too, points out Shekaar......

We've no idea what we are going to do in the next decade

'An era of fiscal pessimism is setting in, which, if not countered intellectually, is going to have the same effect as export pessimism has had,' notes T C A Srinivasa Raghavan.Illustration: Uttam......

Tiger 3: Katrina's Most Challenging Role

Photograph: Kind courtesy Katrina Kaif/Instagram Katrina Kaif is the first female spy of the YRF Spy Universe. She plays Zoya in the Tiger franchise and matches its star Salman Khan in combat and......

Why Raja Sen thought Prince was The Joker

Prince, remembers Raja Sen, snuck his way into an underage brain and sparked off deliciously inappropriate thoughts in style. When I was eight years old, I thought Prince was The Joker. Allow me to......

Guilty Minds Review

Guilty Minds has too much going on to wolf down it all in one big binge watch session, notes Sukanya Verma. A pair of yin and yang Delhi lawyers clash and collaborate to seek justice for their......

25 WOW Frames of Dil Chahta Hai

Dil Chahta Hai revolutionised the language of Hindi films.Sukanya Verma shows us how. If you look at Dil Chahta Hai, it's just 20-something friends hanging out, pulling each other's leg, traveling......

Sindhu shocked; Prannoy, Sen advance in Hong Kong Open

IMAGE: This was P V Sindhu's first loss to the 25-year-old Line Christophersen in six outings. Photograph: Weixiang Lim/Reuters India's two-time Olympic medallist shuttler P V Sindhu bowed out,......

The 'yin and yang' of Aussie partnership

IMAGE: David Warner and Joe Burns of Australia walk out to bat. Photograph: Darrian Traynor/Getty Images Australia great Adam Gilchrist believes that promising batsman Will Pucovski is set to miss......

Big Shoes to Fill! Who'll Take Kohli's Legacy Forward?

  IMAGE: Virat Kohli finished as fourth-highest run-getter for India in Tests, scoring 9230 runs from 123 Tests at an average of 46.85, hitting 30 hundreds and 31 fifties. Photograph: BCCI Virat......

Usual suspects advance on mixed day for Indian shuttlers

IMAGE: PV Sindhu in action during her win over world No. 24 Sung Shuo Yun of Chinese Taipei at the India Open Super 750 badminton tournament in New Delhi on Tuesday. Photograph: Kind courtesy BAI......

Prannoy in Round of 16 at Australian Open

IMAGE: India's HS Prannoy had it easy against Brazil’s Ygor Coelho in the Round of 32 match at the Australian Open Super 500 badminton tournament in Sydney on Wednesday. Photograph: Arnd......