China's Covid Surge: India's Dr Kotnis Moment?

By offering aid to China in its hour of need we will create an opening to Xi Jinping to rectify his policy towards India, argues Colonel Anil A Athale (retd). IMAGE: A medical worker in a......

Xi Does The Honours at Communist Party Congress

The week-long 20th national congress of the Communist party of China began in Beijing on Sunday, October 16, 2022. IMAGE: Delegates at the 20th party congress applaud Xi Jinping, general secretary......

Rahul Could Become Central to Anti-BJP Politics

Anti-Congress regional parties may have felt the possible impact of Rahul's South-North yatra, pending a second East-West padayatra, observes N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Rahul Gandhi at a press......

Covid lockdown protests spread across China; people shout 'Step down Xi'

China's rare public protests opposing stringent COVID lockdowns turned political on Sunday with protestors shouting slogans against President Xi Jinping and the ruling Communist Party, as the......

Kiara-Sidharth's Christmas Celebrations

There's certainly a lot of love in the air, as Bollywood couples celebrate Christmas on social media. Photograph: Kind courtesy Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra/Instagram Kiara Advani and......

Bollywood Appeals 'Go Vote'

Film folk have come out to cast their vote in the Maharashtra assembly elections. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Kartik Aaryan visits the Jamnabai Narsee school in Juhu, north west......

Bougainvillea Review: All Style, No Substance

Casting Fahadh Faasil does not help as his chameleon-like acting credentials is wasted in a mundane cop archetype that passes through Bougainvillea with little or no impact on how things eventually......

Movies COMING UP In September

It's going to be a party on OTT this September, with a string of interesting releases, but the theatre scene looks bare. Joginder Tuteja shows us what's up for release this month.   The......

PIX: Lewandowski 'tricks; Frankfurt defies Bayern

Lewandowski nets hat-trick as Barcelona beat Alaves 3-0 IMAGE: FC Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski celebrates scoring their second goal. Photograph: Vincent West/Reuters Robert Lewandowski's......

LeBron rewrites playbook on athlete activism on way to the top

IMAGE: LeBron James became a leading voice in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Photograph: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters LeBron James broke the all-time NBA scoring......

FIFA WC: Croatia not panicking about Lukaku loss

IMAGE: Romelu Lukaku of Belgium celebrates scoring a goal. Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images Belgium’s ageing "Golden Generation" will begin their final shot at World Cup glory......

FIFA WC: Croatia hold steady to send Belgium packing

IMAGE: Referee Anthony Taylor checks the VAR screen before ruling out a penalty to Croatia for offside during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group F match between Croatia and Belgium. Photograph:......

EPL: Nunez stars in Liverpool win, Man Utd outclass Spurs

Nunez earns points for Liverpool IMAGE: Liverpool's Darwin Nunez scores. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters Liverpool maintained their new-found momentum as Darwin Nunez scored the only goal in a......