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Leaders hail vaccination drive, medicos express hope

As India launched the world's largest vaccination drive against the coronavirus pandemic, showing the light at the end of a 10-month tunnel that upended millions of lives and livelihoods, here are......

Sr doctor dies of coronavirus in China, death toll passes 1800

The head of a hospital in China's coronavirus-hit Wuhan city died of the epidemic amid criticism that a number of medical staff were infected due to official attempts to conceal the key findings of......

What if Nehru had used the IAF in 1962?

'If we had sent a few airplanes (into Tibet), we could have wiped the Chinese out.''And everything could have been different in the 1962 War.''They did not believe me there was no Chinese air......

'She would sell most of her jewelry to educate us'

About 15 years ago when the Ishar Singh Bindra family discussed ways to give back to the community some of the family fortune made through its textile import business and real estate, Kuljit Kaur......

Somali pirates release 25 Indian sailors

After nearly two months in captivity, 25 Indian sailors have been released by Somali pirates though there was no word on whether any ransom was paid to the brigands. A Directorate General of......

'PVR-INOX Merger In Final Stages'

Photograph: Kind courtesy PVR The National Company Law Tribunal on Thursday, January 12, 2023, approved the merger of multiplex operators PVR and Inox, the two chains said in separate filings to......

Best investment plans for 2009!

Are you always at a loss while planning your finances? Are you aware of the investment options available in the market? How best can you plan your finances? What are the crieria for evaluating an......

Air travel agents demand commission

Air travel agents from across the countrydemanded on Monday the government to direct airlines, including state-owned Air India, to reinstate commission paid to them, which has been abolished on the......

Left steps in as travel agents stop air-ticket sal

Around a fourth of the over 2,700 IATA airline ticket agents across the country are boycotting ticket sales of the 16 airlines, foreign and Indian, that have refused to pay them commission, even as......

AI move to withdraw agency commission draws flak

As a part of its cost-cutting initiative in the wake of surging international crude and Air Turbine Fuel prices, national air-carrier Air India plans to withdraw five per cent agency commission......

Jayasurya's Lal Bahadur Shastri releases today

Actor Jayasurya, whose performances in Iyobinte Pusthakam and Apothecary received rave reviews, plays an upright villager in debutant director Rejishh Midhila’s Lal Bahadur Shastri. The title......

Mammootty's Varsham releases today

In filmmaker Ranjiith Sankar’s Varsham, which will hit the screens worldwide today, Mammootty plays a businessman named Venu. The director, who shot to fame with Passenger and made the hit......

Why Varsham is crucial for Mammootty

Mammootty has already had six releases this year, of which only two films-- Manglish and Munnariyippu gave him some reason to smile. His last release, Rajadhi Raja was a rehash of some Tamil and......

First Look: Jayasurya in Lal Bahadur Shasthri

Don’t be deceived by the title, Jayasurya’s Lal Bahadur Shasthri is not about India’s former Prime Minister. Instead, the title has been formed by combining the names of the three......

First Look: Dulquer and Unni in Lal Jose's Vikramadityan

Young heroes Dulquer Salmaan and Unni Mukundan play friends with different attitudes in Lal Jose’s Vikramadityan. Unni plays Vikram and Dulquer is Adityan in this lighthearted entertainer.......

India at the Asian Games: Day 4

Ashish Kumar creates history in gymnastics Gymnast Ashish Kumar on Tuesday opened a new chapter for India in the little followed sport by clinching the country's first ever medal, a bronze, in the......

Jung 21st at Brazil World Cup

Commonwealth Games hero Samresh Jung had a miserable outing, as he was given a point penalty and failed to make it to the 50m Free Pistol final at the ISSF shooting World Cup in Resende, Brazil, on......

Saroja, Shweta, Jung disappoint

Commonwealth Games gold medallist Saroja Kumari and Shweta Chowdhary had a disappointing outing in the women's 25m Sports Pistol event at the ISSF World Cup Resende in Brazil, finishing 31st and......

Karnataka regain their supremacy

Karnataka reasserted theiroverall supremacy winning the 58th Senior National Aquatic Championships for third consecutive year in New Delhi on Sunday.The defending champions won a total of 305......

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