Ram Teri Ganga Maili

Six decades and more later, we are now captives of our identities. Every poll is based on elaborate calculations of electability of candidates on the basis of their castes and other narrow......

Chinese Premier warns of another Cultural Revolution

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday made a strong pitch for political reforms in the Communist ruled country, warning that a failure to carry out structural corrections could unleash the......

China's Communist Party begins key Congress amid stir against zero Covid policy

China's ruling Communist Party on Sunday began its week-long key Congress in Beijing during which President Xi Jinping is widely expected to get endorsed for a record third five-year term, breaking......

China sees rare protest against Xi, rigid Covid policy but govt says no rollback

A rare protest against Chinese President Xi Jinping and his government's rigid zero-COVID policy took place in Beijing, days before he is expected to be handed an unprecedented third term in office......

Covid-hit Chinese economy grows 4.9% in Q3

China's economy, which suffered 6.8 per cent slump in the first quarter due to the coronavirus pandemic -- the worst in 44 years -- bounced back posting 4.9 per cent growth between July and......

Chinese economy is first to recover from coronavirus crisis

Analysts, however, predict it would be an uphill climb for export-reliant China's economy going forward as it faced intensified conflict with the US and the negative fallout on its external trade......

Chinese media slams Apple; consumers scoff the press

Chinese Internet users are crying foul over the perceived unfair treatment doled out to Apple Inc by state-run media, which has actively criticised the smartphone maker for the past two weeks over......

'PM Modi's healthcare plan is a welcome but interim measure'

There is a large population standing outside the coverage of primary healthcare, says Praveen Gupta of Raheja QBE.  The non-life segment of the insurance industry is suddenly all over the......

Writing With Fire: Only Indian Film In The Oscar Race

'This is a film that speaks to the spirit of women who have been cast into the bottom of India's social hierarchy, and how they have navigated their way to redefine the meaning of power.' IMAGE: A......

5 Must Watch Movies at Mumbai Film Festival 2014

Brilliant movies from China, Ethiopia, Austria and India line up for Mumbai. This year, the Mumbai Film Festival (MFF) almost never happened, after the festival’s main benefactor until last......

'Together': A classy, sentimental drama

Veering from his historical dramas like the 1993 arthouse hit Farewell My Concubine and the little seen erotic thriller Killing Me Softly, master Chinese filmmaker Chen Kaige offers a classy......

'I cannot make a film in Hollywood'

Once upon a time, not too far away, Zhang Yimou made movie gems like Raise The Red Lantern, Red Sorghum and Ju Dou.His last two films, House Of Flying Daggers and Hero, were made on a lavish......

Christian sect Born Again behind Sri Lanka's T20 WC failure?

The report added that cult members had approached certain members of the cricket team, who are Buddhists, to influence them.  The panel, constituted in November last year to assess the......