Crucial reforms in Muslim personal law, especially laws related to inheritance and adoption, need to be initiated forthwith; historically speaking, without the State's backing, hardly has any......
That he hasn't done so yet, has continued to be active on the political street, in public debate and on social media, signals an important change. It will give his party hope. Maybe the achievement......
'There is one way to defeat the intention behind this directive: To patronise Muslim establishments that have been forced to identify themselves.''This is one opportunity for the Congress to show......
For the first time, Modi is eyeball to eyeball with his bete noire, sitting a few feet across him. Given the last 10 years, a confrontation between them was unavoidable, inevitable, points out......
'There might be some internal tussles that can be expected between any two persons in any party.''But I do not see any tussle which might weaken the possibility of dictatorship.' IMAGE: Senior......
Developers in India now have expanded access to Google's powerful AI models with the 2 million token context window in Gemini 1.5 Pro and Gemma 2, the next generation of open models. IMAGE:......
'We are confident that over the next few years the government will strike a fine balance between populist measures and growth, and manage coalition partners well.' Finance Minister Nirmala......
'Any finality in such matters requires political views. We will review it closer to the full Budget.' IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chairs the sixth pre-Budget meeting with......
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is unlikely to cut the benchmark interest rate at its upcoming monetary policy review meeting, taking place soon after the announcement of the Lok Sabha election......
Taxpayers are filing their income tax returns (ITRs) early for the Assessment Year 2024–25 (FY25). By April 29, over 592,000 returns were filed, with over 538,000 verified and 367,000......
The consistently heavy downpour of films, shows, events, videos and whatnot is causing economic disruption. IMAGE: Alaya F and Tiger Shroff's Bade Miya Chote Miyan is among the year's biggest......
'When Bad Newz was given to me to direct, the first thing I did was go back to my childhood.''It's an ode to Hindi cinema.' IMAGE: Tripti Dimri and Vicky Kaushal in Bad Newz. Anand Tiwari broke......
Throughout its 155 minutes, every scene is doused in blaring background music and melodrama.Disappointment alone won't do, it must feel like a full blown catastrophe, observes Sukanya Verma.......
2024 may have seen a few flops at the box office but there have been some hits as well. Sadly, there were no Rs 500 crore club (Rs 5 billion) blockbusters like last year's Pathaan. Here's a look at......
'If there is an artiste somewhere in India or in the world who wants to express her art, I hoped that this award would inspire them and add meaning to their journey.' IMAGE: Kani Kusruti, left,......
In cricket, we have something that we can share with our families, neighbours and indeed, the whole country. It is colour-blind, language-neutral, truly secular and transcends all regions, from......
'And for some reason, I don't want to jinx it, but I think there's a big one coming up.' IMAGE: Out of form Virat Kohli gets backing from Head Coach Rahul Dravid and captain Rohit Sharma.......
IMAGE: South Africa have competed in seven World Cup semi-finals in both formats but have never reached a final. Photograph: Proteas Men/X South Africa's bid to lift a first major cricket trophy......
Photograph: Kind courtesy Neeraj Chopra/Instagram Olympic and World champion Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra feels that he has not reached his peak yet and revealed the throw eight years back......
IMAGE: Hardik Pandya celebrates his first wicket against Ireland with his India team-mates. Photograph: BCCI / X Hardik Pandya, India's star all-rounder, has expressed his confidence in the team's......