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1.5 cr take holy dip daring intense cold as Maha Kumbh begins

The fog was thick, the cold intense and the waters freezing as the Maha Kumbh, the world's largest gathering, began on Monday with 1.5 crore people taking a dip in the Sangam in their quest for......

Mistakes happen, I'm also a human: Modi in his 1st podcast

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said he is willing to discard old ideas and embrace new ones as long as they fit into his essential ideology of 'nation first'. A screen grab from Prime Minister......

OpenAI whistleblower's mother says he was 'murdered', Musk backs charge

The mother of Suchir Balaji, a 26-year-old former OpenAI researcher who was found dead after accusing the company of violating copyright laws, alleged that her son was 'murdered' and demanded an......

Indians Were At X'mas WWI Truce!

The German and British sides, along with the Indian soldiers, met at halfway points, on no man's land and gave the Indian soldiers sweets and Christmas trees and they offered biscuits and cognac in......

Can Trump Fix India's US Problem?

No single individual, institution, or action is to blame for this. The BJP is responding in kind -- definitely not without checking with its government. And they wait for Mr Trump, notes Shekhar......

Why CEOs, Bankers Want To Be Like Bumrah

From CEOs to RBI governors, cricket's rich imagery and strategy resonate deeply with leadership, uncertainty, and decision-making across industries and global diplomacy, points out Suveen Sinha.......

Manmohan Singh was a visionary economist with integrity: Raghuram Rajan

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was a brilliant economist with a visionary outlook on India's potential, combined with a fine sense of political feasibility, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan......

Manmohan Singh's reforms transformed India, unshackled economy: Economists

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's 1991 Budget unshackled India's economy, significantly enhancing the economic prospects for hundreds of millions of Indians, first deputy managing director of......

'God Save Insurance Industry'

'Some of the astounding proposals, if translated into statutory provisions, would be suicidal.''This would not be a wonder cure for increasing insurance penetration and only result in mushrooming......

Bibek Debroy: A Guru I Could Look To

Bibek Debroy was one of the very few economists not bound by any single area of expertise and was simultaneously curious about economics and politics, myths and maths, chess and chemistry, and what......

Golden Globes Movies On OTT

Payal Kapadia, Ridley Scott, M Night Shyamalan... catch the works of these fine filmmakers on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma lists your choices. All We Imagine As LightWhere to watch?......

Rekhachithram Review: Alternate History Saves The Day

Rekhachitram is the latest in an assembly line of films that use the allure of the past to drive home the suspense of relatively straightforward genre stories, notes Arjun Menon. What If this......

Golden Globes Red Carpet: Hello Sharon Stone!

The Hollywood brigade looked super glam on the red carpet of the 82nd Golden Globes at Beverly Hills, California. Photograph: Daniel Cole/ Reuters Even at 66, Sharon Stone made sure all eyes were......

Love, Disaster, Drama On OTT This Week

Coming of age, cyclones, conscience, cubicles, catchwords for OTT this week. Sukanya Verma lists your choices. Girls Will Be GirlsWhere to watch? Amazon Prime VideoLanguage: English After......

When Rishi Kapoor Was 'Delighted' By Modi

'"When I was in China, a song by your father was being played," Modi told Ranbir.' IMAGE: Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor with Prime Minister Narendra D Modi. Photograph: Kind courtesy Alia......

EPL PIX: Arsenal down Spurs; Newcastle rout Wolves

Images from the English Premier League matches on Thursday.Trossard seals derby win for Arsenal IMAGE: Arsenal's Leandro Trossard celebrates scoring their second goal against Tottenham Hotspur at......

'A cricketer retires when he feels he's had enough'

IMAGE: Ashwin is India's second highest wicket-tacker with 537 scalps. Photograph: Amit Dave / Reuters A cricketer only calls time when he knows that he has had "enough" and something must have......

'Alcaraz has best of Nadal, Djokovic, Federer but...'

IMAGE: Andre Agassi is all smiles at an event where he was named brand ambassador for a private equity firm in Mumbai. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Legendary Andre Agassi......

Magnus Carlsen reflects on chess rating 'deflation'

IMAGE: Five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen, who held the title from 2013 to 2023, chose not to defend his crown, citing lack of motivation. Photograph: Mark Livshitz/FIDE Magnus Carlsen,......

India aim to gain upper hand over struggling Kiwis in overcast Bengaluru

IMAGE: Shubman Gill bats during practice session. He will strive to work on facing in-coming deliveries which has been his peristent problem. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters Yashasvi Jaiswal and......

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