Why is Costa Rica taking Indian deportees from US?

Costa Rica has agreed to serve as a "bridge" to repatriate illegal immigrants in the United States, including from India and Central Asia, according to an official release on Tuesday. IMAGE:......

Tension in Odisha college as Nepali student ends life; one detained

A 20-year-old Nepali student at a private engineering institute in Bhubaneswar allegedly died by suicide in her hostel, leading to campus tension, following which a group of students from the......

'Everything Is Give-And-Take With Trump'

'Transactionalism is in his DNA.' IMAGE: US President Donald J Trump speaks at a dinner he hosted for Republican senators at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, February 7, 2025. Photograph: Kevin......

Cong leaders' remarks on Prez Murmu unfortunate: Rashtrapati Bhavan

Congress leaders' comments on President Droupadi Murmu's address to the Parliament are in poor taste, unfortunate and entirely avoidable, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said on Friday. IMAGE: President......

Meity To Tap Global AI & ML Experts

'We will start reaching out to researchers, academics, and experts on AI from top universities and companies from across the world.' Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational......

'Goal for Axis Max Life Insurance is to become listed entity'

'Ideally, what we target is 35-40 per cent ULIP; 30-35 per cent non-par; 15-20 per cent from par; and the balance we try to do from annuities and others.' Kindly note the image has been published......

Budget is by the people, for the people: Sitharaman

'One of the ideas was to make the direct tax simpler and easier to comply with.' Photograph: ANI Photo Paraphrasing Abraham Lincoln, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday described the......

'Everyone Who Pays Tax Will Get Something Beneficial'

'The voice which came wherever I travelled was that we are proud taxpayers. We are honest taxpayers. We want to continue to serve the country by being good taxpayers.''But what do you think about......

The Swades State Of Mind

As Swades turns 20, Aseem Chhabra looks back at the film that spoke to him. IMAGE: Gayatri Joshi and Shah Rukh Khan in Swades. Several years ago, I had lunch with the then finance minister of......

'Girls Will Be Girls Is About Your First Crush'

'The flutters of excitement of a high-school romance, and then how life changes.' IMAGE: Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal. Photograph: Panna Bandekar   After making the rounds of international film......

Babar left out of 'win at any cost' match against India?

IMAGE: Babar Azam was criticized after he scored just 64 off 94 balls in the 60-run defeat to New Zealand in the opening match of the ICC Champions Trophy. Photograph: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters......

Intense Training Session For Team India

With an aggressive mindset and intense training sessions, India looks set to make a powerful statement when they step onto the field, observes K R Nayar, the veteran cricket writer, from Dubai.......

'Why will SAI turn cricketers into baseball players?'

'We are busy ensuring that the we improve and build upon sports in which we are doing reasonably well, there is no time to get involved in something like this.' IMAGE: A file photo of Indian......

Jay Shah joins elite board shaping cricket's future

The ICC chairperson Jay Shah has been inducted into a newly instituted World Cricket Connects Advisory Board, an independent group that will discuss the many challenges and opportunities in the......

England will not boycott Afghanistan match at Champions Trophy

IMAGE: Last month, a group of British lawmakers urged England to boycott the Champions Trophy group stage match against Afghanistan. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters England will play their......