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Restoring India's Botanic Heritage

With over 3,000 species of plants, 26 interconnected lakes and the 250-year-old Great Banyan Tree -- the largest in the world -- the Indian Botanic Garden is a veritable treasure, discovers Payal......

US On Diplomacy Road With Taliban?

There is growing acceptance in the international community that engaging the Taliban is a far better approach than ostracising it, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: US Senator Dan......

An Indian legend you probably don't know about

In a corner of Kolkata lived a man who made Latin American music cool before urban India became hip to salsa.Sumit Bhattacharya remembers Monojit Datta, ace percussionist, guru and unknown legend.......

'Blame him': Trump tweets attack on judge who halted travel ban

An irked President Donald Trump has hit out at a US judge who blocked his controversial travel ban on citizens from seven Muslim-majority nations, saying Americans should blame the judge and......

What was motive of the Cinema hall shooter?

The United States police on Saturday struggled to establish motive behind the deadly shooting spree at a cinema hall and explored ways to collect possible evidence from the suspect's......

General Motors set to storm India as Korea costs climb

By 2025, GM hopes to be selling 400,000 vehicles a year in India - a big jump on the 57,600 it sold last year, which gave it 1.8 per cent market share. Image: A worker installs the rear tail......

A month on, how the Cash Crunch affects India

Reports from Ludhiana, Coimbatore, Moradabad, Tirupur, Indore, Surat, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Hyderabad, suggest the impact of demonetisation is worsening.Arup Roychoudhury, T E......

FDI in retail will help even kirana stores: UK envoy

Foreign direct investment in retail has been welcomed at TiEcon in New Delhi, writes Faisal Kidwai. "Indian government's decision to allow foreign direct investment in retail is a welcome step, and......

IMF calls for Greece debt relief ahead of bailout vote

Image: A Greek flag flutters behind a statue of ancient philosopher Socrates at the the Academy of Athens. Photograph: John Kolesidis/Reuters An International Monetary Fund study......

Yes, there will be bonuses this year

Chaos in the financial system may translate into better than expected bonuses for Wall Street. Yes, you read right. While the outlook is pretty grim, at least compared to last year's $33.2 billion......

Kamal@70: The Motto He Believes In

'Kamal has surfed and navigated a lot of tidal waves, manoeuvring the peaks and troughs, combining rare intelligence and commonly available intuitions to overcome unimaginable crises all his......

Priscilla to Poor Things On OTT This Week

There's a spate of book-to-screen adaptations dominating OTT streaming this week. Sukanya Verma lists her recommendations. PriscillaWhere to watch? MubiLanguage: English Sofia Coppola's......

The Indian Film Making Global Waves

'I thought of a suppressed country and a free world.''If we travel from one to another, what will that road look like?''What colours, music there will be? What kind of people would you see?'......

What's Love Got To Do With It Review: Vibrant!

In What's Love Got To Do With It, Shekhar Kapur makes the simple point that when it comes to love, nothing else matters, observes Deepa Gahlot. This is multi-cultural Britain, where the Khan......

Avatar: The Way of Water Review: Spectacular, But Empty

Avatar: The Way of Water feels like a poorly chosen present -- the wrapping is beautiful, but the gift inside is a disappointment, observes Mayur Sanap. We have seen countless major film......

PIX: Argentina edge Colombia to win record 16th Copa America

IMAGE: Argentina's players celebrate with the trophy after winning a record 16th Copa America title by beating Colombia 1-0 in the final. Photograph: Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters......

Copa America: Is security in the US broken?

Fans raise questions over USA's ability to control crowds after the chaos at Copa America final and hoped that the organisers of the 2026 World Cup, being co-hosted by the USA, Mexico and......

EPL PIX: Brighton STUN Man United; Haaland 'tricks

IMAGE: Brighton & Hove Albion's Joao Pedro celebrates scoring their second goal. Photograph: Matthew Childs/Reuters Table toppers Brighton & Hove Albion beat Manchester United 2-1 on Saturday to......

PIX: France Wows With Spectacular Olympics Opening

IMAGE: A balloon carrying the lit Olympic cauldron flies at Jardin des Tuileries during the opening ceremony. Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters The city of Paris transformed into a colossal......

EPL PIX: Arsenal thrash Burnley; Liverpool cruise

Images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.Saka double powers Arsenal to big win IMAGE: Arsenal's Kai Havertz celebrates scoring their fifth goal against Burnley at Turf......

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