Kochi's Jews Pass Into History

Queenie Hallegua, who passed away at 89 in August, was almost the last of the Sephardi Jews in Fort Kochi.Her son Dr David Hallegua reflects on his mother's death and of his life growing up in......

Did Chances Of A Trump Win Spook Bezos?

Did Jeff Bezos decide against endorsing Harris because it would hurt his business interests? Only God and Bezos know, and neither of them are talking, notes Prem Panicker. IMAGE: Jeff Bezos, owner......

US Proposal For Expansion of UNSC Is An Empty Gesture

By proposing the addition of six permanent members to the UN Security Council this year, it may appear that it was a major concession, but in actual fact, it will make no difference to the......

UK polls: Record 26 Indian-origin MPs elected to House of Commons

A record number of around 26 Indian-origin members of Parliament have been elected to the House of Commons in the UK's general election as results were announced on Friday, with several......

Omicron fear: Lower footfall and sales have hit high street stores, malls

Fewer trips to malls mean lower footfall and sales, resulting in higher piling of stock - and possibly higher discounts. Offline retailers are feeling the Omicron January chill as consumers are......

Black Friday Sale receives good response, shoppers throng stores, websites

Black Friday sales in India received a good response as brands dropped their prices making customers queue up outside stores where discounts were steeper. Discounts were offered both online and......

How Myntra plans to run India's biggest fashion sale

The 12th edition of EORS will be held from June 19-22. There will be a dedicated central virtual war-room for tactical problem solving across all phases of the event. Shoppers across the country......

London court remands Nirav Modi till Feb 27 in PNB case

Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, fighting extradition to India on charges over the nearly USD 2 billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud and money laundering case, was produced for a regular......

Zindaginama Review: Empathetic

Zindaginama keeps its tone hopeful and steers away from making the stories tragic or depressing, observes Deepa Gahlot. IMAGE: Shivani Raghuvanshi in Daily Puppet Show. For years, till a certain......

Buckingham Murders: Bebo Takes Us Behind The Scenes

Kareena Kapoor Khan's much-awaited film The Buckingham Murders is set to release on September 13 and Hansal Mehta's directorial venture sure looks like a promising crime thriller. The film, which......

Rochelle Rao-Keith Sequeira Have A Daughter

Photograph: Kind courtesy Rochelle Rao/Instagram Bigg Boss 9 couple Rochelle Rao and Keith Sequeira welcomed their first child, a daughter, on Sunday, October 1.   Photograph: Kind courtesy......

7 Cliches Of Movie Criticism & Reporting

This isn't a hatchet job, and my excuse for the exercise is my feeling that when you invert some of the clichés mentioned here, you might just arrive at the portals of genuine movie-making......

Why Do Bowlers Rarely Become Captains?

One of the reasons why bowlers are rarely considered captains is because they are more susceptible to injuries than batters, argues Vishal Menon. IMAGE: Jasprit Bumrah rocked the Australian......

Arjun Achieves What Sachin Couldn't

IMAGE: Arjun Tendulkar achieved a milestone on Wednesday in Goa's Ranji Trophy plate match against Arunachal Pradesh. Photograph: BCCI   Arjun Tendulkar achieved a feat that even his......

When It Was Bradman Versus India

History has not seen a cricketing rivalry as fierce as this this century, every ball bowled every run taken, coming with no quarter given. Ahead of India's five Test tour of Australia, beginning in......

T20 WC: Terror threat to India-Pakistan match in NYC

New York amps up security after concerns reported IMAGE: India players ahead of a training session on Wednesday. Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said the T20 World Cup received an......

T20 World Cup faces terror threat

    Photograph: Kind Courtesy ICC/X The T20 World Cup, to be co-hosted by the USA and West Indies, has received a terror threat, Trinidad's Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has revealed......