The struggling tribes of a changing Andamans

‘Many tourists are keen to break the law and see the tribals. But what difference would it make? They are humans like us. We do not like intruders, neither do they. Very little of their homes......

The real danger the world faces today

The ancient Zoroastrian, from what is now modern Iran, would trudge to the Apsheron peninsula in Azerbaijan to worship at the atashgahs -- the mysterious fires that burnt incessantly. Marco Polo on......

Indian airports world's most delayed:Forbes

An extra travel time needs to be budgeted to fly to India from overseas, with Indian airports emerging as the world's most-delayed airports with most frequent late arrivals into the country in......

Leela in Global Hotel Alliance

If international airlines have formed the Star Alliance, can hotels be far behind? Mumbai-based Leela Palace has joined the largest hotel alliance of the world, the Global Hotel Alliance, which has......

Digital currency race: China leads. India must catch up

India should not be left behind.It should join the seven central banks which are engaged in studying feasibility and safeguards necessary to eliminate risks, particularly from hacking, advises......

India gains weight on MSCI Emerging Markets Index

With effect from the close of trading on May 26, India will become weightier on the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, one of the most widely used benchmarks for institutional and retail funds worldwide.......

Review: Rudhramadevi is unremarkable

Director Gunasekhar deserves applause for his attempt to capture history on screen, but the melodramatic screenplay, never-ending battle scenes and exaggerated performances give an unreal quality......

Barcelona decides where Neymar will play...

Neymar to play in home Olympics and not Copa, say Barcelona IMAGE: Neymar of FC Barcelona celebrates. Photograph: David Ramos/Getty Images. Neymar will play in the Olympics in August and will......

FC Goa coach Zico's FIFA bid gets lukewarm backing from CBF

Zico has been promised the backing of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) for his bid to run for the FIFA presidency if he can show he has the support of four other federations. The former......

World Cup chit-chat: Scolari says future yet to be decided after loss

Brazil manager Luiz Felipe Scolari said his future had yet to be decided and urged optimism after the hosts crashed to another heavy defeat in their final match of the World Cup on Saturday.......

Controversy surrounds appointment of Brazil coach Tite. Here's why...

IMAGE: Coach Tite gestures. Photograph: John Vizcaino/Reuters Corinthians manager Tite has accepted an offer to coach Brazil but his appointment was met with fury at his former club, who accused......

Cricket icons set to tee off

Legends from eight Test-playing nations, who have fired our imagination and inspired us with their feats on the cricket field, will now be engrossed in a contest, as competitive as anything they......