Bringing In 2024 Around The World

How 2024 arrived the world over.   IMAGE: Ladies leap in the air on the last day of 2023 in Bhopal. Photograph: ANI Photo   IMAGE: Mumbaikars watch the last sunset of the 2023 from a......

Did You Miss The Hybrid Solar Eclipse?

It's a rare type of eclipse. A phenomenon that changes the moon's appearance from annular (the moon appears visually smaller and is not able to fully cover the sun) to total (when the moon......

It's An Odd Odd World Out There!

Don't believe us? Check these pix! IMAGE: Erika Sedlacek balances on a highline at 114 metres high and 510 meters long in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Photograph: Carla Carniel/Reuters   IMAGE:......

Scientists developing chewing gum that could reduce Covid spread

Scientists are developing a chewing gum laced with a plant-grown protein that serves as a 'trap' for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, reducing viral load in saliva and potentially......

How the Philippiness outplayed India in the outsourcing game

The rambling, low-slung vastness of Metro Manila, the National Capital Region of the Philippines, is broken by the steel and glass high-rises of Makati -- the country's financial nerve centre.......

India top outsourcing hub, says survey

India remains the most favoured outsourcing destination, according to CyberMedia's Global Services survey on emerging outsourcing destinations in 2007. Even as fears that the rupee appreciation and......

GMR-Fraport gave wrong info: Reliance

Reliance Airports Developers today submitted before the Delhi high court that the GMR-Fraport consortium, which was awarded the contract to modernise the Delhi airport, did not disclose that its......

The Best Actors in Hindi cinema, 2014

Bravo, gentlemen! The year 2014 was great for our actors, and a lot of them did exceptionally well. Restricting this annual fixture to a list of 10 was harder than it is in most years, and the......

Review: Citylights is a must watch

A hard, unrelenting film that doesn’t give in to over-sentimentality, Citylights is like the city of Mumbai -- it beats you down and when you are broken, takes you in its arms and loves you.......

Boxer Manny Pacquiao to run for Philippine president in 2022

IMAGE: Philippine Senator and boxing champion Manny Pacquiao goes through his briefing material as he prepares for a Senate session in Pasay city, Metro Manila, Philippines. Photograph: Erik De......

50 years on... 'Fight of Century' still packs a punch

'Ali and Frazier, they were symbols of the divide in the country that united people on one side or the other.' IMAGE: A boxing programme feature promoting the World Heavyweight Championship......