'Sharks At High Risk Of Extinction'

'Shark fins are the most sought-after shark product.' IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes.A grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) swims inside a......

Meta Smart Glasses Get More Smarter

Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the next generation Wayfarer style Meta Smart Glasses at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, September 27, 2023. The smart glasses lets you take a 12 MP......

'Sheikh Hasina is better than the others. But is that good enough?'

'Are we supposed to look the other way as Islamists go on a rampage against Hindus and the Hasina government pay lip service to secularism?' A revealing excerpt from Avishek Biswas and Deep......

Will Nawaz Sharif's return as PM normalise India-Pak ties?

Pakistan-India bilateral relations remained frozen for the fourth year over the vexed Kashmir issue but analysts hope the strained ties could be repaired if Nawaz Sharif becomes the prime minister......

RayBan's Polo Ralph brand in India

RayBan Sun Optics India Ltdon Tuesday said it would launch the designer Polo Ralph Lauren brand of sunglasses next year.The company will also introduce 100 models across its inhouse brands this......

Ray-Ban to consolidate profitability in 2004

Ray-Ban Sun Optics India said on Wednesday that it posted over 50 per cent bottomline growth in 2003 to Rs 37 million on a Rs 400-million sales turnover and would strive to achieve similar growth......

'Whatever we do, we have to make an impact'

'Professors can teach even when they are 90 because they don't lose their skill with words. Go deeper and there's spirituality in it,' Dr Swati Piramal tells Pavan Lall. Illustrations: Dominic......

Survival first, revival later: Hotels' mantra for 2022

When the sun rises in 2022, the Indian hospitality industry will be waking up with prayers for survival, desperately looking forward to some form of support from the government as revival from the......

What's Kishore Kumar doing on OTT?

Sukanya Verma offers you interesting choices from Ray to Godzilla on OTT this week.   RayWhere to watch? NetflixLanguage: Hindi Three directors -- Srijit Mukherji, Abhishek Chaubey and Vasan......

Review: Toilet: Ek Prem Katha isn't clever enough

Toilet: Ek Prem Katha has something pertinent to say but isn't clever enough to venture beyond screaming platitudes, notes Sukanya Verma. In Hrishikesh Mukerjee's winsome Kisi Se Na Kehna, Utpal......

Review: Rajadhi Raja fails to impress

Rajadhi Raja is a lacklustre Onam release, writes Paresh C Palicha. What are the ingredients of a typical masala film with a mega star in the lead? Obviously such a film is made to cash in on......

Nadeem-Shravan: Top 20 soundtracks

Shravan Rathod of Nadeem-Shravan fame is no more. The duo pretty much defined the 1990s and along with steady lyricist Sameer and the singing team of Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan, Anuradha......

BCCI to use new software to detect age fraud

IMAGE: Age fraud is rampant at the age group level across the country. Photograph: PTI The BCCI will be using a software on an experimental basis to detect age fraud alongside the existing......

Cummins is Australia Test captain; Smith vice-captain

IMAGE: Pat Cummins, 28, becomes only the second specialist fast bowler to lead Australia, after Ray Lindwall, who led for one Test against India in the mid-1950s. Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters......

Smith one of the candidates for Australia Test captaincy

IMAGE: There are a range of candidates who are available for that role, Steve Smith is one of the candidates that is available for the role, said CA chairman Richard Freudenstein during a virtual......

Will Pat Cummins be Australia's next Test captain?

IMAGE: If appointed captain fast bowler Pat Cummins will be only the second specialist pacer after Ray Lindwall to lead Australia in the longest format of the game. Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters......

Tokyo residents criticise reported alcohol sales plan

IMAGE: A family walks past an advertisement for Tokyo 2020 Olympic. Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters Olympic organisers will allow the sale of alcohol to Tokyo 2020 spectators, Kyodo News reported......