Astronomy Photographs of the Year

Astronomy Photographer of the Year, an annual exhibition that showcases the world's finest space photography, now in its 13th year, has announced its 2021 winners. The competition attracted over......

Xi's domestic challenges in the months ahead

There is simmering disquiet in the Communist party and the world is watching as to what can unfold in China in the days to come ahead of next year's party congress, notes Rup Narayan Das. IMAGE:......

3 Chinese astronauts enter space station after successful docking op

Three Chinese astronauts on Thursday entered the country's new space station after their spaceship successfully docked with it, just over seven hours after the launch from the Gobi Desert, in a......

China all set to launch manned mission with 3 astronauts

China is all set to send on Thursday the first three crew members to its under-construction space station which is expected to be Beijing's eye in the sky and will rival the ageing International......

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......

Reading India's OBOR boycott right

We must see New Delhi’s position as a signal of competition to the Chinese grand design for the 21st century world, says Nitin Pai. India’s boycott of China’s Belt and Road Forum......

The BEST OTT SHOWS of 2021

Once upon a time, we were so starved for entertainment that anything from documentaries on agriculture to hours of classical music was happily lapped up. But in the day and age of streaming,......

25 GRAND Frames of Mughal-E-Azam

Mughal-E-Azam is an epic event in the history of Indian cinema. Just a mere mention of Karimuddin Asif's extravagant labour of love evokes wows, sighs and adjectives. All the blood, sweat, money,......

Ocean's 8 is good, glossy fun

'In this chicks-rule-the-roost universe, the men are non-existent, untrustworthy or plain incompetent and it's the women who are providing for each other's fantasies.'Sreehari Nair applauds Ocean's......

Review: Finding Dory is a film kids will love

It looks great and has a fine cast, says Raja Sen, but doesn’t deliver the magic we’ve come to expect from Pixar. What’s that song about lost souls swimming in fish-bowls? I......

Double delight for Abhay Singh at Asian Squash

IMAGE: Abhay Singh won the men's doubles crown with Velavan Senthilkumar, while he triumphed in the mixed doubles event with Joshna Chinappa at the Asian Doubles Squash Championships. Photograph:......

Prannoy in Round of 16 at Australian Open

IMAGE: India's HS Prannoy had it easy against Brazil’s Ygor Coelho in the Round of 32 match at the Australian Open Super 500 badminton tournament in Sydney on Wednesday. Photograph: Arnd......

Sindhu edges Sim, Ashmita stuns Beiwen in Malaysia Masters quarters

Photographs: Kind Courtesy BAI Media/X.com Two-time Olympic-medallist PV Sindhu survived a scare before prevailing over Korea's Sim Yu Jin but the highlight of the day was Ashmita Chaliha's......

Chirag-Satwiksairaj storm into Thailand Open final

IMAGE: Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy needed just 35 minutes to outclass Lu Ming-Che and Tang Kai-Wei of Chinese Taipei in straight games in the semi-finals. Photograph: SAI Media/X......

Satwik-Chirag, Crasto-Ponnappa move to Thailand Open semifinals

Photograph: Kind Courtesy BAI/X Star Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty sailed to the semifinals with a straight-game win over Malaysians Junaidi Arif and Roy......