The best photos from the World Nature Photography Awards

The World Nature Photography Awards announced the winners of their 2020 competition, showcasing an array of talented photographers from around the world. The grand prize winner award went to Thomas......

Trump makes vandalising monuments punishable offence with up to 10 yrs jail

United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to prosecute those who damage national monuments, making it a punishable offence with up to 10 years in jail. IMAGE: Artist......

Style or substance? Which way will Trump's visit go?

With a decelerating economy that weakens India's hands on geopolitical issues, it will be interesting to know which way this trip will go, notes T R Vivek. IMAGE: Workers carry a hoarding with......

NASA/ESA spacecraft to give first images of Sun's poles

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA), on Monday launched a new spacecraft that will provide humanity with the first-ever images of......

How cow slaughter ban is hurting Indian economy

Deepak Lal looks into the economic origins of cow slaughter bans and their questionable utility In the mid-1960s I and a group of friends from Oxford rented a house from Robert Graves, the poet......

This New Year's Eve, change your life forever!

Act on your good intentions now. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain It’s that time of the year when one reflects on the year gone by. In a ‘moment of clarity’ on New......

India - The emerging giant, or has it emerged?

The latest book by Prof. Arvind Panagariya, India: The Emerging Giant (Oxford University Press, 2008), has generated ample interest among the academia and policy makers, both in India and abroad.......

E-ticketing yet to catch on with AI

Air India comes last among Indian full-service carriers in selling tickets through the Internet. According to the International Air Transport Association, the carrier sells 7 per cent of its......

10 Ways to Survive the Lockdown

Entertainment that's the equivalent of easily digestible food can only make this lockdown more frustrating for you. You know what can be equally frustrating? Watching movies with apocalyptic......

Review: Bhavesh Joshi will turn you off Superhero Movies

'Harshvardhan Kapoor will go on to become one of the finest Indian actors of this generation,' predicts Sreehari Nair.'In Bhavesh Joshi, Kapoor treats the movie like a box and tries to break out of......

Par Ek Din: Flight of the Bumblebees

'The bumblebees in Par Ek Din may not be flying yet, but even as they dangle in mid-air, their stings hurt.''Effortlessly graceful, this is a work of passion that conveys what being passionate......

How the North Indian Launda saved Hindi movies

'Pink a movie that's assembled especially for that section of prejudice-free Indians who are all on this side of the screen.''Look... there's virtuosity staring at you, 24 Frames per Second.''Soak......

World Boxing Championships: Shiva, Manoj in quarters, Nanao beaten

Rising Indian boxer Shiva Thapa (56kg) and Commonwealth Games gold-medallist Manoj Kumar (64kg) endured draining contests but came out triumphant to enter the quarterfinals on a......

Manpreet, Manoj in last 16 at World Boxing Championships

Indian boxers continued to pack a mighty punch at the World Championships, as Manoj Kumar (64kg) and Manpreet Singh (91kg) entered the pre-quarter-finals with contrasting victories in their......

CWG: Vijender scores knock-out; Akhil bows out

Vijender Singh (75kg) took just over a minute to pull off an intimidating knock-out win and assure himself of a second successive Commonwealth Games medal. However, it was curtains for defending......