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India's N-E landlocked, B'desh only...: Yunus pitch to China

Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has urged Beijing to extend its economic influence to Bangladesh, controversially mentioning that India's northeastern states being landlocked could prove to......

'3 Cs haunt Indian education': Sonia slams Centre over NEP

Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Monday slammed the Modi government's education policy, charging its core agenda is centralisation of power, commercialisation and outsourcing of investments to the......

How Will Trump Change The World On April 2?

We have entered a new era in human history, asserts Aakar Patel. IMAGE: US President Donald Trump at the White House iftar dinner, March 27, 2025. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters The......

This MP Wants Ban On Online Betting Apps

'The pressure from these betting games, coupled with financial ruin, is becoming unbearable for many, and tragically, some even resort to extreme measures like suicide.' IMAGE: Maddila......

After Ranchi, bird flu outbreak reported in Bokaro; 250 birds dead

A bird flu outbreak has been reported in Jharkhand's Bokaro district, roughly a month after the disease led to the culling of 5,500 birds in Ranchi, an official said on Sunday. Image used for......

How Tamil Nadu Is Becoming A Global Hub

After Chennai, it is Coimbatore, Madurai, and Tiruchirappalli, that are emerging as manufacturing hubs. Coimbatore is India's top Tier-II city in terms of the number of GCCs, according to a report......

Trump Tariffs: How Must India Respond?

India should convert the Trump threat to an India opportunity, re-embracing a more liberal trade regime as a way of reviving manufacturing output and exports. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi......

Govt may use reserve oil funds to finance fertiliser subsidy gap

For the first time, the government is likely to dip into the Oil Industry Development Fund (OIDF) to finance part of its fertiliser subsidy programme for 2025-26, according to official sources.......

US pledges to boost technology ties with India

Artificial Intelligence, innovation and next-generation technologies figured prominently during the high-stakes discussion between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump at the......

Avoid Mini Trade Deal With US

The Budget has given signals that India is sensitive to US needs and willing to walk the extra mile, but if need be, we should respond in equal measure as a sovereign nation, notes Ajay Srivastava.......

Review: Naah-daniyan!

Nadaaniyan's lack of charm, chemistry and cheek fails to create any ripples, sighs Sukanya Verma. Colleges are swanky theme parks for fashion and filmi romances in Karan Johar's universe. From......

Varun Dhawan's Body Double Becomes A Star

'I've had a 10-and-a-half year journey behind the camera and people don't know who I am.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Veer Pahariya /Instagram Sky Force may not have become the hit debutant Veer......

2024 Belongs To Payal Kapadia!

All We Imagine as Light has been on several critics' best of the year lists, including Sight and Sound (Payal Kapadia appeared on the magazine's cover, perhaps a first for an Indian filmmaker), to......

What The Mohan Babu-Manoj Feud Is About

IMAGE: Lakshmi Manchu with her father Mohan Babu. Photograph: Kind courtesy Lakshmi Manchu/Instagram All is not well between veteran Telugu actor Mohan Babu and his son Manchu Manoj. Mohan Babu......

2024's 10 Best OTT Films

There is quite a variety of subjects turning up on OTT, as film-makers are freed from the box office pressure. But there is still no getting away from casting movie stars in made-for-streaming......

Rashid Khan's emotional plea to Taliban

IMAGE: Rashid Khan said Afghanistan needed professionals in every field, especially the medical sector. Photograph: Kind Courtesy Rashid Khan/X Afghanistan cricket superstar Rashid Khan on......

Diving Champ Manjari Bhargava Passes Into The Ages

Over five decades ago, when swimmers from Rajasthan participated in the National Swimming Championships, competitors from other states would look at the Rajasthan squad in awe. They wondered how a......

WOW Moments From Paris Olympics!

The Paris Olympics had it all -- glamour (cuing for Snoop Dogg here), humour (the inventive Internet producing memes after memes) and some controversy too -- Vinesh Phogat's disqualification and......

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