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'I want to go in front of Ram Lalla and get blessings'

'Everyone is so excited. There is a lot of excitement everywhere. This was a long time desire of many people.' IMAGE: Workers busy in construction work of the Ram temple ahead of its pran......

Every disruption should not be seen as destruction:PM

IMAGE: PM Narendra Modi participates in a discussion at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore on Friday. Photograph: Courtesy @MEAIndia/Twitter Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday......

India slips to 42nd place on EIU Democracy Index; US at 21st

India has moved down from 32nd place last year and remains classified among 'flawed democracies'. India has slipped to 42nd place on an annual Global Democracy Index amid 'rise of......

'India' out, 'South Asia' in. How academics ill serve us

'South Asian studies' academics in the US would do well to introspect how they wittingly or unwittingly become part of Pakistan's proxy war in wielding influence over academics and policy, says......

India must overcome 'tremendous' challenges to realise potential, says top Indian-American diplomat

India needs to overcome "tremendous challenges" like religious, gender and caste-based discrimination along with hurdles in the energy and health sectors to realise the full potential of the......

Slow 4G run rate casts shadow on telecom sector

A year after Bharti Airtel launched 4G services, there are only 6.5 mn users in the country A joke doing the rounds among telecom analysts is in India, long-term evolution (LTE), or 4G services,......

Make in India push: Is it a flight of fancy?

For the first 11 months of this financial year, exports of $284 billion suggest India will fall short of last year’s numbers, let alone its target of $340 billion, rues Rahul Jacob Recent......

US welcomes India's recent economic reforms

The US has welcomed India's recent economic reforms to open up the multi-brand retail and expressed hope that more measures may also be in the offing."I think that particularly the decision to open......

China everywhere, but questions surface

China has sent its largest-ever delegation to Davos this year, but the 66-member group is dwarfed by delegations of many other countries. While India has sent nearly double that number, the US has......

Entire text of finance minister's Budget Speech

Budget 2010-11 provided considerable relief to income tax payers by raising the slabs at two levels but hiked the central excise duty on non-petroleum products across the board from 8 to 10 per......

Can you watch 425 films in a year?

Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2020. IMAGE: Danesh Razvi and Tanya Maniktala in A Suitable Boy. It was the year of staying at home and watching films......

Can you watch 309 films in a year?

On planes, on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar, Zee5, Hulu, MUBI, Kanopy, film festivals... Aseem Chhabra tell us how he watched 309 films in 365 days. IMAGE: Joanne Froggatt in Downton Abbey. I......

365 days. 319 films

How many of the 319 films Aseem Chhabra watched in 2018 have you seen? IMAGE: Deepika Padukone in Padmaavat. I watch many films in a year -- for work and pleasure, and I keep a record of them. In......

302 films in 365 days!

Aseem Chhabra tell us how he watched 302 films in 365 days on airplanes, on Netflix, Amazon, iTunes, Google, Hulu, DVDs and even on YouTube. As a journalist I often write about films. I see many,......

PIX: Tokyo 2020 unveils sustainable athletes village plaza

The wooden structure, which draws on Japanese minimalist design aesthetics, follows Tokyo 2020 theme of using timber in the construction of Olympics venues, including the National Stadium. IMAGE:......

Saina among badminton's top-3 earners

IMAGE: Saina Nehwal. Photograph: Saina Nehwal/Twitter 2012 London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal has the second highest earnings in women's singles in the first quarter of the new season.......

Jayaram, Kashyap enter 2nd round of Dutch Open

IMAGE: Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap. Photograph: PTI. India's Ajay Jayaram, Parupalli Kashyap and Lakhanee Sarang entered the second round of the men's singles event of the Yonex Dutch Open......

Nadal, Wozniacki top seeds at Australian Open

World No.1 Rafael Nadal and Caroline Wozniacki will begin their Australian Open campaign as the top seeds in the men's singles and women's singles respectively. According to the seedingsreleased on......

Bopanna-Qureshi go down in final

Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi were beaten in the final of the $150,000 Malaysian Open ATP Challenger tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. The Indo-Pakistani duo......

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