The scandal that led to Donald Trump's indictment

Former United States President Donald Trump is scheduled to appear on Tuesday before a Manhattan court in New York following an investigation related to hush money payments to a porn star, Stormy......

RIP Danish Siddiqui

Danish Siddiqui, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist who worked with the news agency Reuters, was killed in Kandahar, Afghanistan on Thursday night. Danish was embedded with the......

Facebook bans BJP's Raja Singh, MLA says he had no account

Under pressure from opposition parties for alleged political bias and handling of hate speech content, Facebook on Thursday said it has banned Bharatiya Janata Party Telangana MLA T Raja Singh from......

Facebook responds to Cong's charge of political bias

Amid a raging controversy over Facebook's alleged political bias and interference in India's democratic process, the social media giant has told the Congress that it is non-partisan, denounces hate......

Why are govts out to de-fang FAANG?

So far, there seems to be limited debate about their activities in India, where virtually all FAANG companies have teamed up in different ways with India's most powerful businessman, observes T N......

The Indian tycoon who sparked talk of UAE aid

For many, he is the Dhirubhai Ambani of Kerala.For others, he is the most influential Indian in West Asia.M A Yusuff is back in the spotlight after the controversy surrounding the UAE's reported......

Richest self-made woman in America is now the poorest!

Elizabeth Holmes founded Theranos in 2003 and it promised ground-breaking methods that would allow quick results for a wide range of tests with just one drop of blood.  Image: In 2015......

What connects Flipkart and extra-terrestrial life?

How much do you know Russian billionaire Yuri Milner, who has invested $ 100 million in a project to find extra-terrestrial life? Image: Russian billionaire Yuri Milner with wife Julia. Photograph......

Wall Street 2 is very entertaining

Aseem Chhabra reviews Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.What a difference 23 years make. In 1987 when Oliver Stone directed the original Wall Street, his intent was to expose the excesses of the......

Watch out for this Sufi rocker!

Vocalist and composer Falu, who has performed with Oscar-winning composer A R Rahman in the presence of First Lady Michelle Obama, television celebrity Oprah Winfrey and actress Elizabeth Taylor,......

Is Slumdog Millionaire worth the praise?

Sitting inside a crowded movie theatre in Nariman Point, South Mumbai, surrounded by other pasty-skinned foreigners and a few overtly wealthy Indians, I was forced to stifle an audible groan."What......

Two movies on Daniel Pearl

The life of murdered Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl (right) is the subject of two Hollywood movies in the pipeline.Pearl was kidnapped in Karachi in January 2002 and beheaded by a......

Osaka pays tribute to Kobe Bryant after triumph

IMAGE: Naomi Osaka in Kobe Bryant's LA Lakers No 8 jersey after winning the US Open title. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Naomi Osaka/Instagram   Naomi Osaka paid handsome tribute to basketball......

On this Day: Birth of a chess legend; India lift Asia Cup

  IMAGE: Garry Kasparov during the World Chess Championships against Vladimir Kramnik at the Riverside Studios, London, in October-November 2000. Photograph: Andrew Redington/ALLSPORT/Getty......