Top general calls PLA combat capabilities 'fake'

In a surprise development, a top Chinese military general has cast aspersions on the People's Liberation Army (PLA)'s much-publicised 'real combat-oriented exercises' as 'fake combat capabilities'......

'Today it's Canada, it could be something else tomorrow'

'You know the kind of force involved in all of this. They are not good for the country where all of this will happen.' IMAGE: External Affairs Minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Finace......

Were The Chola Kings Hindus Or Not?

The aftermath of Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan has led to an argument that there was no religion as Hinduism in Chola times.Instead, there was only Saivism, Vaishnavism, etc, and that the Cholas......

Biden's Taiwan Threat Rattles China

Key to China's decision regarding Taiwan will be its leadership's assessment whether the US will come to Taiwan's defence, explains Jayadeva Ranade, the former senior RA&W officer and China expert.......

RBI to crack whip on recovery agents, calls for restricting messaging apps

Digital lending apps extend small amounts at exorbitant rates. Payment delays invite messages to customer or close family members, often with sensitive information such as Aadhaar and PAN Card......

Aditya Puri's dream for HDFC Bank: Indian Alibaba

'Aditya Puri says the bank is positioning itself as the Indian Alibaba. 'The next wave will see the lender partnering with an array of fintechs globally that can plug into HDFC Bank’s system......

How to tackle facial recognition fraud

IIIT-D team builds algorithm that will help identify synthetic images.Neha Alawadhi reports. *IMAGE: Apple, which introduced FaceID that identifies a user and unlocks the phone, has had several......

TikTok's future to be decided on Wed

The app, which has close to 1 million users per day, its lawyer, is losing close to Rs 4.5 crore in revenues every day.Neha Alawadhi and Aashish Aryan report. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters......

Deepa Gahlot's Top Web Series of 2022

Free from the pressure of the box office as well as the lowbrow expectations of a satellite television audience, the OTT space continues to surprise and delight. The viewer does have to make the......

What Makes Kantara And Brahmastra The 'Chosen Ones'

As much as we enjoy and write reams and reams about our amazement at the Kantara climax, 30 years on from now, will we remember these portions more fondly or the ones where Shiva is simply hanging......

London Confidential review

At 70 minutes long, London Confidential is a crisp watch, notes Joginder Tuteja. London Confidential is neither a full length feature film nor a short. It is not a Web series either. It is a mini......

Why Bollywood is NOT worth its name

The Rs 19,100 crore 'Indian film industry' is more than its monikers for three simple reasons, notes Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. IMAGE: Bollywood's biggest actors get together in an epic selfie.......

When India Hosted The First Asian Games

Seventy two years ago, a newly independent India ventured to hold the the first Asian Games in Delhi with meager resources. IMAGE: A glimpse of the Chinese city of Hangzhou, the venue for the......

China's Olympic Games app has security flaws?

IMAGE: An orange peel cut out by a Chinese volunteer featuring Bing Dwen Dwen, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Mascot is pictured at the Main Press Center. Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters......

Peng Shuai appears in Beijing, WTA not reassured

IMAGE: Peng Shuai was seen having dinner with her coach and friends at a restaurant in Beijing on Saturday. Photograph: Hu Xijin/Twitter Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, whose whereabouts have been......

'Missing China tennis player Peng will reappear in public soon'

IMAGE: Former doubles world number one Peng Shuai has not been seen or heard from publicly since she said on Chinese social media on November 2 that former vice-premier Zhang Gaoli coerced her......

What's Serena, Venus doing with Will Smith?

IMAGE: Serena Williams and Venus Williams at the premiere of King Richard at the TCL Chinese theater in Los Angeles. Photograph: Patrick Mouratoglou/Facebook   Tennis legends Serena and Venus......