How Modi Lost While Winning

For the first time in his political career, he failed to carry his party to even a working majority -- and again, for the first time in his career, he finds himself in a situation where he cannot......

Good friends can...: UK envoy on raids at BBC offices

'Good friends can also disagree', British High Commissioner Alex Ellis on Wednesday said in response to questions on raids at BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai by the Income Tax department earlier......

Is Modi's Authoritarianism Good For India?

We need not spend much time going over what this government has done and is doing to the Opposition, by misusing the Enforcement Directorate and the CBI. There is a daily update on that, notes......

Human labour triumphed over machinery: Global media hail tunnel rescue

As rescuers in India on Tuesday successfully pulled out all 41 construction workers trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel in Uttarakhand after 16 days, the global media hailed the rescue operation......

5 Indians in WEF's Young Global Leaders list

Byju Classes' founder Byju Raveendran, Zomato co-founder Gaurav Gupta, CEO of Antara Senior Living, Tara Singh Vachani, Vinati Organics' MD & CEO Vinati Mutreja and Swapan Mehra, CEO of Iora......

IOL Broadband to broadcast BBC channels on IPTV

IOL Broadband said on Friday it will broadcast two BBC channels -- CBeebies and BBC Entertainment -- through its internet protocol television platform."BBC has collaborated with IOL Broadband for......

Founder of Tik-Tok's parent company steps down

Chinese tech unicorn ByteDance co-founder billionaire Zhang Yiming on Thursday announced that he will step down as CEO, in a surprise move that signalled a major leadership shake-up at the nine......

India falls in global popularity ranking

While Germany is the most positively viewed nation in the world in this year's annual Country Ratings Poll for the BBC World Service, view of India has fallen sharply around the globe over the last......

'India In 1947 Was Like A Ticking Time Bomb'

'When you watch Freedom At Midnight, I want you to feel like you are sitting on a ticking time bomb.' IMAGE: RJ Malishka as Sarojini Naidu, Sidhant Gupta as Jawaharlal Nehru, Chirag Vora as......

'India Is The No.1 Country Outside The US...'

'India has the largest slate of local original content outside the US.' IMAGE: Shweta Tripathi, Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal, Rasika Dugal, Divyendu, Harshita Gaur and Amit Sial in Mirzapur 2.......

'I travel the world with a piece of bamboo'

'I will always cherish the fact that I received the first big award of my life, actually two, in the company of legends for an incredible collaboration.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Rakesh Chaurasia......

'Priyanka and I have a great dynamic together'

'We are very different actors and that can be a real gift because we bring out the best in each other.' IMAGE: Priyanka Chopra and Richard Madden in Citadel. Richard Madden says there is a "thing......

Manu vs Smriti vs Vinesh: Who will be top sportswoman?

Paris Olympics double medallist Manu Bhaker, two-time Paralympics champion Avani Lekhara and ace wrestler Vinesh Phogat are among five athletes nominated for the BBC 'Indian Sportswoman of the......

Anderson to CSK? A match made in cricket heaven?

‘It would not surprise me if Jimmy Anderson ends up at Chennai’ IMAGE: The 42-year-old James Anderson, who retired from Test cricket earlier this year, surprised everyone by......

Gambhir frontrunner as BCCI rejects Aussie coach claims

Photograph: BCCI BCCI secretary Jay Shah on Friday rejected claims that the Board has approached any former Australian cricketer to be India's next head coach and hinted that Rahul Dravid's......

World Cup: Champs Australia underline big-match credentials with stunning India takedown

IMAGE: Australia denied favourites India a fairytale finish as the Pat Cummins-led side bagged the coveted World Cup trophy. Photographs: Andrew Boyers/Reuters India dominate the business......

Women's WC: Record TV figures in Spain, England

IMAGE: Spanish fans celebrate. Stadium crowds at the 2023 tournament hit a total of over 1.9 million fans. The previous record was 1.35 million set at the 2015 Women's World Cup in......