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India-born media veteran selected as new BBC chairman

An India-born media executive who has worked in United Kingdom broadcasting for over 40 years, Dr Samir Shah, has been announced as the UK government's preferred candidate to take over as the new......

HC quashes DU order debarring PhD student over Modi's BBC documentary show

The Delhi high court on Thursday set aside a Delhi University order debarring a National Students Union of India leader for a year for his alleged involvement in the on-campus screening of a banned......

The Truth BBC Will Not Tell You...

If Mr Modi is to be blamed for the post-Godhra riots, he should also be given credit for maintaining peace after the Akshardham and Ahmedabad terror attacks.The BBC will never tell you that, points......

Anurag Thakur cautions Indian media against...

Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday urged the media fraternity in the country to remain cautious and desist from giving its space to narratives that threaten the......

Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-serving monarch, dies aged 96

Queen Elizabeth II, the United Kingdom's longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland after reigning for 70 years. She was 96. IMAGE: Queen Elizabeth II. Photograph: Simon......

BBC to launch DVDs in India

Cashing in on the fast growing DVD market, BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), has decided to launch its DVDs in India. It is likely to rope in music......

Google to launch ChatGPT competitor 'Bard': Sundar Pichai

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced that the tech giant will soon launch an Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered chatbot called ‘Bard', aimed at countering the popularity of the ChatGPT......

Why Short-Sellers Like Hindenburg Matter

Strange souls see a research report on an Indian conglomerate as part of a vast conspiracy to Keep India Down.There is only one possible response to this: Grow up.Nobody in the West cares enough......

Chidambaram-Jaitley verbal duel over Modi's economic knowledge

The war of words between Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Arun Jaitley, leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha, refuses to die. It started when Chidambaram, in a recent interview with BBC News,......

Google focusses on new interface for searches on mobile phones

Ben Gomes, the India-bred techie, who oversees Google's handling of 100 billion searches a month, believes a new voice-based interface is needed for the next frontier of search centred round mobile......

Meet The New Influencers

Across the board, brands use influencers like a Bhuvan Bam or Kusha Kapila as the second or third rung of their strategy. The first rung is always a celebrity that has been created outside the......

Sector 36 Review: Nightmarish

Sector 36 goes for gruesomeness and shock; watching it needs a tough heart or a quick averting of the eyes, warns Deepa Gahlot. The Nithari Killings of 2006 had pierced India's doesn't-happen-here......

Meet Bhagyashree's daughter, Avantika Dassani

'The filmi keeda was always there.''I hope I can get even five percent of the love that audiences gave my mother.''But I'm here to make my own identity.' IMAGE: Avantika Dassani. Bhagyashree's......

Good Omens to Leila, series to watch

From a dystopian world set in 2047 to one of the most publicised crime trials in America, Nikita Puri brings you top 5 binge-worthy series Leila IMAGE: Huma Qureshi in Leila. Incarcerated in a......

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......

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......

Why Anderson, 42, registered for IPL mega auction

IMAGE: James Anderson retired from Test cricket earlier this year after a stellar career of 188 matches in which he took 704 wickets. Photograph: BCCI England's pace great James Anderson says he......

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......

Will Archer recover in time for T20 World Cup?

IMAGE: Jofra Archer has been plagued by injuries for the last three years. Photograph: BCCI England are hoping to have a fully-fit Jofra Archer available for the T20 World Cup later this year......

FIFA WC diary: Beer priced at nearly $14 per half-litre!

IMAGE: A football fan from England bought beers from all 32 countries playing at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Gus/ballstothis/Twitter Half a litre of beer will cost 50......

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