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Total Solar Eclipse: Breathtaking Scenes

On Monday, April 8, 2024, millions of people across parts of Mexico, Canada and the United States watched the rare total solar eclipse. The Mexican beachside resort town of Mazatlan was the first......

Trump's Election Should Worry The World

'There are ominous portents of an isolationist administration not only building a physical wall to the south to prevent unwanted immigrants from entering the land of milk and honey, but also trade......

ED failed to give evidence linking Kejriwal to scam: Court

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) failed to furnish direct evidence linking Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to the proceeds of crime in the money laundering case against him, a Delhi court has......

It's done: India signs N-deal

India and the US on Friday operationalised the "path-breaking" bilateral nuclear deal as they signed the 123 Agreement here, with New Delhi insisting that the accord is "legally-binding" on both......

Kissinger used racist, misogynist language for then PM Indira Gandhi

Henry Kissinger, the veteran American diplomat who died at the age of 100, was known for his disdain towards India's leadership in the 1970s and even had used racist and misogynist language for the......

Together, we can reach for the stars, Pranab tells US

"We have been looking forward to this gathering and are very excited to continue the momentum from our first Strategic Dialogue session earlier this month, which also took place in the same room......

Premji, Yunus among top 30 world entrepreneurs

Wipro chief Azim Premji and Bangladesh's micro-credit leader and Nobel Prize winner Mohammad Yunus are among the all time top 30 entrepreneurs identified by leading business magazine BusinessWeek.......

How to deal with defaults?

There's nothing more certain than default, death and taxes. With due apologies to Benjamin Franklin, who spoke of the certainties of death and taxes, I want to add default to that famous quote as a......

2006? India may move into medical design

"It is easy to see, hard to foresee," observed Benjamin Franklin in Poor Richard's Almanac 270 years ago. He got that right. Prognosticating, even by the most knowledgeable experts, is a chancy......

GST: Celebrations, but fingers crossed!

'While the GST is structured to be an all-encompassing tax and to create a vastly expanded digital network of recorded transactions, no one knows how traders long used to avoiding taxes will apply......

Life, Death, Romance On OTT This Week

Stories of life, death, survival and stalkers dominate the OTT scene this week. Sukanya Verma lists everything you can watch. Perfect DaysWhere to watch? MubiLanguage: Japanese (with......

New Treasure, less fun

Benjamin Franklin Gates (Nicolas Cage) is back with one more treasure-seeking adventure before the original cinematic treasure-hunting legend Indiana Jones returns to the silver screen. Those who......

The World Cup That Cheers

In cricket, we have something that we can share with our families, neighbours and indeed, the whole country. It is colour-blind, language-neutral, truly secular and transcends all regions, from......

Sports Shorts: Juventus win Coppa Italia; Monaco claim Ligue 1

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday. Juventus win Coppa Italia to keep treble dream alive IMAGE: Mario Mandzukic of Juventus celebrates. Photograph: Stuart......

Sports Shorts: Djokovic downs Murray to advance to China Open final

Novak Djokovic of Serbia plays a forehand in his semi-final match against Andy Murray of Great Britain during day eight of the China Open in Beijing on Saturday. Photograph: Chris Hyde/Getty......

Gujrathi, Sethuraman in line for medal at World Junior Chess Championship

Indian Grandmasters Vidit Gujrathi and S P Sethuraman placed themselves for a medal contention as they defeated Jorge Cori of Peru and Vladislav Kovalev of Belarus respectively in the 12th and......