Central America: Hurricane Stan kills 59

Hurricane Stan slammed into Mexico's Gulf coast before quickly weakening to a tropical storm, forcing authorities to close one of the nation's busiest ports, and unleashing rains in Central America......

Al-Qaeda Genie Is Out Of The Bottle

... and there is no stopping its pan-Islamic agenda, cautions Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: Women shoot a damaged picture of Bashar al-Assad in Qamishli, Syria, December 8, 2024 after he fled......

Trump picks Fox News host as defence secretary

United States President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced the nomination of popular Fox News host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth, 44, as his defence secretary. IMAGE: ox and Friends co-host......

Forest rights activist Alok Shukla gets 'Green Nobel'

Forest and tribal rights activist Alok Shukla will on Friday receive the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize -- 2024 for successfully leading a community campaign that saved 4.45 lakh acres of......

Why Is India Not In The Innovation Race?

India has its share of both large tech companies and large national laboratories, but why is it that these don't seem to be at the forefront of any innovation news headlines? asks Ajit......

IndiGo eyes early induction of wide-body planes in fleet

IndiGo on Wednesday said it was exploring an earlier introduction of wide-body planes in its fleet to meet the growing demand for international travel. Photograph: Vivek Prakash/Reuters Industry......

FPI inflows into Indian equities drop sharply in 2024; rebound anticipated in 2025

After a robust 2023, foreign investors significantly scaled back their investments in Indian equities in 2024, with net inflows amounting to over Rs 5,000 crore, as elevated domestic valuations,......

'Our India centre is a hub for global innovation'

'Our business continues to roll out its strategy, the role of this GDTC continues to grow.' IMAGE: Text. Photograph: Kind courtesy Kimberly-Clark/Instagram Sreekanth Jayabalan, vice-president......

Vir Das is 'still just a guy on a stool'

'The jester's job, the joker's job, the fool's job is to make fun of people to make them seem beautiful.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Vir Das/Instagram He's still "just a guy on a stool" for whom......

Australian Open 2025: Must-Know Dates and Details

IMAGE: People pass a trophy poster ahead of the Australian Open tennis tournament, at Melbourne Park. Photograph: Edgar Su/Reuters The Australian Open is a hard court Grand Slam tournament......

Yousuf resigns as PCB selector amidst media backlash

IMAGE: Pakistan's Muhammad Yusuf (right) shares a lighter moment with India's Virat Kohli. Photograph: Muhammad Yusuf / X Former Pakistan cricket captain Muhammad Yousuf on Sunday stepped down as......

Copa America: Panama, Uruguay in quarter-finals

IMAGE: Eduardo Guerrero celebrates scoring Panama's second goal in the Copa America match against Bolivia at Inter&CO stadium, Orlando, Florida, on Monday. Photograph: Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY......

Pakistan cricketers face pay cuts after T20 WC flop

PCB to review player contracts IMAGE: The Babar Azam-led side had put up sub par performances in the Asia Cup and World Cup (50 overs) last year as well.Photograph: PCB/X Pakistan cricketers face......

Federer's retirement takes a chunk out of Nadal's life

IMAGE: Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer during their doubles match against Team World. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters Rafael Nadal admitted that "a part of his life left" with Roger Federer......