Six decades and more later, we are now captives of our identities. Every poll is based on elaborate calculations of electability of candidates on the basis of their castes and other narrow......
One looks upon the coming new year with foreboding as current wars in Ukraine and Gaza spill over and escalate and new ones erupt in incipient fault lines across the world, notes former foreign......
Today, with China centrally seated and located, the Global South has an intriguing road ahead.Odds of it becoming a Chinese bloc in the emerging new bipolar world are higher than we'd wish them to......
Trying to shake off his pro-Communist image, Chinese author Mo Yan, who won Nobel Prize for Literature, on Friday called for the release of jailed compatriot Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo.......
Don't believe us? Check these pix! IMAGE: Erika Sedlacek balances on a highline at 114 metres high and 510 meters long in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Photograph: Carla Carniel/Reuters IMAGE:......
The impact of Trump's announcement of increasing import tariffs will have negligible benefit for India not because of companies trying to shift from China to other countries or their supply chains......
From its lows in December, the stock of Tata Motors is up about 15 per cent. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters The gains came on the back of better than expected December volumes in its UK-based......
Cars and two-wheelers attract 28% GST and a cess in the range of 3-22%, taking the effective tax rate to up to 50%. In the goods and services tax (GST) regime, India levies one of the highest......
The country's largest exploration and production company, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, is looking at enlarging its list of foreign partners with strong technology, to help it explore and......
Thirteen Indian companies have found a place in Forbes's annual ranking of the best of Asia-Pacific's biggest listed companies. Infosys Technologies and Wipro have made it to the list every......
Made In China is puerile, flimsy film-making, sighs Sukanya Verma. You can only imagine how slippery the ground is when a character belts out entrepreneurial gyaan from a Trimurti song.......
'I have been hearing this for the last four generations, that this is the last generation of superstars.''We will not leave it for the younger generation to take it easily.''We will not hand it......
'Despite its noble attempts, tight editing, terrific sound design, good performances and a compelling story, Hotel Mumbai tells a big lie.'Aseem Chhabra reports from the Toronto International Film......
Mira Nair invoked a favourite mantra once again last week at I View Film, which is emerging as a significant film festival in New York. She asked, if we don't tell our own stories, who will? She......
Dil Dhadakne Do joins the debate over the role of women in India, says Mohammad Asim Siddiqui. There is an abundance -- and redundancy -- of speech, characters and theories in Dil Dhadakne Do. The......
Nearly half of women fans in England and Wales suffer sexist abuse at soccer matches IMAGE: South Korea fans reacts in the stands before the match. Photograph: Edgar Su/Reuters Close to half......
IMAGE: Avinash Sable became the first Indian man to qualify for the men's 3000m Steeplechase final at the Paris Olympics on Monday. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters It was a day of near misses at......
IMAGE: Canada's Brendon Rodney, Jerome Blake, Andre de Grasse and Aaron Brown celebrate after winning gold in the Olympics men's 4x100m Relay final at Stade de France, Paris, on Friday.......
IMAGE: Nikhat Zareen will square off against Sabina Bobokulova in the gold medal match. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters Dominant efforts by two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen and Commonwealth......
IMAGE: Kimia Yousofi of Afghanistan in action during the women's 100m preliminary round at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, on July 29, 2021. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters Afghanistan's Olympic committee......