China has declined Washington's request for a telephonic call between United States Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Beijing counterpart Gen Wei Fenghe, the Pentagon has said after fighter......
One admires the spirit of these animals, how they get going in such heavy snow. IMAGE: A goose walks in the snow in St James's Park, London, as Storm Darcy affects large parts of Britain, February......
'The world outside my window now is mostly uninhabited, barring the few masked figures that skirt around my shadow as I walk the empty roads for the occasional grocery run.' IMAGE: Customers queue......
'Some refused to kiss each other on the cheek, as is customary in France while, others couldn't care less.' IMAGE: Empty food shelves in a store. Photograph: Mary Raja Panday NRIs describe the......
The new entrants are young, enterprising Chinese men and women who want to tap into the promising Indian market, discovers Nikita Puri. IMAGE: Ethnic Chinese perform a lion dance to celebrate the......
For the first time, consumers, including those at the so-called bottom of the pyramid, are monetising gold by taking loans from banks, offering the yellow metal as collateral, says Tamal......
In the Maggi ad, Amitabh Bachchan is only “playing” a part, whereas his daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai is “endorsing” L’Oreal shampoo. (Mr Bachchan never says Maggi......
Gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have further lost favour among Indian investors. Image: A shopkeeper picks up a gold chain for a customer to try in Bangkok's Chinatown. Photographs: Sukree......
San Francisco and Bengaluru have a lot in common but there is a lot more that is different. Bengaluru needs to imbibe the spirit of San Francisco, says Subir Roy. San Francisco and Bengaluru have......
The relatively free movement of labour across borders for the last few decades has generally had a positive impact on many countries because of the large remittances sent home by expatriates. In......
Bring out the popcorn, Sukanya Verma promises there's *tons* to catch up on OTT this week. YudhraWhere to watch? Amazon Prime VideoLanguage: Hindi Siddhant Chaturvedi flexes his action and......
Subtlety has never been a strong suit of Bollywood remakes. They cannot resist adding that extra something or going overboard, sighs Sukanya Verma. Drishyam is about an everyman willing to go to......
The countdown to the World's Best 100 Movies finally ends here! Do read Aseem Chhabra's list of must watch films, many classics, some relatively new and several personal favourites. Don't Miss:......
'Mystery is when the spectator knows less than the characters in the movie. Suspense is when the spectator knows more than the characters,' Master of Suspense Alfred Hitchcock proclaimed once.......
When 2020 began, nobody in the wildest dreams imagined it might sound the death knell for cinemas. Bookended in protests and pandemic, the Hindi film industry suffered huge losses prompted by a......
Increased security will be in effect for Sunday's Chicago Marathon, the first major marathon staged in the United States since the tragic April bombing at the Boston race, organizers and police......