Biden secures Democratic presidential nomination to challenge Trump

Joe Biden has officially been nominated the Democratic presidential candidate at the party's unprecedented virtual convention to challenge Republican incumbent President Donald Trump in the......

India must come out of the cocoon: Dalai Lama

Text: Aseem Chhabra in New York. Photographs: Paresh Gandhi In his tours around the world, the Dalai Lama -- the Tibetan leader in exile and Nobel Peace Prize winner -- often generates awe from......

'Address to US Congress big opportunity for Modi'

'This is going to be an opportunity to hear from the prime minister of the new India and the progress made in the last two years of the growing cooperation between the US and India in several......

A Q Khan shock may be yet to come: Report

The Toronto Starcarried a front-page story on defamed Pakistani scientist, A Q Khan on Friday. Khan is, as widely reported and implicitly accepted even by the Pakistani authorities, the front man......

The Banshees of Inisherin Review: Friends No More

People move on, get attached to other people, ending a close bond. But we rarely see that on screen, observes Aseem Chhabra. Martin McDonagh's The Banshees of Inisherin opens with fog lifting and......

Oscars 2023: Naatu Naatu, Elephant Whisperers Win!

The 95th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. Everything Everywhere All at Once was a big winner, winning the top awards and then some more. India scored two wins with Naatu Naatu getting the......

Golden Globes: RRR's Naatu Naatu Wins Best Original Song

Here's a quick look at the winners of the 80th Annual Golden Globe awards. IMAGE: Tony Kushner, Seth Rogen, Judd Hirsch, Gabriel LaBelle, Steven Spielberg, Michelle Williams, Paul Dano and Kristie......

PIX: The Top Hollywood Actors of 2012

Bond stars Daniel Craig and Dame Judi Dench have been named the top actor and actress of 2012. While Craig, who is the current onscreen Bond, won 26 percent of the votes for best male, Dame Judi,......

Cricket Australia set for sweeping changes in Board functioning

Australia's cricket governing body will recommend its entire board step down in accordance with an independent review that criticised its structure as being riven with conflicts of interests. The......

All CPL players, officials, support staff COVID-19 negative

IMAGE: Praveen Tambe is the only Indian to play at the CPL this season. Photograph: BCCI All the 162 members comprising players, support staff, match officials and administrators travelling to......

NBA's Kings and Celtics protest police shootings of unarmed black men

IMAGE: Sacramento Kings' forward Vince Carter (15) stands on the court before the start of the game against the Boston Celtics at Golden 1 Center. Players from both teams wore t-shirts during......

Spotted: Mike Atherton at Lord's

Reader Sandeep Khopkar sent us this photograph from London. 'I am Sandeep, and I got a golden opportunity to meet former England captain Mike Atherton at Lord's during the Twenty20 World Cup,'......

New Zealand, Australia book semi-final showdown

Hosts New Zealand and twice champions Australia set up their third World Cup semi-final on Sunday after the All Blacks defeated Argentina 33-10 and Australia scraped an 11-9 win over defending......