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Have Indian DNA, many of us have Sanskrit names: Indonesian Prez

Indonesia has deep civilisational links with India and many Indonesian names come from Sanskrit, the country's President Prabowo Subianto has said, asserting that he has "Indian DNA".......

Delhi station tightens crowd control; Vaishnaw rules out conspiracy

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday ruled out any conspiracy behind the stampede at the New Delhi station and said there was no extraordinary rush either, even as agencies enhanced crowd......

I Am Grateful To Be Alive!

Sometimes I run past a house where the owner has died. The children are abroad. The doors and windows are closed. That is the case with thousands of homes across Kerala. Illustration: Dominic......

New beginning: 186 Pak Hindu refugees cast first-ever votes in Delhi polls

At a polling booth in Delhi's Majnu Ka Tilla, Reshma pressed the button on an electronic voting machine on Wednesday with a sense of pride as a smile spread across her face. IMAGE: Voters wait in......

Heavy snowfall in Kashmir, flights, rail services suspended

The Kashmir Valley received the season's heaviest snowfall on Saturday which threw normal life out of gear, affecting air, rail and road traffic as well as disrupting power and water supply,......

Cyberfraud Thrives On Fear!

The number of cyberfraud cases has skyrocketed from 2,677 in 1999-2000 to 29,082 in FY24 -- more than a 10-fold increase. The RBI pegs digital payment frauds at Rs 1,457 crore in FY24, up more than......

Rupee tumbles 3% in 2024; turbulence to ebb in 2025

The rupee tumbled 3 per cent against the US dollar in 2024 as concerns over slower economic growth and a stronger greenback in global markets weighed, but it was among the least volatile currencies......

Hotel Rates Hit Record High In '24

Driven by a boom in domestic tourism, a record number of weddings in November and December, and a surge in extended weekend vacations. Kindly note the image has been posted only for......

Have You Heard About The Potato Crisis?

Amid the political blame game over Bengal's potato ban, which led to shortages in Jharkhand and Odisha, Uttar Pradesh farmers are the unlikely winners. IMAGE: Farmers harvest potatoes in the......

'Anybody who met Mr Tata came away with a story'

He was someone to be discovered, over time and through experience, remembers Tata Sons chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran. IMAGE: Natarajan Chandrasekaran, chairman of the Tata group, right, and......

Mrs Review: A Must Watch!

Mrs succeeds in riling you up for all the right reasons. And without resorting to high-pitched drama, applauds Sukanya Verma. Few films have boiled my blood like Jeo Baby's The Great Indian......

All We Imagine As Poetry

'Did anyone else get the feeling that AWIAL -- despite being ostensibly based in the Mumbai of today -- is actually set in a Neverland of Solemnity?' asks Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Kani Kusruti and......

Who's Aditi Mistry?

Aditi Mistry has entered the Bigg Boss 18 house as a wild card contestant along with Yamini Malhotra and Edin Rose. She's sexy, she's fit and she's bold. But just who is Aditi and what's she like......

'Attack On Saif Is A Wake-Up Call'

'The incident has underlined that you can't leave anything to chance or take anything for granted.''You have to ensure that your family is taken care of 24x7.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Shreyas......

Despatch Review: Boring Bajpayee

Despatch just goes on and on, sighs Mayur Sanap. For a gripping newsroom drama, Despatch has everything going for it. A novel premise, a potentially thought-provoking storyline, and an immensely......

'In India, I was dragged and sucked into fixing world'

'I felt like I was part of a gang. It almost made me feel better, because I am thinking: 'I am part of a match-fixing gang, I am with a group that's going to have my back and nobody knows our......

Olympics spark joy for volunteers, frustration for Parisians

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Paris Olympics/Instagram For the fortunate few out of the 45,000 volunteers supporting the Paris Olympics, a chance meeting with tennis star Carlos Alcaraz at the airport......

Babuta on Paris heartbreak: Felt like I had lost someone very close

IMAGE: Arjun Babuta missed the bronze in the final of the men's 10m air rifle at the Paris Olympics. Photograph: Reuters/Files Losing an Olympic medal by a few decimal points could be among......

Juned's Journey: From Driving Autos To Winning Irani Cup

'I was irregular for practice because I had to drive the autorickshaw to sustain my daily expenses in Mumbai and also to send money to my mother back in Kannauj, so I could not miss even a day of......

'I've done my part': Moeen Ali quits international cricket!

'It's time for the next generation, which was also explained to me. It felt the time was right. I've done my part.' IMAGE: Moeen Ali played in 68 Tests, 138 One-Day Internationals and 92 Twenty20......

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