India loses Afghan proxy war

Pakistan has worsted India in the Afghan proxy war and the defeat becomes a template of regional politics, points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. Photograph: Reuters The Four-Party Meeting on the......

Spectacular Shortlist for Best Astronomy Photos of the Year

The spectacular Milky Way over the picturesque Bavarian mountain, Herzogstand, the remarkable Horsehead Nebula and the Flame Nebula, a vast cloud of gas and dust where new stars are being born; the......

Winners of Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2018 revealed

A close-up of a leopard, little owlets hiding inside a pipe and a gorilla mother mourning the loss of her baby are just a few of animals featured in the photos that have won this year’s......

National Geographic's Photographer of the Year Pix

The competition for the 'Oscars' in the photography world is heating up in the National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year contest. Entries have been a mixture of breathtaking beauty,......

As Sorrell's reign ends WPP stares at an uncertain future

Whatever happens to WPP, the marketing communications business will no longer be the same again, says Sreekant Khandekar. Rarely has that awful cliche, “end of an era”, been more......

Why the outlook for globalisation is bleak

Although the returns from outward-looking policies are less today, substantial gains can still be made with good policies and initiatives, says Shankar Acharya. Twenty years from now, if the world......

Carnegie Mellon receives $35 million gift from TCS

Largest industry gift to CMU and largest gift from outside US will support new facility and student scholarships Hamerschlag and Roberts Halls are two of the teaching facilities of the College of......

Column: Bollywood's global market beckons

A WTO ruling opening up China to Hollywood should help Bollywood too, Sanjaya Baru. Bollywood is becoming big business, said the opening line of the lead story in the Business Standard last week.......

Bollywood's Ticket To Hollywood

It's a small world. Desi sightings in Western fare are no longer a rarity. Be it Farhan Akhtar in Ms. Marvel, Shabana Azmi in Halo or Nimrit Kaur in Homeland, it's great to see our stars in......

25 GORGEOUS FRAMES of Kareena Kapoor

Kareena Kapoor has a chandelier-like effect on silver screen. Every time she's there, the energy of a scene changes. Some of the best cinematographers in the country have shot her luminous face and......

Saluting Kader Khan

'Kader Khan could be horribly intimidating, impossibly silly, achingly human and, sometimes, all at once.''I was drawn to his magic and magnetism even when I didn't know he was behind it,' recalls......

Look what's trending on TV!

These are the television shows that will crackle and pop a lot longer than anything you'll get your paws on.  Billions This hard-as-nails stock market drama is about a US attorney (Paul......

Disney, Fox, Warner Bros to collab for sports streaming

IMAGE: The new entity will be jointly owned by the three media companies, which will have equal board representation and agree to license their sports content on a non-exclusive basis. An......

Champions League PIX: Chelsea's stunning comeback!

IMAGE: Chelsea's players celebrate after Raheem Sterling scored the first goal against Borussia Dortmund at Stamford Bridge in London on Tuesday. Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty Images Chelsea......

Top seeds advance; Tsonga to retire after Roland Garros

IMAGE: Aryna Sabalenka hits a forehand against Irina-Camelia Begu. Photograph: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters The top two seeded players, Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus and Paula Badosa of......

PIX: Loftus-Cheek treble boosts Chelsea, Arsenal edge Sporting

IMAGE: Chelsea's Ruben Loftus-Cheek had a Europa League night to remember by scoring the first hat-trick of his career. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Reuters Chelsea's Ruben Loftus-Cheek had a......

Sports Shorts: Haas F1 team to get new title sponsor next season

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday IMAGE: The Haas F1 car. Photograph: Handout/Getty Images Energy drink Rich Energy, a start-up brand recently linked to billionaire......