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History In 3 Minutes: Battle of Vasai

Chimaji Appaji remains one of the foremost military generals of the Maratha Empire who inflicted a crushing defeat on the Portuguese. IMAGE: The Maratha siege of Vasai, 1739. Photograph: Kind......

Warning! Trump 2.0 Will Be Very Different

Trump has no more elections to fight and his soaring ambition, which is no secret, will be to carve out a presidential legacy that outshines by far all his mediocre predecessors. Trump's turnaround......

Get Ready To Laugh Out Loud!

The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards has crowned its funniest photographer of the year. Milko Marchetti's side-splitting shot of a 'Stuck Squirrel' took the top prize at the Oxo Gallery in......

Biden refuses to back down despite Atlanta fiasco

Following a disastrous performance at the debate stage in Atlanta, there is a growing clamour within the ruling Democratic party and the mainstream American media for President Joe Biden to step......

Is Maharashtra A Lost Cause For Modi?

'There are legions of unemployed degree holders across rural and semi-urban belts in Maharashtra. Now, they aren't finding brides.''This issue has now snowballed into a social crisis. In 2014 and......

'We Have An Indian Tiger That Needs To Be Uncaged'

'What's sad today is that there are so many people who cannot find work, not because the country is devoid of that opportunity, but because we are not doing enough in the country.' Interview with......

BSE Sensex: 10 biggest single-day falls

Indian stock indices witnessed a bloodbath on the day the Lok Sabha results are being announced, where incumbent BJP performed below par and seems it may fall short of exit poll predictions and the......

Kharif crop prices will guide inflation fight in coming mths

The Centre recently released the first advance estimates of kharif crops that, barring tur dal, showed a dip in production due to uneven monsoon and other natural calamities including pest attacks......

Of power, privatisation and politics

The push to privatise discoms has become a major bone of contention between the Centre and states. The irony is the states opposing the amendments on the ground of threat of privatisation already......

What Makes Malayalam Cinema So Distinctive?

The reasons are too private to be discussed at a round table, listed out during a seminar, or uncovered in an academic course.A proud but insomniac connoisseur murmuring in his sleep may do a......

Operation Valentine Review: Top Gun Redux

Operation Valentine follows the templates of similar air force narratives to deliver some rousing, harmless fun time, notes Arjun Menon. Operation Valentine is the latest in a long line-up of......

2023's Must Watch Movies From Around The World

2023 was a good year for international cinema with many strong films premiering at the Berlin, Cannes, Venice and Toronto film festivals. In the post-pandemic situation, as restrictions were......

Jawan Review: SRK Shows Who's Baap!

Jawan springs a real surprise when it boldly and directly points fingers at the ineffective government and appeals to recognise the power of the finger and vote. Just months before the next......

2021: The Box Office Report

Just when things had started to look up for the Hindi film industry, the COVID-19 cases went up again, and Delhi shut its theatres. Seventy-three movies released in 2021, of which 32 were......

Khelif ensures Algeria boxing medal amid gender row

IMAGE: Algeria's Imane Khelif celebrates winning her Olympics Boxing women's 66kg quarter-final bout against Hungary's Anna Luca Hamori at North Paris Arena, Villepinte, France, on Saturday.......

Olympics: Russell takes 100m hurdles gold by a whisker

IMAGE: Masai Russell of the US in lane No 5 crosses the line to win the gold medal in the women's 100m hurdles ahead of France's Samba-Mayela and Puerto Rico's Camacho-Quinn at the Paris Olympics......

A Century Of Inspiring Olympic Moments

IMAGE: US gymnast Simone Biles is the most decorated man or woman her sport has ever seen. Photograph: Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters The Olympics have captured the world's imagination......

Usyk beats Fury, becomes undisputed heavyweight champ

IMAGE: Oleksandr Usyk celebrates with the belts after beating Tyson Fury to become the undisputed heavyweight World champion at the Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday night.......

Batters To Light Up T20 World Cup

The T20 World Cup is set to be a run feast when the tournament kicks off in the West Indies and the USA, on Saturday, June 1. Batters likely to set the World Cup alight with their big striking.........

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