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Why India Will Like Shigeru Ishiba

Shigeru Ishiba is expected to prioritise strengthening Japan's military capabilities and fostering deeper international partnerships, particularly with India, with whom Japan shares significant......

These Pix Will Make You SMILE!

The Comedy Pet Photo Awards 2023 has revealed the top 25 Funniest entries of 2023 in its final shortlist. There are some absolute crackers to make you smile! Among the top finalists, there is a cat......

Oddly Around The World

Odd and unusual images from around the world. IMAGE: California company Sugar Lab is using its 3D printing technology to become the first in the US to deliver 3D printed candy and......

The Floating Lanterns Of Hiroshima

The Hiroshima event is not just about the 10,000-odd lanterns that float down a river.It is about remembrance.It is about dignity.It is about respect.It is about love, observes Sandeep Goyal.......

What Lessons can India Learn from Japan?

'Both India and Japan can find themselves in a win-win situation if they draw some lessons from each other's strengths,' says Dr Rajaram Panda. IMAGE: Japan's Prime Minister Abe Shinzo removes his......

Tata to sell 51% stake in Tata Refractories

Tata Steel will sell its 51 per cent stake in group company Tata Refractories to Nippon Steel's associate Krosaki Harima Corporation for Rs. 576.3 crore (Rs. 5.763 billion) and induct the Japanese......

Japan aims at green leadership

World is gearing up for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference scheduled in Copenhagen from November 30 to December 11. A Copenhagen Protocol is expected to evolve as......

Township for Japanese investors in Chennai

Cashing in on the rapidly growing ties between India and Japan, the Tamil Nadu government plans to set up a 'home-away-from-home' township exclusively for Japanese investors in the capital city of......

Invest in art, be a millionaire!

At his home studio in a vast, vacant plot of scrubland on the border of Mehrauli, artist Jagannath Panda is juggling with six different ideas on six different canvases. The proposed exhibition of......

Stocking in on art

At the Sotheby's New York auction on September 24 this year, stock market consultant Yogesh Jain forked out a cool $37,000 to purchase Francis Newton Souza's "The Paraclete", a 93x72 cm oil on......

AR Rahman awarded Japan's Fukuoka prize

The latest updates from the Tamil film industry. AR Rahman has added yet another feather to his illustrious cap. He has been awarded Japan's prestigious Fukuoka Prize for 2016, making the country......

Jayaraj: A director's profile

Jayaraj is a unique phenomenon in Indian cinema. Winner of several national and international awards, he continues to remain a nonconformist as far as the kind of films he makes. While serious......

'Bollywood doesn't excite me'

For a man who 'literally stumbled' into Bollywood, he is pretty wry about the industry. "It's disordered," Arjun Khanna declares. "It doesn't exactly excite me. It [working in Bollywood] was purely......

Arnie: I dont need to take money from anybody

Nearly 25 years after he refused to change his last name to a more acceptable American name, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Hollywood box-office machine is seeking what could be his toughest......

Nizhalkkuthu to open Fukuoka film festival

Noted filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan's Indo-French production Nizhalkkuthuwillbe the inaugural film at the 13th Fukuoka International Film Festival, Japan.In a letter to the Gopalakrishnan,......

PIX: Ledecky wins record-equalling ninth swim gold

Images from the Olympics swimming action at the La Defense Arena, Paris, on Saturday. IMAGE: Katie Ledecky of the United States celebrates with Australia's silver medallist Ariarne Titmus after......

Father's memory powers McKeown to gold in Paris

IMAGE: Australia’s gold medallist Kaylee McKeown celebrates on the podium. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters Kaylee McKeown lost her father to a terminal illness a year before the......

THRILLING PIX: World Aquatics Championships

IMAGE: Burundi's Nicky Terry Irakoze in action during the men's 100m butterfly heats at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka on Friday. Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters Australia's......

Stunning PIX: World Aquatics Championships 2023

IMAGE: China's Qin Haiyang in action during the men's 200m breaststroke semi final at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, on Thursday. Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters......

PIX: Ledecky wins record 16th World swimming gold

Katie Ledecky was already the most successful female swimmer coming into the World Championships and now has 19 medals in total. Only her male compatriots Michael Phelps (26 titles) and Ryan......

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