'Pope Francis Was Warm And Welcoming'

'Senior Vatican officials were pleasantly surprised at the number of Indians who had come to witness the ceremony.' IMAGE: Pope Francis speaks with new Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad during a......

India Should Be Battle Ready With China

'With continued focus on votes, upcoming by-polls and purchasing politicians, the political hierarchy has little time for national defence.' 'They would do well to heed a veteran scholar, who says,......

Iranian Nuclear Deterrent On the Horizon

The crises of the 21st century, 9/11, the economic meltdown, COVID-19, Russia-Iran war and the Hamas-Israel war seem to be never ending. In this situation, Iran might be contemplating a nuclear......

Atmanirbharta Complicates India-US Arms Deals

Indian policymakers must realise that in buying small quantities of equipment, it becomes hard to start manufacturing them in India, explains Ajai Shukla. IMAGE: The US's 5th gen supersonic F-35......

Why Tata's buyout of Air India makes sense

The industry is hoping the Tatas deepen their dive and offer two stable airlines -- a Vistara merged into Air India servicing international routes, and an AirAsia India merged with Air India......

It's obvious, Indian economy not in good shape: Manmohan

BJP is hiding behind a GDP number which is being challenged. People are not dazzled by it, but are asking ‘where are the jobs?’ A day before the presentation of Economic Survey, former......

Why is Vistara making such huge losses?

Market estimates suggest the airline has already totted up Rs 1,800 crore of losses in FY20, and FY21 is expected to see losses in the region of Rs 2,500 crore to Rs 3,000 crore Many in the sector......

States rule out GST cut on automobiles

Facing a deepening slowdown, the auto sector is pinning hopes on the GST Council meeting on September 20 for a rate cut from 28 per cent to 18 per cent. However, states including Bihar, West......

Must Watch: Stories From Around The World

The Toronto International Film Festival heralds the beginning of the Fall awards season as films from the earlier festivals in Berlin, Cannes, Venice and Telluride compete with new projects......

The Indian filmmaker with THREE Oscar 2012 nominations

A Hollywood film directed by an Indian has been long listed in the Best Film category for the nominations for the Oscars. Saint Dracula 3D is a musical directed by Rupesh Paul. The film has two......

Dhadak Review: Many scenes brought tears to my eyes

To those who feel that Dhadak doesn't measure up to Sairat, Kshamaya Daniel, 18, has one piece of advice: We're talking about wine here, not scotch. Imagine this: You're having a get-together at......

Did Thugs of Hindostan deserve the flak?

'Thugs is smarter than a lot of 'nationalistic' movies,' notes Rohit Sathish Nair. To be fair to Thugs Of Hindostan, a lot of its gaffes or 'faults' could be seen in its trailer itself. The film......

What An Innings, Nitish Reddy!

It was a proper Test innings, it was of the highest class, and given the circumstances it came in, it was one of the best innings by an Indian batsman in recent memory, applauds Prem Panicker.......

WTC Final, PIX: Australia tighten grip as India five down

IMAGES from Day 2 of the WTC Final played between Australia and India at The Oval in London on Thursday. IMAGE: Scott Boland celebrates after picking up the wicket of Shubman Gill. Photograph:......

'Ruturaj and Bravo got us more than what we expected'

IMAGE: Ruturaj Gaikwad and Dwayne Bravo were instrumental in giving CSK the momentum in the final overs. Photograph: BCCI Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said Ruturaj Gaikwad......

Eight Indian boxers for Asian Championships

Eight pugilists will represent India at the Asian Boxing Championships to be held at Incheon in South Korea from August 3-13. The tournament will help the Indians to gear up for the forthcoming......

Six Indian pugilists enter last four in Cuba meet

As many as six Indian boxers entered the semi-finals of the 41st Giraldo Crdova Cardin Memorial Boxing Tournament in Havana, Cuba.\\nThe ones who made it to the last four stage are Thokchom Nanao......