Will India CHANGE In Modi 3.0?

The climate for 'doing business' remains forbidding, taxtortion is still rife, corruption at state and district levels has increased, oil prices remain extortive with high taxation, and the......

Don't Expect Modi To Change!

'Commentators have said that dealing with allies as equals will make Modi more sensitive.''Remember that the people Modi is dealing with are equally autocratic in their own lairs.' 'Further, Modi......

'Congress is fighting with bows and arrows whereas BJP has cannons'

'The Congress is not pragmatic about politics or about people.''Rahul's intention is good, but good intention does not win you elections.' IMAGE: Rahul Gandhi speaks in the Lok Sabha on Manipur......

Video captures horrific moments before Nepal crash

A video apparently shot by one of the five Indian passengers on board the aircraft that plunged into a gorge in Pokhara on Sunday captures the horrific moments of the crash that killed 72 people.......

Will content creators drive the next wave of e-commerce?

A host of start-ups are basing entire business models on the presumption that content creators will drive the next wave of e-commerce. Deepsekhar Choudhury reports. First it was called content-led......

HARASS Tax-Payers with Notices is New I-T Game

In a most perverse example of tax bullying, someone I know has got by three such notices reopening his assessment minutes before the midnight deadline of June 30, reveals Debashis Basu.......

Open to govt questions on privacy update, says WhatsApp head

Under fire over its recent privacy policy update, WhatsApp on Thursday said it is open to answering any questions from the government on the issue and is aware that the company will have to......

Will Fans Make Pushpa 2: The Rule A Success?

'Fan armies are not just followers; they are a force of nature.' IMAGE: Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandanna in Pushpa 2: The Rule. Sukumar's Pushpa 2: The Rule, the sequel to the 2021 hit Pushpa: The......

Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2 Review: Black Mirror For The Digital Age

There is startling accuracy to Dibakar Banerjee's portrayal, notes Sukanya Verma. IMAGE: Mouni Roy in Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2. In 2010, Dibakar Banerjee unleashed the dark powers held by hidden and......

Varshangalkku Shesham Review: Magical Bromance

Vineeth Sreenivasan deserves applause for striving to blend the past with the present and revoking your memories, states Divya Nair. For any Malayalee, think bromance in cinema, and two names that......

What The Hell Navya Review: Too Superficial

The three women, because of their names and position, would get the eyeballs anyway, but if they do not rise above the superficial, it would be a wasted opportunity to reach out to and inspire......

WOW Moments From Paris Olympics!

The Paris Olympics had it all -- glamour (cuing for Snoop Dogg here), humour (the inventive Internet producing memes after memes) and some controversy too -- Vinesh Phogat's disqualification and......

The 'Starc reality' of high-stakes final

IMAGE: Mitchell Starc with Shah Rukh Khan after their win over SRH in the IPL final. Photograph: BCCI A man of big games! He may have faced a lot of backlash after a torrid start to the season,......

Will Gill Lose His Place To Gaikwad?

IMAGE: Shubman Gill lasted only 12 deliveries, falling to debutant Nandre Burger. Photograph: Paul Childs /Reuters Shubman Gill's struggle in the first innings of the Boxing Day Test triggered a......

'Why would India want to deliberately lose?'

IMAGE: India beat Sri Lanka by 41 runs in the Asia Cup 2023 game on Tuesday, September 12, 2023. Photograph: BCCI/Twitter   Shoaib Akhtar slammed fans for accusing the Indian team of fixing......

When Pelemania Gripped India

The enormous structured global advertising machinery that surrounds every football game on the planet today?Pele was perhaps single-handedly responsible for all of it.By just being brilliant,......