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Govt warns against new scam targeting potential investors

A new cyber fraud known as 'pig butchering scam' or 'investment scam' has emerged, targeting unemployed youths, housewives, students, and needy people who are made to lose large sums of money......

Taliban order all NGOs to stop employing women

The Taliban have announced they will close all national and foreign nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) employing women in Afghanistan. IMAGE: An Afghan woman walks past a beauty salon in Kabul,......

2024: The Year Of Shift In Politics

Much drama is likely to continue in the coming year within the Sangh Parivar as well as involving the Opposition parties and, of course, the BJP's allies, predicts Modi biographer Nilanjan......

Taliban's latest decree: No windows in women's living spaces

In its latest decree, the Taliban's moral police banned women from looking out of windows. IMAGE: Afghan women arrive to receive assistance from a World Food Program distribution centre in Kabul,......

Can rising temple-mosque disputes shape UP polls in 2027?

Although the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls are due only in 2027, political experts suggest that the increasing number of temple-mosque disputes in the state and the resultant polarisation have......

RBI, Always Watchful, Always Vigilant

The RBI has changed the way it approached supervision in the past. Having seen a couple of collapses in the NBFC sector and the near-collapse of a few banks, it is focusing on regular drills to......

The India Story: 90% Work In Progress

From highways connecting once-remote regions to aviation networks carrying millions, India's infrastructure story is one of transformation. IMAGE: Union Minister of Roads, Transport and Highways......

Despite CRR cut, liquidity deficit in banking system crosses Rs 2 trillion

The liquidity deficit in the banking system crossed Rs 2 trillion again on Monday, despite the second instalment of cash reserve ratio (CRR) reduction coming into effect from December 28.......

AI & automation to play a crucial role for retail industry in 2025

With the rapid evolution of channels like quick-commerce and the emergence of ONDC, the Indian retail industry is 'cautiously optimistic' for 2025, in which new-age technologies such as AI and......

PMS players breach threshold, set to have non-EPFO assets of over Rs 10 trn

When star mutual fund managers quit their jobs to start their own ventures, they have often begun their new innings by becoming portfolio management service (PMS) providers. Illustration: Dominic......

'Frankly, Angelina Is Exhausted'

'She is relieved this one part is over.' IMAGE: Angeline Jolie and Brad Pitt arrive at the Golden Globe Awards at Beverly Hills in 2012. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters After more than eight......

2024 Belongs To Payal Kapadia!

All We Imagine as Light has been on several critics' best of the year lists, including Sight and Sound (Payal Kapadia appeared on the magazine's cover, perhaps a first for an Indian filmmaker), to......

Fateh Follows Bollywood Action Film Template

Everything is over the top -- the style, the violence, the action.So nothing else matters, not gravity, bullets, or the presence of stalwarts like Naseeruddin Shah, observes Mayur Sanap. For his......

The Shyam Benegal I Knew

His cinema of compassion inspired me, gave me tools to develop empathy for others. But it also made me understand that serious, socially committed cinema with deeply engaging narratives and great......

Marco Review: Gore Fest

The action entertainer Marco is a well shot, gnarly bloodfest that packs some lackluster thrills, notes Arjun Menon. Another day, another lesser effective wannabe 'Pan Indian' action film is out......

ICC rankings: Bumrah eclipses Ashwin's all-time record

IMAGE: Jasprit Bumrah picked up nine wickets in the MCG Test, albeit in a losing cause, to consolidate his lead as the No. 1 Test bowler. Photograph: BCCI/X India's pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah......

Fitness is key, not social media: Dhoni

If you play good cricket, you don't need PR: MS Dhoni IMAGE: The 43-year-old MS Dhoni, who retired from international cricket in August 2020, is gearing up to play in his 18th season of the Indian......

Djokovic, Kyrgios relishing partnership in Brisbane doubles

IMAGE: Serbia's Novak Djokovic and Australia's Nick Kyrgios pose for photograph. Photograph: Loren Elliott/Reuters Novak Djokovic said teaming up with Nick Kyrgios in the Brisbane......

US Open doubles champion suspended for anti-doping breach

IMAGE: The ITIA said Max Purcell, the world's 12th ranked doubles player, had admitted to a breach of rules. Photograph: Pablo Morano/Reuters Australia's two-times Grand Slam doubles champion Max......

Shreyas can't wait to work again with Ponting, this time at Punjab

'With Ricky coming in, we have shared a great camaraderie from the past. We would be putting our thinking caps on and brainstorming on many aspects.' IMAGE: Ricky Ponting and Shreyas Iyer had......

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