'Goa Beach Shacks Can't Sell Idli-Sambar'

'Idli-sambar is available to eat on the main roads but the shacks on Goa beaches, which were started to give employment to local Goans, cannot sell idli-sambar.' IMAGE: A Goa beachside.......

1.5 cr take holy dip daring intense cold as Maha Kumbh begins

The fog was thick, the cold intense and the waters freezing as the Maha Kumbh, the world's largest gathering, began on Monday with 1.5 crore people taking a dip in the Sangam in their quest for......

British author Samantha Harvey wins Booker Prize for space novel

British author Samantha Harvey has won the 2024 Booker Prize for her 'ambitious and beautiful' Orbital, which becomes the first novel set in space to win the GBP 50,000 literary prize selected from......

'Trump Will Back India On Pakistan'

'Trump will absolutely back New Delhi on its position that Pakistan must do more to crack down on terrorists that threaten India.' IMAGE: Then US president Donald J Trump and Prime Minister......

Will RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das get an extension?

The December meeting of the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will start on Wednesday even as there is no clarity on whether Governor......

RBI rate cut in Feb may not be a done deal, say economists

Even as the high inflation figure for October has ruled out any possibility of a rate cut by the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) monetary policy committee (MPC) in December, a rate cut......

Rate hikes since May '22 helped reduce inflation by 1.60%: RBI paper

The cumulative rate hikes of 2.5 percentage points by the central bank since May 2022 negatively impacted headline inflation by 1.60 per cent, a paper by senior RBI staffers said on Monday.......

MPC's Repo Rate Decision Not Unanimous

Dr Nagesh Kumar, one of the three new MPC members, wanted the MPC to reduce the repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.25%. IMAGE: Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das. Photograph: Francis......

My Favourite Oscar Moment

The balance was so perfect in that moment, the irony so rich.Those who cheered on Elia Kazan were cheering on the one quality that made him such a singular artist: He was his own man and not......

2024: Top 10 International Films

Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite 2024 films that he watched at film festivals in Berlin, Cannes, Toronto and India. It's that time for the year to track its very best. These are personal choices,......

Kamal Haasan@70: What Makes Him Ulaga Nayagan

'With passage of time, Kamal did move away from the humdrum of commercial cinema, using it only as a peg to launch a new concept or new technology, as no other actor/film-maker has done in Indian......

Transformers One Review: Dazzling CGI, Dull Story

If you're a fan of the Transformer films already, you will be delighted with a hearty dose of nostalgia here but... Mayur Sanap adds a caveat. I'm not a huge Transformers fan, but I don't deride......

'Rohit can be the perfect No 5 in Test cricket'

IMAGE: After India suffered back-to-back Test series defeats against New Zealand and Australia, three were speculations regarding Rohit Sharma's place in the Indian team for the tour of England.......

Abhishek stays in second spot in T20 batting rankings

IMAGE: Abhishek Sharma has retained his second spot in the latest ICC Men's T20 batting rankings. Photograph: BCCI Team India opener Abhishek Sharma has maintained his second spot in the latest......

Former F1 team boss Eddie Jordan dies of cancer

'Eddie has been a protagonist of an era of F1 and he will be deeply missed.' IMAGE: Eddie Jordan, whose team gave Michael Schumacher a Formula One debut in 1991, competed in motor racing's junior......

PIX: Real Madrid, Bayern Munich score narrow wins

A round-up of Saturday's action in the LaLiga, Ligue 1, Serie A and Bundesliga. Mbappe scores twice as Real scrape past Leganes IMAGE: Kylian Mbappe scores Real Madrid's third goal with a......

'Our batters can adjust on any surface, that is the key'

IMAGE: Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill at a practice session. Photograph: BCCI/X India batters polish their skills against spin at nets ahead of battle against Santner, Bracewell Indian batters on......