India, 2020: A cautionary tale

'If Modi arrived like a juggernaut, he left like a jigsaw puzzle whose pieces were being dismantled bit by bit. It was as if India had seceded quietly from him.' Shiv Viswanathan's social science......

15 must-know facts about the Nobel Prize

Image: Nobel Peace Prize laureates Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai hold a news conference in Oslo. Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters India's Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan's Malala......

Bharat Ratna C N R Rao: I expect great things to happen under Modi

'No PM has said no to anything we have proposed. I am not a politician and I cannot give speeches about things, but a lot of good things have been done in science by previous governments.' 'Under......

Kashmir and Article 370: The tail is wagging the dog!

Not just Article 370 but all such special status articles must go, says T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan Suppose in 1971 Indira Gandhi had asked the so-called princes -- to whom India had promised a......

Swiss entities keen to invest in India, says envoy

A man holds a 100 Swiss Francs bank note in front of an ATM in this illustration picture taken in Bern. Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters Swiss companies see a high investment potential in......

Come with proof about black money: Swiss to India

The issue of black money suspected to be stashed abroad, including in Swiss banks, has been a matter of intense debate in India for years. As India continues its pursuit of black money allegedly......

Switzerland keen to strenghten economic ties with India

Looking to strengthen bilateral economic ties, Switzerland on Wednesday said there is a clear expectation that the new Indian government would support and "not hamper" entrepreneurial spirit of......

Hijacking of browser settings a top complaint: Google

Hijacking of browser settings tops the list of user complaints made to search engine Google as cyber criminals change them using malicious software.Modification of the settings is done without......

No Time to Die review

To be able to bid farewell to Daniel Craig is an emotion all fans of the Bond franchise must experience, feels Aseem Chhabra. No Time to Die is quite a party. Old friends, nemesis and new ones......

Review: La La Land IS the film of the year

Raja Sen confesses to not being able to stop raving about the spectacular La La Land.  Twenty Decembers ago, Woody Allen’s underrated Everyone Says I Love You had the director dance with......

Review: Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu is a treat

Sukanya Verma feels thatEk Main Aur Ekk Tuis neither on the epic side like Dharma Productions' great, grand ancestors nor weighed down by an overload of pop culture references of those that define......

Shooting a Hollywood film in Munnar

Santosh Sivan has become truly an international filmmaker. His eighth directorial venture, Before the Rains, a Hollywood film made in Kerala has made it to a number of international film festivals......

Football Extras: Atletico scrape past fourth-tier club in King's Cup

IMAGE: Atletico Madrid players celebrate a goal by Gelson Martins against Sant Andreu durinng their Copa del Rey round of 32 first-leg match on Tuesday. Photograph: Atletico de Madrid/Twitter......

Germany sink India with late goal

IMAGE: Germany’s Christopher Ruhr, right, celebrates after scoring the winning goal against India in the men’s hockey match at the Rio Olympics. Photograph: Sergio Moraes/Reuters The......

World Jr Chess: Shanglei, Yi lead Chinese charge

China’s Lu Shanglei and Wei Yi emphatically exhibited their rising chess prowess with convincing victories over Russians Vladimir Fedoseev, the top seed, and Mikhail Antipov, in the 10th......

World Jr Chess: Padmini Rout bounces back into reckoning

If Mae Frayna Janelle hoped to shock Padmini Rout with her choice of the ‘Alekhine Defence’ (which very rarely makes an appearance these days) on the very first move, then it was......

World Jr Chess: Rout's winning run halted by top seed Goryachkina

Russia’s Goryachkina Aleksandra (left) and India's Padmini Rout during their eighth round match in the World Junior Chess Championships Padmini Rout’s unbeaten run was halted by top......