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History In A Minute: Sarojini Naidu

A salute to Sarojini Naidu freedom fighter, poet, women's right activist on her 146th birth anniversary. IMAGE: A garlanded portrait of Sarojini Naidu on her birth anniversary at Old Parliament......

HC bars journo from hosting award show in Ratan Tata's name

The Delhi high court on Friday directed a journalist not to host an award event in the name of 'Ratan Tata National Icon Award' or use 'Tata' and 'Tata Trusts' trademarks. IMAGE: An artist from......

Bangladesh To Remove Mujib's Image From Taka Notes

Bangladesh Bank is printing new notes, including in them features of the July uprising, the Dhaka Tribune newspaper reported on Thursday, referring to the student-led protests that forced then......

Get Ready To Laugh Out Loud!

The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards has crowned its funniest photographer of the year. Milko Marchetti's side-splitting shot of a 'Stuck Squirrel' took the top prize at the Oxo Gallery in......

Maharashtra: Why BJP Wants To Be Single Largest Party

This would give BJP the chance to explore Constitutional options for government formation if there is no clear-cut mandate, explains Sheela Bhatt. IMAGE: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader......

Vivo to export 1 mn 'Made in India' smartphones, invest Rs 3,500 cr in 2023

China’s Vivo said on Thursday it will export more than one million ‘Made in India’ smartphones in 2023 to achieve a target announced last year when it sent out its first......

How to save tax over and above the Rs 1 lakh limit

'We have learned to say that the good must be extended to all of society before it can be held secure by any one person or any one class. But we have not yet learned to add to that statement, that......

Indra Nooyi inducted into Smithsonian portrait gallery

‘To be an immigrant, a South Asian immigrant of colour, a woman to be included in the Portrait Gallery... it really says that we are the country where people look for the people who make a......

Explained: Why Wikipedia often appeals for funds

For weeks, surfers landing on Wikipedia encountered an appeal from “the free encyclopedia” requesting them to donate Rs 25 or any other sum they chose. This was not the first time......

13 Indian firms in Forbes Fab 50 list

Thirteen Indian companies have found a place in Forbes's annual ranking of the best of Asia-Pacific's biggest listed companies.  Infosys Technologies and Wipro have made it to the list every......

The Last Days Of Raj Kapoor

Exactly a month before he passed away on June 2, 1988, Raj Kapoor was presented the Dadasaheb Phalke Award -- the nation's highest honour for cinematic achievement -- by then President Ramaswamy......

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......

2024: The Best South Films

'Content' is an ugly word used to tie together a myriad of stories out there but the market seems to respond to it. Audiences seem to prefer experiential, novel stories over stale, formulaic films.......

Bollywood's FIRE POWER

Bollywood loves to play with fire. In Amazon Prime Video's upcoming original movie, Agni, directed by Rahul Dholakia, a firefighter investigates the rising frequency of mysterious fires in the......

Even Manoj Bajpayee Can't Help Bhaiyya Ji

A film with a one-line plot needed a lot more pizzazz, whistle-worthy dialogue and a large-than-life, invincible protagonist. Karki makes a Rajinikanth kind of actioner (Bhaiyya Ji fights with a......

PIX: PM Modi declares 38th National Games open!

IMAGE: PM Modi receives the ceremonial torch from Olympian Lakshya Sen during the 38th National Games opening ceremony in Dehradun on Tuesday. Photograph: Kind courtesy Uttarakhand DIPR/X A......

Archer Aditi's parents on a 'suit hunt' at Palika Bazar for Arjuna Awards ceremony!

IMAGE: The 17-year-old made history in August last year when she became the youngest world archery champion. Photograph: Kind courtesy Aditi Swami/Instagram Archer Aditi Swami's parents from......

Hundreds mourns champion kickboxer killed fighting Russian troops

IMAGE: The late Vitalii Merinov’s wife Vita and two-year-old daughter Leia next to the coffin. Photograph: Yuriy Rylchuk/Reuters Hundreds of residents of the Ukrainian city of......

2024 Olympics: Ukraine presses France to ban Russia

IMAGE: IOC is open to including Russian and Belarusian athletes as neutrals at the 2024 Games. Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters Ukraine hopes to secure widespread international support for......

FIFA WC: Senegal remembers Papa Bouba Diop

IMAGE: Senegal players applaud fans with a banner of Papa Bouba Diop, on the 2nd anniversary of his death, after their 2-1 victory over Ecuador. Photograph: Buda Mendes/Getty Images Emotions ran......

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