Special Frontier Force: India's secret weapon against PLA

'The committing of the SFF into operations in Ladakh is a signal from New Delhi of how seriously it takes the Chinese intrusions and the lengths India will go to in combating them.'Ajai Shukla......

SEE: Scindia greets Cong leaders as newly elected RS MPs take oath

Forty-five of the 61 newly elected members of Rajya Sabha took oath on Wednesday, with Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu urging them to uphold rules and procedures when discharging their duties as......

Temples must be open to all, not for 'only Hindus'

'Why exclude those who are curious about our faith but not born into it, to experience the temple?' asks Aakar Patel. Duryodhan is a common name among Oriyas and so is Dushashan. I did not know......

Saving the crocodiles

Saltwater crocodiles are the world's largest reptiles, and these had already disappeared from the coasts of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh by the 1970s. In all of Bhitarkanika, there were......

TV had a good year in 2018

'Through the year, we heard many talk about the increasing time spent on digital. But 93% of all video consumption happens on TV,' points out Partho Dasgupta, CEO, BARC India. Photograph: Kind......

A technology designed to touch many lives

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur have developed technologies that will enable people with disabilities enjoy the digital world, says Indrani Roy. Image: Professor......

Police remand for former Reebok executives

Four former employees of Reebok India, including two top executives, who were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly cheating the company of Rs 870 crore (Rs 8.7 billion), have been sent to police......

Soon, domain names in all 22 Indian languages

By mid-2012, vernacular domain names in all 22 Indian languages may secure the approval of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). By the end of this year, the central......

Cinderella. Money Heist. Scarlett. Hopkins

Blockbusters, Oscar winners, fairy tales, indies and cute doggies, Sukanya Verma assures it's all there on OTT this week.   Black Widow Where to watch? Disney Hotstar Language: English......

Can you watch 425 films in a year?

Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2020. IMAGE: Danesh Razvi and Tanya Maniktala in A Suitable Boy. It was the year of staying at home and watching films......

How TV viewing has changed

'In the lockdown, family viewing became even more important.''Kids saw adult content and adults saw a lot of kids content.''The audience is no longer just the housewife, but the whole......

Mrinal Sen's films

Filmography of Mrinal Sen Feature Films Name Year Language Raatbhor 1955 Bengali Neel Akasher Neechay 1959 Bengali Baishey Srabon 1960 Bengali Punascha 1961 Bengali Abasheshe 1963......

Budhia wants to win Olympic gold

Orissa's marathon child Budhia Singh, who has run a distance of 65 km non-stop, today said he cherished a dream to win an Olympic gold for the country."My dream is to bring honours to my country by......