History In Minutes: The Communist Manifesto

On its 177th anniversary, Utkarsh Mishra explores the history and relevance of The Communist Manifesto. Photograph: Kind courtesy Pixabay.com   Since its publication on this day, February 21,......

'It's A Difficult Road Ahead For Vijay'

'There was a time when a movie star could win an election just by stepping into politics. That era is over.' IMAGE: A fan pours milk on Vijay's poster to celebrate the release of his film The......

Why I Support Narayana Murthy

If 4,000 workers could work round the clock for the construction of the new Parliament building, then there is no reason why all infrastructure projects too cannot follow that model, asserts Dr......

Indian-Americans among 14 charged in $53-mn Covid relief fund fraud

As many as 14 people, including several Indian-origin business owners and employees have been charged in a $53 million fraud scheme involving a COVID-19 pandemic relief programme in the US state of......

Former IL&FS directors got lucrative paychecks even as firm collapsed

Even erstwhile independent directors were being paid substantial remuneration including commission. The median annual salary of IL&FS employees was Rs 13.1 lakh. While Infrastructure Leasing and......

US adds 4.8 million jobs as unemployment falls to 11.1%

But, the Wall Street Journal said that the US labour market is operating with millions fewer jobs than in February, the month before the coronavirus pandemic struck the country's economy. The US......

Cognizant to pay 1.3 lakh India staff 25% extra salary in April

IT firm Cognizant on Friday said it will give employees who are at associate level and below in India and the Philippines, an additional payment of 25 per cent of base pay for April in recognition......

Pilots, crew are opting for leave without pay for now

Sources at both IndiGo and Vistara say that some senior pilots and crew who have elderly parents at home had said that they would like to stay off the roster for now. Fifty-three-year old IndiGo......

'I'm A Public Figure, Not Public Property'

'If you shout at me, I will not take it.''If you jump on me and pounce on me or physically come too close to me, that's not acceptable.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Taapsee Pannu/Instagram Taapsee......

Making Waves In India And Hollywood

'On the set, Ranveer and I got along really well.''Ten days after the release, Ranveer messaged me and said, you have killed the scene!''For someone like him to message me just says how supportive......

Radhika-Sanya Go Disco Dancing!

Shraddha gets the blues... Kajol spends the day with her love... Mini shares her memories... Photograph: Kind courtesy Radhika Madan/Instagram Radhika Madan shares a picture from Sanya Malhotra's......

Pushpa Effect: Arjun Gets Huge Pay Hike

IMAGE: Allu Arjun's swag made Pushpa an edge-of-the seat action-drama. While Bollywood A-listers remain monstrously overpaid, their Southern counterparts are rapidly catching up. Of course, they......

Opelka slams umpire after point penalty for confronting heckler

IMAGE: Reilly Opelka of the United States received a code violation at the Dallas Open for confronting a spectator in the stands when he was serving for the match against Cameron Norrie.......

PSG vs Mbappe: All-out war over massive paycheck

IMAGE: Kylian Mbappe, who had a fallout with PSG last year after refusing to sign a contract extension, is seeking around 55 million euros ($60.73 million) from the French club. Photograph:......

Starc's record-breaking paycheck: 'Great justification for the hard work Mitch has put in'

IMAGE: Australian women team skipper and Mitchell Starc’s better half Alyssa Healy said the record-breaking IPL deal was well-deserved. Photograph: Kind courtesy Mitchell Starc/Instagram......

IPL Auction: Cummins didn't deserve Rs 20.5 crore price tag?

IMAGE: This was not the first time that Pat Cummins had attracted huge sums at the IPL auction. Photograph: BCCI Former Australia pacer Jason Gillespie has questioned Pat Cummins' massive IPL......

IPL Auction: It will help us set up the family in many ways: Mitchell

IMAGE: After being bagged for a whopping amount, Daryl Mitchell says it will help set up his family for a long time to come. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters When New Zealander Daryl Mitchell was......