At this year's TIME ball in New York City on Thursday, April 25, you would have run into a Coimbatore-born American scientist, looking lovely in Sabyasachi Mukherjee designer finery, who would most......
Israel needs to come terms with the new reality that they are no longer invincible or the dominant power in the West Asian region, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: United States......
May 29, 1953. A New Zealand beekeeper named Edmund Hillary and a Nepali sherpa named Tenzing Norgay became the first human beings to reach the top of the world -- the 29,035 foot Mount Everest, the......
Karnataka Director General of Police Praveen Sood has been appointed as the next director of the Central Bureau of Investigation, a government order said on Sunday. IMAGE: IPS officer Praveen......
At sunrise the following day, a hunt was organised for the queen to shoot a female tiger.But she decided a monarch should not make the kill and handed her gun to one of her staff to deliver the......
The sale will be quicker if an Indian private bank buys it; it will take longer for regulatory clearances if a foreign bank or an NBFC buys it, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Photograph: Mike......
Was descending into the telling of only Diana's tale in four long, slightly-draggy soap-opera-ish episodes of the last season the original premise of The Crown? asks Vaihayasi Pande Daniel. IMAGE:......
Everybody knows he's a master of sublime, but Mani Ratnam's brilliance in escalating drama delivers a goosebumps-inducing impact when bolstered by A R Rahman's musical gravitas, notes Sukanya......
Will Smith was not invited to the Primetime Emmys at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, but what's an award show without mention of his now-famous slap? Host Kenan Thompson didn't make a direct......
It was a very, very different Golden Globes this year. Unrecognisable, really, from its previous glamorous years. The 78th edition of Hollywood's prestigious awards ceremony saw just a sprinkling......
IMAGE: Callum McDougall, Pippa Harris, Sam Mendes, Krysty Wilson-Cairns and Jayne-Ann Tenggren with their awards for Outstanding British Film for 1917. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters Sam......
IMAGE: CSK's bowlers can ill-afford to take Punjab Kings lightly, who are coming in to this match after chasing down a world record total of 262 against Kolkata Knight Riders. Photograph: BCCI An......
IMAGE: Shubman Gill celebrates his century against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Bengaluru on Sunday, May 21, 2023. Photographs: BCCI 'The Prince of Indian batting,' exclaimed Ian Bishop on......
IMAGE: Real Madrid's players celebrate winning the FIFA Club World Cup after beating Saudi Arabia's Al Hilal in the final, in Rabat, Morocco, on Saturday. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images......
IMAGE: General view outside the stadium with fireworks during the opening ceremony at Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor, Qatar, on Sunday. Photograph: Hamad I Mohammed Qatar's ruler opened the World Cup on......
The French Open final on Sunday between Rafael Nadal and Casper Rudd attracted some famous folk. Watching the clash at the Court Philippe Chatrier were movie stars Hugh Grant, Sienna Miller,......