Maldives Prez Muizzu speaks on 'India Out' agenda

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has denied having an "India Out" agenda, asserting that the island nation had a "serious problem" with the presence of foreign military on its soil. IMAGE:......

Indian-origin student arrested for taking part in anti-Israel protests in US

An Indian-origin female student studying at the prestigious Princeton University is among two students who have been arrested and barred from the campus for staging pro-Palestine protests on the......

The Star Gazer Stars At TIME Gala

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......

'Netanyahu cannot eradicate Hamas'

'Assassinating the leaders of an organisation, destroying their homes, buildings and institutions are not 'wiping out' an organisation.''Genociding the Lebanese or the Palestinians is something......

When Santa Wore A Red Sari

The Budget oration of the finance minister and the confidence with which she delivered it, along with the measures and the recent upsurge in the economy would all contribute to unleashing the......

Gita Gopinath to quit as IMF chief economist, return to Harvard

IMF's Chief Economist Gita Gopinath will leave her job in January next year and return to the prestigious Harvard University, according to the global financial institution. Photograph: Charles......

Good to see Bikhchandani, Banga on the rich list

'To all the MBAs that burn the candle at both ends, travel half-a-million miles every year, and spend little or no quality time with their families, the rise to riches of Mr Bikhchandani and Mr......

MIT congratulates Abhijit Banerjee, wife Esther Duflo

MIT, in a release, said the 'work of Duflo and Banerjee has emphasised the use of field experiments in research, to bring the principles of laboratory-style randomised, controlled trials to......

'I was hopeless in Maths'

'My Maths teacher, Mrs Barucha, hated me. She would come to class and because my name was Azmi, I would be the first on the roll call. She would say 'Azmi Shabana', I would say 'Present' and then......

'I'm thrilled Bombay Velvet even got made!'

It took author Gyan Prakash’s saga Mumbai Fables more than eight years to be brought to screen. But just less than a week for the movie version  Bombay Velvet to come crashing......

Review: Bombay Velvet is marred by weak storytelling

Bombay Velvet spends too much time on period details and loses focus, notes Aseem Chhabra. Towards the middle of Anurag Kashyap’s Bombay Velvet, Anushka Sharma’s Rosie Noronha stands on......

How Bombay Velvet got made!

'I kept telling Anurag, "I don't care about anything, I don't want any money. Just get the film made".' 'One day I called Anurag and someone else picked up the phone. He said, "Hello, Sir." I......