Af territory must not be used for terror attacks against others: BRICS

The territory of Afghanistan must not be used to carry out terror attacks against other countries, the five-nation influential grouping BRICS said on Thursday and strongly called for combating......

China holds meet with 19 countries in Indian Ocean region without India

China held a meeting this week with 19 countries from the Indian Ocean region in which India was conspicuously absent. Photograph: ANI Photo The China International Development Cooperation Agency,......

Conflicts should be resolved by peaceful means: BRICS

Five-nation influential grouping Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (BRICS), which includes India and China, on Friday said conflicts should be resolved by peaceful means and diplomatic......

UK, EU agree to travel ban on 7 African nations

The UK's health authorities have confirmed that a new and ‘most significant’ variant of COVID-19 is officially under investigation in the country as the government on Friday added six......

Warner Bros to sell movies on Net

Films such as Batman Begins and TV series The OC are to be made available over the Internet via peer-to-peer networks by studio Warner Bros. The firm will sell movies and TV shows over the Internet......

Fly to moon, for $100 million!

The company that pioneered commercial space travel by sending 'tourists' up to the International Space Station is planning a new mission: rocketting people around the far side of the moon.The price......

Is the US credit crisis over?

One clue comes from the inter-bank lending market, and the interest rates that banks charge for lending money to each other. Commonly known as LIBOR (the "London interbank offered rate" - London......

Mother courage and her children

My organisation, the NCAER, has had a long-standing and productive relationship with the Self-Employed Women's Association, based in Ahmedabad.SEWA in turn is an active member of a global alliance......

'If anybody asks me what I do, I'll say I'm a Grammy winner'

'What I see in Bollywood is that there’s this assembly line -- there’s a lyrics writer, there’s a composer, then there’s playback singer who is selected on mutual......

Upton's mental masterclass: The secret behind Gukesh's triumph

'In a World Championship, it's not only about chess. There is a lot of mental and emotional pressure to deal with.' IMAGE: D Gukesh made history last week by defeating China's Ding Liren in......

Gambhir's style is different from Dravid, but...: Rohit

IMAGE: Rohit Sharma at a training session on Monday. Photograph: Kind courtesy Rohit Sharma/X India captain Rohit Sharma on Tuesday said head coach Gautam Gambhir's style is different from his......

Vettori warns of RCB's aggression despite struggles

Photograph: Kind courtesy SRH/X Sunrisers Hyderabad head coach Daniel Vettori did not read too much into the travails of Royal Challengers Bengaluru and said it will require an "exceptional"......

WOW Moments From Paris Olympics!

The Paris Olympics had it all -- glamour (cuing for Snoop Dogg here), humour (the inventive Internet producing memes after memes) and some controversy too -- Vinesh Phogat's disqualification and......

Secrets of Head's 100 revealed: You won't believe No 3

It's a beautiful space up the order to bat with Davey: Travis Head on his stand with Warner Photograph: Kind Courtesy ICC/X Australian opener Travis Head, who made a rollicking hundred against New......