When 800 Indian Soldiers Escaped

Photograph: Kind courtesy: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205053514/Wikimedia Commons Which was the largest prison break of World War II? Was it when 76 plucky Allied POWs fled the......

Rajnath's military mantra: Synergised, swift, proportionate response

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday called upon the top military brass to analyse the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza as well as the current situation in Bangladesh to "predict" any future......

How Should Rahul Gandhi Have Spoken Abroad?

'I would think that India faces less damage from opinions voiced overseas compared to the damage it suffers if the right to free speech of its citizens is curtailed in the name of image......

China Threat Leads India Japan To Boost Defence Ties

The compulsion behind India and Japan to deepen security cooperation is in response to China's growing political and economic clout and its assertive behaviour in disputed areas. This has been the......

'Many Indian unicorns have set up businesses in Dubai'

'As part of our D33 strategy, the plan is to establish 30 unicorns in Dubai within the next 10 years.' IMAGE: Ameca, a humanoid robot and member of the Museum of the Future staff greets visitors......

How a Kanpur-born Indian-origin CEO is a chip off the old block

In the technology (tech) world, especially storage, Sanjay Mehrotra is a well-known name. Co-founder of SanDisk, a flash memory storage company in 1988, it was eventually acquired by Western......

Indian art boom inspires bigger canvas for galleries

The recent India Art Fair in New Delhi generated greater in­t­erest than before in local contemporary artists among a growing cohort of Indian collectors, including millennials. Image used......

Meet India's Latest Billionaire

'It has taken us 15 years to get to where we are. It obviously doesn't happen overnight.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   Amongst all the unicorns that listed last year and had......

Bollywood Memories: Mumbai's Double-Deckers Ride Into The Sunset

Thousands of movie buffs remember the double deckers of Mumbai, associating them with stars and blockbuster songs of yesteryear, recalls Debarghya Sanyal. IMAGE: A scene from Taare Zameen Par. In......

Sam Bahadur Is A Delight To Watch

For someone like me who studied Sam so intently, if a lump could form in the throat during the emotive scenes, I think the cast did a superb job, notes Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd).......

Janhvi's EXOTIC Desert Holiday

How does Janhvi Kapoor celebrate getting out of a freezer? By visiting the beautiful desert city o AlUla in Saudi Arabia! The actor, who has been getting rave reviews for her performance in Mili,......

Have You Read This Story About Hope?

'The Elephant Whisperers is a hopeful story of respect and cooperation with nature in an era rife with conflict and threat to our beautiful planet.'   IMAGE: 'There was never a moment when......

Nike's Phil Knight's $270 million stadium!

Photograph: Kind courtesy Oregon Track & Field/Twitter   Most college track and field stadiums are basic structures. Then there is the University of Oregon's Hayward Field, a 100-year-old......

Japan's indigenous Ainu dance dropped from opening ceremony

IMAGE: Indigenous Ainu Teruyo Usa's daughter Ruino practices a traditional Ainu dance before performing at a folk art concert in Tokyo. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon S/Reuters Olympic organisers have......