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'Zakir Bhai Loved Cricket'

'Zakir bhai, Bela, Edgar and I were supposed to bring the As We Speak global concert series to India in January-February 2025.''It would have been our first tour of India after our Grammy win and......

Life jackets made mandatory after Mumbai ferry mishap

Authorities have made life jackets mandatory for all people taking boat rides from the Gateway of India, a day after a ferry-Navy craft collision claimed 14 lives off the Mumbai coast. IMAGE: The......

Oppn's no trust move against VP Dhankhar rejected

Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh on Thursday dismissed the impeachment notice given by the Opposition seeking the removal of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar while ruling it as an act of......

Govt asked 'X' to delete Shah's Ambedkar speech: Cong

The Congress party alleged that the BJP government has asked social media platform 'X' to remove Home Minister Amit Shah's speech from the Rajya Sabha, which they claim insulted Babasaheb Ambedkar.......

Opposition decries 'Hindification' of laws

Opposition members in Rajya Sabha on Thursday accused the government of imposing Hindi by bringing new bills with titles only in that language, a charge the treasury benches contested while......

Bibek Debroy: A Guru I Could Look To

Bibek Debroy was one of the very few economists not bound by any single area of expertise and was simultaneously curious about economics and politics, myths and maths, chess and chemistry, and what......

Bibek Debroy, chief of PM's economic council, passes away

Bibek Debroy, a key economic adviser to the Prime Minister whose prolific work included translations of the puranas and the vedas, passed away on Friday. He was 69. Photograph: Utpal Sarkar/ANI......

Bibek Debroy: A 'towering scholar' & economist

Debroy's economic interests and research work covered numerous areas such as economic theory, income inequality, and infrastructure financing. Photograph: ANI Photo What distinguished Bibek......

How Government Is Making Use Of AI

The National Informatics Centre uses AI to automate document analysis and detect fraud in government departments. Illustration: Ruvic/Reuters The government's vast work has got modern help:......

Just 3,000 nods: Trai's whitelisting deadline may be pushed by 30 days

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) may extend the deadline to whitelist URLs (Uniform Resource Locators), APKs (Android Package Kit), or OTT (Over The Top) links — through which......

2024: The Best South Films

'Content' is an ugly word used to tie together a myriad of stories out there but the market seems to respond to it. Audiences seem to prefer experiential, novel stories over stale, formulaic films.......

All We Imagine As Light Makes History At Golden Globes

A scene from All We Imagine As Light. Payal Kapadia may have missed her chance at the Oscars, but her acclaimed film All We Imagine As Light has been acknowledged by the Golden Globes. It has......

2024's 10 Best Web Series

The year was rich in content as far as Web series were concerned. The general bent was towards thrillers, and many of them were slick and entertaining. Shows that ran into their next seasons, like......

'I'm The Surprise Package Of Housefull 5'

'The Zomato delivery guy wants to click a picture with you.''My car has gone for servicing so I ended up going in rickshaws and they recognise me from ads.''When I'm walking my dog, people stop by......

Dune: Prophecy Review: Pale Addition to Dune Universe

Dune: Prophecy feels like a moneygrab opportunity meant to capitalise on what's already popular, observes Mayur Sanap. When Dune released in 2021, I remember how Director Denis Villeneuve talked......

Has Australia Found New Test Opener?

IMAGE: Nathan McSweeney, 25, earned his place in the 13-member squad following consistent performances for South Australia and Australia A. Photograph: Kind Courtesy Nathan McSweeney/Instagram......

When Kohli Blocked Glenn Maxwell....

Maxwell upset Kohli with a gesture in a Test match... IMAGE: Virat Kohli admitted to blocking Glenn Maxwell due to the Australian's mocking gesture during A Test match. Photograph: BCCI ......

Cook predicts Joe Root will shatter Tendulkar's Test record

IMAGE: Joe Root's remarkable form over the past four years has seen him score more than half of his total 35 Test centuries in that period, averaging close to 60. Photograph: Andrew......

How Gambhir's Coaching Helped Phil Salt

'That's the best bit of coaching I had.' IMAGE: Philip Salt with then KKR mentor Gautam Gambhir during IPL 2024. Photographs: BCCI England Opener Philip Salt revealed an important 'advice'......

US set 4x400m mixed World mark; Cheptegei wins 10,000

IMAGE: Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei celebrates winning the Olympics men's 10,000m final at Stade de France, Saint-Denis, in Paris, on Friday. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters World record holder Joshua......

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