Indian peacekeepers in Sudan awarded UN medal

Fifty Indian peacekeepers stationed in South Sudan have been awarded the United Nations medal for their professionalism and service in protecting civilians and building durable peace in the......

Op Sankat Mochan begins; C17s fly to South Sudan to rescue Indians

Operation Sankat Mochan, aimed at evacuating over 500 Indians stuck in the war-torn South Sudan, got underway on Thursday. Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh is on board one of the......

South Sudan is sinking

Thousands of people have lost their lives and thousands more displaced in the violence in South Sudan. The United Nations mission and humanitarian agencies are under strain to protect camps and to......

Three Indian soldiers killed in South Sudan UN base attack

Three Indian peacekeepers were killed when about 2,000 rebels stormed a United Nations base in South Sudan's troubled Jonglei state, the second such incident in eight months in which Indian......

Spider-Man: Homecoming Review: Finally, a superhero without any anguish!

Homecoming fuses the kinky-swiftness of the original superhero movies with the silly concerns of a 2017's teenager, says Sreehari Nair. Am I the only one who finds the post-Nolan world of......

Tennis: Federer to make clay court return at Madrid Open

IMAGE: Roger Federer. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Roger Federer confirmed his participation for this year's Madrid Open, on Wednesday, marking his return to the European clay court......

Sameer Ahuja helms Sports Museum of America

When New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg formally inaugurated the Sports Museum of America May 7, Sameer Ahuja saw a dream transform into vibrant reality. The nation's first and only interactive,......

Dhoni switched to Plan B: Take the pace off the ball and the oxygen out of the game

'For all practical purposes, the game ended at the break. The Irish bowlers had neither the pace nor the skill to compete against the Indian line-up; the lack of swing further blunted any edge they......

Hell, Brittania!

The British Grand Prix, at Silverstone, is probably the worst afternoon on the Formula One calendar. Every year, like a big Hollywood summer blockbuster, there is tons of popcorn fodder promised,......