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'We need to retell this history from many different perspectives.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   Writer Amitav Ghosh spent many of those strange, mind-numbing COVID-19 days of......

A life in pictures - Britain's Prince Philip

From his early years to the duties and pleasures of royal life, we take a look at the life of the Duke of Edinburgh. Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, prior to his marriage to Princess Elizabeth,......

'Get your knee off our necks!': Americans remember Floyd

Thousands of Americans carrying placards reading "black lives matter" and raising slogans such as "no justice, no peace" took to the streets in many United States cities, demonstrating peacefully......

Fortune names its World's 50 Greatest Leaders

The students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas and other United States schools, Tim Cook, India’s Indira Jaising and Mukesh Ambani. The names mentioned above have nothing in common… until......

Oscars 2023: Naatu Naatu, Elephant Whisperers Win!

The 95th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. Everything Everywhere All at Once was a big winner, winning the top awards and then some more. India scored two wins with Naatu Naatu getting the......

The Crown Season 5 Review

The new season of The Crown is a bit of a dreary watch, observes Deepa Gehlot. Coming out as it does a few weeks after the death of Queen Elizabeth II (and some months after Prince Philip's......

Golden Globes 2020: Sofia Vergara on the red carpet

The 77th Golden Globe awards is live at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, California, and is seeing Hollywood's glamorous set in attendance. There's a splash of India as well, with Priyanka......

Emmy 2019: Jodie Comer, Game Of Thrones win

The 71st Emmy Awards have been announced, and there have been quite a few surprises and some expected nods. Here's a quick glance at the winners, listed in bold:   IMAGE: Cast and crew......

Simbine runs season's fastest 100m; Lyles best in 150m

IMAGE: South Africa's Akani Simbine cruised through the finish of the 100 metres at the Atlanta City Games a tenth of a second ahead of Kenyan Ferdinand Omanyala, with American Kendal Williams......

My records not under threat for now: Usain Bolt

IMAGE: Usain Bolt believes his record will not be broken in the near future. Photograph: Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters Usain Bolt is going to be back at the Olympics after eight years. But......

PIX: Samson hits maiden ton as young India clinch 2-1 series win

Images from the 3rd ODI between India and South Africa at the Boland Park Stadium in Paarl on Thursday. SCORECARD IMAGE: India secured a 2-1 series win over South Africa. Photograph: Esa......

India's top guns aim to fire in decisive 3rd ODI vs SA

IMAGE: Sai Sudharsan has impressed with scores of 55 and 62 in the series so far. Photograph: BCCI/X With a recurring theme of a faltering opening combination in the first two matches,......

Rinku vs Rajat: Who will get the coveted ODI cap?

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