'Mucor is very scary'

'Mucor is an environmental fungus, and it's much more prevalent in hot and humid areas'. 'The amount of fungus in the air is much higher in India than some other parts of the world.' IMAGE: A......

How Nitish Kumar can become a national leader

Nitish Kumar has to eschew disastrous experiments with prohibition and reservations in the private sector. Unless he is dissuaded from pursuing these flawed measures, he will pave the way for......

UP guv chides elite Lucknow club for denying entry to kurta-clad cleric

Maulana Kalbe Sadiq was told explicitly that it would be possible for him to enter the club premises only if he changed into a shirt-pant or a suit. The organisers’ pleas fell on deaf ears......

On diamond jubilee, naval aviation's spirit shows

Since 1910, when a barnstorming aviator first took off from a warship deck, naval fighter pilots have considered themselves a special breed. But few yearned to fly as much as Leading Aircraft......

Indian firms mock gender diversity as boardroom deadline passes: Analysts

Corporate India has made a mockery of an order to appoint women directors by recruiting wives, daughters and even stepmothers, analysts said on Wednesday as the deadline set by regulators for......

India's boardroom diversity drive has weird results

Some Indian companies have broken the spirit of the rule by making token appointments, notes Una Galani. Image: Image: Mukesh Ambani with Wife Nita Ambani. Photograph: Sandeep Pal.......

Builders hardsell ultra luxe branded homes

Branded homes are becoming a popular concept in the super-luxury housing segment.Developers are increasingly tying up with international brands/hospitality chains to launch such apartments, priced......

America's richest women

Given the current recession, its hard to avoid the irony in this: The two richest women in America have Wal-Mart to thank for their billions. Alice Walton is the daughter of Wal-Mart founder Sam......

The Official Timekeeper Of Beating Hearts

If Irrfan could have been our finest professor of empirical philosophy, and Nawaz is our foremost poet of that space halfway between the gutter and the stars, then Jaideep Ahlawat has to be our......

'My father Kishore Kumar was NOT eccentric'

'Kishore Kumar lived like a king and knew that he could get away with anything. It's as simple as that.' IMAGE: Kishore Kumar with his son, Amit. Photograph: Kind courtesy Amit Kumar/......

My Top 10 Films at the Berlin Film Festival

Aseem Chhabra is impressed by Rima Das's Bulbul Can Sing, Ritesh Batra's Photograph and eight other outstanding films. The 10-days long 69th Berlinale ended last weekend with a tribute to its......

Daas Dev Review: A soap opera classic

'Sudhir Mishra takes us into the dreams and fears of our politicians, into their self-deceiving pitches, and he shows us their demons and angels,' says Sreehari Nair. Now where did that come from?......

COVID-19: 'Footballers need to be disciplined'

IMAGE: FC Barcelona's Luis Suarez at the club's training centre in Barcelona on Thursday. Tim Meyer, the head of the Bundesliga's new coronavirus task force and chairman of the UEFA medical......

'Politics in Indian cricket was sickening'

'I was actually appointed captain for the West Indies tour (in 1971).''But Mr Vijay Merchant (the then chairman of the selectors) didn't like me nor did he like 'Tiger' Pataudi. He thought we were......

Can't believe I am 44, says birthday boy Tendulkar

Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar on Monday said that he could not believe he has turned 44 as he celebrated his birthday in front of thousands of adoring fans at the Wankhede Stadium in......

In Photos: Manchester United stars, WAGs' Christmas party

Image: Wayne Rooney sings. Photograph: Wayne Rooney/Instagram Manchester United's players and their wives and girlfriends let their hair down at a Christmas party in London. There......

Modern cricket is poorer with Anandji Dossa passing into the ages

Anandji Dossa. Photograph: Haresh Pandya Blessed with a computer-like brain and an elephantine memory, Anandji Dossa was a pioneer in compiling cricket statistics and scores. Haresh Pandya pays......