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Giant In The Earth: M S Swaminathan

Dr Shreekant Sambrani pays tribute to Dr M S Swaminathan, the renowned agricultural scientist and a lifelong crusader against hunger who passed away in Chennai last week. IMAGE: Prime Minister......

AWESOME Images Of The Heavens!

The Royal Observatory Greenwich has announced the shortlisted images for the 2022 Astronomy Photographer of the Year! The Awe-Inspiring scenes of the Milky Way rising, galaxies colliding, stellar......

Stephen Hawking passes into the ages

One of the most brilliant theoretical physicists since Einstein passes into worlds beyond our understanding. IMAGE: Professor Stephen Hawking at a launch event for the Stephen Hawking Medal for......

The Nobels and the Age Problem

Science is a young person's game.An award to a young scientist could free up that person to do productive work, or help win more grants by enhancing reputation, argues Devangshu Datta. IMAGE: Sir......

Indian becomes US citizen in rare ceremony at White House hosted by Trump

United States President Donald Trump has presided over a rare naturalisation ceremony at the White House where five immigrants, including a software developer from India, were sworn in as American......

Here come the robots, welcome to the next industrial revolution

The so-called 'fourth industrial revolution' will bring ever faster cycles of innovation, posing huge challenges to companies, workers, governments and societies alikeImplantable mobile phones.......

Globalisation consensus? It is dead!

The world economy has seen globalisation collapse once already. The gold standard era-- with its free capital mobility and open trade-- came to an abrupt end in 1914 and could not be resuscitated......

Will Obama's banking proposals ever become law?

Domestic opposition weakens the prospect of Obama's proposals ever becoming law, says Dani Rodrik. When US President Barack Obama announced in late January his intention to seek tough new rules for......

Column: Bollywood's global market beckons

A WTO ruling opening up China to Hollywood should help Bollywood too, Sanjaya Baru. Bollywood is becoming big business, said the opening line of the lead story in the Business Standard last week.......

Myanmar question: To be or not to be

The fervent debate over whether the Indian government should do business with Myanmar's military junta after its latest round of atrocities has subsumed a related issue. Over the past decade or so,......

Amitabh Bachchan's MAGIC MOMENTS On Screen

Sukanya Verma gives a toast to the man, the movies and the many, many, MANY memories he's made on big screen through 80 Amitabh Bachchan moments. The list starts here! 21. Ande ka funda, Amar......

What if SRK starred in The Revenant?

Oh, how different the film would be! Will Leo finally walk away with an Oscar for his gritty portrayal in The Revenant this year? While we keenly look forward to the much awaited, meme-ed moment......

10 Movies That Were Better Than 12 Years A Slave

If you thought 12 Years a Slave was the best movie of the year, you've probably not watched these films. Forget the Oscars. We’ve seen who won and we know why, but 2013 was a year of much......

Will American Hustle win the Best Picture at Oscars?

American Hustle, 12 Years A Slave and Gravity are the strongest contenders to pick up the Best Picture at the Oscars 2014. It’s that time of the year again, and I’ve already......

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......

Sports Shorts: Haas F1 team to get new title sponsor next season

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday IMAGE: The Haas F1 car. Photograph: Handout/Getty Images Energy drink Rich Energy, a start-up brand recently linked to billionaire......

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