What India can learn from South Korea, Japan

'We have had 27 years of liberalisation and in the same period Korea and Japan and China transformed themselves forever,' says Aakar Patel. IMAGE: The Ebisubashi bridge and the crowded streets......

Modi gifts hand-woven tapestry, DVD on LBA debates to Hasina

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has presented his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina a rare audio clip of her father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's speech, a hand-woven tapestry, and the transcript and......

Gina Haspel, Super Spy

Donald Trump's new CIA pick hasn't been greeted with the avalanche of media gush that inevitably follows a woman who becomes the first among her gender to get a top job, says Shuma......

Bihar jail offers to supply rope for Kasab hanging

A jail in Bihar has offered to supply its famous 'manila' rope to hang Ajmal Kasab, the lone terrorist arrested during the terror siege on Mumbai, who was awarded the death sentence by a special......

Investment slide to continue, says CRISIL

Barring fertiliser & automobiles, recovery not before FY17Despite the government's push, investments are likely to decline by two per cent in all but of two of 22 major sectors studied by ratings......

Steep export decline arrested; outlook positive

India's exports, which saw the steepest fall of 39.2 per cent in May at the height of the global financial crisis, stands arrested at 6.6 per cent in October, and the government said it would......

Tech toys rule at the Games

The Olympics have come a long way since the first one in Athens where athletes alone mattered. Over a century later, technology too is helping athletes at the 2008 Beijing Olympics games to smash......

The amazing success story of Sunil Mittal

Mittal would travel in trucks along with his consignments. Longer journeys were by train because he couldn't afford air tickets. Image: Sunil Bharti Mittal. Photograph: Bharti Airtel  ......

Drive My Car Review

Drive My Car looks at the nature of grief through the emotions of reserved characters but conveys a world of healing that cannot be summed, only felt most ardently, most appreciatively, observes......

The Great Indian Murder Review

Tigmanshu Dhulia's earthy touches, perverse humour and queasy depiction of the upscale and underbelly revels in pulpy and devious twists, notes Sukanya Verma. Be its culture or chaos, India's......

Bollywood's BEST Air Force Movies

May the Air Force be with you! There aren't too many Hindi films set against the backdrop of military aviation. Clearly, that's about to change after Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman returned......

Review:Aadaminte Makan Abu is simple and beautiful

Paresh C Palicha feels that Aadaminte Makan Abu is immensly watchable. Post YOUR reviews here!Simple is beautiful; that is the thought that crosses one's mind as one watches the National Award......

Sports Shorts: Dutee Chand signs two-year deal with Puma

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday IMAGE: In May, Dutee Chand is the first Indian sportswoman to reveal that she is in a same-sex relationship with a girl from her......