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India’s cricket craze stumps other sports

India’s cricket craze stumps other sports

The adage ‘Cricket is not simply a sport but a religion in India’ is one that is familiar to every Indian....

12 Aug 2024 7:36 PM GMT

BJP MP S Jaishankar takes charge as the External Affairs Minister a day after portfolio allocation, in New Delhi, Tuesday, June 11, 2024. (PTI Photo)

Cross-border terrorism not good policy: Jaishankar

EAM also made it clear that Pakistani policy of cross-border terrorism is the main issue for India

11 Jun 2024 6:35 PM GMT

Indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends a meeting during the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow. (AP)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Ambiguities remain amid India's pledges at...

PM's quantitative commitments at Glasgow earlier this month require a closer look than usual

7 Nov 2021 5:25 PM GMT

The protagonist in Jai Bhim is Justice itself and the director, Tha Se Gnanavel and the lead actor, Suriya throughout the films share with us the trials and tribulations of seeking justice. (Image: @PrimeVideoIN)

Jai Bhim: Protecting rights and providing hope in India's democracy

As we celebrate India's 75 years of independence, this movie shows a mirror on our society

5 Nov 2021 5:30 AM GMT

Marzia Babakarkhail.

Afghanistan has changed, women will fight back'

Marzia Babakarkhail has zero regrets for taking on the Taliban and is planning her return

26 Aug 2021 7:24 PM GMT

Afghanistans most popular film personalities Sahraa Karimi. (AFP Photo)

The world was silent: Afghan filmmaker Sahraa Karimi on Taliban...

The world was silent and didn't believe that the Taliban would come to the town and take over the capital of the...

22 Aug 2021 2:10 PM GMT

For the kind of films, I make, it is fundamental for the artists and crew to feel as one family. Thats why we were nervous about Irrfan, says Mostofa Sarwar Farooki.

I selected Irrfan Khan because of his eyes: Mostofa Sarwar Farooki

Irrfan had hundreds of questions, which made me very happy about his involvement as an actor

30 July 2021 4:26 AM GMT

In this April 24, 2021, file photo, multiple funeral pyres of those who died of COVID-19 burn at a ground that has been converted into a crematorium for the mass cremation of coronavirus victims, in New Delhi, India. Indias excess deaths during the pandemic could be a staggering 10 times the official COVID-19 toll, likely making it modern Indias worst human tragedy, according to the most comprehensive research yet on the ravages of the virus in the country. (AP)

India's Covid deaths likely 10 times the 'official' number, says...

The report is published by India's former chief economic adviser and two other researchers at the CGD and Harvard...

20 July 2021 12:19 PM GMT

Healthcare workers carrying the body of a COVID victim (Photo: PTI)

One crore people suffer from long Covid in India: Study

It was found that fatigue, weakness and sleeplessness were reported not only in serious cases but also in mild cases

12 July 2021 5:59 PM GMT

Laurel Hubbard.

The Laurel Hubbard controversy: Transwomen vs women in sport

Should transwomen compete with women? Should intersex sport be a separate category?

10 July 2021 6:09 AM GMT

For the BJP, which had been elated after its performance in the state in 2019 Lok Sabha polls, when it won 18 out of 42 Lok Sabha seats and its vote share grew to 40.25 per cent, the Assembly results were shocking as the party top brass was claiming to bag 200-plus seats. (AFP)

For West Bengal, the BJP continues to be an 'outsider'

Results proved that a majority of voters refused to ditch the 'Daughter of Bengal' for BJP's promise of turning state...

2 May 2021 7:49 PM GMT

The electoral discourse in Bengal, where poll battles are fought on ideological lines, had in the past mostly steered clear of sub-nationalism like identity politics. (Representational Image/PTI)

Bengali pride, sub-nationalism emerge as rallying points in WB polls

The ruling TMC has embraced it as its main poll plank to counter the rise of the BJP's Hindutva narrative in the state

23 March 2021 7:18 AM GMT