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Shashi Warrier | Stolen naps and other secrets from the library

The library was a large quiet hall full of bookshelves with the librarian in a cubicle near the door and a couple of...

5 Dec 2021 1:46 AM IST

Police officer pays tribute to the martyrs at the Police Martyrs Memorial to mark the 13th anniversary of the 26/11 terror attacks, in Mumbai, Friday, Nov. 26, 2021. (PTI)

Manish Tewari | Why 26/11 required a kinetic response

It, however, is a serious matter of discussion as to how Pakistan perceived the policy of strategic restraint

5 Dec 2021 1:15 AM IST

Indian Innings: The Journey of Indian Cricket from 1947.

Book Review | Spotlighting the finest Indian writing on cricket

It narrates the history of Indian cricket through earlier published reports of journalists who enjoyed a ringside view...

4 Dec 2021 9:03 PM IST

Parthibans Dream By Kalki Krishnamurthy.

Book Review | When Parthiban Kanavu morphs into Parthiban's Dream

No credit was given to the translators in the initial English renditions, an omission which was corrected in subsequent...

4 Dec 2021 9:00 PM IST

Name Place Animal Thing By Daribha Lyndem. (Amazon Photo)

Book Review | Memoiric fiction that paints vivid image of Shillong ...

There is no plot, but there are strong characters, most of whom are her family and friends

4 Dec 2021 8:58 PM IST

For India, China has been a problem for decades, even at a time when the world was fawning on that country for its growing economic clout and seemingly unending supplies of cheap goods. (Amazon Photo)

Book Review | Panchsheel and other delusions that wrongfooted our...

The ensuing conflict between the world's two Asian powers seems destined to be a defining process for global geopolitics

4 Dec 2021 8:56 PM IST

A health worker takes a nasal swab sample to test for COVID-19 in Jammu. (Photo: AP)

Two more Omicron cases found in Maharashtra, Gujarat

A 72-year-old man was found infected with the Omicron variant of Coronavirus in Jamnagar, Gujarat, following his return...

4 Dec 2021 6:01 PM IST

A health worker administers a dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a beneficiary at State Government-run at SKM Hall in Patna (PTI)

Double vaccinate against Covid first, experts say amid calls for...

Consistent finding with breakthrough infections is that these episodes are less in severity as compared to unvaccinated

4 Dec 2021 1:48 PM IST

New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel. (Photo: BlackCaps Twitter)

Ajaz Patel becomes third bowler to scalp all 10 wickets in Test...

Jim Laker was the first cricketer to scalp 10 wickets in a Test innings in 1956, followed by Anil Kumble in 1999 against...

4 Dec 2021 1:42 PM IST

A source privy to the development said that after the BCCIs Apex Councils decision, RCA will function like any other state cricket association in the country. (Photo: AFP)

Despite Omicron scare, BCCI set to clear Indian team's travel to South...

The tour comprises three Tests, three ODIs and four T20 Internationals and is scheduled to start on December 17 at the...

4 Dec 2021 11:50 AM IST

A medical worker collects swab sample of a passenger for Covid-19 test amid fear of spread of Omicron varaint, at Charbagh railway station in Lucknow. (PTI /Nand Kumar)

India reports 8603 fresh Covid infections, active cases remain below 1...

The death toll, however, climbed to 4,70,530 with 415 fatalities reported on Saturday, the data released at 8 am showed

4 Dec 2021 10:56 AM IST

People walk near the Rashtrapati Bhavan amid heavy smoggy conditions in New Delhi on November 15, 2021. (Money SHARMA / AFP)

SC to Centre, Delhi, UP: Enforce measures to check air pollution

Centre informed the SC that an Enforcement Task Force had been formed to enforce compliance with the measures laid down...

4 Dec 2021 7:37 AM IST