Vizhinjam Port: Between Protest, Promise And Reality

Big-ticket investments taking off is crucial for Kerala given the years it lost to labour militancy courtesy the same political forces currently in power, explains Shyam G Menon. IMAGE: Women......

10 Years On, Lessons from Fukushima

'The lessons learnt from the triple disaster have put Japan's energy future on the right path,' notes Dr Rajaram Panda. IMAGE: A woman weeps after an earthquake and tusnami destroyed the city of......

Dom's Take: SSF in the land of the lawless

The UP assembly passed the Uttar Pradesh Special Security Force Bill-2020 during its monsoon session, paving the way for constitution of the Special Security Force. The SSF formation was announced......

With 17,296 new cases, India Covid tally nears 5 lakh; toll tops 15,000

With 17,296 COVID-19 cases, India on Friday recorded the highest one-day increase continuing a grim trend this month during which it has registered about 60 per cent of the total of nearly five......

Stay ahead of the game; learn the tricks from Ecom king Jack Ma

As India gears up for an e-commerce revolution, China reveals how the explosive growth of this industry has created young millionaires whose success has lured millions more sellers online. ......

'Robo Brain' to teach robots how to mimic humans

Researchers, including Indian-origin scientists, have designed a 'Robo Brain' that gathers information from the Internet to teach robots how the world works and how the humans around them behave.......

Google aims to store all human knowledge

The search giant is building a system that stores information so that machines as well as people can read it Google is building the largest store of information in human history - a knowledge base......

Google's new features to make search more personalised

Internet major Google is adding new features to its popular services like search page, maps and youtube to provide more personalised information especially related to day to day lives of its users.......

A Film About Sex Not Seen In India Before

'Agra is about sexuality and sexual repression, and the relationship of sexuality to the physical spaces that we are in.' IMAGE: Priyanka Bose as Priti and Mohit Agarwal as Guru in Agra. In 2014,......

The Web Series Taapsee Liked

As 2021 comes to a close, it's time to look back at all the Web series and movies that made a difference. In an ongoing series, Bollywood's talents, who themselves made brilliant works this year,......

South Indian Films You Must See

In 2020, Hindi cinema had a tough time staying on par with its Southern counterparts. Subhash K Jha picks his five best films made down south.   Moothon (Malayalam) In her sophomore film --......

'How many lives can these outsiders have?'

'Outsiders are the ones who have to make the biggest journey to realise themselves, to come back to some sense of normality.' Director Jacques Audiard and actor Jesuthasan Antonythasan discuss the......

Cricket is like circle of life, a great leveller: Dhoni

India captain and wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni celebrates with team mates during the World Cup quarter-final against Bangladesh at the MCG. Photograph: Brandon Malone/Reuters Mahendra Singh......

Cushion the bowling, not the batting

Put together, four Indian batsmen -- Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid andV V S Laxman -- have hammered more than 25,000 runs in 300 or soTest matches. Their overall batting average is......

Playing through the pain

August 19, 2003 | 20:00 ISTPlaying through the pain For the first time in three years, the US Open final will not be contested by Venus and Serena Williams. [ bbc.co.uk ]FIA hears Ralf Schumacher's......

Internet's answer to interactive TV

You watch a cricket match and, at the end of it, your mind is filled with edited highlights-- a shot here, a wicket there, an outstanding bit of fielding, an umpiring error...Those are what you......