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The 70 hours that turned out to be Commander Abhilash Tomy’s scariest experience

Wind speed was over 150 kmph, there were 14-m-high waves, says Commander Abhilash Tomy, recounting the 3 days he was stranded in southern Indian Ocean.

We would be better off if we stop using the term ‘fake news’

The phrase “fake news” is a mess of conflicting meanings. It is nonsense – empty words.

These are the 5 best translation apps for every travel situation

After eight months of on-the-road testing in France, Spain, Germany, and Japan, these are the five that stood the test of time.

Gopal Das Saxena ‘Neeraj’ dies at 93: Sixteen songs to remember the legendary lyricist by

From Dev Anand’s Prem Pujari to Madan Sehgal’s Kanyadaan, poet and lyricist Neeraj wove his magic in a raft of films.  New Delhi: The death...

Behind Grindr India lies a world of sexual assualt, rape and blackmail

Caught between hope of love and Section 377, victims of sexual abuse, extortion on Grindr rather keep mum than go to the police.

Wicked witches and evil queens: Why children’s books need more female villains

There are clear gender biases in children's books. Studies show lead characters are 50% more likely to be male than female.

Lavasa: Indian billionaire’s paradise has now become a hell on earth

Modeled on the cotton-candy harbor of Italy’s Portofino, Lavasa is a typical example of a large-scale infrastructure project gone bad.

Indian cricket’s descent from checks and balances to cheques and (bank) balances

The system that was set up to run the game is now ruining it

Brutality of daily life can’t stop this band of Afghan brothers from spreading cricket joy

From wielding a bat in a Peshawar camp and learning tricks from YouTube, it’s been a long journey for Afghanistan’s cricketers who made their Test debut in Bengaluru.

Here is fresh evidence that journalists may misunderstand the public

Both consumers and news producers rate accuracy of sources of information highly, and down-the-middle reporting remains highly valued by a large slice of the public.

On Camera

India uses BRICS to push reforms—not to challenge the US

India has been pleading for long to bring reforms in institutions like the United Nations, IMF, and World Bank, which it believes are West-dominated and don’t reflect current global realities.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.