- Monday, March 31, 2025
After generations of trawling the same waters, the fishermen on the coast of Tamil Nadu in southeastern India know where to cast a net or park a boat without resorting to signs or GPS maps. But their customary rights over this common space - a right won by families who…
Electrical brain stimulation using a non-invasive cap can help boost older people's mental scores to those of people 20 to 30 years younger, according to a study published on Monday (8). The research, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, found that age-related decline in working memory can be reversed by…
Former captain Steve Smith laid to rest any concerns about his fitness and form ahead of the naming of Australia's World Cup squad with his first half century of this year's Indian Premier League (IPL) on Sunday (7). The 29-year-old Smith, who underwent elbow surgery earlier this year, top-scored with…
THE ACTION HERO ON PLAYING A MASTER OF DISGUISE IN ROMEO AKBAR WALTER AND HIS FUTURE HOPES by ASJAD NAZIR Action hero John Abraham has been unleashing his inner patriot in recent years and does that again, but in a completely different way with the brand new Bollywood film Romeo…
Shraddha Kapoor, who is undoubtedly one of the busiest actresses at the moment, with some high-profile projects in her pocket, has completed shooting for her next film, Chhichhore. The movie, which began production in September last year, is a Nitesh Tiwari directorial, who shot to fame after helming the Aamir…
Here is a list of some top south Indian actresses who have become queens in the Bollywood industry. Hema Malini The ‘dream girl’ of Bollywood made her acting debut in the 1963 Tamil movie Ithu Sathiyam as a dancer and supporting actress. Later, it was in 1968 that Malini first…
by BARNIE CHOUDHURY I was in parliament on March 28 on the eve of the meaningful vote two-and-a-half, or whatever it was called. It was for the ‘Parliamentary Review Gala’. What was that? Well, according to the invite it was “to celebrate, in person, the success and hard work of…
For up to 14 hours a day, Nagaraj Nataraj and his wife and daughter hunch over sewing machines, churning out flags for the parties vying for votes in India’s upcoming general election. They are among tens of thousands of home workers toiling to meet soaring demand for party merchandise from…
The European Union's data protection supervisor said on Monday (8) it is investigating whether products provided by software giant Microsoft to EU institutions comply with its new data protection rules. In November the Dutch government raised concerns in a report about the collection of data done through Microsoft ProPlus, which…
More than two years after the surprise withdrawal of most of India's currency from circulation, the painful consequences stalk its architect as he seeks another term at the helm of Asia's third-largest economy. Prime minister Narendra Modi announced the "demonetisation" in November 2016, justifying the sudden move as a means…
