THE SUNDAY GUARDIAN

Women scientists and their struggles against patriarchy

Minnie Vaid’s new book tells the story of the team of women scientists that led ISRO’s Mangalyaan mission. In this excerpt, the author looks...

The NCPC in England is the birthplace of legendary cricketers

New Delhi: A reason to celebrate the long awaited victory has a resounding past of preparations. Such is the case of the National Cricket...

Water-logged passengers rescued from train

Mumbai/Thane: Over 1,000 passengers, including nine pregnant women, on the Mahalaxmi Express which was stranded for nearly 18 hours in heavy flood waters, around 90...

China needs new places to sell its mountain of stuff

Trade war with the Trump administration has begun to hit its crucial export sector.     Beijing: China has too many factories making too many goods. Thanks...

President Trump makes a faux pas

US President Donald J. Trump’s is a classic case of personality driving speech, if not always policy. His recent incorrect throwaway line on Prime...

President Trump makes a faux pas

US President Donald J. Trump’s is a classic case of personality driving speech, if not always policy. His recent incorrect throwaway line on Prime...

President Trump makes a faux pas

US President Donald J. Trump’s is a classic case of personality driving speech, if not always policy. His recent incorrect throwaway line on Prime...

Delhi’s ‘inclusive’ open-mic culture looks beyond storytelling and standup

The idea that has contributed to the popularity of the open-mic culture is that there is no one way in which we can express...

We lost it at the movies: On Quentin Tarantino’s latest

There is a lot of love in Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood, and quite a bit to enjoy. The screen is crowded...

‘Digital content will replace TV, not cinema’

After the success of ZEE5’s web-film 377 Ab-Normal, which showcased the struggles of the LGBTQIA community before the Supreme Court’s historic scrapping of Section...

With $1 billion from Microsoft, an AI lab wants to mimic the brain

As the waitress approached the table, Sam Altman held up his phone. That made it easier to see the dollar amount typed into an...

Atwood and Rushdie in the running for Booker Prize 2019

Margaret Atwood’s novel The Testaments, the highly anticipated sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, was announced here on Wednesday as one of the books in...

When Indian athletes decided not to play safe

In this essay, excerpted from the new anthology Go!: India’s Sporting Tranformation, sports writer Sharda Ugra looks at how the modern Indian athlete has...

Top cure: Corralling rabies, one street dog at a time

Mission Rabies, a nonprofit organisation, has initiated a campaign in Goa to stop the spread of canine rabies using a three-pronged approach that includes...

Cricket and India’s global diaspora

The recent Cricket world cup tournament was marked by the huge number of Indian supporters following the Indian cricket team. The Indian diaspora in...

Our heritage is our identity: Prahlad Patel

India’s heritage is its identity, said Minister of State for Culture (I/C) Prahlad Singh Patel, adding: “Hardly any country of the world presents such...

Indian Railways focuses on safety, comfort

Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal talked on a host of issues. Excerpts: On passenger amenities in trains Keeping in view the passenger safety and comfort, Indian Railways...

PM Modi saves Kulbhushan Jadhav

The brainwave of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to refer to the International Court of Justice the illegal and unconscionable kidnapping from Iran and detention...

PM Modi saves Kulbhushan Jadhav

The brainwave of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to refer to the International Court of Justice the illegal and unconscionable kidnapping from Iran and detention...

PM Modi saves Kulbhushan Jadhav

The brainwave of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to refer to the International Court of Justice the illegal and unconscionable kidnapping from Iran and detention...

Even Muslims support Ram temple in Ayodhya, says Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

‘Kahan dara hua hai Musalman? (Where’s the scared Muslim?) There’s no fear among Muslims.’   New Delhi: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Minister of Minority Affairs, believes that...

Before the blossoms fall

Pico Iyer has spent many years living in Nara, Japan. But there was a time when he was struggling to come to terms with...

‘Hrithik did a great job of portraying me’

Hrithik Roshan-starrer Super 30 is based on the life of Anand Kumar, who started a revolutionary education programme for underprivileged students, called Super 30,...

The evolution of India’s new-age cocktail culture

Cocktails, like fashion, keep changing with time. We are living through a revolutionary age in terms of the cocktail culture. Many of the drinks...

Why Indian startups need to tap into global markets

A startup ecosystem that enables Indian entrepreneurs to gain a foothold in the domestic market  while connecting them with international players can help propel...

Turbulence is a quick trip told in connected flights

It’s possible to say something about someone’s economic and class status—their privilege, to lay down a more woke signifier—by their familiarity with international airport...

‘Beyonce wearing my crown felt like an accomplishment’

Farah Khan is a Mumbai-based jewellery designer and gemologist. Her luxury lifestyle brand, Farah Khan Fine Jewellery, recently celebrated its 15th anniversary with the...

Cloak-and-dagger world: A museum show for the spies of tomorrow

Britain’s  100-year-old intelligence and security agency, GCHQ, is celebrating its centenary with Top Secret: From Ciphers to Cyber Security, an exhibition of more than...

NHAI signs MoU with NIIF for funding projects

New Delhi: In a major boost to several key road infrastructure projects, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) signed an MoU with National...

‘Employment generation will be our focus’

New Delhi: Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal talked on a host of issues. Excerpts: On employment generation For the next five years employment generation...

Concerted campaign to shame India for electing Modi

Ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi has returned to power with a thumping majority for his second term in office, a concerted global media-driven...

Concerted campaign to shame India for electing Modi

Ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi has returned to power with a thumping majority for his second term in office, a concerted global media-driven...

Concerted campaign to shame India for electing Modi

Ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi has returned to power with a thumping majority for his second term in office, a concerted global media-driven...

Japan sees a rise in number of Indian tourists, courtesy PM Modi’s push for improved ties

Last year, nearly 1.2 lakh Indians went to Japan, and this number is expected to double every year.   Tokyo: The number of Indian tourists visiting...

Relax, recuperate and relish with Altitude training cum hotel centre

The British colonies of England and Wales will not only be known for hosting the prestigious Cricket World Cup but the English culture is...

‘I like to play characters who differ from me’

Actor Kunal Kapoor’s latest film, Noblemen, addresses the issue of bullying in schools. The film takes William Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice as a subtext...

Meet the 11-year-old girl from Delhi who scaled the highest mountain in Africa

‘Never trust your fears; they don’t know your strengths,” said Alvira Tripathi, a Delhi-based mountaineer, who, at only 11 years of age, has become...

IBM bets $34 billion that it can catch up to Amazon & Microsoft

IBM has tried multiple ways to stay relevant in the technology world. But it has often been outgunned by rivals like Amazon and Microsoft. On...

The $50 dress that conquered Britain

The most viral fashion item of the summer thus far is not Janties (denim panties, obviously), or the bucket hat, or the “big mood...

Educational institutions are taking up green initiatives

From conducting paperless exams to reducing and reusing plastic waste on campus, India’s colleges and universities are taking up the cause of sustainable living and...

Here’s an existential thriller. Pass it on.

It took four countries, three continents, a couple of careers, philosophy studies at Oxford, serious writing awards and major gonna-make-you-a-star-kid machinations in several fields...

Amid peaking fan interests, rain can spoil the party

For the first time in the history of Cricket World Cup, four matches have been washed off due to rain and the fear is...

Indian team exercise taste buds, Dhoni treats Pant with hot chocolate fudge

Taking some time-off from practice, the Indian team players were seen enjoying desserts and outing before the match against Afghanistan. Dhoni took Rishabh Pant...

‘Govt aims to double farmers’ income by 2022’

Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar talked on a host of issues. Excerpts: On drought-like situation in India It (drought) is not new...

No cases of collision of trains in 2018-19

The Ministry of Railway, which had come under severe criticism following a spate of accidents in the last couple of years, has come a...

Fans overshadow stats, players

England and Wales are thundering with the positive uproar of fans who have swept the aisles of the British country.   From the young comical star,...

Modi 2.0 will put the economy on the fast track

Senior political leaders spoke about the Union Budget 2019 at iTV Network’s conclave on Saturday.   New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Finance and Corporate...

BJP to invite ideas on social media to prepare manifesto

New Delhi: Ahead of Assembly polls scheduled next year, the BJP in Delhi will soon begin inviting suggestions on social media from Delhiites to...

A careful budget

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has already made history by becoming the first lady Defence Minister of India and the country’s first female Finance Minister....

A careful budget

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has already made history by becoming the first lady Defence Minister of India and the country’s first female Finance Minister....

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