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A tournament full of excellent goalkeeping has still found room for a Swiss man to make himself unavoidable. Gregor Kobel has kept two clean sheets in five appearances and then became Switzerland’s shootout hero against Colombia, saving Cucho Hernández’s penalty and turning one good leap to his left into national folklore. Switzerland had not reached…

Rajasthan’s mining story has changed significantly over the last two decades. Once viewed largely through the lens of extraction, mining has increasingly become an important driver of the state’s economic growth, industrialisation, and regional development. Across mineral-rich districts such as Udaipur, Bhilwara, Rajsamand, Chittorgarh, Sirohi, Jhunjhunu, Nagaur and Jaisalmer, mining has helped create a broader…

At some point, very quietly, the world decided that thirty-nine was no longer an age but a warning label. In sport it is meant to be the beginning of the soft exit: the ambassadorial smile, the carefully managed minutes, the documentary crew arriving while the violins tune up for one last montage. In professional life…

The foyer as an exhibition space at the India Habitat Centre, is historic though it is small.Its most important exhibition to date was that of Homai Vyarawalla’s photography in 2010 which I had to review for the Times of India group. Fast forward to this month on the 11th  and  Echoes of Silence by Mumbai based Nidhi Sharma…

Piracy means copying and sharing someone else’s work without permission. It may seem harmless, but it costs writers, musicians, filmmakers and publishers billions of rupees every year. The govt also loses a lot of GST money. That’s why stronger action against piracy is needed. A Delhi teacher, Neetu Singh, recently won an important court case…

By Deepak Ranade The Fifa World Cup football championship is a festival that truly tests and demands skills, strength, agility, control, coordination, harmony, resilience, and stamina of each team. Attacks, counterattacks, a slew of deft passes, dribbles, and tackles with lightning speed and accuracy. This, of course, needs to be matched with a strong defence…

India’s temples have been in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons – Tirupati and Sabarimala rocked by scandals, a rathyatra tragedy at Jagannath Puri – and now, the Ayodhya Ram Mandir is embroiled in allegations of theft by insiders. Admitting the absence of professional supervision, the Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust will now…

If your car averages 15kmpl in the city, and one day its mileage dips to 14.5kmpl, would you take to social media, blame govt and question its policies? No. But if the average falls to 13kmpl, or 12kmpl, when nothing but the fuel has changed, your indignation would be natural. This is the root of…

The Taj Mahal is one of the most famous buildings in the world. When people think of India, they often think of the Taj, just as they think of the Eiffel Tower for France or the Statue of Liberty for the United States. Millions of Indians and visitors from around the world dream of seeing…

Piracy costs creators and media firms billions every year, and govt also loses its share of GST. A crackdown is warranted Delhi teacher Neetu Singh’s win against messaging app Telegram may not lead to blockbuster compensation for her, but it’s a milestone in India’s fight against piracy. Singh wrote a helpbook for competitive exams, and…