L-R: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani; Egypt’s Mohamed Salah and Argentina’s Lionel Messi (AP Photo) New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has become the latest high-profile figure to back Egypt after its controversial 3-2 FIFA World Cup Round of 16 defeat to Argentina, declaring that the African side had been “robbed” in a remark…
Akshay Kumar explains why Ahaan Panday-Aneet Padda’s Saiyaara worked, says hit films don’t need events (Image credits: Instagram) Akshay Kumar believes that a film doesn’t need a grand promotional event or a larger-than-life spectacle to become a box office success. The actor cited the blockbuster success of Saiyaara as an example, saying the romantic drama…
India’s Abhishek Sharma (ANI Photo) Abhishek Sharma added an unusual record to his name during India’s fifth T20I against England at The Rose Bowl, becoming the player with the most T20I appearances before playing either a Test or an ODI for a Full Member nation.The left-handed opener featured in his 53rd T20I for India on…
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head (ANI Photo) CHENNAI: It’s knock-out cricket already for Chennai Super Kings, with two league games left and no margin for error. For Sunrisers Hyderabad, the equation is less desperate but hardly comfortable: seven wins have them within touching distance of the playoffs, yet a defeat at the MA…
V K Ramasamy in the 1967 film ‘Pattanathil Bhootham’ Tamil cinema has known many Ramasamys: K R Ramasamy, the singing star of yesteryear; ‘Friend’ Ramasamy and ‘Pulimoottai’ Ramasamy, comedians of an earlier era; and ‘Cho’ Ramasamy, the incomparable satirist. Yet there was none like V K Ramasamy, either as an artiste or as an individual….
(This article is part of the View From India newsletter curated by The Hindu’s foreign affairs experts. To get the newsletter in your inbox every Monday, subscribe here.) When Fidel Castro laid out the plans to storm the Moncada Barracks in 1953, his younger brother Raul was just 22. He signed up for the attack. The barracks…
Chennai: The board of private lender City Union Bank (CUB) on Tuesday gave its nod to raise Rs 500 crore through Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP).In a regulatory filing, the bank said the board had approved raising additional capital of up to Rs 500 crore (including premium) through a QIP. The proposal will be included in…