Newsmaker Of The Week

Sanjukta Parashar’s rise from Assam’s insurgency-hit districts to the frontline of India’s counter-insurgency apparatus marks a milestone in the long march of women into combat leadership. Earlier this month, Sanjukta... Read More

Vishal Chaturvedi has turned a deeply personal spiritual story into one of 2026’s biggest box-office surprises. In an industry where films routinely arrive with star salaries running into crores, lavish... Read More

Air Marshal (retd.) Jeetendra Mishra brings discipline, integrity and command experience to the Ram Mandir Trust as it seeks to rebuild faith shaken by the donation scandal. The biggest challenge... Read More

Washington’s envoy to New Delhi is bringing an unusually blunt style to a relationship that prefers results over diplomatic choreography. Diplomacy usually rewards the careful sentence. But Sergio Gor, unbridled... Read More

Written off after her 2024 defeat, Smriti Irani’s return underlines the BJP’s continuing faith in one of its most combative political voices. Smriti Irani’s return to the BJP’s organisational high... Read More

A hunger strike over alleged exam irregularities has turned Devendra Mahto into the most visible face of Jharkhand’s youth discontent. For nearly three weeks, Ranchi’s Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium has... Read More

Harshita Jakhar’s appearance at the Tour de France Femmes is signals India’s arrival in sporting arenas long dominated by Europe. India’s sporting successes have traditionally been concentrated in disciplines where... Read More

While Indian politics has never been particularly gentle towards intellectuals, it was unusual even by Parliament’s standards for the Director of one of India’s foremost technological institutions to be dismissed... Read More

Yastika Bhatia’s maiden Test century at Lord’s crowns the rise of an elegant wicketkeeper-batter who has quietly become indispensable to India’s new generation. Critics may say that there are flashier... Read More

Even as his final World Cup ends in disappointment, Cristiano Ronaldo's influence on the game remains unmatched. At 41, when most footballers are remembered through grainy highlights and nostalgic documentaries,... Read More