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Abir Karmakar

Tailing Time: Abir Karmakar’s latest exhibition makes its presence felt in its absencesSubscriber Only

September 9, 2025 11:31 IST

Known for his immaculate detailing that renders his work hyper-real, the artist breathes life into empty spaces with every stroke

Jon Batiste

Grammy-winning pianist Jon Batiste to make his India debut this NovemberSubscriber Only

September 7, 2025 18:43 IST

The tour comes in the wake of his new and ninth album Big Money

China

China former securities regulator investigated for suspected corruption, watchdog says

September 6, 2025 22:01 IST

Chinese authorities have intensified efforts to crack down on corruption in recent years with probes of several high-ranking officials, including senior admiral Miao Hua.

Designs created by Ankur Verma at Armani (Courtesy the designer)

‘I learnt that designing is about working on yourself first, and then creating for people’: Ankur Verma on training at ArmaniSubscriber Only

September 5, 2025 18:44 IST

The founder of Delhi-based brand TIL, recalls his meeting with Giorgio Armani, his learnings at the Italian label and how his year-long apprenticeship redefined his practice

The Kunj

The Kunj becomes a fashion hotspot: Top designers reinterpret traditionSubscriber Only

September 5, 2025 09:29 IST

An interesting concept from the fashion perspective was the presence of tailors at each weaver collective store

DCAW 2025

Between Exile and Ecstasy: A walk through DCAW 2025Subscriber Only

September 4, 2025 15:11 IST

Six women-led galleries re-imagine spaces across Delhi's Bikaner House in the annual showcase, which also includes a home-like exhibition that collapses the divide between gallery, politics and everyday life.

David Hockney returns with a major exhibition at London's Serpentine North in 2026

David Hockney’s recent iPad drawings to be exhibited in LondonSubscriber Only

September 3, 2025 16:42 IST

The influential British artist is one of the pioneers of the pop art movement

Ganesh Chaturthi, Ganesh Chaturthi New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lord of New Beginnings New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art

An exhibition at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrates Ganesha as the ‘Lord of New Beginnings’Subscriber Only

September 1, 2025 15:59 IST

This is the third rotation of the exhibition that was first held from November 2022 to June 2023. It is on till January 2026.

Ashoka

Ashoka’s Edicts as Living DialogueSubscriber Only

September 1, 2025 15:39 IST

A dialogue between Carnatic vocalist TM Krishna’s music and historian Nayanjot Lahiri’s scholarship reimagines Ashoka’s ecological vision

Tom Vattakuzhy

‘I strive to let my paintings remain close to the pulse of life, where the ordinary reveals its depth’: Tom VattakuzhySubscriber Only

August 28, 2025 16:17 IST

In artist Tom Vattakuzhy’s debut solo, what appears central may not always be most significant

flights

Bihar Cabinet gives nod for viability gap funding to promote international flights from Patna and Gaya

August 27, 2025 18:53 IST

The official said the government has reduced aviation turbine fuel (ATF) to just 1 per cent to make operations more viable for flight operations.

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‘Chhattisgarh an emerging hub for global partnership’, says CM Vishnu Deo Sai at World Expo 2025 in Japan

August 25, 2025 22:04 IST

While the Chhattisgarh Pavilion focused on the state's industrial capacity, investment opportunities, Sai said the state is emerging before the world as a unique confluence of tradition and modernity.

Coal India Ltd, along with IIT Hyderabad, IMMT Bhubaneswar and NFTDC Hyderabad, is testing technologies to extract these elements from coal ash.

‘Discovery of rare earth elements in Singrauli is not just about minerals, it is about India’s future’: MP govt

August 21, 2025 12:47 IST

According to a statement by the Madhya Pradesh government, scientists have found concentrations of rare earth minerals in the coal belt of Singrauli

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei visited Ukraine weeks before unveiling his new art installation in Kyiv.

Ai Weiwei in UkraineSubscriber Only

August 20, 2025 18:33 IST

The Chinese dissent artist met soldiers and cultural figures. Next month he will be exhibiting in Kyiv

A film on poet Jayanta Mahapatra

A film on poet Jayanta Mahapatra documents the last days of the Cuttack-born poetSubscriber Only

August 20, 2025 10:55 IST

'A Tale to Begin With' by debutant filmmaker Bishweshwar Das portrays the life-philosophy and character of the legendary poet, whose poems reflected on life, death and the human condition

Nigeria

At least 25 rescued after boat capsizes in Nigeria, dozens presumed dead

August 19, 2025 15:58 IST

The vessel, which was transporting women, children, and motorcycles to Goronyo market, a hub for food produce in the region, overturned on Sunday, officials said.

Anish Kapoor art NorthbSea

Anish Kapoor’s protest art is now on display in the North SeaSubscriber Only

August 19, 2025 14:17 IST

Greenpeace activists have installed Kapoor's Butchered on a Shell gas extraction platform to reflect on the adverse effects of the fossil fuel industry on the environment

Anand Patwardhan’s acclaimed documentary The World is Family (2023) offers a personal yet political lens into India’s history, Partition, and the spirit of Gandhi

Why Anand Patwardhan made his latest documentary: ‘A lot of our history is being wiped out today’

August 19, 2025 10:00 IST

The award-winning documentary 'The World is Family' highlights the importance of conserving oral history, Hindu-Muslim unity and distortions of Gandhian ideology

Gaza

Palestinian Health Ministry says more than 62,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza war 

August 18, 2025 22:20 IST

At least 60 people were killed in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll from the Israel-Hamas war that started on Oct 7, 2023 to 62,004.

Brazil

Brazil’s former president Bolsonaro temporarily leaves house arrest for medical exams 

August 17, 2025 01:07 IST

Bolsonaro is on trial at the Supreme Court over his alleged attempt to remain in power after losing the 2022 election to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Congo

Suspected Islamist rebels kill 30 in Congo’s North Kivu province

August 16, 2025 23:25 IST

A civil society leader, Samuel Kaheni, the president of the Bapere civil society organization, added that several houses were burned and victims were mostly killed with knives.

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African Union urges adoption of world map showing continent’s true size

August 14, 2025 18:02 IST

Created by cartographer Gerardus Mercator for navigation, the projection distorts continent sizes, enlarging areas near the poles like North America and Greenland while shrinking Africa and South America.

A powerful armed ethnic group in Myanmar known as the Arakan Army said last week it had won control over a town in the western state of Rakhine after weeks of fighting.

Myanmar security forces involved in systematic torture, UN report says

August 13, 2025 19:51 IST

"We have uncovered significant evidence, including eyewitness testimony, showing systematic torture in Myanmar detention facilities," Nicholas Koumjian, head of the IIMM, said in a statement accompanying the 16-page report.

The 14-tonne granite statue was first unveiled in Copenhagen in 2006, at a site that was at a distance of a few kilometers from Denmark's famous bronze statue of the ‘Little Mermaid’

‘Ugly and pornographic’ – 13-foot mermaid statue to be removed in CopenhagenSubscriber Only

August 14, 2025 07:09 IST

The statue at Dragør Fort since 2018 has been subject of controversy and criticism

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IAS officer to classical vocalist: How Kashish Mittal’s rendition of a Nusrat Fateh Ali ghazal made him an internet sensationSubscriber Only

August 14, 2025 17:30 IST

His parents were supportive but peers were startled about the Services not being able to be his anchor

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