Lionel Messi’s triumphant Argentina comeback has been tempered by a hint he may not be fit to play in Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier in Venezuela. Messi, who had gone back on his decision to quit the team following their Copa America final defeat in June, scored the only goal in a 1-0 home win over Uruguay on Thursday that sent Read More

After reaching a life-time high, India’s foreign exchange reserves marginally declined by $392.6 million to $366.77 billion in the week to August 26 on account of fall in foreign currency assets, RBI said. Last week, the reserves had increased by a healthy $1.346 billion to touch a record high of $367.169 billion. FCAs, a major component of the overall reserves, Read More

The use of video technology for the first time in an international spared a France player an early red card in their friendly against Italy on Thursday and cut down on arguing over decisions, the match referee said. The game in Bari, that France won 3-1, featured the use of video technology to help the officials on the pitch, although Read More

During the 2005 deluge, rickshaw drivers in Mumbai charged five times the fare to take people home. It was their moment to ‘seize the opportunity’. There was a time when sharing a rickshaw or taking the bus made economic sense. It’s unfair to generalise, but the poor attitude of rickshaw and taxi drivers is a major reason why Ola and Uber Read More

The Skoda Superb is a battle hardened old war-horse in the D2 sedan segment, which is currently under lot of pressure from entry-level luxury cars by the German trio and the general preference for big SUVs like the Toyota Fortuner. Here is a complete review of the Czech behemoth to see whether the latest car can still win the hearts Read More

According to data released by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Indore, Jabalpur, and Raipur are among India’s most accident-prone cities. The map, above, shows us the number of road accidents per one lakh people, represented by the size of the circle and its severity (deaths per 100 road accidents). The severity of the accident is represented by the Read More

A R Murgadoss, the south-based director behind hit films like Ghajini and Holiday: A Solider Is Never Off Duty, returns with his third Hindi outing. Once again, it is an action flick. This time, however, it stars a female protagonist. Titled Akira, the film is a remake of the Tamil sleeper hit, Mouna Guru, and stars Sonakshi Sinha and Anurag Kashyap. Read More

On Friday morning, readers of several news dailies woke up to a full front page advertisement with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, dressed in a blue jacket, staring at them from under the words “Jio: Digital Life”. On Thursday, Reliance launched its 4G plan — Reliance Jio — and dedicated it to prime minister’s Digital India Campaign. “Our Prime Minister Narendra Read More

The employees of an ayurveda company in Amritsar recently came to office to find themselves locked out of their computers. Try as they might, they were unable to log in. Their usernames and passwords had been rendered null and void. When the company’s IT team investigated, it found that the main server had been hacked and locked. Through a cryptic Read More

Director Agnidev Chatterjee’s Dark Chocolate — the first film inspired from the high-profile Sheena Bora murder case — is hardly an eye-opener. There is nothing in the film that you don’t know already. Recently, Meghna Gulzar dealt with the subject of the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case in her film Talvar so sensitively and meticulously that it compelled me to rethink about the case. It fed me Read More