If one were to rewind a bit, we have had Dostana, which introduced the idea of two brawny men as a pretend gay couple and the hilarity it would induce.

Taapsee Pannu and Anubhav Sinha's Thappad is a rousing soul search, raising the question again and again, till it forces an answer.

Thappad isn’t a film about a wife teaching her husband not to take her for granted. It’s about a woman rediscovering her sense of self, contemplating what is fair and what isn’t.

The Indian men's hockey team will take on Malaysia, whereas the women's team will go up agianst Japan. Both teams have booked their place in the FIH Olympic Qualifiers by winning their respective FIH Series Finals.

Indian women's hockey team defeated hosts Japan 2-1 as Gurjit Kaur scored a brace at the Olympic test event in Tokyo.

Mandeep Singh scored thrice while Nilakanta Sharma, Nilam Sanjeep Xess and Gurjant Singh registered one goal each as India beat Japan 6-3 in Olympic Test Event.

The Indian women's hockey team won the 2020 Tokyo Olympic test event with their 2-1 win over Japan.

India suffered their first loss of the Sultan of Johor Cup campaign, losing to Japan 3-4.

Hockey India pledged to donate Rs 25 lakh in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

Ashok Diwan, who is stuck in the USA due to travel restrictions amid coronavirus, has asked for government's help to return to India.

Hockey India condoled the demise of Pandanda Kuttappa, a legendary figure in the region of Coorg who gave the sport the world famous Kuttani, family hockey tournament.

Cow and Company uses satire to take stock of India and its complex relationship with religions.

With social distancing becoming the new norm, small bookstores in Delhi may be in for a lurch, even if rules were relaxed.

Diego Maradona referenced his famous 'Hand of God' moment from 1986 World Cup and asked for the divine intervention to beat coronavirus pandemic.

Chinese Super League was supposed to start on February 22 but has instead had a five-month long pre-season due to coronavirus.

Juan Ferrando was announced as the head coach of the Indian Super League side FC Goa.

EFL said the decision was made independent of discussions regarding the potential restart of the season for the senior teams.

The Campania region is the second in Italy to allow its local Serie A club to recommence preparations, under strict health guidelines,

The Spanish Cup final between Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao was originally scheduled for April 18 in Seville at the Olympic Stadium, known as La Cartuja.

A group of 16 first-division players released a joint video saying everyone wants football to come back but the players' health should come first.

RFEF decided champions in each tier being declared based on the standings before the campaign was halted.

Germany have announced a date for restart of the season while England, Spain and Italy are in the process of the same.

Japanese Grand Prix is under threat from Typhoon Hagibis as it is expected to hit on Saturday.

Sunday's race at the Japanese Grand Prix is also under threat because of the 'violent' nature of Typhoon Hagibis.

Japanese Grand Prix: Valtteri Bottas was the quickest followed by Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton in the two practice sessions.

Valtteri Bottas was faster than teammate Lewis Hamilton at the Japanese Grand Prix practice, as the final practice was cancelled and qualifying shifted to Sunday morning

Japanese Grand Prix: Sebastian Vettel will start the race in pole position while Charles Leclerc and Valtteri Bottas will start 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Japanese Grand Prix: Valtteri Bottas jumped from third to first to win the race while Mercedes grabbed their sixth straight constructors' title.

Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg, who had finished sixth and 10th respectively, were disqualified from the Japanese Grand Prix after Renault was punished for breaching regulations over brakes.

Australian Grand Prix is set to go ahead despite five Formula One team members being in quarantine over coronavirus fears.

The halt on Formula One season extended due to coronavirus chaos as Dutch, Spanish and Monaco GPs were postponed.

Formula One gains most of its revenue from race promotion fees, broadcast deals and advertising and sponsorship which have all been stalled by coronavirus.

Joan Fontsere, yhe general manager of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, said said Spanish Grand Prix organizers at this moment are not even considering a race with fans.

The IMF approved a disbursement to Nepal of about $214 million to help it cover the urgent balance of payments and fiscal needs stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic. The IMF said Covid is having a severe impact on Nepal's remittances, tourism, and domestic activity. It will substantially weaken the country's GDP growth, balance of payments and fiscal position.

According to sources, India responded to the request saying that it values the contribution of Japanese companies in the country and assured that their issues will be addressed.

The move follows similar decisions taken by Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh governments to revive the economy that has been badly hit due to the ongoing coronavirus-induced lockdown.

The authorities collected 41 samples of various brands of pan masala from different districts and tested them to check it they contain magnesium carbonate, which is banned under the Food Safety Act, 2006, as one of the ingredients, an official release said.

The company also bypassed the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) notification, which mandates that modernisation and expansion of existing projects needs an environmental clearance (EC).

With the lockdown in effect, and construction, industrial and vehicular activity (which cumulatively contribute 75% of Delhi’s PM 2.5 levels) down to a crawl, the capital has been experiencing record levels of clean air.

Retnamswamy is the second person of Indian origin to be remanded at the IMH for psychiatric evaluation after the incident involving face masks.

A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Talwant Singh passed the order in view of a high-power committee's recommendation that it would be dangerous to put the prisoners back in jail as the risk still remains high.

The leaders are apparently trying to cash in on the Covid-19 situation in a bid to impress chief minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy through distribution of essential articles​ ahead of a cabinet expansion.

The people of the state are paying a heavy price because of the poor response to the crisis by the Shiv Sena-Congress-NCP alliance government in the state, the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly alleged.

The BJP in a statement said the former diplomats, during their talks with Nadda, hailed India's move to help other countries in this time of coronavirus crisis.

As Congress gets restricted to fewer states and a non-player in important states like UP, Bihar and down South, Covid crisis is being used by the party to remain relevant.

The Congress party slammed the Khattar government's move to 'burden people' in the time of a crisis.

The BJP's response came after the Congress accused the Centre of "cruelly" and "mercilessly" abandoning the entire category of migrant labourers and termed "a cruel joke" the order on inter-state movement of workers.

The Congress insisted that mismanagement of the migrant workers and treatment meted out to them, shows and reflects the approach of this government to the poorest segments that too during the pandemic.

New or higher taxes are justified only when the economy is booming, the former finance minister said.