France offers to supply 40 Rafale fighters to IAF

As President Nicolas Sarkozy began talks with Indian leaders to boost Indo-French ties, a French company Friday offered to sell 40 of its new generation Rafale fighters to New Delhi on a fast track......

Scientists try to get to bottom of heart attacks

Prevention is better than cure, went early medical wisdom. The latest from the world of cardiac research is that detection is better than prevention.As mankind faces its biggest threat in the form......

Drugs ban: These are the worst hit brands, companies

Govt bans brands with annual sales worth Rs 3,728 crore. Image: Companies likely to be most affected are Pfizer, Abbott and Macleods Pharma. Photograph: Reuters     The government has......

COLUMN: Obsessing about GDP growth

True sustainable growth can come only through an increase in productivity, and such increases can happen only through innovations, technical and organisational, in all sectors of the economy -......

Craze for ebooks yet to catch on in India

Globally, on Amazon.com, the sales of ebooks may have outstripped the sales of hardcover books over the past three months. However, this does not appear to be the case in India. Amazon's Kindle,......

E-books yet to catch on in India

Bookworms warm up to the e-reader, but the device will take a few years to catch on in India. When Gaurav Mishra, CEO of Delhi-based media consultancy 2020 Social, took a holiday to Miami last......

Box Office: Ponniyin Selvan 2 Starts Well

When Ponniyin Selvan 1 (Hindi) released last September, it had taken a fair start at Rs 1.85 crore (Rs 18.5 million), and went on to have an ordinary trajectory over the weekend (Rs 7.60 crore/ Rs......

'Hope I can be part of a futuristic fantasy'

'Dune deserves all the raves it has been getting.' In an ongoing series, Bollywood talents pick their favourite show of 2021, and tell us just why they loved it. Photograph: Kind courtesy Mrunal......

'The universe was telling me to make changes'

'There were certain ideals and morals that I had started bending as I was climbing up in the industry.''I was unknowingly hurting people close to me, unknowingly treating people the way I wouldn't......

Sonam, Bipasha, Nargis get ready for New Year's Eve

The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Bollywood celebrities are all set to ring in the New Year in style. Sonam Kapoor is enjoying herself in Maldives. She......

Humpy wins second game to force tie-breaker

Grandmaster Koneru Humpy, who suffered a shock defeat in the first game of the WorldChess Championship semifinal, bounced back superbly beating Woman Grandmaster Ekaterina Kovalevskaya of Russia in......