Bye Sarko: What France's new president means for India

A solid political relationship with France could balance India's foreign relations, which have often tilted towards the US or Russia, feels Claude Arpi. France has a new President. With nearly 52......

Neither sport nor entertainment: The fraud called Formula One

A major antagonism is visible the world over between capitalism and democracy. But the Indian elite and the media continue to glorify capitalism, with all its sleaze. Their celebration of F1 is......

'Forces outside govt crucial to boost Indo-US educational ties'

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in opening the first-ever US-India Higher Education Summit at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, -- which she co-chaired with Minister of......

IIT council proposes common entrance test

Union Minister for Human Resource and Development Kapil Sibal said on Wednesday that the Indian Institute of Technology Council has proposed that students seeking admission into IITs all over the......

Reasons for not signing WADA code silly: Experts

India's cricketers came under sharp criticism from sports medicine experts for refusing to sign an anti-doping clause. All felt the arguments put forward for not signing the WADA code are "silly......