Atmanirbharta Complicates India-US Arms Deals

Indian policymakers must realise that in buying small quantities of equipment, it becomes hard to start manufacturing them in India, explains Ajai Shukla. IMAGE: The US's 5th gen supersonic F-35......

Taiwan: A Thorn In China-US Relations

Any miscalculation and miscommunication are fraught with the risk of a major catastrophe, warns Rup Narayan Das. IMAGE: Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with US President Joe Biden on the......

9 top PLA generals dismissed from China's Parliament

In a major purge of the Chinese military, nine senior generals of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), including senior officials of the country's Rocket Force, have been dismissed from Parliament,......

X users face hour-long outage; services restored now

Social media platform X suffered an outage for over one hour on Thursday, as users complained about non-accessibility of posts on the platform. IMAGE: 'X' logo is seen on the top of the......

Russians Devise Ways To Outwit US, Help India

Russian oil supplies to India will continue to flow unhindered and suppliers will come up with ways to sidestep secondary sanctions, a Russian official told Business Standard. Kindly note the......

India may pip US as largest GitHub base soon: Nadella

India is expected to overtake the US as the largest developer community on GitHub by 2027, Microsoft chairman and chief executive officer Satya Nadella said during his address to 1,100 developers......

Key infra sector growth slows to 6-month low of 7.8 pc in Nov

The production growth of eight key infrastructure sectors slowed to a six-month low of 7.8 per cent in November due to a decline in the output of crude oil and cement sectors. Photograph: Carlos......

Cillian Murphy Dedicates His Oscar To...

IMAGE: Cillian Murphy wins the Best Actor award for Oppenheimer. Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters Accepting his Best Actor Oscar for the biopic Oppenheimer, Irish actor Cillian Murphy gave a......

Oscars: Robert Downey Jr Thanks His 'Terrible Childhood'

IMAGE: Robert Downey Jr poses with the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Oppenheimer. Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters Robert Downey Jr bagged his first ever Oscar award for his performance in the......

Oscars 2024: Meet The Winners!

IMAGE: Robert Downey Jr, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Emma Stone and Cillian Murphy at the Oscars. Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters Oppenheimer and Poor Things lead the show at the 96th Annual......

Former Argentina striker Tevez hospitalised

Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters Former Argentina international Carlos Tevez has been hospitalised due to chest pain, Club Atletico Independiente, the Argentine club he now coaches, said on......

Djokovic mulls going without coach after 20 years!

Photograph: Zorana Jevtic/Reuters World number one Novak Djokovic is considering going without a coach after 20 years in professional tennis, the Serb said after receiving the top men's honour at......

Real Madrid CRUSH Barca in El Clasico thriller

IMAGE: Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham, Antonio Rudiger and Vinicius Junior celebrate after the match. Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters LaLiga leaders Real Madrid's pursuit of a record-extending......

Ruud defeats Tsitsipas to win Barcelona Open

IMAGE: Norway's Casper Ruud celebrates victory over Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final of the Barcelona Open at Real Club de Tennis, in Barcelona, on Sunday. Photograph: Albert Gea/Reuters......

F1: Verstappen 'on another planet' with victory in China

IMAGE: Red Bull's Max Verstappen celebrates on the podium after winning the Chinese Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit on Sunday. Photograph: Edgar Su/Reuters Triple World champion......