2024 May Witness More Natural Disasters

'The Weather Channel argues that India faces the gravest challenge: Climate change-induced health vulnerability.' 'This is an issue often neglected, alerts Claude Arpi: "Prolonged summers,......

'A lot of Israeli soldiers will lose their lives'

''Hamas is going to be prepared. There will be booby traps and tunnels; it's going to be door to door fighting.' IMAGE: Smoke and flames billow after Israeli forces struck a high-rise tower in......

India right country at right time to host G20 summit, says Rishi

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Friday said G20 has been a huge success for India and it is the "right country at the right time to be hosting this”. IMAGE: United Kingdom Prime......

BRICS Expansion: Boost For China

This could become tricky territory for India, given its basically adversarial relationship with China, its moves to block imports and investment from that country, and to deny market access for......

Coronavirus fears send aerospace industry into tailspin

Several hundred Indian firms that manufacture or assemble Rs 10,000 crore worth of aerospace components annually for manufacturers like Boeing, Airbus, Lockheed Martin and Bell Helicopters now face......

3 reasons why fall in crude prices won't benefit India

Usually, a fall in oil prices is followed with a cut in retail prices of auto fuels and the government passes on the benefit to consumers. However, Morgan Stanley believes gains this time around......

'PM has no clear roadmap for $5 trillion economy'

'Despite all of the PM's many strengths, it is increasingly clear he does not have a coherent and clear view on matters of macro policy.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi at......

'Corporate tax cuts will affect tax collection'

'The corporate tax cuts will obviously result in lower tax payments by companies.' Central Board of Direct Taxes Member Akhilesh Ranjan, bottom, convener of the task force on the new direct tax......

Three movies you must watch!

Indira Kannan picks Made in Bangladesh, Greed, Moothon. IMAGE: A scene from Moothon.   The labels are a common sight on the racks of most fast fashion stores in the West -- Made in Sri Lanka,......

'Live from the heart. Dil Se'

'Embrace all that this life has in store for you, let your heart be as deep as the deepest ocean and as wide as the farthest horizon.' Beautiful words from Shah Rukh Khan. Shah Rukh Khan's messages......

Forget football, these Brits are obsessed with kabaddi!

IMAGE: George Wellington tackles a player during a Kabaddi match at the London School of Economics. Photograph: Hollie Adams/Reuters The mention of kabaddi often leaves Britons scratching their......

Events That Changed Indian Cricket Forever

Would there have been an incomparable batsman named Sachin Tendulkar had Doordarshan not telecast Guide one summer afternoon?A fascinating excerpt from Abhishek Mukherjee and Joy Bhattacharjya's......

FIFA postpones U-17 Women's World Cup in India due to COVID-19

IMAGE: The Indian women's football team. Photograph: AIFF Media The FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup to be held in India in November was, on Saturday, postponed by football's governing body due to......