PIX: India celebrates Festival of Lights

Buildings were decorated with earthen lamps and colourful lights as people across the country celebrated Diwali with pomp on Sunday and a relatively better air quality than in previous years......

Is India's NavIC Better Than GPS?

NavIC consists of a constellation of seven satellites and a network of ground stations and is touted to be more accurate than GPS. IMAGE: The NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation) logo and......

At 13 days, 3 hours, Biparjoy longest duration cyclone since 1977: IMD

Cyclone Biparjoy, which wreaked havoc in Gujarat earlier this month, was the longest duration cyclonic storm in the northern Indian Ocean since 1977, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said......

Full text: President Murmu's address to Parliament's Budget Session

‘Wherever in the world there is political instability, those countries are beset with severe crises today. But India is in a much better position than the rest of the world due to the......

Sagarmala project: Poor planning on container traffic haunting shippers

Since January this year, Indian exporters have begun to dread the shipping news. That’s because most of it would be about another lot of shipping companies deciding to avoid Indian ports on......

India never had more decisive government: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday cited his dispensation's push for wide-ranging reforms, including the privatisation of Air India, to assert that the country never had a more “decisive......

Lakshadweep tourism takes baby steps in 12 islands

If things go as planned, the Centre will develop 12 new Lakshadweep islands under its island development programme. But they will limit their access to ‘high-end’ serious adventure and......

#Notebandi: India's fisherfolk stare at a dark future

Distress sales, market closures and anchoring of fishing fleets have been reported from West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. A particular hammer blow appears to have been dealt by......

FI is apolitical, Bernie on Ferrari flag controversy

Formula One CEO Bernie Ecclestone has distanced himself from the storm kicked up by Ferrari's decision to have the Italian navy's flag on its cars during the Indian Grand Prix, saying the national......