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Meet Gopi Thotakura, India's 1st space tourist

Gopi Thotakura, an entrepreneur and a pilot, is set to become the first Indian to venture into space as a tourist on Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin's NS-25 mission. IMAGE: Gopi Thotakura.......

How India Almost Gave Away Parts Of J&K To Pakistan

India agreed to give up the Poonch salient as well as Uri. To the north India also proposed to give up land in the Gurez sector giving the entire Neelam/Kinshanganga valley to Pakistan.In return,......

Cong's 'somersault' dig at Jaishankar over Katchatheevu row

Hitting back at the Centre over the Katchatheevu island issue, opposition leaders on Monday cited a 2015 RTI reply, which stated that the agreements in 1974 and 1976 did not involve either......

Record 3,300 kg of drugs seized off Gujarat coast in major drug haul

Indian agencies Wednesday made their highest-ever narcotics bust from the sea as they seized 3,300 kg drugs, which sailed from an Iranian port, off the Gujarat coast and arrested five foreigners......

EC gives NCP to Ajit Pawar, Sharad Pawar group to move SC

The Ajit Pawar faction is the real Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), the Election Commission announced on Tuesday, in a major setback to party founder Sharad Pawar. IMAGE: Maharashtra Deputy Chief......

FPIs from Mauritius to face greater scrutiny after tax treaty revision

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) from Mauritius may face higher scrutiny after the amendment in the India-Mauritius tax treaty introduced a principle purpose test (PPT) to prevent treaty abuse by......

Adani Power revives old ambitions as power demand surges in India

At present, the largest power producer in the country is NTPC with 75 Gw capacity and the largest private sector player is Adani Power, with Tata Power a close second. Photograph: Amir......

Ola Electric's Rs 5,500 cr IPO to bolster its EV market, say experts

Ola Electric’s initial public offering (IPO), of Rs 5,500 crore, is essentially aimed at ensuring the company maintain its top position in the electric two-wheeler segment, with incumbent......

NRIs likely to get bigger play in local equities through GIFT City FPIs

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) may allow non-resident Indians (NRIs) and Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs) greater exposure to domestic equities if their investments are sent......

Former Barclays banker Ashok Vaswani to head Kotak Mahindra Bank

Ashok Vaswani, a banker with more than three-and-half decades experience in building and scaling up businesses across consumer and corporate banking and payments, will be the next managing director......

Dev Anand's Important Life Lesson

'How do you stay so energised? So young?''Dev Anand flashed that familiar crooked grin and told me, "The mind never grows old. It urges you to surge ahead".' IMAGE: Dev Anand in Gambler. There was......

The Plight Of Food Delivery Boys

Zwigato urges viewers to think critically about the kind of unethical behaviour that food delivery workers have to put up with on a daily basis because of insensitive customers, observes Chintan......

The Satish Kaushik You Never Knew

'I did a small role in Masoom.''Do you remember the scene where an old man brings Jugal Hansraj to Naseer's house?''I put on the full make-up of an old man and stood in front of Shekhar.''He had no......

'Will I die without ever knowing love?'

'Love will always be a mystery.''The day it stops being a mystery it won't exist.' IMAGE: Shazad Latif and Lily James in What's Love Got to Do with It? Shekhar Kapur started his professional......

Why There's So Much Global Love For RRR

Like Slumdog Millionaire, RRR will remain a one-time phenomenon until another big, larger-than-life Indian film connects with critics in the West, predicts Aseem Chhabra. Fourteen years ago, a......

India's T20 WC Squad: Shivam vs Rinku, Gill vs Jaiswal shootout possible

IMAGE: The Indian selection committee is unlikely to go for fresh faces, with the race for a spot in India’s line-up coming down to battles between tried-and-tested faces. Photograph: Adnan......

India left embarrassed at Para Shooting World Cup

Flash targets for Para Shooting World Cup trap finals create controversy. IMAGE: Image used for representational purposes. Photograph: Phillip Jungman/X India faced a huge embarrassment in front......

It does feel like the hard work has finally paid off: Sarfaraz

IMAGE: Having received his maiden Test call-up, Sarfaraz Khan is in line to make his debut in India’s second Test against England. Photograph: Sarfaraz Khan/Instagram India batter Sarfaraz......

After backlash, South Africa defend weakened Test squad for NZ series

IMAGE: South Africa named only two players from their playing XI that defeated India for the New Zealand series. Photograph: Esa Alexander/Reuters Test cricket remains the pinnacle of the game,......

South Africa's new bowling sensation torments India

IMAGE: Nandre Burger, known for his lethal bouncers and precise line and length, played a pivotal role in pushing India's batters back against the wall. Photograph: Esa Alexander/Reuters......

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