'Toll on Mumbai trans-harbour bridge should be Rs 500, not Rs 250'

'You need to have enough funds to maintain the primacy of public transport and it should not suffer because of lack of funds.' IMAGE: The Atal Setu. Photographs: Sahil Salvi Prime Minister......

Narayana Murthy Is Absolutely Right!

Get more people working, get more people working in modern manufacturing and services in our cities, and get people working better and longer, suggests Naushad Forbes, past president, CII. IMAGE:......

Will a fresh wave of Covid-19 hit India?

According to Rajeev Jayadevan, co-chairman, national Indian Medical Association Covid Task Force, the current scenario qualifies as a wave. IMAGE: A healthcare worker collects nasal swab sample......

'No word if Census will happen in 2024'

'A delay of two years has happened, but stretching it to 2024 is a bit too far.''And we do not know about 2024 also.' Kindly note the photograph has only been posted for representational purposes.......

Nirmalaji, What Surprises Can We Expect?

IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Minister of State for Finance Dr Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad at the Halwa ceremony as the final stage preparations for the Interim Union Budget 2024......

Global Dark Economy Clouds Hover Over India

'Rhetoric and chest-thumping are running high on India's recent growth record.''But will the giant waves developing elsewhere allow us to sail smoothly into fair winds?' asks Debashis Basu.......

Post-Ukraine, Finance Minister Must Revisit Budget

Budget has already bombed at the box office and passing it without a revisit will be a mockery of the exercise though any modification may be short lived and perfunctory, observes V Ranganathan.......

SEE; Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train

'Once finished, the project will reduce the travel time between Mumbai and Ahmedabad to just over two hours.' IMAGE: The E5 Series Shinkansen, which will be modified for use as rolling stock for......

302 films in 365 days!

Aseem Chhabra tell us how he watched 302 films in 365 days on airplanes, on Netflix, Amazon, iTunes, Google, Hulu, DVDs and even on YouTube. As a journalist I often write about films. I see many,......

When India Hosted The First Asian Games

Seventy two years ago, a newly independent India ventured to hold the the first Asian Games in Delhi with meager resources. IMAGE: A glimpse of the Chinese city of Hangzhou, the venue for the......

Remembering Football Legend Tulsidas Balaram

Tulsidas Balaram, who passed into the ages last week, was a member of the Indian football team which reached the semis at the Olympics and won an Asian Games gold medal. IMAGE: Tulsidas Balaram,......

Bus conductor's daughter qualifies for Olympics

Priyanka Goswami's timing of 1:28:45 broke the national record by over a minute. IMAGE: Priyanka Goswami. All Photographs: Kind courtesy Priyanka Goswami   Priyanka Goswami, 25, qualified for......

Railways TTE Bhawana qualifies for Tokyo Olympics

'It was pure hard work in the last few months with my coach that I am being able to come up with this kind of performance.' Unheralded Bhawana Jat qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in the 20km race......

Sports Shorts: Irfan become first Indian athlete to qualify for 2020 Olympics

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday National record holder KT Irfan on Sunday became the first Indian from athletics to qualify for the next year's Olympics while......