Heavy rains, strong winds batter Mumbai; signage atop BSE damaged

Incessant heavy rains and strong winds battered Mumbai and adjoining areas on Wednesday, disrupting traffic and damaging the signage atop the iconic Bombay Stock Exchange building. Gusty winds led......

Protests move indoors, online during lockdown

From at-home hunger strikes to sloganeering from terraces, trending hashtags to video campaigns and online petitions -- protests in the country have adjusted to the lockdown by moving either......

COVID-19: Every life counts

The benefits of modern medicine have led people to demand more from the State, and to value every life.Even a modest death toll caused by an epidemic today is unacceptable, notes Dipankar Gupta.......

Covid 19 crisis is cut out for Modi to prove himself

Possibly for the first time since Prime Minister Indira Gandhi called upon the nation to donate/sacrifice for the ‘Bangladesh war’ efforts, and also suffer blackout at nights with......

IIT-Madras director on IITs and Pan-IIT event

Prof Madaboosi Santanam Ananth is one of the most vocal academicians in the country. He has been the director of IIT-Madras since 2001. Prof Ananth joined as faculty in the department of chemical......

C'Wealth Games: Hotels not ready yet

With the Commonwealth Games barely 25 months away, the government is pulling up its socks to ensure timely completion of hotels, stadia and Games village for the mega event.Against a requirement of......

Odisha Open: 14-year-old Hooda stuns Bansod to sail into final

IMAGE: Unnati Hooda. Photograph: Kind Courtesy Odisha Open/Twitter Fourteen-year-old Unnati Hooda kept her calm in a hard-fought straight-game victory over Indian Open finalist Malvika Bansod......

21 at women's boxing camp positive for COVID-19

IMAGE: Precautionary COVID tests were conducted at the National coaching camp for Elite women boxers and 21 campers, including players and coaching staff, tested positive. Photograph: Kind......

PIX: PM Modi declares open inaugural Khelo India University Games

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the first-ever Khelo India University Games at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, in Cuttack, on Saturday. As many as 3400 athletes from 159 universities......

Sports Shorts: Sindhu, Saina set up summit clash at Senior Nationals

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday IMAGE: Saina Nehwal plays against Neha Pandit in the women’s singles match at the 83rd Senior National Badminton Championship in......

Coming soon: The Pro Volleyball League

'For the first couple of years, it is about building the league.''We are positive that the quality of matches will attract eyeballs.'Urvi Malvania reports. Pro Volleyball League, a 50:50 joint......