Budget hikes defence budget by 4.72%, focuses on 'deep tech'

The defence budget was on Thursday increased to Rs 6.21 lakh crore for 2024-25 in a modest hike of 4.72 per cent from last year's allocation of Rs 5.25 lakh crore amid India's continuing border row......

Readers greet ISRO: You are passion personified

Readers have responded resoundingly to our invitation to congratulate the ISRO team for Chandrayaan-3’s successful Moon landing. Readers greet ISRO: India is proud of you!   Dear ISRO......

India, A Miracle And A Wonder

'There are many things we need to work on.''At the heart of it is, one, the extent of inequality, which is not good for democracy and nation; two, a structural decline on how a country ought to......

NCERT textbook row: Academics slam name withdrawal 'spectacle'

The 'spectacle' created by some 'arrogant and self-interested' people regarding the withdrawal of their names over the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) textbook row is......

What does India export the most to China?

Though the government has been pushing for exports of high-value manufactured goods across major markets in place of raw materials and input goods, India’s top exports to China remain in the......

'China has caught us by the neck and we have no way to escape'

'Indian entrepreneurs became traders for Chinese goods rather than producers of goods.' IMAGE: A JCB machine is used to dismantle the hoarding of a Chinese mobile phone manufacturer as part of the......

Outrage over tech honchos' presence at RSS event

Zoho’s co-founder and CEO Sridhar Vembu is set to be the chief guest while Accenture’s managing director and head of operations (Chennai) Rama S Ramachandran is to be the guest of......

Abhijit Banerjee, 2nd Presidency alumni to win Nobel in Economics

Amartya Sen was the other Presidency alumni to win the Economics Nobel. Banerjee won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize along with two others - his wife Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer on Monday "for......