Hotter summer likely in 2023, parts of India to see above normal temperature

A hotter than normal summer is expected in 2023 with temperatures likely to reach 2-3 degree Celsius above normal in some parts of Indo-Gangetic plains and eastern India during the last week of......

Operation Kaveri: Another batch of 229 Indians from Sudan reaches Bengaluru

India brought home another batch of 229 people on Sunday under its mission to evacuate stranded Indians from violence-hit Sudan. IMAGE: Indian nationals, evacuated from war-torn Sudan under......

Worried kin appeal govt to evacuate Indians from Sudan

Anxious relatives of several Indians stuck in Sudan following the fighting between the Army and paramilitary forces are eagerly waiting for information about their relatives and appealed to the......

31 Karnataka tribals stranded in war-torn Sudan

As many as 31 people belonging to Hakki-Pikki tribal community from Karnataka are stranded in Sudan, where rival factions of the ruling military regime have been battling for control of the African......

Forget small retailers, can UPA stand up to Walmart?

As multilateral negotiations have paused, multi-national corporates have increasingly become aggressive; and our bureaucrats restless, writes M R Venkatesh. "There is strong evidence that rural......

The real disaster

Did you know that, in just the decade of the '90s, natural disasters affected 2.1 billion people and caused a damage of $687 billion?While that figure is itself alarming, the picture gets a lot......