A study by an international team of researchers had warned two year ago that the South Lhonak lake in Sikkim may burst in the future and significantly impact the downstream region. IMAGE: Mud and......
A total of 415 million people moved out of poverty in India within just 15 years from 2005/2006 to 2019/2021, the United Nations said on Tuesday, highlighting the remarkable achievement by the......
Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session. Honourable Members, This joint sitting of......
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'India is still hierarchical, but not as much as Japan and people appreciate a flat working culture,' Charles Frump, managing director, Volvo Cars India, tells Pavan Lall. Illustration: Dominic......
The growth of a credible, objective news media business in India requires political will and a belief in free speech, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. On an hour-long Facebook interaction last week,......
India’s inclusion in APEC will give a boost to its ‘Act East Policy’ and will further integrate the Indian economy into the Asia-Pacific economic milieu. India’s accession......
FY16 GDP growth was seen at 7.5%, against 8.1-8.5% earlier. The finance ministry on Monday said it expected the overall tax collections this financial year to fall five-seven per cent short of the......
A man walks past a board showing the Real-U.S. dollar exchange rates in Rio de Janeiro. Photograph: Sergio Moraes/Reuters As the US and 11 other nations reached a landmark deal on the......
It was Rio all over again in Tokyo but Indian shooters shine elsewhere IMAGE: Indian shooters crumbled under the mighty Olympic pressure. Photograph: Gurinder Osan/PTI The Indian shooters failed......
IMAGE: Switzerland's Breel Embolo fights for the ball Portugal's William Carvalho and Bernardo Silva. Photograph: Ruben Sprich /Reuters. Switzerland struck twice in quick succession to stun Euro......