Bharat Biotech plans to supply 90 million Covaxin doses a month by Dec

Bharat Biotech is targeting one billion doses in annual production. This is from its own sites alone, reports Sohini Das. India’s first indigenous Covid-19 vaccine to be approved, Bharat......

My father created the SFF, I commanded it

Major General Sujan Singh Uban, a legendary veteran of the Second World War, was a natural choice to raise, train and command the Special Frontier Force and mould them into a well oiled fighting......

Time for India to play the Tibet card with China

'The logical step is to challenge the very legitimacy of the Chinese claim over Tibet,' recommends Inspector General Gurdip Singh Uban (retd). IMAGE: The Dalai Lama, spiritual head of the Tibetan......

The Chinese generals involved in Ladakh standoff

General Zhao Zongqi is well known in India for having commanded the Chinese troops during the Dokalam episode.Zhao knows every inch and corner of the Indian border, at least the Eastern and Central......

Households must prepare for hefty rise in LPG prices

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman cut fuel subsidies while slapping additional fuel taxes on unblended transport fuels in the latest Union Budget. Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhury/Reuters The......

T+1, peak margin norms in interest of investors: Sebi

Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) chairman Ajay Tyagi on Thursday defended the recent reforms announced by the regulator, such as peak margin norms and shortening of the trade......

HDFC Bank writes off Rs 3,100-crore NPAs in Q1

The bank expects to have better recoveries in Q2FY22 as restrictions are lifted and economic activity gathers steam. The country’s largest private lender HDFC Bank’s bad-loan......

Can Ola disrupt India's e-scooter market?

By setting up massive capacities in a limited market against entrenched competition, founder Bhavish Aggarwal has his work cut out proving the sceptics wrong, says Surajeet Das Gupta. Photograph:......

Will these films win an Oscar?

Aseem Chhabra lists the top 10 films at the recently-held Toronto International Film Festival. There are so many reasons to like the Toronto International Film Festival. Toronto is a great, vibrant......

Dibaba breaks 22-year-old world record in 1,500 metres

‘Most of the girls can't stay with me in training; it just has to be guys’ Ethiopia's Genzebe Dibaba celebrates her new world record in the 1500 meters at the IAAF Diamond League.......

Asian Games: Tintu Luka's best only good for 800m silver

Kazakhstan's Margarita Mukasheva (left) celebrates crossing the line ahead of India's Tintu Luka (right) and China's Zhao Jing in the women's 800m final at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium during......

Asian Chess: Negi sixth after fourth round win

Indian Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi put his second round debacle behind and defeated Mongolian Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan to jump to joint-sixth after the fourth round in the Asian Chess Championship in......

Aeroflot chess: Negi holds Leim in exciting tie

Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi worked his way to an exciting draw with higher seeded Le Quang Leim of Vietnam in the fourth round of the 'A' group of Aeroflot International chess tournament in Moscow.......

Five junior Chinese swimmers banned for doping

Five Chinese junior swimmers have been banned for two years for doping by the Chinese Swimming Association (CSA), officials confirmed on Thursday. Qu Jing, Liu Bingyao, Zuo Ziqiao, Fu Bo and Hu......