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Indian forces have transformed to meet diverse warfare challenges: IAF chief

The Indian armed forces have transformed with changing times to meet the challenges of the "entire spectrum of warfare," Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari said on Sunday.......

Giant In The Earth: M S Swaminathan

Dr Shreekant Sambrani pays tribute to Dr M S Swaminathan, the renowned agricultural scientist and a lifelong crusader against hunger who passed away in Chennai last week. IMAGE: Prime Minister......

Dr M S Swaminathan, who made India self-sufficient in food, passes away

M S Swaminathan, renowned agricultural scientist and a lifelong crusader against hunger who bet on sustainable farming passed away in Chennai on Thursday. He was 98 and is survived by three......

'Assam Rifles is an excellent time tested force'

'It has been doing yeoman service for the people of the North East.' IMAGE: Security personnel conduct combing operations in sensitive areas of Manipur. Photograph: ANI Photo "Maintaining peace in......

London pulls out all stops for Queen's lying-in-state

The UK capital on Wednesday unleashed a major operation to manage the several thousands of people expected to queue over the next few days to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II as she lies in......

Consumer loans disbursement back to pre-Covid level: HDFC Bank

Changes in lifestyle due to aspects like lockdowns and work from home has created additional demand for items such as television sets, laptops, Wi-Fi routers and even vacuum cleaners, which the......

'CSR spending should be made mandatory'

The Centre's proposal to downgrade 'ratna' status of Public Sector Enterprises if they fail to spend two per cent of their net profit on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities has......

Entire text of finance minister's Budget Speech

Budget 2010-11 provided considerable relief to income tax payers by raising the slabs at two levels but hiked the central excise duty on non-petroleum products across the board from 8 to 10 per......

Service tax exemption for news agencies if...

News agencies, which fulfill certain criteria, are to be exempted from payment of service tax, Finance Minister Pranab Mukerjee said on Friday. "Accredited news agencies which provide news feed......

Transforming the skills environment in India

There is a constant refrain in the Indian IT and BPO sectors that less than 20 per cent of the 300,000 and more engineers who graduate each year are employable in the software industry without huge......

Star Trek actress Grace Lee Whitney passes away at 85

Star Trek actress Grace Lee Whitney has passed away due to natural causes in her home in Coarsegold, California. She was 85. The American veteran actress plated Captain Kirk's assistant Yeoman......

Oscars 2015: Eddie Redmayne, Jullianne Moore win

The 87th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. A quick glance at the winners, listed in bold: BEST PICTURE American Sniper Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Boyhood The......

Birdman, Boyhood, American Sniper sweep Oscar 2015 nominations

The 87th Annual Academy awards nominations were announced by directors JJ Abrams and Alfonso Cuarón as well as Chris Pine and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, at the......

Review: The Grand Budapest Hotel is a true marvel

Nobody makes denial look this fabulous, says Raja Sen after watching Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel.Pastry is a beautiful thing. Layers of differing consistency, perfectly......

Review: The Grand Budapest Hotel is sheer magic!

'We are blessed, that in this age of crass, commercial filmmaking, there is a special corner reserved for Wes Anderson to inhabit this wonderful, magical life.And we thank him from the bottom of......

BCCI scorers appeal to Ganguly for retirement benefits

IMAGE: A scorer adjust the score board. Photograph: Jono Searle/Getty Images They recorded thousands of runs scored by Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli along with hundreds of wickets taken by......

War within IOA: IOC, FIH reject Mittal's charge of irregularity against Batra

IMAGE: Sudhanshu Mittal, who had demanded an IOC ethics commission inquiry into alleged irregularities in Narinder Batra's election in 2017. Photograph: Tom Dulat/Getty Images The......

How Luiz has become Chelsea's defensive rock

‘He's (Luiz) not done anything silly this year’ IMAGE: David Luiz of Chelsea and Dele Alli of Tottenham Hotspur clash. Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images With his......

Bedi and Azad backed by Olympians to oversee BCCI reforms

IMAGE: Former India captain Bishan Singh Bedi. Photograph: PTI. Hailing the decision of the Supreme Court to appoint a two-member committee to oversee reforms in the Cricket Board after the......

Ailing former India hockey Olympian Joe Antic's condition stable

IMAGE: Former India hockey Olympian Joseph Antic recovers in a hospital in Mumbai. Photograph: Uday Kuckian/Rediff.com Former India hockey Olympian Joseph Antic's condition has improved since......

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