Prestigious South Chennai LS seat to see fierce triangular fight, here is why

Home to some top-notch educational institutions and IT companies, the prestigious South Chennai Parliament seat is set for a 3-way direct fight involving two women leaders and a former MP as the......

Akash NG Can Shoot Enemy Target In Seconds

By the time the enemy aircraft is 50 km away, the Akash-NG's computers have calculated the launch trajectory and impact point and launched the missile. IMAGE: DRDO conducts the successful flight......

BRO to fence major portion of 1,700-km India-Myanmar border: Official

The Border Roads Organisation will fence a major portion of the strategic India-Myanmar border, and a 10-km stretch in Manipur has already been covered, a senior official said. IMAGE: Myanmar......

Taiwan: A Thorn In China-US Relations

Any miscalculation and miscommunication are fraught with the risk of a major catastrophe, warns Rup Narayan Das. IMAGE: Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with US President Joe Biden on the......

CIL floats maiden tender to import 2.416 MT coal for power sector

State-owned CIL on Thursday said that it has floated its maiden tender to import  2.416 million tonnes of coal to ensure adequate supply of the fuel to power plants in the country.......

Railways may scrap new dedicated freight corridors, enhance existing ones

The ministry of railways is mulling scrapping the three newly proposed dedicated freight corridors (DFCs) — East Coast, East-West, and North-South — and instead enhancing the capacity......

Surging prices threaten to spoil India's coming-of-age gas party

The government along with companies like Adani Total Gas, IOC and BPCL have billions of dollars riding on gas as demand for oil continues to drop, to be eventually replaced by gas, hydrogen and......

What A380's failure can teach the shipping industry

As a model of transport, the A380 strikes a parallel -- a shared fragility -- with giant container ships, observes Shyam G Menon. IMAGE: A container ship is loaded at a container terminal in......

Cyclone Michaung: 200 youth paddlers stranded in Vijayawada

'As of now, there's no update from the Railways. The scheduled time (of departure) here is 4am but we doubt the train will start from Chennai tonight' IMAGE: Image used for representational......

Deodhar Trophy: Six-hitting Dube powers West to six-wicket win over North

IMAGE: West Zone's Shivam Dube in action against North Zone in their Deodhar Trophy match in Puducherry on Sunday. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/Twitter Dashing all-rounder Shivam Dube went on a......

Deodhar Trophy: Rinku's 50 in vain; Panchal leads West to win

Rinku's half-century goes in vain as East records easy six-wicket win vs Central Photograph: Kind Courtesy KKR/Twitter Bengal bowlers Akash Deep and Shahbaz Ahmed kept a tight leash on Central......

Abhilash Tomy Challenges The Oceans Again

'When I crossed that point where I had the accident, I felt light and that was a very physical experience. I felt something leave me.'Shyam G Menon chronicles the voyages of that incredible Indian......

ISL: FC Goa end six-match winless drought

IMAGE: FC Goa captain Brandon Fernandes scores the opening goal against East Bengal during their ISL match at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on Wednesday. Photograph: FC Goa/Twitter Local giants......