Aatmanirbharta At Aero India 2023

The real value of the Tejas Mark 1 is the role it will now play in the development of India’s next generation of fighter aircraft that will be more technologically advanced and lethal.......

'I told them India was like a giant jumbo jet. It would take off slowly and be unstoppable'

This doctor couple put their faith in India. And in return India has put faith in them. IMAGE: The Parikhs in Paris in 1984. On December 5, 1988, a cold winter evening, an Air India plane touched......

Uzbek syrup deaths: India begins probe, manufacturing halted

The manufacturing of Marion Biotech's Dok-1 Max has stopped “for now”, the company's legal representative said on Thursday as the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation began a......

Random Covid testing for arriving foreign flyers from Dec 24

The government on Thursday said that two per cent of passengers arriving in each international flight will be subject to random coronavirus test from December 24. IMAGE: A woman seen wearing a......

COVID-19: You may need a 'vaccine passport' to fly around the world

Several companies and technology heavyweights including Microsoft, Oracle and Salesforce are working to create a digital vaccination passport or health passport app in the hope that governments and......

Covid-19 impact: Textile, paint makers roll out antiviral layer to ads

Almost each of these companies has a different technology to show for the effectiveness against microbes. In the last week of October, Asian Paints put out a half-page advertisement in some......

Why aren't Indian cars as safe as foreign ones?

India wasn't applying widespread crash testing like foreign countries do, so manufacturers didn't see the need for an investment focus on safety. Customers rarely walked into showrooms asking for......

'Cipla has emerged as a great "catchment area" for talent'

An insider said that over the past decade or so Cipla has become immune to the exits of leaders. There have been no directional change in the long-term strategies. This is a pandemic-hit year, but......

Dutee Chand suspended after testing positive for 'prohibited substances'

IMAGE: Dutee Chand tested positive for prohibited anabolic steroids during an out-of-competition testing and has been provisionally suspended. Photograph: David Ramos/Getty Images India's top......

WADA restores India's Dope Testing Lab's accreditation

IMAGE: The World Anti-Doping Agency first suspended India’s NDTL in August 2019 for six months and extended the de-recognition period after its inspections showed that non-conformities still......

Jolt for Indian sports: WADA extends NDTL suspension by 6 months

IMAGE: Participants talk before the start of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) symposium. Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters In a massive jolt to India's Olympic preparations, the World......

Boxing champ Sangwan fails dope test

IMAGE: Indian boxer Sumit Sangwan is a national champion in the 91kg category. Photograph: Twitter Indian boxer Sumit Sangwan failed the dope test after being tested positive for a banned......

WADA suspends National Dope Testing Laboratory, Ministry to appeal

The WADA investigation found that the sample analysis methods of the NDTL were not upto the mark. The NDTL can appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) in Lausanne in the next 21 days.......