Time to speak up: What women want from elections

Ahead of the upcoming elections, political parties have started announcing incentives to benefit women, but what do women truly seek for genuine gender parity, asks Nivedita Mookerji.......

So near, yet so far: Tunnel rescue put on hold again

Boring through the rubble of the collapsed Silkyara tunnel was put on hold again on Thursday apparently after cracks appeared in the platform on which the drilling machine rests, in a fresh hurdle......

Chandrayaan 3's lander, rover remain asleep, says ISRO

ISRO on Friday said it has made efforts to establish communication with its lunar mission Chandrayaan-3's lander Vikram and rover Pragyan to ascertain their 'wake-up condition' after they had been......

If things don't go well on Wednesday, ISRO will try Moon landing on Aug 27

If any factor regarding the lander module appears unfavourable, then the landing will be shifted to August 27, said the Space Applications Centre-ISRO about Chandrayaan-3 on Monday. IMAGE: Images......

Budget Won't Ensure Economic Recovery

By any economic theory or doctrine, this is no Budget that supports economic recovery, whether through supporting aggregate demand, or through expansionary stimulus, declares Rathin Roy.......

Modi's socio-nomics starts to pay off

Here's what could be ahead for India: A $10-trillion economy by 2030-32, a Sensex at 1,00,000 by 2025, monthly GST revenues at Rs 2 trillion by 2024-25, 100 new unicorns by 2025, and poverty below......

From flashy diamantaire to fugitive: Nirav Modi's long road to extradition

The diamond merchant wanted in India on charges of fraud and money laundering in the estimated $2-billion Punjab National Bank scam case, lost his legal battle against extradition as a UK judge......

IMF says India in midst of significant economic slowdown

IMF believes it is mostly cyclical, not structural, but because of the financial sector issues, recovery will be not be quick. IMF said, it saw an opportunity with the strong mandate of the new......

Australian Open ready to launch after pandemic palpitations

Organisers may triumph in staging a 'Safe Slam', if not the 'Happy Slam' IMAGE: Tournament staff wearing full PPE sanitize the court and equipment after a player training session at Melbourne......

IOC sets June 29, 2021 deadline for Tokyo Olympics qualification

IMAGE: According to the letter dated April 2, the revised sport entries deadline has now been set for July 5, 2021. Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty Images The International Olympic Committee......

What's hot at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics

Anti-NKorea protesters burn flags before opening ceremony IMAGE: Police try to extinguish burnt portraits of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during an anti-North Korea protest before the opening......