Here's a weapon better than pellet guns

Ramananda Sengupta explains how 'crap cannons' can be an effective mob-control weapon. Imagine a sonic weapon that could make everyone within a 100-metre radius involuntarily evacuate their......

Exclusive! THE AMIT SHAH INTERVIEW 'We are pro-India'

'Don’t get trapped in Western definitions. There is nothing inflexible about pro-reform or anti-reform. Irrespective of economic theories we will take decisions in the larger interest of the......

India is in a timidity trap with China

'The Panchsheel Agreement is unique in the annals of international relations as it stands out as a bizarre illustration of a prime minister trading his country's crucial national interests solely......

Modi faces terror threat but no change in campaign plans

Sunday’s serial blasts at his Patna rally is unlikely to affect the campaign schedule of Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, ahead of the upcoming......

China's slowdown confirmed as Q3 GDP falls by 3%

China's GDP grew by 4.9 per cent in the third quarter, down from 7.9 per cent in the second, confirming the slowdown in the world's second-largest economy which was under pressure from the......

Opposition slams Railway Budget for 'weaving dreams'

Image: Opposition criticizes Railway Budget. Photograph, courtesy: PIB     The opposition on Thursday attacked the first full-fledged Railway budget of the BJP-led NDA government saying......

Are family businesses doomed to split?

Since families multiply much faster than the number of businesses, after a point, there just aren't enough independent firms for each member to run. Vishesh C Chandiok, National Managing Partner,......

Pegasystems to tap India's BPM mart

Pegasystems Inc, a $100-million US-based company, plans to tap the business process management market in India, currently estimated to be $1.5 billion in the world.Pegasystems, based in Cambridge,......