'How are we causing pollution 300 km away in Delhi?'

Farm leaders in Punjab Tuesday said they were unnecessarily being targeted and defamed for air pollution in Delhi, asserting that industries, vehicles and the construction sector are the major......

Stringent curbs set in but Delhi's air quality still 'severe'

Pollution levels in Delhi-NCR on Monday morning were recorded around seven to eight times above the government-prescribed safe limit, as a toxic haze persisted over the region for the seventh......

Punjab farmers defy farm fire prevention team, force officer to burn stubble

A group of farmers allegedly defied the orders of a farm fire prevention team, and forced an officer to set a heap of stubble on fire in Punjab's Bathinda district, drawing condemnation from Chief......

Vikram lander raised dust during Moon landing, created halo

When the Vikram lander of the Chandrayaan-3 mission made a soft landing on the Moon it raised a lot of dust that led to creation of a bright patch, called as the ejecta halo, around the spacecraft,......

India must stop being the West's digital colony

'India missed the software products revolution (and now is in danger of missing the platform revolution), complacent that we are the software experts of the world based on IT services prowess,'......

The biggest hurdle Ayushman Bharat will face in Bengal

West Bengal signed an MoU with the Centre for jointly implementing Ayushman Bharat but so far officials have received no word about how it will be done and the deadline is almost here.The......

Piyush Goyal bats for team India

'When all the states compete among themselves to try and achieve aspirational goals and bold targets, that's when truly the potential of India will be unleashed,' asserts Union Minister Piyush......

Can solar energy power India's growth story?

India has an unprecedented opportunity to develop solar industry because, like China, it offers scale which is critical to reducing costs and to stimulate innovation, says Shyam Saran. The formal......

2018's TOP 15 Indian films

Aseem Chhabra looks at the year's best Non-Hindi Indian movies. 2018 was really good for the Indian film industry with a number of important films in Hindi and other regional languages. My work as......

'Stealing the Tour 7 years in a row? It's like stealing the Mona Lisa'

'It was a spectacular crime, wasn't it? Sepp is on the same scale. He's up there with Lance.' 'I don't think Lance's a fascinating man. He lied and cheated. I never got the impression that he was......

Narsingh vs Sushil: Grappling's slugfest

Former coaches say that it will be a tough call.The WFI faces the tedious dilemma of youth versus experience, rising star up against the country's most celebrated athlete.Dhruv Munjal reports.......