Full Text: President's joint address to both houses of Parliament

Here's the full text of President's Ram Nath Kovind's address to the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament on the first of Budget Session 2022. IMAGE: A word cloud of President Ram Nath......

Driverless train operations flagged off on Delhi Metro's Pink Line

Driverless train operations started on Thursday on 59-km Pink Line of the Delhi Metro, putting the mass rapid transit system on fourth position globally among the networks which operate this......

FULL TEXT: President's address to nation on I Day eve

President Ram Nath Kovind addressed the nation on the eve of India's 75th Independence Day. Here's the text of what he said with a word cloud: IMAGE: President of India Ram Nath Kovind addressing......

'Aung San Suu Kyi is like Indira Gandhi'

'She's not going to keel over.''This is the kind of difficult situation that she thrives in.' IMAGE: Myanmar's National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Photograph: Ann Wang/Reuters......

Harsh Goenka: 25 years of being CEO

The call from Harsh Goenka's office asking if we would like to feature him in this column set off many chains of thought. Goenka, the chairman of RPG, has been something of an enigma. He heads a......

Can India win an Olympic Medal in Climbing?

While sport climbing made its debut in the Olympics only this year, it has had a popular home in India for many years now, says Shyam G Menon. IMAGE: Shauna Coxsey of Britain in action during the......

Biden reaffirms support for Tokyo Olympics to Japan's Suga

IMAGE: The comments echoed a similar statement made in April during Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's visit to Washington. Photograph: Tom Brenner/Reuters US President Joe Biden reaffirmed......

Milkha Singh is stable, don't create rumours about him: Rijiju

IMAGE: India's track and field legend Milkha Singh. Photograph: Mitesh Bhuvad/PTI Legendary Indian sprinter Milkha Singh, who is battling COVID-19 in the ICU of PGIMER in Chandigarh, is......

Olympic-bound wrestler is living her father's dream

Photograph: Kind courtesy Anshu Malik/Instagram When 12-year-old Anshu Mailk told her grandmother that she wants to be a wrestler, little inkling did her father Dharamvir had that in seven......

Australian Open: Halep ready for 'mentally hard' quarantine

IMAGE: Simona Halep skipped the US Open over health fears but then contracted the coronavirus. Photograph: Simona Halep/Instagram Simona Halep finds the prospect of 14 days of quarantine......