NEET, Vishwakarma Scheme, And Tamil Angst

Medical seats for under-graduates and post-graduates remaining vacant in the NEET era, together with the Centre 'freezing' the number of medical colleges and seats in (Dravidian) Tamil Nadu and the......

These Scientists Shaped India

I suggest we build a Vigyan Mandir (Temple of Science) with the ambience of a place of worship, so that it becomes a destination for pilgrims.We should embed on its walls bronze plaques describing......

Toll climbs to 37 as north India is battered by rains: Army, NDRF step in

Incessant rains unleashed more death and destruction on Monday in parts of north India, with 37 people killed in landslides and other rain-related incidents in the last two days even as the Army......

China to build 1200 MW nuclear plant in Pakistan's Punjab

China on Tuesday inked an agreement worth a whopping USD 4.8 billion with cash-strapped Pakistan to set up a 1,200-megawatt nuclear power plant as a sign of increasing strategic cooperation between......

FPIs infuse Rs 1,500 crore into Indian equities in Feb

Foreign investors made a significant turnaround and injected over Rs 1,500 crore into Indian equities in February, reversing the massive outflows seen in the preceding month, primarily due to......

Forex reserves decline $5.24 bn to $617.23 bn

India's forex reserves declined $5.24 billion to $617.23 billion for the week ending February 9, according to weekly data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday. Photograph:......

Likely surge in prices due to Red Sea attacks: FinMin

Prices may go up because of higher energy costs, caused by the rise in shipping charges, with commercial vessels taking a longer route to avoid the troubled Red Sea region, the finance ministry......

Record FPI inflows in debt market mark over 6-year high in December

Foreign portfolio investors’ (FPIs’) net investments in the domestic debt market surged in December, marking a 77-month high, that is, since July 2017. Illustration: Dominic......

Bachchhan Paandey Review

Just what is Akshay Kumar up to in Bachchhan Paandey, wonders Prasanna Zore. Akshay Kumar, who stars in and as Bachchhan Paandey is utter balderdash in the film, all two hours and 26 minutes of......

The Tattoo Murders review

The Tattoo Murders doesn't make for relaxed viewing, but you can give it a dekko if you dig the genre, says Joginder Tuteja. A female cop (Meera Chopra) goes through endless heaps of real garbage......

The White Tiger review

The White Tiger makes a stinging commentary on New India's half-baked vision, but Ramin Bahrani isn't telling a Slumdog fairy tale here, observes Sukanya Verma. Things are in a state of disarray......

'I would have been the king of limited overs cricket'

'I am not envious of those who are making millions. It's their era and I had my era.' IMAGE: Cricket legend Salim Durani trains budding cricketers in Jamnagar in this January 2004 photograph.......