In democratic India, a citizen can be a patriot and at the same time be critical of the government, unlike China which promulgated a national security law in Hong Kong prescribing patriotism to contest elections, observes Rup Narayan Das.
Billionaire and Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra along with top Silicon Valley investors Naval Ravikant and Balaji Srinivasan are backing space tech start-up Agnikul as part of a new funding round. Chennai-based Agnikul said, on Thursday, that it has raised $11 million in Series A funding round led by Mayfield India. It is the largest funding round for a private Indian space technology company in the country. Existing investors pi Ventures, Speciale Invest and Artha Venture Fund also invested in this round.
A large number of the civilian awards went to persons from the 'art' category.
What Piyush Goyal had to say on the Union Budget.
He said, according to the party constitution, a 3-member enquiry committee would be set up, which after going through their (suspended MLAs) replies to the notice.
Currently, both the reactors at MAPS were operating "safely", its director K Ramamurthy said in a statement as 'Nilam' cyclone was expected to cross Tamil Nadu-Andhra Coast close to Chennai in the evening
Farhan Akhtar, in first person, about the role that transformed his career as an actor.
One of the two Indians, who were abducted in Sirte in war-devastated Libya, has managed to flee from captivity.
Naseeruddin Shah lands at Number 10. Find out who tops the list!
When the top stars refused to play Milkha Singh, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra went down another route. A riveting excerpt from the director's memoir The Stranger In The Mirror.
An interview with Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi, the newly appointed director of IIT Madras, who is also alumnus of the same institution.
'Daniel Craig was my first choice but he requested if we could allow some time as he was also being considered to be the next James Bond.'
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Na Rani Nee Maharani is a bad remake of Rani Maharani.
BoB's offer of a lower home loan rate to customers with credit scores of 760 and above makes it incumbent on everyone to pay heed to this all-important number.
'A score of 750 and above is considered to be good, though these cut-offs can vary depending on the type of loan being sanctioned,' points out Arun Ramamurthy.
The atmosphere at the funeral was highly emotional with friends, relatives and locals bidding tearful farewell.
With this rejig, Mindtree's board will now have 12 board members from eight.
We honour Panjabi by looking back at some of her shining moments.
Ex Miss Britain Preeti Desai talks about her debut in Bollywood and her link-up with Abhay Deol
A demand was also made that the Election Commission take appropriate action over the alleged money deal.
Gurinder Chadha's latest has a short life in the UK.
Vishal Dadlani composed a Punjabi song for free in Hai Marjawaan, It's A Wonderful Afterlife.
While you can always correct them, the sooner you do it the better it is for you, says Sanjay Kumar Singh
Two Indians have been abducted in Sirte in war-devastated Libya even as two other nationals remain in the custody of Islamic militants.
Chatterjee said the compNY is not aware of any major client concerns at this point.
Observing that Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, prime accused in the Mumbai terror attack, is not a minor, a Special Court on Saturday ruled that it had the jurisdiction to try him.
A staff of hotel Oberoi on Wednesday told a special court hearing the Mumbai attacks case that he was held hostage by two of the terrorists and was forced to set afire furniture in a restaurant at gunpoint after which he escaped from their clutches.
Reports had suggested that the construction major had asked Ravanan to step down as the new owners were preparing the grounds for a top management overhaul at the Bengaluru-based company.
The eight-member committee set up to look into new subscriber-base norms for spectrum allocation has left it to the Department of Telecom to consider either the recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India or Telecom Engineering Centre, DoT's technical wing.
World's largest chip manufacturer, Intel Corporation on Tuesday said it awaits detailed guidelines of the semiconductor policy before deciding on setting up a manufacturing facility in India.
It's seen as a major appointment for international medical graduates.
Like the other platforms, the Clubhouse will have more users in India than anywhere else because of the interest we have in knowing what others are doing and in letting others know about our activities, predicts T P Sreenivasan.
A total of 211 companies issued 763 offers to the students in the first phase which is the highest number of placement among any IITs across the country in this year.
A senior official of the premier Central technical institute told reporters that the students had "violated" defined guidelines of IIT-Madras.
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