Optimists would say that even a new normal of around 8.0 per cent GDP growth is good, considering global trends.
Why stop at mobile phones? Mitali Parekh has some interesting suggestions... you've been warned!
The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the Central Bureau of Investigation on the appeal filed by former Haryana director general of police SPS Rathore, challenging his conviction and 18-month sentence in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case. A bench of Justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan issued the notice after senior counsel U U Lalit submitted that Rathore was innocent and the entire investigation conducted against him was vitiated.
Former England cricket captain Andrew Flintoff won the Australian version of I'm A Celebrity show after spending a month in a jungle where he took up many challenges including eating a rat's tail.
'I am not at peace. I am stressed.' I close my eyes for five minutes and start imagining rats and snakes.'
Arjun Rampal is the latest to join the pack with his Ra.One look.
Former India players on Monday smelt a rat behind inform Shivendra Singh's three-match suspension, alleging that it was done intentionally to weaken the hosts ahead of their second match against Australia on Tuesday.
As London gears up to host the 2012 Summer Olympics, Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, tells what Mumbai can take away from London's plans for renewal and expansion.
Suspended IPL commissioner Lalit Modi on Saturday responded to the first showcause notice served to him for alleged financial irregularities with a staggering 12,000-page reply which was carried into the BCCI headquarters in six large cartons.
Instead of its once haloed existence as the year of lofty goals and vision statements, it is now staring at an epitaph that may well read: The year when death ran amok and the gods went missing, notes Arundhuti Dasgupta.
The winning photos of this year's Nikon annual Small World Photomicrography Competition.
Here is a list of financially prudent things to do (in the order of priority) with your annual bonus rather than blowing it all up in one massive binge.
As New Zealand found India in the driver's seat in the first cricket Test early on, Kiwi batsman Jesse Ryder said things may have been different had they not dropped Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid.
India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who is set to start a new innings after marrying childhood friend Shakshi Singh Rawat in Dehradun on Sunday night, continued to top the ICC ODI batsmen chart released in Dubai.
Prospective fathers please take note-- men who eat junk food could be passing on diabetes to their to-be-born children, a new study has claimed. Using a mouse model, a team of Australian and American researchers found that those who hooked onto junk food may be sowing the seeds of obesity among their future generation.
The billboard, erected along the I-70 Colorado highway sometime on Monday, depicts the four 'Obamas' sitting around a table with playing cards showing only sixes bunched in groups of three.
Two teams of the National Disaster Response Force consisting of over 60 personnel reached on Friday morning, while 12 personnel from the State Disaster Response Force are already at the site.
During uncertain times investors flock to pharmaceutical stocks. Here's how to evaluate them.
Bolohealth presents a list of the best healthy living destinations in India to help you rejuvenate your body and refresh your mind.
Neuroscientists have located the neurons responsible for fear conditioning in the mammalian brain, a development that will facilitate better understanding and treatment for human phobias and anxiety disorders.
Kanika Datta visits the Cu Chi military tunnels -- a testimony to a plucky little country's 30-year war of resistance against, first, French colonisers and, then, the US.
Real Madrid barged their way back into the Spanish La Liga title race with a 3-1 victory over Atletico Madrid in a feisty derby at the Wanda Metropolitano on Saturday.
Private sector HDFC Bank, on Tuesday said that it would announce its base rate on Wednesday and that it did not expect any impact on its profitability or growth because of the change in the lending regime.
Everything you need to know about the Chinese New Year and its traditions.
The iconic singers will be posthumously honoured with places on the Las Vegas Walk Of Stars.
'I am most happy about the memes of Thor and me; that was so cool!' 'I showed my wife one where my face was photoshopped on Thor's body.' 'She loves muscles -- she's always keeps telling me to get muscles.' 'I showed her the photo and told her that the muscle guy has been replaced by the artist.'
The aim of a green building design is to minimise the demand of non-renewable sources and maximise its utilisation.
The couple began the adoption process four years back but managed to keep his arrival secret.
The Reserve Bank on Tuesday did not rule out taking more action before the next policy review to tackle rising inflation.
The apex bank in its monetary policy for 2010-11 hiked the repo and the reverse repo to 5.25 per cent and 3.75 per cent, respectively, and the CRR to 6 per cent.
We invited readers to share their travel pics. Here we feature photos readers sent of the temples they visited.
Looking at the first look of Raj Kumar Hirani's 3 Idiots starring Aamir Khan, Sharman Joshi and R Madhavan.
While the virus out there meddling big-time with our lives, danger is lurking in our email boxes too.
There was a time when experts, analysts, rating agencies found it very easy to describe the best banks.
Chinese New Year falls on February 14 this year -- the year if the Tiger. So what does the coming year hold in store? Check out your Chinese astrological forecast!
On his birthday on June 25, Sukanya Verma celebrates some of Raghuvir Yadav's best roles on big screen and small.
'Infusion of fresh capital, handsome growth in deposits and focus on recovery should bring Yes Bank back on the growth path in the next financial year,' observes Tamal Bandyopodhyay.
"We welcome the decision. This will provide adequate impetus to banks to lower their interest rates. Private banks will sooner or later will follow suit," Economic Affairs Secretary Ashok Chawla told reporters in New Delhi on Thursday. On Wednesday, the RBI cut short-term lending and borrowing rates -- Repo and Reverse Repo -- by 50 basis points each, while keeping the other key tool -- Cash Reserve Ratio -- intact.
Conor McGregor sipped whiskey and boasted he would need just one round to defeat Khabib Nurmagomedov and reclaim the UFC lightweight title during a typically wild news conference to promote his return to the octagon on Thursday.
