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'A Big Chunk Of India's Office Workers Will End Up Becoming Part Of The Gig Economy'

'More and more people from the middle class will become self-employed gig workers mostly working from home, rather than as office workers with salary, promotion, bonuses, etc.' Illustration:......

Don't want to embarrass Cong: Shivakumar's big remark amid power tiff

Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, D K Shivakumar, responding to several media queries regarding the current 'internal conflict' in Karnataka Congress in reference to the chief ministerial......

'If One Person Goes Into The Armed Forces, S/He Can Change A Family For Generations'

Police Constable Gursimran Bains will join the Air Force Academy to train as a military pilot next year. IMAGE: Constable Gursimran Bains. Photographs: Kind courtesy Major General Yash Mor (retd)......

Pakistan, China testing nuclear weapons: Trump's big reveal

Pakistan and China are among the countries which are testing nuclear weapons, United States President Donald Trump has said to justify his administration's plans to resume testing of the US's own......

'Government Is The Source Of Our Data Leakages'

'Instead of the government and telecom operators solving the mess of their own creation, they're telling us we need to give access to our phones perpetually.' Kindly note that this image has only......

CAFE-3 Sparks Major Fight Over Big Vs Small Cars

In absolute terms, both types of cars must cut emissions by about 28-29 g/km. But in percentage terms, the lighter 900-kg car must reduce emissions by 27 per cent, while the 1,500-kg car needs a 22......

CAFE-III: 'Gas guzzler' makers setting a 'wrong narrative', says Maruti

Companies with “gas guzzlers” are trying to set up the wrong narrative against small cars getting relaxation in the proposed corporate average fuel efficiency (CAFE-III) norms on the basis of......

Small Cars Get Big Relief in New Fuel Efficiency Norms

Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest producer of small cars, stands to benefit the most. Kindly note the image have only been published for representational purposes. Photograph: Amit Sharma/ANI Photo......

UPI Goes Global, Fintech Hits A Wall

'When you think of cross-border payments, the first things that come to mind are risk, compliance, taxation, speed, and cost.' Kindly note that this illustration generated using ChatGPT has only......

Fuel efficiency norms favour big cars: Maruti's Bhargava

'My understanding is that the rules are weighted in favour of big cars, even though smaller cars emit fewer emissions per passenger, use less material, and consume less fuel,' Bhargava said in an......

'When I Can't Take Nonsense Any Longer Then Sparks Begin To Fly'

'Look after your own mother before looking after your neighbour's mother.''I don't believe in starving my own mother and feeding sweets to the neighbours.' IMAGE: Salman Khan, Tiku Talsania and......

'Women Have Desires, Dreams'

'Women have always been given titles like 'mother' or 'housewife'.'These tags put so much pressure on a woman to be a certain way.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Anjali Sivaraman/Instagram Anjali......

'Gurus Abuse The Very People Who Give Them Power'

'What is it about the institution of faith that makes somebody get a sense of impunity, that they believe they can get away with anything?' IMAGE: Huma Qureshi in Bayaan.......

Jolly LLB 3 Review: Social Conscience Gets Witty

Akshay Kumar, Arshad Warsi and Saurabh Shukla are in top form in Jolly LLB 3, applauds Deepa Gahlot. Most times, good intentions are not enough. But over the last two Jolly LLB films, as well as......

Mohanlal, SRK, Rani, Vikrant Dazzle National Awards

The 71st National Awards were presented at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi on Tuesday, September 3, 2025. Photograph: Press Information Bureau The big winners of the night: Mohanlal, Shah Rukh Khan,......

Indian Women Create Their 1983 Moment

If the men of 1983 gave India a reason to dream, the women of 2025 could give it something rarer -- the courage to live that dream in full daylight, under an open sky that finally belongs to them,......

'All athletes deserve our admiration and respect'

IMAGE: On the occasion of National Sports Day, Sachin Tendulkar said sports leagues, not just in cricket, were playing a big role in generating interest among the young generation. Photograph:......

New IOC chief to strive for consensus on gender policy

IMAGE: Newly appointed International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry attends her first Executive Board meeting at the Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland. Photograph: Denis......

Nepal Cricket Scales New Heights With T20 League

IMAGE: Nepal became an ICC associate member in 1996 and have qualified for the T20 World Cup twice. Photograph: Paul Childs/Reuters Glamorgan all-rounder Dan Douthwaite was not alone among the......

Kohli credits women's cricket for THIS big change

IMAGE: The India women's team, who won silver at the Commonwealth Games and gold at the Asian Games in 2022, are third in the International Cricket Council's Twenty20 and one-day rankings,......