Atmanirbharta Complicates India-US Arms Deals

Indian policymakers must realise that in buying small quantities of equipment, it becomes hard to start manufacturing them in India, explains Ajai Shukla. IMAGE: The US's 5th gen supersonic F-35......

Taiwan: A Thorn In China-US Relations

Any miscalculation and miscommunication are fraught with the risk of a major catastrophe, warns Rup Narayan Das. IMAGE: Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with US President Joe Biden on the......

9 top PLA generals dismissed from China's Parliament

In a major purge of the Chinese military, nine senior generals of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), including senior officials of the country's Rocket Force, have been dismissed from Parliament,......

X users face hour-long outage; services restored now

Social media platform X suffered an outage for over one hour on Thursday, as users complained about non-accessibility of posts on the platform. IMAGE: 'X' logo is seen on the top of the......

Russians Devise Ways To Outwit US, Help India

Russian oil supplies to India will continue to flow unhindered and suppliers will come up with ways to sidestep secondary sanctions, a Russian official told Business Standard. Kindly note the......

India may pip US as largest GitHub base soon: Nadella

India is expected to overtake the US as the largest developer community on GitHub by 2027, Microsoft chairman and chief executive officer Satya Nadella said during his address to 1,100 developers......

Key infra sector growth slows to 6-month low of 7.8 pc in Nov

The production growth of eight key infrastructure sectors slowed to a six-month low of 7.8 per cent in November due to a decline in the output of crude oil and cement sectors. Photograph: Carlos......

Cillian Murphy Dedicates His Oscar To...

IMAGE: Cillian Murphy wins the Best Actor award for Oppenheimer. Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters Accepting his Best Actor Oscar for the biopic Oppenheimer, Irish actor Cillian Murphy gave a......

Oscars: Robert Downey Jr Thanks His 'Terrible Childhood'

IMAGE: Robert Downey Jr poses with the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Oppenheimer. Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters Robert Downey Jr bagged his first ever Oscar award for his performance in the......

Oscars 2024: Meet The Winners!

IMAGE: Robert Downey Jr, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Emma Stone and Cillian Murphy at the Oscars. Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters Oppenheimer and Poor Things lead the show at the 96th Annual......

PIX: Real Madrid edge Man City in penalties; Bayern down Arsenal

IMAGE: Real Madrid's Antonio Rudiger celebrates with team-mates after scoring the winning penalty in the shootout against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday. Photograph: Carl......

Nadal still the ultimate test, says Monte Carlo champ Tsitsipas

IMAGE: Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas celebrates with the trophy after winning the Monte Carlo Masters final against Norway's Casper Ruud on Sunday. Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters Rafael Nadal......

Ruud upsets Djokovic to join Tsitsipas in Monte Carlo final

IMAGE: Casper Ruud celebrates his stunning win over Novak Djokovic. Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters Casper Ruud stunned top seed Novak Djokovic 6-4 1-6 6-4 in a thrilling Monte Carlo Masters......

Sinner, Djokovic reach Monte Carlo Masters semis

IMAGE: Serbia's Novak Djokovic in action during his Monte Carlo Masters quarter-final match against Australia's Alex de Minaur, Monte Carlo Country Club, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, on Friday.......

Nagal takes a set off world No. 7 Rune before exiting

IMAGE: Sumit Nagal went down fighting against Holger Rune. Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters Putting up a brave fight, India's Sumit Nagal took a set off world number seven Holger Rune before......