'The Problem With Quick Fixes Is...'

'...they always address problems superficially, never tackling root causes.''Currently, the policy response will focus on immediate relief -- getting people to safety, providing facilities,......

How India Got The MiG-21 63 Years Ago

The MiG-21 episode demonstrates that procurement is always strategic.Choices about what aircraft to acquire, who builds them, who supplies the spares, who trains the pilots and technicians are......

Vijay Or EPS: Who Will Fill Anti-DMK Space?

The two weeks that EPS took fending off the Sengottaiyan rebellion has since become lost time for the AIADMK as that was also the time Vijay took to go all-out against Stalin and the DMK, observes......

Prada breaks silence over Rs 1.2 lakh 'Kolhapuri chappals'

After a controversy triggered by the use of Kolhapuri chappals in a collection, Italian luxury fashion brand Prada has acknowledged the connection, saying the design is “inspired” by the Indian......

Obama's India opportunity in higher education

A major 'deliverable' for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit last year to the United States was the launch of the Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative. At the conclusion of the......

'Can We In Our Businesses Set An Example?'

'I think some of us, like Mukesh Ambani, myself and those of us who head industrial units, ought to really focus on what we can really do to make the world a safer place, maybe 50 or 100 years from......

Industry lauds PM's vision of 'techade'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to make this decade a "techade" for India and the push for 5G, semiconductors and transformation through digital services is going to boost the technology sector......

Rutgers varsity inks academic partnership MoU with India

Rutgers University, a leading New Jersey-based national public educational institution, signed a memorandum of understanding with the Indian government last month to launch the Indian Council of......

'I was nobody until I appeared on KBC'

'When I won Rs 1 crore, Amitabh Bachchan told my friends to find a girlfriend for me.' The 11th season of Kaun Banega Crorepati has got its first crorepati. Sanoj Raj, 25, who hails from......

NBA Wrap: Curry adds silverware; RF Jnr returns for 10th straight year

IMAGE: Steph Curry added another piece of silverware to his cabinet. Photograph: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Steph Curry had a disappointing season with the NBA's Golden State......

SS Das named India women's team batting coach

IMAGE: Former opener Shiv Sunder Das played 23 Tests between 2000-02, with more than 1300 runs, including two hundreds and nine half-centuries. Former India opener Shiv Sunder Das has been......

Thomson to train Mumbai pacers ahead of domestic season

Jeff Thompson arrives in Mumbai. Photograph: PTI Having missed touring India during his cricket career, former Australian fast bowler Jeff Thomson arrived in Mumbai early this morning to impart......

Buzz: Pooran, Chase named WI vice-captains for NZ series

IMAGE: West Indies' Nicholas Pooran averages close to 50 in ODIs. Photograph: BCCI Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Thursday named Nicholas Pooran as the T20I vice-captain while Roston Chase has been......

England's Hick appointed Australia's batting coach

IMAGE: Graeme Hick of England misses a drive. Photograph: Brendon Thorne/Getty Images. Former England batsman Graeme Hick has been appointed as Australia's new fulltime batting coach after......