Can Sitharaman get the defence dinosaur moving?

The defence minister has 20 months to learn the military's ethos, culture and to publicly bat for an organisation that feels increasingly marginalised and underappreciated, notes Ajai Shukla.......

First-time DMK MPs feel left out, look to Stalin for help

The DMK parliamentary party appears to be a house divided, reports R Rajagopalan. IMAGE: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam President M K Stalin addresses party cadres. With an impressive 23 members and......

India, Qatar sign agreements on visas, cyberspace, investments

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday expressed India’s keenness to invest in hydrocarbon projects in Qatar during talks with his counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al......

Industry bodies close ranks on defence FDI

The dust over the controversy around foreign direct investment (FDI) in the defence sector appears to have settled.  Leading industry body, the Confederation of Indian Industry or CII, has......

'Jobs Have To Be Created Everywhere'

'I found it unbelievable that L&T said 45,000 jobs were waiting to be filled because of unavailability of suitable skillsets.' 'So, when the Opposition sweepingly says there are no jobs, I'm......

RBI should cut policy rate by 1% this fiscal: CII

Stressing on the need to revive the economy and push investment, industry body CII Thursday said RBI should cut key policy rate by 1 percentage point in this financial year.It said that increased......

Indian CEO team to visit US to revitalise bilateral ties

For the first time after the formation of Narendra Modi government, high-level delegations of Indian CEOs are visiting the US this week with the objective to revitalise Indo-US economic......