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Plane that crashed in Afghanistan wasn't Indian: Officials

A more than 40-year-old small aircraft carrying six people that crashed in a rural Afghanistan province was not an Indian aircraft and only did refuelling at the Gaya airport on Saturday en route......

AI pilot 'welcomes' female friend in cockpit, DGCA orders probe

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has ordered a detailed probe after an Air India pilot operating from Dubai to Delhi entertained a female friend in the cockpit. Image used only for......

The World Weeps With Ukraine

Please click on the images for glimpses of anti-Russia protests in different parts of the world. IMAGE: An Ukrainian citizen living in India lights candles in New Delhi. Photograph: Anushree......

'Humans have never learned from history'

'We need to retell this history from many different perspectives.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Writer Amitav Ghosh spent many of those strange, mind-numbing COVID-19 days of......

China's 2nd railway line to Tibet comes close to Arunachal Pradesh

China on Friday operationalised its first fully electrified bullet train in the remote Himalayan region of Tibet, connecting the provincial capital Lhasa and Nyingchi, a strategically located......

What's preventing top execs from investing in digital technology

Most business leaders at the very top are too heavily invested in the past to be able to adapt and attack the new emerging opportunity with alacrity, says Indrajit Gupta. India Inc needs to push......

Is Bharat ready for a Digital India?

Image: India must devise policies and strategies to fulfil its digitisation dream. Photograph: Claro Cortes/Reuters The Digital India vision is disruptive thinking at a macro level that has......

Despite big talks, India is miles away from digitisation

It's unlikely we'll achieve ubiquitous digital access with our current approach. There are too many problems and too few synergies, requiring radical changes in direction, says Shyam Ponappa.......

10 cities most threatened by natural disasters; Kolkata ranks 7

Photograph: Reuters First the Kashmir floods and then cyclone Hudhud in Visakhapatnam; India recently witnessed the fury of nature. But this is nothing. According to a recent research,......

Registration must for clinical trial ethics panels

Ethics committees, set up to monitor clinical trials in the country, will now have to be mandatorily registered with the central drug regulator. Recently, the health ministry issued a gazette......

Oscars 2021: Nomadland wins BIG!

A quick look at the winners of the 93rd Annual Academy Awards, listed in bold. IMAGE: Peter Spears, Frances McDormand, Chloe Zhao, Mollye Asher and Dan Janvey win Best Picture for......

Adarsh Gourav loses BAFTA to Anthony Hopkins

Nomadland dominates BAFTAs 2021 with four wins. IMAGE: Frances McDormand in Nomadland. Director Chloe Zhao's meditative drama Nomadland emerged as the top winner at the BAFTA Film Awards 2021 by......

Tour de France: Van Aert extends lead with stage four solo win

IMAGE: Jumbo - Visma's Wout Van Aert celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win stage 4, Dunkirk to Calais of the Tour de France on Tuesday. Photograph: Christian Hartmann/Reuters Wout......

Jorginho, Putellas win UEFA Player of the Year awards

IMAGE: Jorginho celebrates with the Henri Delaunay Trophy following Italy's triumph in the UEFA Euro 2020 Championship final against England, at Wembley stadium, London, on July 11, 2021.......

De Bruyne, Kante, Jorginho up for UEFA Player of the Year

IMAGE: Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne battles for possession with Chelsea's Jorginho during the Champions League final, at Estadio do Dragao, in Porto, Portugal. Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters......

Olympics Hockey: India men rout Spain for second win

IMAGE: India's Rupinder Pal Singh celebrates with teammate Dilpreet Singh after scoring from a penalty-corner in the men's Olympics hockey match against Spain, at the Oi Hockey stadium, in Tokyo,......

Barca thrash Chelsea to win Women's Champions League

IMAGE: Barcelona's Aitana Bonmati and teammates celebrate after their first goal scored by Chelsea's Melanie Leupolz with an own goal. Photograph: Bjorn Larsson Rosvall/TT News Agency......

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