Pilots Fume as DGCA Moves to Ban Perfumes

DGCA's move seeks to ban perfumes for pilots as they have alcohol and can affect the results of breathanalyser tests. Kindly note the image has only been published for representational purposes.......

Mood Of The Nation Poll: What Modi-Shah Must Worry About

'According to the survey, ideological issues like Article 370 and Ayodhya received only 14 and 12 per cent voter-backing, respectively.''It could well imply that hardline Hindutva issues have only......

Kupwara encounter: Why the army is watching the LoC

Even as India battles the COVID-19 threat on a war footing, it cannot lose sight of the threat building up in Kashmir, cautions Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd). IMAGE: Then army chief,......

Oh! The Traffic! The Traffic!

'Phone charger, pillow and rug, Kindle, small cocktail in a carafe, a rolled up paratha...'Find out what Kishore Singh takes along for a Delhi-Gurgaon car ride, a journey that often takes three......

Reliance Retail enters general trade with own FMCG brands

Reliance Retail has entered the Indian fast-moving consumer goods space as it takes its private label brands, sold at its supermarkets and hypermarkets, Reliance Fresh and Reliance Smart, to......

In war of germs, Dettol and Lifebuoy enter round two

The advertisement war between Reckitt Benckiser  and Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) continues unabated. After Reckitt had compared its Dettol Kitchen Cleaning Gel with HUL’s Vim a......

Ravi Shastri turns entrepreneur

23 Yards will include body wash, beard oil, shaving gel, deodorant and sanitizer. IMAGE: Ravi Shastri, the Indian cricket team's head coach, has become a businessman, like India's Captain Virat......

Smart tag to tell if food is spoiled even before unpacking

Scientists have developed a new colour-coded smart tag that could tell consumers whether a carton of milk has turned sour or a can of green beans has spoiled even without opening the containers.......

Summer care, Bollywood style

The mercury is rising and the world is buckling under its pressure. Not Bollywood though. Even the lockdown cannot dampen its spirit or love for glamour. Sukanya Verma lists the fun ways......

THE ABBA Paradox

Ageing is a funny process.After rebelling and exploring, the human being drifts to the ordered arrangement, he/she once left.As a youngster I outgrew ABBA while my mother continued to like them.In......

'Basuda was a genius'

'He loved reality in all his films.''He would say films are made for the common man and they should feel the realness while watching it.' IMAGE: Moushmi Chatterjee and Amitabh Bachchan in Manzil.......

'We are creating music in haste'

'Today, music directors do not work on a song that turns out to be the biggest hit of the year.''Their main focus is on creating a song which becomes an instant hit.''Whether the audience remembers......

Troubled Windies committed to fresh beginnings

An "upbeat" West Indies camp are looking forward to the World Cup opener against Ireland on Monday as a fresh beginning and a chance to put difficult times behind them, according to rookie captain......

Split with Paes: It wasn't my decision, says Bhupathi

Veteran Indian tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi claims it was Leander Paes's decision to end their much-hyped reunion within a year as he felt that they "were possibly a little too old on the tour and......

How Vijay bounced back after England axing

'For me it's a mental game. It's never been a question of my ability.' IMAGE: The India opener played for English county side Essex, scoring a hundred and three half-centuries. Photograph: BCCI......

Can't keep dwelling on the past: Bopanna on teaming with Paes

IMAGE: Rohan Bopanna and Leander Paes celebrate winning a Davis Cup match. Photograph: Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images. Forget the past and communicate as much as possible -- that's how Rohan......

U.S. warns of privacy threats at Sochi Olympics

The United States on Friday issued a fresh travel alert for Americans attending the Sochi Winter Olympics, citing cybersecurity threats and warning them to have "no expectation of privacy" using......