'Sadly, SOPs Are Written On Somebody's Blood'

'The tone of the preliminary report creates a narrative towards pilot error. This is wrong.''Selected conversation has been divulged. It's not as if the pilots did not speak anything else in the......

'Switches Seem To Be In Up Position, But...'

'...from the recovered part of the throttle quadrant -- the control panel that manages engine power -- it is hard to say at this stage if the locking mechanism was damaged in any way.' IMAGE: The......

'We Aren't Security Conscious As A Nation'

'Government officials use Gmail and ordinary phones without basic security consciousness.''Interoperability, especially in joint exercises with countries like the US, worries me.''It often means we......

At Rs 5375 cr, HAL signs biggest ever deal with GE for Tejas engines

HAL is working closely with GE to develop the LCA's export potential.Ajai Shukla reports. IMAGE: Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters   In an important step that will galvanise India's......

'Great risk to nations from undermining independence of central bank'

'The Reserve Bank's independence has remained a work in progress, an enduring challenge that the nation has been grappling with on an ongoing basis,' says RBI Deputy Governor Dr Viral V Acharya.......

How to mint millions by developing apps

With big dreams and high hopes of earning lakhs or even crores, more and more youngsters are getting into software development for smartphones. Image: Ankit Srivastava. Photograph, courtesy:......