Modi first foreign head to get Bhutan's highest civilian honour

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday received Bhutan's highest civilian award, the 'Order of the Druk Gyalpo', making him the first foreign Head of the Government to receive the honour. IMAGE:......

Time To Establish Diplomatic Relations With Taliban

The Taliban government in Afghanistan is not going anywhere.That being the case, why is the hesitation to establish formal diplomatic relations with the Taliban? asks Lieutenant General Prakash......

UK to deploy warships, aircraft carrier in Indian Ocean

The UK government on Wednesday unveiled plans to deploy Royal Navy warships to the Indian Ocean region later this year to operate and train with Indian forces, signalling what it described as the......

The Modi Interview: 'India will be developed by 2047'

A week before he hosts world leaders at the G20 summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asserted that the 'Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas' model can be the guiding principle for the welfare of a world......

Jobs are plenty, but techies in India lack necessary skillsets: IBM chief

There have been reports that nearly three-fourths of the millions of engineers and B-school graduates are simply not employable at all, speaking volumes about the quality of both the academics as......

PM's vision for gas-based economy: 10K CNG pumps, 2 cr household connections

Modi said the push towards a gas-based economy where the share of environment-friendly fuel in the energy basket will be increased from 6.2 per cent to 15 per cent by 2030, will create lakhs of......

Viral Acharya needs a 'Bharat Darshan'

'Tilting at the government in English in front of India may make him feel like Joan of Arc, but without a feel for Bharat he will merely be Don Quixote,' says S Muraleedharan, former managing......

India will be a $5 trillion economy by 2025: Modi

Referring to the government's Make in India initiative, he said India has become a hub of mobile phone manufacturing, which has provided employment to 4-5 lakh youth in the last four years and has......

'Live from the heart. Dil Se'

'Embrace all that this life has in store for you, let your heart be as deep as the deepest ocean and as wide as the farthest horizon.' Beautiful words from Shah Rukh Khan. Shah Rukh Khan's messages......

Wenger to help unearth future football stars in India

IMAGE: Arsene Wenger, who is currently FIFA Chief of Global Football Development, is set to visit India in the second week of October to finalise the setting-up of a central academy. Photograph:......

I have always wanted to lead from the front: Hardik

'If I want my team to function in a certain way, I need to be the first flag-bearer to show them the way.' IMAGE: Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya, 2nd right, celebrates with team-mates after......

IOC's Bach 'emotional' as Games chiefs meet in person

IMAGE: International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach during the news conference at the International Broadcasting Center in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters......

Football: 'Aguero out for up to 10 days due to quarantine'

IMAGE: Manchester City's Sergio Aguero has played nine games in all competitions this season after missing the start of the campaign following knee surgery. Photograph: Jason......

E-sports, breakdancing win 2022 Asian Games spots

E-sports and breakdancing will debut in the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, as full medal sports after being approved by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), the governing body said on Friday.......