Xi as ruler for life: Is China's golden age coming to an end?

'Xi's assumption of absolute power is neither complete, nor irreversible.''Nor is it safe, for Xi, for his party, or for his country more generally.''And the government knows this,' says Mihir S......

ISRO makes history, launches 104 satellites in one go

The space agency launched 104 satellites, breaking the previous record of 37 by Russia.  Space agency Indian Space Research Organisation on Wednesday scripted history by successfully......

Hello Jupiter! NASA's Juno spacecraft arrives at giant planet

NASA’s solar-powered Juno spacecraft successfully entered Jupiter’s orbit on Tuesday after a five-year journey from Earth, in a giant step to understand the origin and evolution of......

Guess which car is the favourite of India's uber-rich?

The Porsche 911 RS is fast becoming a collector's item among India's high net worth individuals. Porsche India, the local arm of German super luxury sports carmaker, is seeing a unique trend among......

Gavaskar@50: 15 interesting facts

It was this day, March 6, in 1971 that Sunil Manohar Gavaskar made his debut in Test cricket. Gavaskar -- the first cricketer in history to surpass the 10,000 runs mark in the longest format -- was......