Why India's Sun mission is called Aditya-L1

The Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) on Tuesday said it has designed, assembled, and tested the Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC), one of the seven payloads of India's first dedicated......

At last, a Trump choice we can cheer

Donald Trump and General H R McMaster: It is almost like the Chinese monarch Helü with Sun Tzu at his side. IMAGE: US President Donald Trump looks on as his newly named National Security......

Day after meeting with Modi, Advani meets RSS chief

Visiting the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh headquarters for the first time since his resignation plunged the Bharatiya Janata Party into a crisis, L K Advani on Friday met Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat......

The business of cooperation

While receiving Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House last November, President Barack Obama had termed the United States-India ties as one of the 'defining relationships' of this......

Bill Gates once again tops Forbes richest list

Bill Gates with an estimated wealth of $86 billion topped the list for the fourth year running. Once again, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has topped the Forbes magazine list of the world’s......

Top 10 wind power countries

The price of wind power may soon compete with conventional fossil fuels, according to researchers in the United States Wind is a clean source of renewable energy that produces no pollution. And......

COLUMN: Slowdown? Blame it on crony capitalism

When crony capitalism flourishes, investor sentiment is bound to take a hit, writes M R Venkatesh. "I have also directed a review of tax provisions that have a retrospective effect in order to find......

Told Vodafone about tax liability, maintains FinMin

Refuting reports that Vodafone was not warned about the liability before the deal with Hutchison in 2007, the finance ministry today reiterated it had informed Vodafone about its tax liability, but......

Air Rifle C'ship: Elavenil wins gold, Mane bags silver

IMAGE:  Elavenil Valarivan shot a modest 627.5 to come out on top. Photograph: Elavenil Valarivan/Twitter World number one Indian Elavenil Valarivan won a gold medal and Shahu Tushar......

Ravi Kumar bags bronze in men's 10m air rifle

IMAGE: India’s Ravi Kumar . Photograph: OGQ/Twitter. Indian shooter Ravi Kumar won the bronze medal in the men's 10m air rifle event at the 21st Commonwealth Games, in Gold Coast, on......

CWG update: Men's hockey team wins

Twice in arrears, India scored late in the match to beat Malaysia 3-2 and begin their campaign in the men's hockey tournament on a winning note at the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday night. Bharat......

Shooters open India's gold haul

India's shooters kicked off their much-awaited campaign in the 19th Commonwealth games in grand fashion, winning two gold and two silver medals, at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range in Delhi on......

Nadal hands Spain Davis Cup lead

World number one Rafael Nadal survived a spirited early attack from American Sam Querrey on Friday, before beating the Davis Cup debutant 6-7, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 in the opening semi-final rubber in......