How India Got The MiG-21 63 Years Ago

The MiG-21 episode demonstrates that procurement is always strategic.Choices about what aircraft to acquire, who builds them, who supplies the spares, who trains the pilots and technicians are......

The 17 Girls India Will Never Forget

Barely out of their teens, the first batch of girls will graduate alongside 300 male cadets from the National Defence Academy. IMAGE: The girl cadets. Photographs: Kind courtesy Wing Commander......

Just Who Was Mahatma Phule?

The latest biopic on Jyotiba Phule, whose 198th birth anniversary is on April 11, has come at a time when the Department of Taking Offence is super-active.Utkarsh Mishra feels it will be......

After The Oval Office Fracas, What Next For Ukraine?

The big question now is whether the unprecedented fracas in the White House could backfire on Zelenskyy since Washington has significant leverage vis-a-vis Kyiv and given Ukraine's heavy dependence......

RBI awaits the power of one

That's all it takes to protect an institution -- just one person with no past and no greed for the future, says Shekhar Gupta. The eyes of the devoted plagiarism hunters would light up if......

Moily defends seeking extension for Vasudeva as ONGC chairman

A day after his suggested candidate was denied a post-retirement extension, Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily on Thursday defended seeking extension for Sudhir Vasudeva as Chairman of ONGC, saying he......

2018: Year of reckoning for India Inc

A glance back at some important ups and down India Inc faced in 2018. Year End Specials   Kindly click on the image below to view the relevant story. #1 How PNB scam effected consumer......

Review: The Waking Of A Nation: Boring!

Ram Madhvani's series is all over the place and also boring to watch, complains Deepa Gahlot. The words inspired by true events are written and crossed out after the title The Waking Of A Nation.......

Kesari 2: What *Really* Happened

The grilling of Brigadier-General Dyer by Akshay Kumar's Sir C Sankaran Nair, as shown in Kesari 2, is an imaginary sequence, proves Utkarsh Mishra. IMAGE: Akshay Kumar and Ananya Panday in Kesari......

'Treated Jallianwala Massacre With Sensitivity'

'When you are taking on something which is this big in India, there are so many pressures about wanting to do justice to them, so I am still scared.' IMAGE: Ram Madhvani explains a scene to Nikita......

Football Extras: Barca escape Copa expulsion

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field  IMAGE: FC Barcelona players celebrate a goal. Levante said that Barca had played defender Juan ‘Chumi’ Brandariz in......