21st century warfare is of ideas, tech and adaptability: Rajnath Singh

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said India's "high-impact, short-duration" operational capability was demonstrated by the armed forces during Operation Sindoor, while urging air force......

Girls in North India told to stay home, bear children: Tamil Nadu MP

Senior Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader Dayanidhi Maran on Wednesday said that girls in Tamil Nadu were asked to study whereas their counterparts in North were asked to stay at home, be in kitchen......

Can India Solve The Air Pollution Problem?

Mundane as it may seem, this is in some ways a metaphor for the challenges facing the nation, argue Arvind Subramanian and Devesh Kapur in their new book, A Sixth Of Humanity. IMAGE: India Gate......

Accused is entitled to...: Ex-CJI on Umar Khalid's bail

Former chief justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Sunday said bail before conviction should be a matter of right, but asserted that it is a court's duty to examine a case in depth where national......

Vi gets a decade to breathe easy on AGR dues; DoT to reassess liabilities

India’s third-largest telecom operator Vodafone Idea (Vi) has secured a 10-year breather on adjusted gross revenue (AGR) payments from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). Photograph:......

NPCI sets up unit to scale up digital infra beyond payments

Moving beyond digital payments, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the operator of Unified Payments Interface, is planning to add more muscle to the country’s digital......

New market code may constrain Sebi funding

As the government moves to revamp India’s securities legislation, unifying three different laws into the Securities Markets Code (SMC), regulatory experts and ma­rket insiders have raised......

India least favoured among emerging-market investors

Just over a year ago, India was investors' top pick among EMs. Its slide down the rankings follows $30 billion (over 2.5 trillion) of foreign selling over the past 12–13 months. Illustration:......

The Hot Bollywood Deal You Need To Know About

'We hope we will have created a world where music for films appeals to fans across the country, across languages and genres.' IMAGE: Adam Granite, CEO, Africa, Middle East and Asia, Universal......

Why YouTube Is Investing In India

'As a nation, we create beautiful content and a high volume of it (films) but we are limited by the number of theatres and screen density.''You now have a living-room large screen available to......

'It's Not Just Because Of Dhurandhar...'

'...That people are suddenly recognising me.' IMAGE: Saumya Tandon in Dhurandhar. Photograph: Kind courtesy Saumya Tandon/Instagram Saumya Tandon is enjoying the blockbuster success of Dhurandhar,......

'The Soldiers Ordered Us To Be Strip-Searched'

'...including my baby sisters, age three and one.''My dad was humiliated, and he started screaming at them.' IMAGE: Adam Bakri in All That's Left of You. In the summer of 2023, Palestinian......

Meet Team India's New All-rounder!

'My team wants me to bat at No 8 as an all-rounder and whatever time I can give to it in the nets, I focus on that.' IMAGE: Harshit Rana picked up two wickets with the ball, while scoring a vital......

Bindra report exposes flaws in India's sports administration

'Neither SAI nor state departments have a dedicated sports administration service. Instead, roles are filled by generalist civil servants or contractual staff, often lacking sector-specific......

Timing or power? Abhishek Sharma drops a hint

‘All teams have a plan for me. It's about my preparation. I'm going to back my instinct’ IMAGE: Abhishek Sharma smashed a blistering 35-ball 84, laced with eight sixes and five......

Muzumdar reveals why India are trying out new things

'We have got some fantastic players but every opponent we do treat them with equal respect.' IMAGE: India won the first two T20Is against Sri Lanka by eight and seven wickets respectively.......

Paes, Gopichand to join PM Modi in VBYLD 2026

The Viksit Bharat Young Leaders Dialogue is a flagship initiative of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports aimed at giving India's youth a "meaningful role in shaping the vision of a Viksit......