Taiwan: A Thorn In China-US Relations

Any miscalculation and miscommunication are fraught with the risk of a major catastrophe, warns Rup Narayan Das. IMAGE: Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with US President Joe Biden on the......

Decades of warnings preceded Sikkim disaster

Several occasions in the last two decades have seen government agencies and research studies warning about potential glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) in Sikkim, which can cause massive damage......

Manipur: A Distant Outpost Full Of Promise

A lesson we have not learnt from China is the urgent need to knit the vast country together to keep it from falling apart at the seams.While there is considerable dent in poverty, sadly, the North......

2 K'taka women officers transferred after public spat

Faced with embarrassment following a bitter public tussle between two senior women bureaucrats, the Karnataka government on Tuesday cracked the whip and transferred both of them, without specifying......

In 75th year of Independence, govt may shut down British India Corp

Once the iconic red-brick building of British India Corporation (BICL), which manufactured the popular “Lal-Imli” brand of woollen products, made Cawnpore (now Kanpur) the Manchester of......

RBI guv draws new line in sand, seeks flexible rate cuts

Shaktikanta Das said in Washington, DC, that there was nothing sacrosanct about the 25 bps rate cut and that monetary policy could be well served by calibrating the size of the policy rate to the......

K-G Basin row has all the makings of a vodafone-like tussle

RIL has denied knowingly producing any gas from the ONGC block.   There has been much comment over the $1.55 billion demand made by the petroleum ministry on Reliance Industries and its......

How to take action against an errant builder

If the developers continue to express inability to pay, buyers should file a petition in the SC and request it to initiate proceedings under Article 142 of the Constitution During proceedings in......

Indian youngsters should take gamble of playing abroad: Bhutia

News of all that transpired on and off the football field. IMAGE: Bhaichung Bhutia cited the example of Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, who spent three years with Norwegian club Stabaek FC -- where he......

ED's notice to BCCI regarding IPL II fund transfer

The Enforcement Directorate has issued notice to the BCCI to explain transfer and routing of funds to the tune of Rs 1,600 crore in the conduct of the second season of Indian Premier League cricket......