Non-stick frying pans a hotbed for toxin

Australia's industrial chemicals regulator, NICNAS, is urging manufacturers to stop using perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a chemical present in non-stick cookware, dyes, paints and fire-fighting......

AC, Fridge Sales Soar With Early Summer

Most firms anticipate high demand for ACs, refrigerators, coolers and fans, and are running at full production capacity to ensure they have enough inventory to meet demand. Kindly note the image......

What A380's failure can teach the shipping industry

As a model of transport, the A380 strikes a parallel -- a shared fragility -- with giant container ships, observes Shyam G Menon. IMAGE: A container ship is loaded at a container terminal in......

Cool prospects for consumer durable firms as temperature set to soar

IMD expects day temperatures to remain above-normal in select regions across the country between March and May 2021. IMAGE: A woman carries her son in a bucket after collecting water from a......

How far will the Cybertruck go?

'The unveiling of the Cybertruck seems to me the turning point in the design and manufacture of automobiles in much the same way as American skyscrapers were the turning point of architectural......

The Blue Revolution: Indian Cricket's Success Story

It is a tribute to a system so robustly meritocratic that this team represents India's diversity better than any other institution: The Union Cabinet, our chief ministers, the civil services, the......

Sports Shorts: Will chess be included in 2024 Paris Olympics?

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday. IMAGE: India's chess ace Viswanathan Anand in action. Photograph: Spectrum Studios/Grand Chess Tour The governing body for chess......

The most searching examination of India's resilience with bat and ball yet

'The two batted as if "pressure" was a concept unknown to them. Raina was the muscular enforcer, Dhoni the consigliere planning and controlling the momentum of the assault.' Prem Panicker, in......

Suresh Saraiya, one of the best-loved radio commentators

Haresh Pandya pays tribute to noted radio commentator Suresh Saraiya, who passed away in Mumbai on Wednesday following a heart attack. July 18, 2012, turned out to be a sad day for Hindi cinema and......

Ganguly may miss SL tour

Sourav Ganguly's chances of returning to the Indian team for the triseries in Sri Lanka quickly receded on Friday with the one-man ICC Disputes Resolution Committee (DRC) setting a July 22 date for......