ISRO conducts key test of its heaviest rocket's engine

The flight acceptance hot test of CE-20 engine has been successfully carried out in the High Altitude Test facility of ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC) at Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu for a duration of......

We need Modi the Thanedar, not Chowkidar

I am not sure if Modi can ever act as a chowkidar, even if he wants to.But he can surely act as a thanedar, by ensuring a fast resolution of corruption cases once they come to light.Exemplary......

FULL TEXT: President's address to Parliament

Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session. Honourable Members, This joint sitting of......

Have minimised COVID-19 spread, cut transmission: Govt

Asserting that the ongoing lockdown has helped minimise the spread of coronavirus, the government on Thursday said the recovery rate among COVID-19 patients has almost doubled in last the ten days......

Why EV makers are flocking to Tamil Nadu

At Prestige Polygon Towers in Chennai’s Teynampet, hectic preparations are on for a mega global investors’ meet under the aegis of Guidance Tamil Nadu (the state investment promotion......

Foxconn Deal: Karnataka Labour Laws In Focus, Tamil Nadu May Follow

Allowing 12-hour shifts for all and night-time work for women was meant to benefit software firms, but is said to have clinched Foxconn's Rs 80 billion investment Photograph: Quinn......

Sagarmala project: Poor planning on container traffic haunting shippers

Since January this year, Indian exporters have begun to dread the shipping news. That’s because most of it would be about another lot of shipping companies deciding to avoid Indian ports on......

E-portal for business approvals off to a brisk start

Nearly five months after its soft launch, the government’s e-portal, the National Single Window System (NSWS), is seeing a significant increase in the number of investors using it to get a......

Bombay Dreams: A reckoner

Nearly four years after Shekhar Kapur and Andrew Lloyd Webber, arguably the most successful producer and composer in theatre with international hits like The Phantom Of The Opera and Cats to his......

Cricket Buzz: McCullum named KKR head coach

Kolkata Knight Riders have appointed former New Zealand cricketer Brendon McCullum as their new head coach, the Indian Premier League franchise (IPL) said on Thursday. McCullum, 37, played for the......