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Arvi Singh Bahal Is Going To Space!

This mission is the 14th human flight for the New Shepard programme and the 34th in its history. IMAGE: The Blue Origin New Shepard rocket booster in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Photograph: Isaiah......

'Digital arrest' most dreaded threat to citizens: President Murmu

Asserting that technology has substantially altered the space of policing, President Droupadi Murmu on Monday said 'digital arrest' has become one of the most dreaded threats to citizens. IMAGE:......

'Where Are We Today, And Are We Moving Towards A Better Tomorrow?'

'You don't have to lose your identity to be part of the Congress. You can be who you are as long as you believe in the core principle of strong citizenry and nation-building through that concept.'......

Why The Americans Were Opposed To Agni

'The heat shield technology for re-entry vehicles was first mastered in DRDO for the Agni missile.''This is why the Americans were so opposed to Agni in the 1980s, unlike other missiles -- it was a......

Why BJP, Nitish Need Each Other

Left to its machinations, the BJP would have loved to cut Nitish down to size, but it can't afford to do so as the JD-U is in alliance with the BJP at the Centre, and cannot form a government on......

Builders from other regions tap into Mumbai's redevelopment market

Developers based outside Mumbai are making a beeline for India’s largest real estate market through redevelopment projects. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff These include Delhi-based DLF,......

Urban Realtors Ride Redevelopment Bandwagon

15 to 25 per cent of property registrations in Mumbai come from redevelopment, with over 3,500 projects approved by May 2024. IMAGE: Mumbai high rises on a overcast day. Photograph: Hitesh......

Quick-commerce companies expand Tier-II ops ahead of festival season

After making the model work in metro cities, players in the quick commerce sector are rapidly expanding their footprint into smaller tier 2 cities and markets beyond that ahead of the festival......

Three-wheeler exports may continue to skid in FY25

India’s three-wheeler exports, which have been on a downhill trajectory over the past few years, are showing no signs of recovery in FY25, with key markets like Sri Lanka, Bangladesh,......

Budget focuses on jobs and skilling, keeping 2 allies happy

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced a marginal income tax relief for the middle class, a Rs 2 lakh crore outlay for job creation schemes over the next five years and a spending......

'These Are Not 'Strays' But Community Dogs'

'Stray dogs are a part of our urban ecosystem. When sterilised and vaccinated, they are not a threat -- they are community members who deserve dignity. ' IMAGE: A stray dog in an animal ambulance......

'Corruption Is No Longer A Bad Word'

'When India opened its doors to the world, moving away from an agrarian to a market economy, everything, whether life or love, was commodified.' IMAGE: Nana Patekar and Rekha in Yatra. In the......

'I Am The Madhav Mishra Of Acting'

'As an actor I feel I have a strong relatability with the common Indian.''Madhav Mishra is not a character of cinema, he is a character from and of our society.' IMAGE: Pankaj Tripathi in Criminal......

'I Adopted A Cat To Understand Motherhood'

'I am not a mother and never had an abortion either, so I had to understand motherhood and child loss from anecdotal experiences of others.' IMAGE: Mia Maelzer in Stolen. Mia Maelzer plays Jhumpa,......

How Rohit Sharma wrote his own rules in Test cricket

One could romanticise till eternity, those sublime wrists that sent the white ball soaring into the Cow Corner stands of stadiums across the world. IMAGE: 67 Tests of grit, 273 ODIs of......

Kohli credits women's cricket for THIS big change

IMAGE: The India women's team, who won silver at the Commonwealth Games and gold at the Asian Games in 2022, are third in the International Cricket Council's Twenty20 and one-day rankings,......

Daily online hate damages players' mental health: Gosens

IMAGE: Germany's Robin Gosens during training for Germany. Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters Professional footballers are having to deal with a daily barrage of online hate that threatens......