Lesson from 2009: Early Monsoon, Not Always Good

The last time the southwest monsoon arrived earlier than in 2025 -- that is, back in 2009 -- the rains lost steam after the early onset and ended the season with almost 23 per cent deficient......

Pakistan's Evil Designs: What India Must Do!

'Will this near-war, India's strongest military response so far, buy India another seven years of deterrence?' asks Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Indian Army soldiers during a military drill with heavy......

Delhi's Pollution Nightmare!

Clean air needs action all year round; and that it will work only if we act jointly and at scale, asserts Sunita Narain. IMAGE: A metro train passes amid the thick layers of smog as the Air......

IMD Predicts Highest Rainfall This Year

It expects rainfall to be about 106 per cent of the long period average, aided by La Niña conditions anticipated to play a role in the second half of the monsoon season. IMAGE: Commuters......

Auto retail sales rose 6% in FY25; dealers optimistic about FY26

Automobile retail sales in India rose 6 per cent to 2,61,43,943 units in FY25 with rural areas performing better than urban regions across passenger vehicle and two-wheeler segments, dealers' body......

Patchy rains: Onion shortage looms

Patchy monsoon has its shadow over onion cultivation with major producing regions in Maharashtra and Gujarat witnessing drop in sowing area of the key kitchen item almost by half. Decline in area......

Sensex surges 690 points to reclaim 71K

Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded sharply by 1 per cent on Wednesday after sliding for the past two sessions, propelled by bargain hunting in metal, commodity and telecom stocks.......

Inflow in mutual fund industry drops to Rs 34,765 crore in Q2

The mutual fund industry continued with the positive momentum in the September quarter, attracting Rs 34,765 crore, although it was a massive reduction as against the Rs 1.85 lakh crore inflow in......

Ugra Narasimha: patchy, inconsistent

Actor-cum-film writer Mohan features in an action role in Surya's Kannada film, Ugra Narasimha.Surya has done films like Durga Shakthi, Neelaambari and Fifty Fifty.Though none of his films have......

Things Are Looking Up At Box Office, But...

'In terms of ticket sales, Hindi is at 50-60 per cent while the South markets are at 80-90 per cent of pre-pandemic levels.'The patchy performance of Hindi, the largest segment of the business, is......

Lakshya Sen rallies to enter Australian Open final

IMAGE: Lakshya Sen staged a fine fightback to get the better of world No. 6 Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei in the semi-finals of the Australian Open, in Sydney, on Saturday. Photograph: ANI......

'Shubman Gill Isn't Meant For T20s'

'In a format driven by aggression and innovation, the question remains: Can Shubman Gill's classical batting style continue to find space in India's T20 future?' IMAGE: Shubman Gill&'s steady 46......

Women's WC: Why Muzumdar isn't fretting over strike-rate

'We are well aware that a three-figure mark hasn't come in this World Cup.' IMAGE: Heading into the do-or-die match against New Zealand in the Women's ODI World Cup on Thursday, the strike-rate of......

WC: England down NZ, deny Devine fairytale farewell

IMAGE: England opener Amy Jones hit 86 not out to guide her team to victory in Visakhapatnam on Saturday. Photograph: Villareal CF/X England rode on their spinners' fine effort to register a......

Women's WC: South Africa banking on top-order to fire vs England

IMAGE: South Africa will be looking for big knock from Laura Wolvaardt when they take on England in their opening women’s World Cup match in Guwahati on Friday. Photograph: BCCI South Africa......