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'I Should Have Won 1.25 Lakh Votes'

'There is a difference between a politician and leader.''A politician will have his pound of flesh first and do everything else later.''A leader will sacrifice everything to help people.' IMAGE:......

India to receive $630 million to fight polio

The international community, led by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has pledged over $630 million to fight polio in India over the next three years. Apart from the Gates Foundation, funds......

No quick exit in sight for trapped workers as auger drill stuck in rubble

The blades of the auger machine drilling through the rubble of the collapsed Silkyara tunnel were on Saturday stuck in the debris, forcing officials to consider switching to options that could drag......

IMD forecasts rains at Silkyara but drilling work to go on

Manual horizontal digging will start soon in addition to the ongoing top-down drilling to rescue the 41 trapped workers in the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi, the NDMA said on Monday. IMAGE: An......

'Vaccinate, Vaccinate, Vaccinate!'

'One thing we have learnt is that a pandemic can be arrested at any stage.''Not suddenly, of course but slowly with steady unwavering focus.' IMAGE: Beneficiaries from the 18-45 age-group pose......

Child labour can disrupt 'Make in India', Satyarthi tells Modi

Make in India cannot be successful on the toil, miseries and abuses of young children in the manufacturing sector, the Nobel laureate wrote in a letter to PM Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi feels......

Nita & Devashish narrate a beautiful story of hope, love, laughter

Besides being busy with their professional lives, Nita and Devashish have a common cause for which they both struggle hard, real hard to support economically weak cancer patients from across......

The man who will advise Modi on economic affairs

Foreign Policy magazine named him as one of the world's top 100 global thinkers in 2011. Arvind Subramanian is a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and at the......

How a small-town boy became Deloitte's top boss

Renjen recalls he "landed in the United States with a scholarship, two pairs of jeans, and couple of hundred dollars in the pocket". Image: Punit Renjen, global CEO, Deloitte. Photograph,......

Of websites and factories

Regulating the internet only as a medium is somewhat similar to regulating electricity only as a driver of the TV industry, says Ajit Balakrishnan. It is a source of unending fascination for me......

Saare Jahan Se Accha Review: Gripping Thriller

The always dependable Pratik Gandhi finds a match in Sunny Hinduja and they are surrounded by a top notch supporting cast, observes Deepa Gahlot. As Independence Day approaches, there has to be at......

10 OTT Shows That Make Us Nostalgic

Scoop reminded viewers of a time in the not-so-recent-past when Mumbai was in the grip of the underworld. The new Web series Guns And Gulaabs is set in the opium town of Gulaabganj sometime in the......

When Bollywood sees RED!

Red -- the colour of blood, anger and passion -- is striking beyond measure. Whether the focus is romance or rage, red paints the screen with drama and intensity. Sometimes to mirror the mind of a......

India's fast bowling bench strength impresses Kapil

IMAGE: Pacer Mohammed Siraj bowled his heart out in Australia in absence of the lead bowlers, taking five wickets in the series-decider in Brisbane earlier this year. Photograph: Kelly......