19 kids, aged 7-10 yrs, among 21 shot dead in Texas school shooting

In one of the worst school shootings in American history, an 18-year-old gunman has killed 21 people, including 19 children, and two adults at an elementary school in Texas state, with an emotional......

Full Text: President's joint address to both houses of Parliament

Here's the full text of President's Ram Nath Kovind's address to the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament on the first of Budget Session 2022. IMAGE: A word cloud of President Ram Nath......

'Dengue outbreak may aggravate COVID-19 crisis'

As dengue season sets in across large parts of India with the onset of the monsoon, scientists warn that COVID-19 and the mosquito-borne disease have overlapping symptoms and worry the country's......

If there are 70,000 cases in May...Mumbai is ready

'Our preparation is based on ICMR projections, whatever preparations we have to make.''If they project around 70,000 is the maximum number of hospital cases by mid-May or May 30, we are preparing......

India opens boardrooms to women but few mid-career dropouts return

Around 530 out of 5,711 listed firms have been fined by the Bombay Stock Exchange for not having at least one woman director by the deadline. Other companies appointed relatives such as wives and......

Lessons for the Finance Minister on corporate tax

The challenge is to convince productive sectors that a lower general rate would benefit all and remove the prevalent system of favours targeted towards narrow industry and service sector groups,......

India to contribute $18 bn to BRICS forex reserves pool

India will contribute $ 18 billion to the $ 100 billion foreign-exchange reserves pool that is being set up by five nations of the BRICS grouping to help each other "in case of any problems with......

BRICS nations sign deal for $100 billion forex pool

The 5-nation BRICS group on signed an agreement to create a $100 billion pool of foreign-exchange reserves to help each other "in case of any problems with dollar liquidity", with India chipping in......

Exclusive! Saving the Apu Trilogy

The journey of the digitally restored version of The Apu Trilogy is packed with dark stories and years of near detective work by those determined to preserve some of Satyajit Ray's finest works.......

Can Bollywood go global?

As an exchange student to Spain, I was rather amused to find that the theatres in Madrid were playing two Indian movies--Mira Nair'sMonsoon Wedding and Gurinder Chaddha's Bend It Like Beckham.......

V V S Laxman on the Magic of Cricket

'If fame, money and comfort are the only factors that drive us, then we are playing cricket for entirely the wrong reasons.' IMAGE: V V S Laxman celebrates his double century in the memorable Eden......

Bedi unhappy with Indian skipper

Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh has said that his team would have to work harder in order to win in the Caribbean.The Australians, who arrived on Wednesday night without fast bowler Glenn......