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Covid-19: Testing times for plasma banks

While the process of extracting plasma itself is simple, doctors say that it is the screening of donors, testing and filling up of numerous forms that takes time. Ruchika Chitravanshi & Sohini Das......

Robin Raphel, the American Indian diplomats hated

On Thursday, November 6, the Washington Post newspaper reported that controversial American diplomat, Ambassador Robin Raphel, had her office and home searched by the FBI. This most unusual......

'Not a single Arunachali supports China's claim'

Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament Tapir Gao from Arunachal east constituency discussed China's claims on Arunachal Pradesh, the development in the state and other issues during a chat......

How Bush put the screws on Musharraf

The meeting between the two presidents on September 24, 2003 in the $7,000-per-night suite at New York's Waldorf-Astoria hotel lasted an hour. Soon afterwards, a White House statement said......

'Demonetisation is theft'

'Demonetisation, is in principal, a mistake, because it involves a theft -- a taking of private property by the State.''It is one of those bad Indian ideas that has been tried twice in the past,......

Khadi charkha goes solar

KVIC, others develop new spinning wheel to increase outputThe spinning wheel for making khadi is receiving a makeover. It can now run on solar power.Charkhas spun by hand have a limit on......

For J P Morgan, ending criminal probe proves impossible for now

J P Morgan Chase & Co CEO Jamie Dimon has pleaded with and complained to the U.S. Justice Department but cannot convince the government to end its criminal probe of his bank because prosecutors are......

The job-eating economy

The October unemployment rate of 6.5 per cent is just the beginning. Author David P Bernstein notes that this 6.5 per cent is actually higher than the unemployment figures for all but one of the 10......

Fed cuts rates by 75 basis points

The US Federal Reserve on Tuesday cut interests rates by 0.75 points from 3 per cent to 2.25 per cent. The cut initially disappointed markets which had risen sharply on hopes of a 1 percentage......

'I can feel Irrfan's presence'

''My respect for Irrfan has grown 100 times now when he is no longer with us.' IMAGE: Sutapa Sikdar with Irrfan. Photograph: Kind courtesy Babil Khan/Instagram On April 29, 2020, Irrfan Khan moved......

The Fabelmans Review: Spielberg At His Best!

Spielberg was born with a camera in his eye. And this one movie, he'd been recording all his life, observes Sukanya Verma. 'His eye is so connected to his brain.' Tom Hanks is spot on about the......

Pushpa Effect Makes Allu Arjun Brand Star

A little bird in the know of things tells me that Allu Arjun will most likely become the face of a global cola brand very soon.And he has jacked his brand endorsement price to an unheard of Rs 7.5......

Laal Singh Chaddha Review

Where Laal Singh Chaddha succeeds most is heart, notes Sukanya Verma. When Forrest Gump released in 1994, Tom Hanks was 38 years old. One of the coolest things about Robert Zemeckis' Oscar-winning......

KWK 7: 10 REVELATIONS from Kareena-Aamir

The fifth episode of Koffee With Karan 7 saw Kareena Kapoor Khan gracing the couch with her Laal Singh Chadha co-star Aamir Khan. While Kareena kept it light and fun, Aamir didn’t shy away......

Mainz sink 10-man Gladbach

Andre Schuerrle unleashed an unstoppable drive with three minutes left to give Mainz 05 a 1-0 victory that piled on the relegation misery for bottom club Borussia Moenchengladbach on Friday.......

Woods recovers form at Sawgrass championship

It was by no means a vintage display by the World No 1, but Tiger Woods signalled he is heading in the right direction at the Players Championship on Thursday. Six days after missing the cut by......

Woods under pressure for Augusta

He has won the U.S. Masters three times, became its youngest champion in 1997 and holds the tournament record for 72 holes with an 18-under-par aggregate of 270.Yet Tiger Woods, the former world......

Woods in upbeat mood for next year

Tiger Woods, optimistic as ever, is excited about his prospects for 2005 despite struggling off the tee for most of this year and winning just one title.The former world number one wasted a golden......

Big names through to group stage

Most of the big names advanced safely to the inaugural group stage of the UEFA Cup after a frantic night's action on Thursday, though Parma, Real Zaragoza and particularly Rangers, cut it fine.On a......

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