What Electoral Politics Can Learn From Cricket

Cricket has taken many steps forward towards excellence and fairness.Electoral politics has a lot of catching up to do, points out Rajeev Bhargava.An excerpt from his fascinating new book, Between......

IT minister pulls up WhatsApp for incorrect India map

Information Technology Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Saturday pulled up WhatsApp for tweeting a video that depicted an incorrect map of India and asked it to fix the error immediately, following......

India home to 18 of 20 cities with most severe rise in PM2.5 pollution: Report

India is home to 18 of the 20 cities with the most severe increase in fine particle pollutants or PM2.5 from 2010 to 2019, according to a comprehensive and detailed analysis of air pollution and......

Ukraine War Has Reduced Russia To An Even Lesser Power

The fault line between the West and Russia has widened into a deep chasm and this is likely to endure in the foreseeable future.Far from forcing its way into the European tent, Russia may be......

Markets at record highs; Sensex ends up 1,245 points

Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty rallied more than one-and-a-half per cent to hit their lifetime highs on Friday helped by impressive GDP data and fresh foreign fund inflows. Photograph:......

No hiring freeze at TCS, but WFH may end

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Tuesday ruled out cutting down on hiring, saying it has no plans of doing so but it may have to pace hiring according to the evolving demand scenario. Image: A......

LIC surges 10%; storms into top-5 most-valued club as m-cap tops Rs 7 trn

Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) February 8 for the first time ever crossed the Rs 7 trillion market capitalisation, as the stock price of state-owned insurer hit a new high of Rs......

Realty stocks' rally may hit valuation hurdle

Shares of real estate firms have been outperforming over the past year. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters The rally, analysts say, may hit roadblocks in the near term amid stretched valuations,......

'Don't remain silent, now is not the time'

'Every day there are morphed, edited videos of female actors floating around on the Internet zooming into inappropriate body parts.''Where are we heading as a community, and as a society?'......

'Covid bred contempt in people'

'Social media became a place to lash out in the pandemic.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Waluscha De Sousa/Instagram Just how negative can social media get? In the Web series Escaype Live, Waluscha......

'I could see the hunger in Priyanka's belly'

'She was going through a low time and didn't know where her career was going.' IMAGE: Akshay Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan in Ek Rishta: A Bond Of Love. Did you know that Juhi Chawla was pregnant......

Did DRS Mess Australia Up?

IMAGE: The controversial decision by DRS that sent Marcus Stoinis packing. Photograph: Kind courtesy cricket.com.au/X   Controversy reared its head on Thursday, October 12, 2023, during the......

Advances in spike technology are laughable and unfair, says Bolt

IMAGE: Usain Bolt poses with his shoes after winning the 100m final at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Photograph: Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images Usain Bolt said that advances in spike technology......