Govt to rope in pvt sector to build small N-reactors

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday proposed roping in the private sector to boost the share of nuclear power in India's energy basket, as it aims to achieve net zero carbon......

HAL gets cracking on Tejas Mark 2

HAL is also integrating the Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile onto the Mark 1A.Each Tejas will carry two of these missiles.Ajai Shukla reports. IMAGE: The naval version of the LCA Tejas Mark......

Coming soon! AMCA, India's Gen-5 fighter

While its operating radius remains secret, a back-of-the-envelope calculation indicates it can easily strike targets 1,000 kilometres away and return to base.Ajai Shukla reports. IMAGE: The Indian......

Indian Army gets 'Desi Bofors' guns

The artillery pounds targets and keeps the enemy's head down, preventing them from firing at attacking troops.Ajai Shukla reports.  In an important step towards upgrading the combat power of......

'Strong growth in electric vehicles has slowed down a bit'

'Now that all the early adopters have the electric car, governments are backing down in some countries because they do not have the money to subsidise so much.' Kindly note the image has only been......

Tata Motors to demerge passenger, commercial biz

Tata Motors on Monday announced the demerger of its commercial and passenger vehicle segments into two separate listed entities to better capitalise on growth opportunities. Photograph: Hitesh......

Chip shortage may derail automakers FY24 production plans

Even as India’s passenger-vehicle sales touched a record high of 3.9 million units in 2022-23, growing 27 per cent over the previous financial year, the country’s largest carmaker,......

Maruti, Hyundai, Tata Motors report best-ever wholesales in FY23

Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai and Tata Motors reported their highest-ever dispatches to dealers last fiscal, enabling the domestic passenger vehicle industry to log in best-ever performance to date.......

Revisiting Chaalbaaz: Sridevi, TWICE as good!

Sukanya Verma revisits Chaalbaaz where Sridevi was such a pleasure to watch, twice over! IMAGE: Sridevi in a double role in Chaalbaaz. A goddess in a transparent raincoat, a mouse in a sari and......

Review: Vishwaroop disappoints big time

Vishwaroop is flawed and a big disappointment from Kamal Haasan, writes Prasanna D Zore.The film keeps dragging on; the spy-hero languidly fights terrorists across Afghanistan and New York; a......

Look out for her at the Tokyo Olympics!

'The next four years will be dedicated to compete at the Olympics so that we can give the other teams a fightback.' IMAGE: Rani Rampal celebrates scoring a goal during the Rio Olympics against......

India go from butterfingers to electric-heels in the field

- Gone are the days when an Indian captain had to spend considerable amount of time trying to figure out where to hide his slow-moving fielders and pace bowlers. Mahendra Singh Dhoni runs out......

If ever the Kiwis had a chance of winning the World Cup, this is it!

New Zealand have never appeared so well-united as they do currently, says Haresh Pandya. 'Individually and collectively, under Brendon McCullum's astute leadership, they seem a formidable lot.'......

Devendro, Manpreet in semis; Thapa, Manoj lose

India experienced mixed fortunes on the second day of the third International 'Republic of Kazakhstan President's Cup' in Almaty, on Thursday. Asian Games silver medallist Manpreet Singh (91kg) and......