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'India's Cheetah project on track, but that doesn't mean...'

India's Cheetah reintroduction programme is on track, the animals have adapted to their new environment and currently there are no challenges facing the project, Cheetah Conservation Fund founder......

India made G20 more inclusive, African Union included: Modi

Ahead of the G20 leaders summit in New Delhi next month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said India's presidency has been a "people's presidency" and it has made the grouping a more......

World lauds ISRO for Chandrayaan-3's success

In a momentous achievement for India's space programme, the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the lunar south pole on Wednesday sparked jubilant reactions from around the world, including the......

Indian-origin child abducted in Cape Town, residents accuse police of inaction

The abduction of an eight-year-old Indian-origin girl in South Africa's Cape Town and the alleged inaction of the police in probing the case has triggered protests by the residents of the city.......

States begin to reimpose curbs as new variant sparks alert

As concerns mounted over a potentially more contagious coronavirus variant spreading to many countries, the Centre on Sunday decided to review the resumption of international flights, introduced......

Indian Biz Sees Hope After Bangladesh SC Order

'Bilateral trade has suffered seriously because of the growing unrest.''There is a standstill on both sides amid the curfew.' IMAGE: Protesters clash with Border Guard Bangladesh and the police......

Remembering Amar Bose: The label 'Great Man' fits him to a T

Sree Sreenivasan recalls his encounters with the pioneer of sound who passed away on Friday and gives a sense of how many lives he touched -- in big and small ways. There are two......

Indian American appointed to top Yale position

The prestigious Yale University on Monday announced the appointment of Indian American academician Anjani Jain to a top university position. Beginning July 1, Jain will join Yale School of......

Competition hots up in cyberspace

The online social networking market is getting crowded. With international social networking sites such as Facebook, Orkut, MySpace becoming a part of the daily routine for the 38.5 million......

Ramesh Pandey beats Steve Jobs, Warren Buffet

When the votes for the Reader's Choice CEO of the Year by MarketWatch were counted, Dr Ramesh Pandey of Xechem came first, relegating Steve Jobs of Apple Computers to second place and Warren......

Mira Nair, Abraham Verghese in conversation

Over a decade ago, Mira Nair turned Dr Abraham Verghese's best-selling memoir My Own Country into a well-received telly film starring Naveen Andrews. On Wednesday, Nair and Verghese met at Asia......

Confessions from the KANK writer

Kajol is very spontaneous and could be pulling somebody's hair before the shot," said Shibani Bhatija, who wrote the script for the Aamir Khan-Kajol starrer Fanaa and co-wrote director Karan......

'It will be the end of cricket in Ukraine if...'

'These refugee mothers are actually going to make the Ukrainian national team in a couple of years.' IMAGE: Ukraine is expected to get second-tier membership at ICC's board meeting this month,......

Black swimmers still under-represented in the pool

IMAGE: Simone Manuel of the USA in action during a swim training session. Photograph: Adam Pretty/Getty Images When Alice Dearing earned her ticket to Tokyo 2020 as the first Black female swimmer......

Sports Shorts: IAAF wants Semenya to lower testosterone level

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday IMAGE: In an official statement, IAAF clarified that they are not classifying any Differences of Sexual Development (DSD) athlete,......

One of the memorable interviews of Ramakant Achrekar!

'We have the talent, our problem is attitude!' Finding Ramakant Achrekar was as simple as making my way to Shivaji Park and asking the first boy I saw with a bat in his hand where I could find the......

Sahara pulls out of IPL, ends ties with BCCI

In a surprise development, the Indian cricket team's longtime sponsor Sahara India on Saturday ended financial ties with the BCCI and also pulled out of the IPL by withdrawing from Pune Warriors'......

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