US Proposal For Expansion of UNSC Is An Empty Gesture

By proposing the addition of six permanent members to the UN Security Council this year, it may appear that it was a major concession, but in actual fact, it will make no difference to the......

Mpox Puts Health System On High Alert

Strict screening protocols are to be implemented for passengers arriving from central African countries affected by the outbreak. IMAGE: Test tubes labelled 'Monkeypox virus positive'. Photograph:......

'What Bigger Award One Can Hope For?'

'I did not take up research for any award.''What is more important is the medicine that I have developed.''This helps the patient recover and the family is happy that their relative has survived......

'You are ruining an entire generation'

'We are calling companies to set up assembly plants for mobile phones while all the components are imported.''Only the last turn of the screwdriver is done here. And you call it self-reliance,......

India asks for $55-million funding in first call with Pandemic Fund

In a significant development, India is believed to have placed a funding request of around $55 million in its first call with the Pandemic Fund of the World Bank, sources said. Illustration:......

Can India Overtake Turkiye, China?

India's growth in the last three financial years has averaged just 1.9%.It is natural to project rapid growth from this low base.Crucial to that would be the assumption that the economy has......

Sensex tumbles for 2nd day; Infy top drag

Equity indices nursed losses for the second consecutive session on Tuesday as investors continued to dump IT, banking and FMCG stocks amid a bearish trend in global markets. Photograph: Danish......

Investors' wealth tumbles Rs 18.74 lakh crore in 5 trading sessions

Equity investors have become poorer by more than Rs 18.74 lakh crore as the market continued to remain bearish for the fifth session on the trot on Thursday. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters......

14 gold medals up for grabs on Day 1 of Paris Games

IMAGE: Australia's Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus will be looking to retain her 400 metres freestyle title against American Katie Ledecky, the 2016 Rio Games champion. Photograph: Issei......

'Not enough encouragement for girls to take up chess in India'

'Encouragement in the sense that we don't have any special women's events or any kind of training. We are not able to motivate them.' IMAGE: Asian Games gold medallist Grandmaster Koneru Humpy......

Covid forces Chinese Grand Prix cancellation again

IMAGE: Fans of Kimi Raikkonen and Ferrari get excited before the Formula One Grand Prix of China. Photograph: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images Formula One's Chinese Grand Prix was cancelled for the......

Day 3: What's hot at the Beijing Winter Olympics

Russians win team Figure skating gold, Valieva first woman to land Games quads IMAGE: Russian Olympic Committee's Anastasia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov of the in action during the Pair Skating......

Day 2: What's hot at the Beijing Winter Olympics

Swede Van der Poel ends Dutch monopoly in men's 5000m IMAGE: Nils Van Der Poel of Sweden celebrates after winning gold and setting a new Olympic record. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters......