Chinese defence minister to visit India this week

China on Tuesday announced that its Defence Minister General Li Shangfu will visit India this week to attend the meeting of SCO defence ministers from April 27 during which he is expected to hold......

'None of the existing vaccines can prevent emerging variants of Omicron'

'We seem to be in a situation where we can do little, and nothing needs to be done anyway.' Photograph: ANI Photo   As India's COVID-19 daily case count dips below the 100-mark, approvals for......

India 'Stay Calm' About Kraken: Experts

The Kraken COVID-19 variant accounts for almost 41 per cent of all Covid infections. IMAGE: A woman undergoes a health check up at the New Covid Hospital Prichoo in Pulwama on Tuesday, January 11,......

Yangtse clash spells danger for Xi Jinping's new term

This month's clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers at Yangtse in Arunachal Pradesh, weeks after President Xi Jinping began his unprecedented new five-year term, spells danger of 2023 too ending......

20 years later: India's privatisation story off to 'Maharaja' start

After a hiatus of nearly two decades, the government's CPSE privatisation programme started off with flying colours with Tata group buying the debt-laden national carrier Air India. Illustration:......

How airlines plan to draw passengers' attention

Air Carnival, Air Asia, TruJet try innovative ways to break the clutter in a crowded turf Over the past few years, a host of regional airlines have set up their base in the South; TruJet, Air......

Air Carnival to start flying from July 18, offers cheap fares

The fare for the inaugural flight is Rs 1 and the tariff for the first three months is Rs 999. Air Carnival is set to take off on its maiden flight on Monday. Manish Kumar Singh, chief executive......

World is drowning in oil; US crude drops below $28

US commercial crude oil stocks were forecast to have risen by 3 million barrels last week Crude futures slumped again in early Asian trade on Wednesday, with US oil falling to its lowest since......

No sign of quick end to Windies player strike

The strike by top West Indies cricketers shows little sign of ending with both side's blaming each other on Sunday for the conflict and the Caribbean team at risk of fielding weakened sides in......