August 15, 1947: How I Celebrated Freedom

'We were children and could not distinguish freedom from bondage, but we could understand that a momentous and happy event was imminent.' IMAGE: The Tiranga at retired Professor Ajit D Masih's......

SC flags bias in educational institutions, asks UGC to end it

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the University Grants Commission to specify steps it has taken and proposed to take, to provide non-discriminatory, enabling environment for the students......

10 students rusticated from J-K hostel after clash over Kerala Story

Authorities on Monday rusticated 10 students from Government Medical College hostel in Jammu for two months and also debarred them from attending classes till the completion of an inquiry following......

HC quashes DU order debarring PhD student over Modi's BBC documentary show

The Delhi high court on Thursday set aside a Delhi University order debarring a National Students Union of India leader for a year for his alleged involvement in the on-campus screening of a banned......

Why Do Banks Hide Losses?

Believe it or not, the regulator is stretching its arm to identify stressed borrowers and gauge the 'distance to default' as a measure of a particular bank's fragility, reveals Tamal Bandyopadhyay.......

RBI's Shaktikanta Das is Asia Pacific central banker of the year

Nominating Das, the Banker magazine, which announced the award, said India’s banks have faced a series of challenges, from non-performing loans to issues around fraud. Faced with these......

Why RBI officers are peeved with the central bank

RBI's oversight cadre move creates HR trouble, officers threaten agitation. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) move to create a specialised supervisory and regulatory cadre has......

Officers cold to oversight cadre, RBI faces staff turmoil

The deadline for officers to decide on their career path in the biggest organisational rejig in the central bank’s 85-year history ends on January 31. The immediate fallout could be its......

'I'm happy I didn't have to call Lisa Ray Mom'

'Working with Huma made us understand each other as actors more.' 'We share an awkward sibling relationship in Dobaara, totally different from how we are in real life.' Actor Saqib Saleem -- who......

PIX: Shah Rukh's grand performance in Mumbai

Missed Shah Rukh Khan's Got Talent concert, held over the weekend in Mumbai? Don't worry, we bring the pictures right to you. The crowds started trickling in at 5 pm. As time progressed, the......

Meet the link between Baahubali and Black Panther

'Disney is presenting Black Panther as Manoj Muntashir's film.''Such a big studio, a billion dollar film is being released as Manoj Muntashir's film.''It is in the same space of Baahubali, which I......

Queen guitarist gets a Phd!

We know musicians are a talented lot. But have you met one who has a doctorate on astrophysics? Well, barring Bob Dylan, who was recently awarded a Pulitzer for his contribution to music by......