Independence Day was celebrated across states and Union territories on Thursday, as several chief ministers announced job schemes while some others vowed their support for Prime Minister Narendra......
This is the full text of the address to the nation by President Droupadi Murmu on the eve of India’s 78th Independence Day. My Dear Fellow Citizens, I extend to you all my heartiest......
President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday emphasised the need to strengthen affirmative action as a tool for inclusion while urging the rejection of divisive tendencies rooted in perceived social......
Where do Vijay and his TVK expect to get their votes from?Vijay has a huge fan following among women, but will they automatically become his voters like they had done for MGR's AIADMK, asks N......
'With continued focus on votes, upcoming by-polls and purchasing politicians, the political hierarchy has little time for national defence.' 'They would do well to heed a veteran scholar, who says,......
The Indian equity markets will soon account for over a fifth of a key emerging market (EM) benchmark tracked by funds with assets exceeding $500 billion. Photograph: Thomas White/Reuters This......
'In the short term you keep your return expectations very, very low; in the medium term be prepared to invest and in the long term growth will come and your returns from stocks will be high.'......
Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty closed nearly 1 per cent down on Thursday after the Reserve Bank of India decided to keep the policy rate unchanged for the ninth time in a row, saying......
Flipkart’s hyper-value e-commerce platform Shopsy is intensifying efforts to tap over half of the 821 million internet users (about 442 million) in rural India. These efforts are being led......
'India's fundamentals are a lot better (than those of other emerging market economies).' 'India will suffer (witness a fall in its stock market) what I call the second order effect.''And the second......
Through Manorathangal, M T Vasudevan Nair makes himself available to a whole new generation of uninitiated viewers, who can familiarise themselves with his rich body of work and hope to learn a......
'I used to think I'll become a big heroine by 21-22, then I'll make a big, successful movie and then I would buy a house.''But when this was not happening for me, it was heartbreaking.'......
IMAGE: Manu Bhaker and P R Sreejesh -- India's flag-bearers at the Paris Olympic Games closing ceremony on Sunday. Photograph: P R Sreejesh/Instagram Against all odds, the Paris Olympics have......
IMAGE: Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola celebrates as he crosses the finish line at Invalides to win gold in the Men's Marathon at the Paris Olympics, on Saturday. Photograph: Isabel Infantes/Reuters......
IMAGE: India's Vinesh Phogat gestures after winning her Olympics wrestling women's Freestyle 50kg semi-final bout against Cuba's Yusneylis Guzman Lopez at Champ-de-Mars Arena, Paris, August 6,......
IMAGE: India would bank on PR Sreejesh to deliver the goods once again against Great Britain. Photograph: Kind courtesy Hockey India/X High on confidence after the historic win over Tokyo......
IMAGE: India's badminton star Chirag Shetty celebrates a point during the men's doubles opening group match at the Paris Olympics on Saturday. Photograph: Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters In a country......