'Toll on Mumbai trans-harbour bridge should be Rs 500, not Rs 250'

'You need to have enough funds to maintain the primacy of public transport and it should not suffer because of lack of funds.' IMAGE: The Atal Setu. Photographs: Sahil Salvi Prime Minister......

Narayana Murthy Is Absolutely Right!

Get more people working, get more people working in modern manufacturing and services in our cities, and get people working better and longer, suggests Naushad Forbes, past president, CII. IMAGE:......

'ISRO was their first wife'

'One thing about ISRO is that all the people who work there are passionate about their work.''They did not mind spending day and night over there.''Even today it is like that.' IMAGE: R......

PIX: World leaders in Delhi for G20 Summit

Several world leaders arrived in Delhi on Friday to attend the G20 summit, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying he looks forward to productive discussions with them over the next two days. The......

'We Are Frittering Away The Demographic Dividend'

'it's not just youth in India who are left behind because of their inability to find jobs; nearly two-thirds of Indian women of working ages do not participate at all in the paid labour force.'......

'I Hope We Don't Get A Bubble Too Soon'

'China is struggling to get out of its property bubble.''Japan took 35 years to walk out of its equity bubble.''Bubbles can be difficult to forecast.' IMAGE: The bull at the Bombay Stock Exchange.......

Needed Quickly! Semiconductor Experts

Semiconductor makers need thousands of engineers and technicians, and though India has one of the largest pool of engineers in the world, they do not have experience in the semiconductor......

Coming Soon! The Bullet Train!

With land acquisition completed and infrastructure work streamlined, India's bullet train dreams are slowly, but finally, inching closer to reality. IMAGE: A passenger train moves past the......

When India Hosted The First Asian Games

Seventy two years ago, a newly independent India ventured to hold the the first Asian Games in Delhi with meager resources. IMAGE: A glimpse of the Chinese city of Hangzhou, the venue for the......

Remembering Football Legend Tulsidas Balaram

Tulsidas Balaram, who passed into the ages last week, was a member of the Indian football team which reached the semis at the Olympics and won an Asian Games gold medal. IMAGE: Tulsidas Balaram,......

Wrestler Ravi carries hopes of Nahri village to Tokyo Olympics

IMAGE: The quiet and shy Ravi Dahiya, son of a farmer, is the third Olympian from the village of Nahri after Mahavir Singh (1980 Moscow, 1984 Los Angeles) and Amit Dahiya (London 2012).......

Bus conductor's daughter qualifies for Olympics

Priyanka Goswami's timing of 1:28:45 broke the national record by over a minute. IMAGE: Priyanka Goswami. All Photographs: Kind courtesy Priyanka Goswami   Priyanka Goswami, 25, qualified for......

Railways TTE Bhawana qualifies for Tokyo Olympics

'It was pure hard work in the last few months with my coach that I am being able to come up with this kind of performance.' Unheralded Bhawana Jat qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in the 20km race......