'General Zia was real startled'

'But he was very quick and did a very stylish adab.''Of course, I didn't expect him to hug.' IMAGE: Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri and her husband Hardeep Singh Puri, currently India's minister of......

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:......

Can Israel's Army Win The War?

If military power is all it would take to finish the menace of an awful terrorist organisation like Hamas, how come five Israeli wars in Gaza since 2003 have failed to do so? asks Shekhar Gupta.......

India abstains from UN vote on Israel-Hamas conflict

India has abstained in the United Nations General Assembly on a resolution that called for an immediate humanitarian truce in the Israel-Hamas conflict leading to a cessation of hostilities. It......

'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.'......

'Markets Are Too Confident, Excited, Aggressive'

'The main worry is lots of new investors coming into the markets in order to make a quick buck/easy money.' 'Those things are happening again and have happened in the past as well.''All that has......

Wage provisions limit SBI Q2 net profit growth to 9%

The country's largest lender SBI on Saturday reported a 9.13 per cent rise in consolidated net profit to Rs 16,099.58 crore for the September quarter, weighed down by money it had to set aside for......

'If you want to invest, invest quickly'

'Very few small investors stay invested for those three or four or five years.''If there's like a six month, one-year period when the market is not doing well, you exit.''After the market has run......

India's Entry 2018 Misses Oscar Shortlist

The Malayalam film 2018: Everyone is a Hero, India's official entry in the International Feature Film category at the 2024 Academy Awards, is out of the Oscars race. The Jude Anthany......

19 Brilliant Movies You Need To Watch

Sukanya Verma gives us a lowdown on all those wonderful movies she saw and movies you need to see as and when they arrive to a screen or streaming space near you. A lot has changed since the 2019......

'They say Ram should be my middle name'

'A very emotional connect has happened.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Dulquer Salmaan/Instagram He may not have delivered a hit in Bollywood as yet, but his name is quite familiar to Hindi film......

Hmm! So That's What Mrunal Does When She's On Vacation

It's the holiday season and Bollywood's got the memo! Photograph: Kind courtesy Mrunal Thakur/Instagram Mrunal Thakur vacations at Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan...   Photograph: Kind......

Wimbledon PIX: Alcaraz, Sinner, Gauff begin in style

IMAGES from Day 1 of the Wimbledon Championships, at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, on Monday. Sinner subdues feisty Hanfmann IMAGE: Italy's Jannik Sinner celebrates winning......

Sindhu enters second round, Lakshya goes down fighting

IMAGE: PV Sindhu will meet Carolina Marin in the next round. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Reuters Former champion PV Sindhu progressed to the women's singles second round but Lakshya Sen went down......

Asian Relay C'ships: Indian 4x400m teams bag silver

IMAGE: The women's team of Vithya Ramraj, M R Poovamma, Prachi Choudhary and Rupal Chaudhary clocked 3 minutes 33.55 seconds to finish behind Vietnam (3:30.81) in the women's 4x400m relay......

'Please let us compete in Paris, we need mental peace before Olympics'

IMAGE: Anshu Malik (file photo) pleaded to the national body to not subject them to selections trials. Photograph: Hannah Mckay/Reuters Paris Games quota-winning women wrestlers on Friday pleaded......

Defending champs India lose Thomas Cup quarters to China

Photograph: Kind Courtesy BAI/X Lakshya Sen was the lone bright spot as the Indian men's team failed to defend its title after going down fighting 1-3 to China in the quarterfinals, while the......