World leaders congratulate Modi on third term

Over 50 world leaders have congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he is set to take oath this week for a third straight term at the top office following victory of the National Democratic......

Why Megacities Are Not Cooling Down

The heat index in major metro cities in the country has majorly risen since 2010 compared to a decade earlier. IMAGE: Students shield from the scorching sun on a hot summer afternoon in New Delhi,......

Has Joe Biden Lost Interest In India?

Had it not been for the slow but sure emergence of China as a threat to the Western order, would India have been accepted as a near-equal partner by individual Western nations, jointly and......

Never closed doors to Pak, but...: Jaishankar

In the backdrop of the nearly-four-year border row with China in eastern Ladakh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said the "tension" seen during this period has "not served either of us......

Union Budget 2024-25: MSMEs bat for Rs 5,000 crore export booster

India SME Forum, an organisation for small and medium businesses, has called for creating a dedicated fund of Rs 5000 crore for the export capacity development, promotion, and marketing of Micro,......

Aim to make India core in global energy revolution: Ola Electric

In March 2021, Ola Electric founder Bhavish Aggarwal was seen surveying an empty 500-acre land surrounded by shoe factories, temples, bakery shops, coconut trees and dusty roads in Pochampalli town......

'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.'......

'There Are Really Two Different Indias'

'Over the next 20 years, we would be adding almost 10 million people to the workforce every year!''And we won't be able to give employment to even 2 million out of the 10 million every year.''Don't......

2023's Must Watch Movies From Around The World

2023 was a good year for international cinema with many strong films premiering at the Berlin, Cannes, Venice and Toronto film festivals. In the post-pandemic situation, as restrictions were......

Sindhu, Prannoy get favourable draws at Paris Olympics

IMAGE: Sindhu has a manageable group, however there is a high likelihood of  facing China's sixth seed He Bing Jiao in the round of 16. Photograph: Kind courtesy BAI/X Two-time Olympic......

India secures Archery team spots for Paris Olympics

IMAGE: The Indian trio of Tarundeep Rai, Dhiraj Bommadevara and Pravin Jadhav have qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Photograph: Dhiraj Bommadevara / X India's archers secured team quota......

No medal for recurve teams, but close in on Olympic quota

IMAGE: Dipika Kumari. Photograph: World Archery/Instagram Indian recurve archery outfits produced a sloppy show, failing to win a medal in the World Cup Stage 3 in Antalya, Turkey, on Thursday,......

Archer Bhajan Kaur wins gold; qualifies for Paris Olympics

Photograph: Kind courtesy Bhajan Kaur/Instagram Bhajan Kaur clinched India an Olympic individual quota in style, winning a gold medal at the 'Archery In Paris Final Olympic Qualifier' in Antalya,......

Lakshya storms into quarters of Indonesian Open

IMAGE: Lakshya Sen outclassed Japan's Kenta Nishimoto in straight games to enter the quarter-finals of the Indonesia Open Super 1000 tournament. Photograph: BAI/X Star shuttler Lakshya Sen was the......