No Prez in Taiwan: China protests Modi's reply to Lai greetings on poll win

China on Thursday protested over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comment that he looked forward to having closer ties with Taiwan, and insisted that New Delhi should resist Taiwan authorities'......

'The sooner we junk the rhetoric of freebies, the better'

'Welfare schemes are not a necessary evil, they are a necessary good.' IMAGE: Women commuters in New Delhi show their pink tickets. Photograph: PTI Photo Free electricity. Free bus ride. Free......

With eye on China, PM's Op-Ed hails India-Japan ties

India and Japan will contribute towards building an open, free and inclusive Indo-Pacific region, connected by secure seas, integrated by trade and investment, defined by respect of sovereignty and......

What India needs to do at COP26, Glasgow

Rather than talking endlessly about lost and marginal opportunities, India's climate envoys need to start thinking bigger, says Mihir S Sharma. IMAGE: A climate activist holds a placard during a......

'Can We In Our Businesses Set An Example?'

'I think some of us, like Mukesh Ambani, myself and those of us who head industrial units, ought to really focus on what we can really do to make the world a safer place, maybe 50 or 100 years from......

Battered by three decades of controversy, TMB looks back to the future

June was a memorable month for the 101-year-old Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (TMB). Last month, the Thoothukudi-based bank witnessed two new landmarks in a history in which the last three decades could......

Govt will leave no stone unturned to make India preferred global investment destination: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said his government will leave no stone unturned to make India a preferred global investment destination as he pitched for foreign investment to modernise......

Why there's no end to labour woes in India? Few observations

No political party, if it can avoid it, will choose to lose the votes of members of the unions and their families, says T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan. The Narendra Modi government, in its bid to......