India Should Be Battle Ready With China

'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,......

Maldives resumes India-gifted Dornier, helicopters for evacuations

The Maldives has resumed using a Dornier aircraft and two helicopters gifted by India for medical evacuations after the two countries reached an understanding over the repatriation of Indian......

Modi Bluster Missing From Budget

With the reality of coalition politics staring the BJP in its face, this was inevitable, points out Ramesh Menon. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman leaves for Parliament to present the......

You dismissed the subject in just 10 words: Chidambaram cautions govt on inflation

Former finance minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday cautioned the government against taking inflation lightly, saying every family is hit hard by price rise and asked why the Reserve Bank of India......

Markets: 'India Will Be In A Brighter Position'

'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......

Banks report muted treasury book gains

Banks reported muted treasury gains during April-June of FY25 (Q1FY25) following Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) revised norms on investment portfolio effective from April 1, 2024,......

C S Setty appointed new SBI chairman for 3 years

The government on Tuesday appointed Challa Sreenivasulu Setty as chairman of the country's biggest lender State Bank of India (SBI) for a period of three years. Setty, currently senior most MD......

Why RBI Flagged Small Loans As Risky

In FY24, loans given out by such firms had topped a whopping Rs 146,517 crore, up by 49 per cent year-on-year and spread over 10.19 million accounts (up 35 per cent). Illustration: Dominic......

Turbo Packs A Punch In Parts

Turbo finds its footing in the latter half with some well-conceived one-upmanship between hero and villain, yet it's marred by poorly executed action set pieces in the climactic showdown, observes......

PIX: Paris all set for dazzling Olympics opening!

The Paris Olympic Games opening ceremony will start at 11pm IST on Friday, July 26, 2024. Two-time Olympic medallist shuttler P V Sindhu and table tennis veteran Sharath Kamal will be India's......

When Sharath Kamal shared lunch table with Roger Federer

'I walk in, take my plate looking at what to eat and it suddenly strikes me. Man, it's Roger Federer' 'Suddenly, a guy comes in with a reverse hat and shorts and they are clapping hands. I look at......

Security measures cripple Paris restaurants ahead of Olympics

IMAGE: Waiters stand behind a barrier waiting for customers at Le Flore en L'ile restaurant on the Ile Saint-Louis as the security perimeter for the opening ceremony is deployed ahead of the Paris......

Global cyber outage crashes IT systems of Paris Olympics

Paris 2024 says impact of global cyber outage limited, ticketing unaffected IMAGE: The Paris Games are a week away with the Opening Ceremony to be held on July 26. Photograph: Marko......

All About Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony

IMAGE: Unlike for previous Olympics, the Paris 2024 opening ceremony will not take place in a stadium. Photograph: Jon Durr-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters Paris will begin its Olympics extravaganza with......