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Suman Chakraborty Is Revolutionising Rural Healthcare

'If you can simplify the technology, you don't need a doctor or a highly qualified technician to work on the technology; even an Asha health worker or a similar front line health worker can use it......

'Nawab Malik has been jailed to keep him quiet'

'After he had exposed the Narcotics Bureau's wrongdoings, he threatened to expose the Enforcement Directorate as well.''So they are trying to rake up an old legal deal, distorting information and......

Govt not giving priority to medical sector: CJI

Chief Justice of India N V Ramana on Thursday said the government not giving priority to the medical sector and its problems such as insufficient number of professionals and infrastructure are......

India ranks 94 in Hunger Index; below Pak, Bangladesh

India ranked 94 among 107 nations in the Global Hunger Index 2020 and is in the 'serious' hunger category with experts blaming poor implementation processes, lack of effective monitoring, siloed......

Covid-19: How the testing infrastructure is struggling

'India is too large a place to have just 10 labs performing these Covid-19 tests.' IMAGE: An isolation ward in a Hyderabad hospital. Photograph: PTI Photo Representatives from three companies,......

Markets fall on selling in banking shares, STT hike

Benchmark BSE Sensex declined for the fourth day in a row on Wednesday due to selling in financial and banking shares and the government's move to hike securities transaction tax and short term......

Time To Make Budget More Transparent

The Budget should use the extra RBI surplus to better effect, suggests A K Bhattacharya. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Now that Nirmala Sitharaman has returned to the ministerial......

In non-cigarettes push, how ITC built more than 25 FMCG mother brands

A young couple sharing a laugh — in the living room over a Polish joke book, on the beach, in the rain — with the tagline, “Made for each other”, hung from billboards at......

Future Retail insolvency process: 48 cos selected as eligible prospective bidders

As many as 48 companies, including Reliance Retail, Jindal Power Ltd and Adani group, are in the final list of eligible prospective resolution applicants for acquiring debt-ridden Future Retail......

Secret recipe of ITC's mega success

Focus on premiumisation, value-added products, cost optimisation and digital acceleration have been the common themes running across business segments in the past two or three years that have......

'I Was Fated To Play Jinnah'

'I have no idea why I was so many film-makers' choice for Jinnah. I assume it is because I was born and bred in Mumbai and speak English.' 'There's also my name, people tend to believe that a......

The Amjad Khan We Didn't Know

None of Amjad Khan's subsequent roles could outshine Sholay.He had begun his career at the top and had no higher peaks left to conquer.Dinesh Raheja salutes the iconic actor on his 80th birth......

'If you are brave, you become unstoppable'

'I remember that when I was about seven years old, a doctor saw me and told my family that I would only survive for six months and that the disease had no cure.''But my mother never gave up.''She......

'Gadar is a powerful word that came out of Partition'

'When a common man's house is on fire, he is infused with extraordinary strength.''He will go to any length to save his home and family even if he is not as big and strong as Sunnyji.' IMAGE:......

'Honour to be known as Amitabh Bachchan's voice'

'Today, when I look back, our journey together ajooba lagta hai.' IMAGE: Sudesh Bhosle in concert with Amitabh Bachchan. Photograph: Kind courtesy Sudesh Bhosle It is an association that goes back......

Fans Pan Gambhir For Double Standards

Photograph: Gautam Gambhir/X India head coach Gautam Gambhir came under fire from fans after he promoted the fantasy cricket app Real11 on his social media accounts.'Hopefully, India will continue......

Tendulkar to sue casino for using his morphed images

'I have never endorsed gambling, tobacco or alcohol -- directly or indirectly, in an individual capacity.' IMAGE: The 48-year-old Tendulkar, who has numerous records under his belt and also been a......

Kolkata 2001: The Odyssey, viewed from the sidelines

20 years ago this week, India and Australia played one of the greatest Test matches in cricket history.Sreehari Nair relives the sound and the fury of that unforgettable game at the Eden Gardens.......

CA doesn't want players to promote betting, alcohol in IPL

IMAGE: Glenn Maxwell and David Warner are going to be part of the action in IPL-14. Photograph: BCCI/IPL Cricket Australia (CA) doesn't want its players to feature in advertisements promoting......

8 reasons why Indian cricket looks like Indian politics

Indeed, if you look at this hypothesis with sufficiently jaundiced eyes, you will find plenty in common in the way 'Team India' conducts its affairs and the way 'Team Modi' does, argues Krishna......

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