'We can't leave such complex and innumerable operations to humans'

'When I talk to my colleagues in the Railways, they say, 'aadmi toh bohot hai, lekin matlab ka aadmi ek bhi nahi hai (the Railways has a bloated workforce, but doesn't have employees with have the......

Manmohan Singh, Chief Architect Of Modi's Schemes

Both prime ministers believed in crafting schemes to help the common man.Modi used quite effectively the instruments Dr Singh introduced.In assessing Modi's success with many schemes, Dr Singh's......

FULL TEXT: President's address to Parliament

Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session. Honourable Members, This joint sitting of......

How India's young innovators do well by doing good

'Let me talk about young Indian startups with their hearts in the right place and how they are proving that innovations that represent 'affordable excellence' is indeed possible!' says Dr R A......

Is another oil price hike looming in India?

The high prices mean pressure on OMCs to raise domestic auto fuel prices, a move that has been kept in abeyance in light of looming assembly elections in five states. India is back on the......

Budget 2021: No evidence of an economic strategy

There are several welcome standalone reforms, but these do not add up to a coherent strategy to achieve a $5 trillion economy or secure Aatmanirbharta, observes Rathin Roy. Illustration: Dominic......

Will drive-in theatres replace the multiplex?

PVR Cinemas is in the process of building one at the Jio Center in Bandra Kurla Complex. This theatre will be on the top of the mall and should be able to accommodate 300 cars, and is expected to......

Budget before Ballot: Who got what from Goyal

Converting what was supposed to be an interim budget or a vote on account into an almost full-fledged budget announcement in the Lok Sabha, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal proposed an array of......

'Oye Lucky has a darker story'

Less than two years after his first film Khosla Ka Ghosla!, thesmall budget, runaway hit, film-maker Dibakar Banerjee has made Oye Lucky Lucky Oye. The 37-year old film-maker spoke this week about......

2007: The year that was at the movies

With 2008 just around the corner, we decided to get together an interesting bunch of people to chat about cinema in the year gone by.Director Suparn Verma and resident film critic Raja Sen got......

Of one man armies

Point To Ponder: India boasts of having the best batsman in the world in its team, Sachin but yet India has never been able to win a single test series abroad since last 15 years.Now consider this......