India gears up to counter potential China threat

Exactly a year after the Indian Air Force landed an An-32 transport plane at Daulat Begh Oldhi, a mere 8 km from the Sino-Indian border in Ladakh, the IAF on Monday operationalised four......

Is Sabrimala ready for Trupti Desai?

Trupti Desai and her Bhumata Brigade are unshakeable in their belief that women can and should go everywhere. Their fight has earned women the right to enter the inner sanctums of the Shani......

Mamta decides to end fast

Trinamool Congress chief Mamta Banerjee on Thursday night called off her indefinite hunger strike on the Singur issue following personal appeals by President A P J Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister......

Neither sport nor entertainment: The fraud called Formula One

A major antagonism is visible the world over between capitalism and democracy. But the Indian elite and the media continue to glorify capitalism, with all its sleaze. Their celebration of F1 is......

Chennai Brains Behind Ford's Global Hits

'We participate in the design/development of components and systems for electric vehicles, internal combustion engines, and hybrid vehicles.' Photograph: David Dee Delgado/Reuters It was in August......

Trade on road to recovery but Indian firms tread cautiously

Truck movements across the India-Bangladesh border are on the rise, with increasing rentals signalling a trade recovery between the two South Asian nations. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters Yet,......

'We Have An Indian Tiger That Needs To Be Uncaged'

'What's sad today is that there are so many people who cannot find work, not because the country is devoid of that opportunity, but because we are not doing enough in the country.' Interview with......

Here come the car, SUV, mobike of the year!

German-engineered compact car Volkswagen Polo bagged the Business Standard Car of the Year award, while Honda's economy motorcycle Twister was chosen Bike of the Year. The Business Standard......

Olympic sponsor Toyota pulls out TV ads for Games

IMAGE: A banner advertising Coca-Cola beverages, Toyota, Nissay and NTT, Olympic Games partner for Tokyo 2020, in Fukushima prefecture, Japan. Photograph: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters/Files Tokyo......

As driving career ends Patrick remains driven

'I'd like to inspire people from the heart so that they were driven from the inside' IMAGE: Professional race car driver Danica Patrick poses for a photograph during an interview. Photograph:......

StanChart extends $30 Million/Year Liverpool sponsorship

Asia-focused bank Standard Chartered has extended its sponsorship of Liverpool Football Club for two years, continuing one of the most lucrative deals in English sport. Standard Chartered, which is......

Ferrari fire rekindles fuel debate

The flames that flared up around Michael Schumacher's Ferrari in Austria last weekend were put out soon enough, but concerns about the safety of mid-race refuelling will smoulder on.Although......

Is Formula One ready to slow down?

'It sounds good and it's reliable,' FIA President Max Mosley said of the current Formula One engine, justifying a ten-year freeze on engine development from 2008 to 2017. He followed this......