SC to examine age bar for surrogate mothers, seeks govt reply

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine issues over the age bar for surrogate mothers and others under the laws on February 11. IMAGE: A view of the Supreme Court of India.Photograph: ANI......

Why have thousands of kindergartens shut down in China?

Hit hard by China's deepening demographic crisis, thousands of famed kindergartens have been closed as enrolment of children dropped sharply across the country due to a significant decline in birth......

The Coming Changes In Warfare

The nature of war and its purpose remains unchanged.The change is in the character of war in terms of a man-machine mix, domination of sensors and certain automation of the tactics and methods of......

BJP Should Read Writing On The Wall

There is no use of the BJP targeting Mamata Banerjee and M K Stalin, directly by the party's political bosses, both in Delhi and the respective state capitals, or even using the Raj Bhavans to fire......

India to remain fastest-growing major economy in 2024

India decisively withstood global headwinds in 2023 and is likely to remain as the world's fastest-growing major economy on the back of growing demand, moderate inflation, stable interest rate......

'Our Aim Is Housing Finance's Siginficant Role In Economic Growth'

'We are working with a few housing finance companies to drive affordable lending because that's where we believe our sweet spot is.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Indian Mortgage......

India's growth trajectory secure: FinMin's monthly economic review

Improved monsoon, solid fiscal performance, and capex push by the public and private sectors augurs well for India’s macroeconomic stability and growth, the finance ministry’s monthly......

Markets close on mixed note; Sensex slides, Nifty gains

Equity benchmark indices ended flat on Wednesday with Sensex sliding 33 points and Nifty gaining 9 points after an unabated record-breaking rally in the last few trading sessions. Photograph:......

Prateik Babbar Weds Priya Banerjee

Prateik Babbar has tied the knot with Priya Banerjee. On Friday evening, the couple took to Instagram to share the news with fans and followers. Photograph: Kind courtesy Priya Banerjee/Instagram......

Priyanka Shows Off Mehendi At Brother's Shaadi

Siddharth Chopra's wedding is in full swing, and his didi is keeping the party alive with beautiful pictures from the celebrations. The haldi ceremony was followed by the mehendi and sangeet......

Priyanka At Brother's Haldi Ceremony

Photograph: Kind courtesy Priyanka Chopra/Instagram Priyanka Chopra is in shaadi-mode, as her younger brother Siddharth wed Neelam Upadhyaya in Mumbai. Sharing pictures from the haldi ceremony,......

Preity Zinta's Top 10 Films

Bubbly is to Preity Zinta what an Angry Young Man is to Amitabh Bachchan. No matter how old they grow, the terms are inextricably attached to their personality. As much Preity would like to be......

HIL: Arshdeep Singh's twin strikes sink UP Rudras

IMAGE: Arshdeep Singh of the Hyderabad Toofans celebrates his goal against UP Rudras on Saturday. Photograph: HIL/X Arshdeep Singh proved to be the match-winner for the Hyderabad Toofans as his......

Ranji: Ankit Kumar puts Haryana on top vs Mumbai

Skipper Ankit Kumar led from the front with a fantastic century as Haryana enjoyed the upper hand against defending champions Mumbai, reaching 263 for five at stumps on the second day of their......

PIX: Rabada shines as MI Cape Town win maiden SA20 crown

IMAGE: The triumphant MI Cape Town players pose with the SA20 trophy after beating Sunrisers Eastern Cape in the final at the Wanderers, in Johannesburg, on Saturday. Photograph: BetwaySA20 Pace......

Ranji Trophy: All eyes on Kohli but Upendra steals the show

IMAGE: Virat Kohli celebrates with team-mates after the fall of a wicket during Day 1 of the Ranji Trophy match between Delhi and Railways at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, in Delhi, on Thursday.......

Ranji Trophy: All eyes on Kohli but Upendra steals the show

IMAGE: Virat Kohli celebrates with team-mates after the fall of a wicket during Day 1 of the Ranji Trophy match between Delhi and Railways at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, in Delhi, on Thursday.......