Golay's tricky road ahead

Sikkim's new chief minister will have to achieve growth without compromising nature.Aditi Phadnis reports. IMAGE: Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang (Golay), arrives at the swearing-in......

Selling crackers, not nukes: Shopkeepers react to SC order

IMAGE: People buying fire-crackers near Jama Masjid in old Delhi on Monday. Photograph: Vijay Verma/PTI Photo News of the Supreme Court order decreeing a cracker-free Diwali......

Parliament Nuggets: 175 mobile phones are stolen per day in Delhi

Here is some interesting information released by the government in response to questions posed by MPs in Parliament on Tuesday. 175 mobile phones stolen per day in Delhi! Around 175 mobile phones......

Amritsar: Of colour, campaign and darbars

The paramount darbar in Amritsar is the Golden Temple, usually termed the "Darbar Sahib" by the thousands who flock to it for daily darshan. But in the colourful campaigning for one of the most......

Waves of global protectionism may nix 'Make in India' dream

Saudi Arabia is insisting on ‘In Kingdom’ total value-addition requirements Make in India may feel the pinch of a global wave of protectionism. Launched in September 2014, the......

US justices block generic drug liability lawsuits

The US Supreme Court ruled on Monday that generic drugmakers cannot be sued under state law for adverse reactions to their products, a decision that consumer advocates called a blow to patient......

EU regulators to fine drug makers including Ranbaxy

European regulators will clamp down on "pay-for-delay" deals in the pharmaceutical sector this month, fining Denmark's Lundbeck, India's Ranbaxy and seven other generic drug manufacturers for......

SAT upholds Sebi order on ex-director of Ranbaxy

The Securities Appellate Tribunal on Monday upheld Sebi's order slapping penalties on a former independent director of Ranbaxy Laboratories and his wife for violating insider trading norms.Market......

East German kids bred on steroids

When young East German shot putter Birgit Boese was told to keep quiet about what went on in her sports school she thought it was because of the food. Bananas featured regularly in the school's......