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India May Gain From US Tariffs On China

'Reciprocal tariffs are not going to affect India except specific sectors and there are opportunities to capture.' IMAGE: The container ship San Fernando from China marks the first arrival of such......

Navy Seeks To Build Bonds With African Nations

The maiden Africa India Key Maritime Engagement exercise will be held from April 13 to 18 off the coast of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. IMAGE: The INS Sunayna. Photograph: ANI Photo The Indian......

'Trump Won't Hesitate To Use Hard Power'

'The touchstone is reciprocity which will be applied to friends and foes alike.''It will be a bitter pill to swallow.' IMAGE: US President Donald Trump delivers a speech to a joint session of the......

HAL Addresses IAF Chief's Concerns

'Our production capacity ramp-up initiatives are expected to meet the critical requirements of our armed forces.' IMAGE: The indigenous Light Combat Aircraft Tejas. Photograph: ANI Photo ......

Trump 2.0: Tough Navigation Lies Ahead For India

'As the global economy undergoes significant transformations in 2025, India's ability to navigate the complexities of trade wars, financial realignments, and emerging blocs will be pivotal,'......

Going local for global: Bharat Global Ports to test waters at home first

The government is looking to give Bharat Global Ports a certain amount of domestic exposure after it set up the state-owned consortium to increase India’s global maritime heft, officials......

From Tesla to Mercedes, luxury carmakers head South

In 2024 alone, South India saw the highest rise in sales in the luxury segment, with Tamil Nadu reportedly registering a 19.3 per cent increase in premium car registrations from 2022-23. Kindly......

TVS takes quick-commerce route for auto parts, lubes

'We expect to break even this March and be one of the fastest to achieve profitability across all digital platforms.' Photograph: Kind courtesy, TVS Motor/Facebook Multi-brand aftermarket chain......

'MRF is now world's 11th largest tyre company'

'We are driven only by what the market wants and if there is a requirement in the market, we will go in for expansion.' IMAGE: A biker performs a stunt during the MRF MoGrip Federation of Motor......

Will Trump 2.0 See More US Oil To India?

'The US is strongly placed to expand its crude supplies to India.' IMAGE: US President Donald Trump speaks at the Commander in Chief Ball in honour of his inauguration in Washington, DC, January......

2024: Top 10 International Films

Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite 2024 films that he watched at film festivals in Berlin, Cannes, Toronto and India. It's that time for the year to track its very best. These are personal choices,......

Cinema Has Loved Gandhi; Get Ready To See Him Again

IMAGE: Ben Kingsley as Mahatma Gandhi in Richard Attenborough's Gandhi. For Mahatma Gandhi, cinema was a corrupting influence on young minds, a 'sinful technology'. It is that very medium which......

'Deserve respect': Captain Rohit hails India's ICC dominance

'23 wins in 24 games is unheard of. It looks very nice from the outside but the team has gone through a lot of ups and downs.' IMAGE: Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli celebrate with the trophy after......

World Indoors: Ingebrigtsen's golden double, hurdles drama

IMAGE: Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen celebrates after winning the men's 1500m final. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters Jakob Ingebrigtsen completed a golden double by capturing the men's 1,500......

Coventry makes history as IOC's first female president

IMAGE: As the new IOC president, Kirsty Coventry will now be tasked with steering the Olympic Movement into a new era, overseeing future Games. Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/Reuters Kirsty......

Rabada will consider SA's captaincy if offered

IMAGE: With 168 ODI wickets and 71 T20I scalps under his belt, Kagiso Rabada has been effective across formats. Photograph: X Premier fast bowler Kagiso Rabada will "heavily consider" captaining......

World Indoors PIX: Azu wins men's 60m; Kerr dethroned

IMAGE: Britain's Jeremiah Azu celebrates winning the men's 60 metres final in the World Athletics Indoor Championships at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, Nanjing, China, on Friday. Photograph:......

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