Why I Support Narayana Murthy

If 4,000 workers could work round the clock for the construction of the new Parliament building, then there is no reason why all infrastructure projects too cannot follow that model, asserts Dr......

Modi To Visit 2nd Muslim Nation In A Month

Prime Minister Narendra D Modi will visit Abu Dhabi on July 15 after concluding a two-day visit to Paris. This is Modi's second visit to a Muslim nation in a month -- he was in Egypt on June 24-25.......

Modi to address Indian diaspora in Paris on Thursday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's two-day visit to France beginning July 13 would be both rich in "substance" and set "new benchmark" for strategic partnership between the two countries in years......

Shudder! Olympics with Chinese Characteristics

'The Olympic Spirit has been thrown to the wind in Xi Jinping's China.''The International Olympic Committee is ready to kowtow to totalitarian China,' notes Claude Arpi. IMAGE: The Olympic Park......

In an interconnected world, India cannot escape Greece crisis's fallout

If the impact of the Greece crisis spreads across Europe and parts of the world which are more interconnected than ever before, India cannot hope to be insulated, says Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.......

China's $20 bn investment to transform India?

Read through the list of 16 memorandums of understanding (MoUs) signed between China and India during President Xi Jinping's state visit a fortnight ago and it is hard to pin down the $20 billion......

PM, Sharma Germany-bound to boost ties

India and Germany would hold the second joint Cabinet-level meeting in Berlin on April 11.The first such meeting, held in New Delhi in May 2011, was chaired by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and......

China wealth fund, Commerce Min to get new heads

China will likely appoint savvy international dealmakers to run its giant sovereign wealth fund and Commerce Ministry in a soft power push to soothe fears over a planned spending spree to boost......

'How far can an independent filmmaker go?'

One of the few Indian filmmakers comfortable onCannes terrain, Murali Nair's Marana Simhasanam won the Camera d'Or prize (to honour the best first film) at the festival in 1999. His subsequent......

Milkha Singh on the Race of his Life

'Somehow the Flying Sikh has endured in people's memory.' IMAGE: The Legendary Milkha Singh, who passed into the ages on June 18, 2021. Photograph: PTI Photo This feature was first published on......

Extras: Enrique returns as Spain coach after daughter's death

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field. IMAGE: Former FC Barcelona manager Luis Enrique was first appointed Spain coach after the team's ouster from the 2018 World Cup.......

Sports Shorts: Tendulkar against fake helmet makers

IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar urges transport minister Nitin Gadkari to act against fake helmet makers. Photograph: Sachin Tendulkar/Twitter Cricket icon and Rajya Sabha MP Sachin Tendulkar has sought......

No tennis players on doping list: ITF

The International Tennis Federationsaid on Wednesday it had been assured that no tennis players were part of a Spanish investigation into doping. A report in a French newspaper earlier this week......