Houston trumped, PM arrives in New York for 74th UNGA

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in New York to participate in the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly after delivering an electrifying address in Houston to over 50,000 members......

Vajpayee to 'retire' if peace moves fail

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has said he will 'retire' and 'accept defeat' if his third and last peace initiative with Pakistan fails.The prime ministertoldGerman daily Der Spiegelthat he is......

Cyber-attacks: What Modi must know!

'What we are actually missing in India is a platform wherein the government engages with cybersecurity experts, gets them employed and then utilises their capability to deter such attacks.'......

India calls for quick action against terror sponsors

India on Friday pressed the international community to work together to erase the scourge of terrorism by taking speedy action against the perpetrators, organisers, financiers and sponsors of......

And then there's a flip side to 'shining' India

More than 416,000 children under the age of 18, of whom almost 225,000 are younger than 14, are involved in child labour in India's cottonseed production. Most of them are girls. They work in the......

Why India, China must ensure social security for farmers

Image: A woman removes stalks from chillies at a farm in Ahmedabad. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters Farmers in India like to adorn their rusty ploughs with chillies and limes. Hanging by......

Licensing: Microsoft liable for income tax

If a survey is conducted in India with the sole objective of finding a non-user of Microsoft software, the exercise may not yield tangible results at all. In other words, no computer literate can......

Lalu's Rail Budget speech

Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav made the following speech while presenting the Railway Budget for 2004-2005 in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday (July 6, 2004)."Mr Speaker Sir,I rise to present the......

10 OTT Shows To Watch

As cinemas remain shut and watching movies on the big screen still a distant dream, OTT platforms are keeping us distracted from the pandemic with its steady supply of content. There's old stuff.......

'I get slightly troubled when people see Sherlock Holmes as sexy'

'I was very wary about stepping into the limelight and the populist role like Sherlock Holmes, but the minute I saw who was involved and read the script and the quality of it I thought: I've got......