'Government should get out of agriculture'

'Government intervention in agricultural trade is a problem for farmers.' IMAGE: Farm workers harvest paddy crop at Kakapora in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir. Photograph: Kamran Raashid Bhat/ANI......

'COVID-19 is a man made pandemic'

'Wild animals lived in their natural environment.''So, viruses could not be communicated.''Then came mass production and mass quartering of animals -- whether it be poultry, pigs and cattle --......

When Venezuela's star stopped shining

In the '70s, when other Latin American nations were crumbling under ruinous debt, Venezuela remained economically solvent and politically stable.Not only was it a democracy in a continent plagued......

'Do you think we are fighting for the wrong reason?'

'Like a majority of youngsters in the valley, they were left with just two options in life: Pick up a stone or take up a gun.''That journey through the heartland of Kashmir's new insurgency......

Ola Electric's e-bike pricing sparks debate across EV industry

The launch of a range of electric motorbikes (e-bikes) by Bengaluru-based Ola Electric, a first for the company, has disconcerted the industry because the low price the firm claims to be offering......

Adani Group profit jumps 55% in FY24; eyes $90 bn investment in 10 years

Adani group saw a 55 per cent profit surge in the fiscal year ended March 2024 as the apples-to-airport conglomerate is back on an expansion spree and eyeing a $90 billion capex over the next......

Adani shrugs off Hindenburg effect, back to rapid expansion spree

Adani group opened a $1.2 billion copper plant, bought a port in Odisha, raised stakes in a cement company and stitched an alliance with rival Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries, all in a matter......

What companies have promised to invest in Gujarat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the world looks at India as an important pillar of stability, a trusted friend, an engine of growth in the global economy, a technology hub for......

'Acting should be a turn-on every second'

'Don't do it if you only want to wear good clothes and drive a flashy car. Get into banking, then.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Shah Rukh Khan/Instagram Usually, a Shah Rukh Khan interview will......

'Alia is a better actress than Pooja'

'Alia is brighter than me. I am extremely happy and proud that without her father’s help, she has had a successful journey.' 'People didn’t think that a girl who was danced......

John Lennon killer's chilling confession

Get your low down on what's happening in the world of Hollywood, right here! Despite other famous people like US TV talk show host Johnny Carson and the actress Elizabeth Taylor on his hit-list,......

Sindhanai Sei is brilliant

This weekend's collection of new movies might, excluding a few moments, have turned out to be a yawn-inducing celluloid collection but Tamil cinema has a way of redeeming itself at the last......

Spotted: IPL chairman Lalit Modi in the Andaman Islands

Reader Billy Graham Kanukolanu sent us this picture. Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi was spotted taking some time off in the Andaman Islands. Thank you, Billy, for sharing this picture!......

Border hails Ponting as 'best since Bradman'

Ricky Ponting has been lauded as the best Australian batsmen since Don Bradman after breaking Allan Border's national Test aggregrate in the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston. Border personally......