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Time We Understood America's Game

Sections of our media and elite take Western reports/judgements at face value and are ready to condemn the targets without understanding the deeper power linkages behind such actions, asserts......

Does India measure up as a maritime power?

At any time, there is a need to operationally deploy two aircraft carriers in the vast Indian Ocean, asserts Vice Admiral Premvir Das (retd). External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has......

INS Vikrant : 12 years late, 13 times the cost

The MiG29K and MiG29KUB, the aircraft carrier's primary fighters, spent more time in the hangar than in the air, with fleet serviceability remaining below 50 per cent, reports Ajai Shukla. IMAGE:......

Hope to convert INS Viraat into museum fading

The hope to convert the decommissioned warship 'Viraat' into a museum is fading as the company which purchased it for dismantling has finally started towing it towards its scrap yard at Alang in......

INS Viraat to be dismantled in Gujarat and sold as scrap

INS Viraat, the aircraft carrier that served the Indian Navy for 30 years before being decommissioned three years ago, is likely to be towed from Mumbai to Alang in Gujarat's Bhavnagar district......

Luxury: How India differs from China

Luxury in India may not have gone 'mass market' as in China, but it has taken some very firm strides, writes Bhupesh Bhandari. The trick is, an Indian diplomat told me over drinks, to knock one......

BEL, Anna Varsity build Patang, a drone with 2-km zoom range

The unmanned aerial vehicle has been developed for surveillance and broadcasting and is ready for commercialisation. In an example of successful industry-academia partnership, public-sector......

Internet in India: Future lies with the vernacular

Not only is the number of language users set to grow faster than English users over the next five years, these users are more likely to lead a more active digital life. Arundhuti Dasgupta &......

India mulls raising FDI cap in retail

India is "seriously considering" to raise 51 per cent foreign direct investment cap in single brand retail, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma on Monday informed a business delegation from......

American brands dominate India's retail space

American brands top the domestic retail space with 30 per cent share, especially in the food & beverages sapce, while the Italian and British labels dominate the luxury segment, says an industry......

Bollywood 2021: A to Z RECAP

Even with an ongoing pandemic, theatres in many states functioning at 50 per cent occupancy, a quieter social life and fewer movies, Bollywood still managed to pack in plenty of drama and trauma,......

Rishabh Pant: Unrepressed, entertaining, authentic

'I just go out there and do my thing; try to express myself. I'm glad people enjoy it,' Rishabh Pant tells Dhruv Munjal. IMAGE: Rishabh Pant at the Vidarbha Cricket Association ground in Nagpur,......

Now, Bollywood enters the ice-skating rink

Meryl Davis and Charlie White have been ice-skating together since they were nine. The 2009 US National Champions in figure skating are now eyeing the February Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Last......

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