Modi's Edifice Complex

To understand Modi, listen to what he does not say, suggests Prem Panicker. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party leaders Narendra D Modi, Amit A Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman and J P Nadda......

India Gains Upper Hand In China Port Rivalry

The Sittwe deal is more significant than Chabahar in Iran, where India has rights to operate only two terminals and not the port itself. IMAGE: A view of Sittwe port in Myanmar. Photograph: Press......

Kolkata Firms Who Bought Electoral Bonds

Trinamool Congress is the second highest recipient of political donations through electoral bonds. IMAGE: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during the Trinamool Congress's Jonogorjon......

Modi Or Manmohan? Who Travelled More?

While Narendra Modi has spent fewer days abroad than his predecessor -- 275 days versus Dr Manmohan Singh's 306 -- he has travelled more widely than any other Indian PM. IMAGE: Prime Minister......

Will Centre succumb to pressure of rising prices and allow wheat import?

During the last few weeks, the Indian wheat market has been all agog with talk of an imminent relaxation in import norms to allow the country to import the grain — after a gap of six years......

WEF: Tourism's share in global GDP to return to pre-Covid levels this year

The travel and tourism sector’s contribution to global gross domestic product will return to pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2024, according to a new report by the World Economic Forum......

Govt may hike local content requirement

The government is planning to tweak its procurement policy to give a fillip to domestic manufacturing. Photograph: Praveen Paramasivam/Reuters The industry department has floated a proposal to......

$120 mn investments, $250 mn credit line to fund Chabahar port growth

India’s 10-year bilateral contract with Iran for the operation of Chabahar Port is likely to bring in an investment of approximately $370 million. Photograph: Courtesy,......

Paralympics PIX: Nitesh Kumar wins badminton GOLD!

IMAGE: Nitesh Kumar of India celebrates after winning gold against Daniel Bethell of Britain in the Badminton Men's Singles SL3 event at the Paris 2024 Paralympics at the Porte de La Chapelle......

Is Virat Kohli the Greatest Of All Time?

He finished the decade with 20,960 international runs -- 5,775 more than anybody else -- and 69 hundreds -- 22 more than anybody else.This is a player performing at an extraordinarily high......