Vinay Mohan Kwatra is India's next foreign secretary

Seasoned diplomat and India's current envoy to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatra was on Monday appointed as the new foreign secretary, succeeding Harsh Vardhan Shringla who retires on April 30. Known to be......

Modi-Johnson bilateral focuses on renewables, clean tech

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met his British counterpart Boris Johnson on the sidelines of the COP26 climate summit here and discussed ways to enhance bilateral cooperation in areas like......

Indian Army wins gold at 'Olympics of Military Patrolling'

The Indian Army, represented by 4/5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force), bagged the coveted Gold medal at exercises in the United Kingdom dubbed the "Olympics of Military Patrolling". The Indian team......

Pressure on UK to review Covid vax rules for Indians

The UK government is under increasing pressure on Monday to review its COVID-19 vaccine protocol in place for travellers from India, after its updated rules effective from next month failed to......

Guarantors can fight 'wilful defaulter' tag

The dice is heavily loaded against a guarantor. As in the case of Gajendra Issar, who had to pay Rs 50,000 to a bank when his friend defaulted on debt payment. Luckily, there were two other......

It's diamond rush online

Diamonds are a women's best friend. No wonder, they are the most purchased product online, and the majority of the purchases being done by men.And niche portals like Jewelsnext.com, Caratlane.com......

With online buyers growing, niche sites mushroom

The market, which was till now flooded with multi-product e-commerce sites catering to products from across the verticals, is now seeing new ventures betting big on the niche category.For example......

Pharma companies line up for clinical trials

Signalling a growing interest in new drug discovery research, some major Indian pharmaceutical firms had applied for conducting clinical trials on at least 12 new drugs in 2010.The most sought......

Gufi Paintal Of Mahabharat Fame Dies

IMAGE: Gufi Paintal in B R Chopra's Mahabharat. Gufi Paintal, best known for playing Shakuni mama in B R Chopra's epic television serial Mahabharat, died on Monday at a Mumbai hospital due to......

Janhvi Needs Some GOOD LUCK!

Preity meets Chris Gayle... The moods of Soha-Kunal... 25 years of Border... Please click on the images below for a better look at the stars. IMAGE: Janhvi Kapoor introduces her next film, Good......

Coming This March: Akshay, Prabhas, RRR

Have you been ODing on OTT for the last couple of years and now want the tadka of the cinematic Bollywood experience? Well, happy days are here again. With the pandemic restrictions being eased for......

Just how SUCCESSFUL is Salman's cop act?

It seems he loves playing a cop; Salman Khan has played one in eight films already and will make it 10 with his next two releases. Just how successful is his cop act? Joginder Tuteja finds out.......

Rio Olympians Malik, Karmakar in Forbes' list of '30 Under 30' super achievers

India has 53 achievers on the list, second only to China which has 76 honorees. IMAGE: Dipa Karmakar and Sakshi Malik were named in Forbes' list of young achievers, that also included actress Alia......