India's military might, women power on full display at R-Day parade

India celebrated its 75th Republic Day on Friday with a grand display of 'Nari Shakti', rich cultural heritage and military might comprising missiles, warplanes, surveillance gadgets and lethal......

Waiting in passport queue for 2 days, Lankan woman gives birth

A pregnant Sri Lankan woman, who had been in a queue for two days to obtain a passport to leave the crisis-hit country for employment overseas, went into labour while waiting for her turn on......

Lankan official who alleged Modi pushed Adani deal quits after retracting

A top Sri Lankan official, who claimed before a parliamentary panel that Prime Minister Narendra Modi allegedly influenced President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to award a wind power project to the Adani......

Bengal's tinsel town takes sides in high-octane TMC vs BJP battle

Ironically, the BJP, which seeks to unseat the TMC from power, has taken a leaf out of Mamata Banerjee's strategy of soliciting tinsel town's support towards causes and fielding actors in......

The future belongs to biopharma. Can India catch up with China?

If we are to realise the full potential of biologics' ability to improve people's health, it is essential to encourage public policy and support R&D. IMAGE: It’s been evident for a decade......

Pharma industry wants Budget to offer tax clarity

Pharma body wants all excisable goods used for R&D purposes should be exempted from central excise duty. The pharmaceutical industry has asked the government to bring in more clarity in terms of......

Markets may bounce back but not immediately

PRANAV SANGHAVI says,Hello and welcome to the chat. Regret the delay due to technical problems at my end. Let's begin. Anand asked,Hi, Canara Bank shares are at 202 now. Is it good go buy now?......

'Now, Americans connect India with technology'`

IIT-ian Kanchana Thamodaran is a critically acclaimed Tamil writer-activist. Born and brought up in India, she obtained an undergraduate degree in engineering from the Indian Institute of......

'Today's heroes do anything they want'

'Earlier, it was four songs and four fights, and some story. That was enough.''Maybe we are in a box then and the audiences were not prepared for anything new.''Now we have got bigger scope.'......

The Many, Many Faces Of Ram

Hailed as a symbol of courage, compassion and sacrifice, the many virtues of Lord Ram are chronicled in sage Valmiki's epic Ramayan whose hallowed and historical value enjoys a revered place in......

Bollywood's 3 Heroine Stories

Photograph: Kind courtesy Priyanka Chopra/Instagram There's no dearth of three hero movies in Bollywood where the role of the leading woman is limited to a love interest. Finally though, there's......

Bigg Boss 14: Guess who's in the FINALS!

Nikki becomes the first contestant of Bigg Boss 14 to enter the finals, thanks to Rubina. Thursday's episode starts with Nikki Tamboli checking in on Rahul Vaidya as Jasmin Bhasin tells......

T20 WC: Batters need to fire as India eye big win over Sri Lanka

IMAGE: Opener Shafali Verma has struggled to get going in the T20 WC thus far. Photograph: ICC/X On a sticky wicket after a mixed start to their campaign, India will look to fix their batting......

All You Want To Know About Women's T20 World Cup 2024

All Photographs: Kind courtesy ICC   The ninth ICC Women's T20 World Cup is set to ignite the United Arab Emirates from October 3 to 20th. Ten teams will battle it out in a thrilling......

Women's Asia Cup: Sri Lanka crush Malaysia; Bangladesh outplay Thailand

Photograph: Kind Courtesy ICC/X Sri Lanka and Bangladesh produced superlative performances to secure victories over Malaysia and Thailand in group B and inch closer to the semifinal berth at the......

Indian women crush Sri Lanka; clinch series

IMAGE: India women celebrate after winning the series 2-0 against Sri Lanka. Photograph: PTI The Indian women's team dominated from start to finish, with both the bat and ball, to hammer Sri Lanka......

WODIs: Openers in focus as India look to seal SL series

IMAGE: India will be looking for a good knock from opener Smriti Mandhana against Sri Lanka in the second women’s ODI in Pallekele on Monday. Photograph: PTI The Indian women's cricket team......