'Indian crews are very good'

'Indians are basically liked because they are educated, they are intelligent.' IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes. Photograph: Reuters Captain Peter......

The A-W Of Desi Guests At the White House Dinner

The dinner Jill Biden and her husband US President Joe Biden hosted for Prime Minister Narendra D Modi, June 22, at the White House brought together, Indians and Americans from so many firmaments,......

India Will Spend Rs 1.5 Trillion On Aero-Engines

India does not have the facilities needed for developing advanced aerospace products.There is only one wind tunnel in the country, the almost six decade old one in the National Aeronautics......

What You Must Know About Vizhinjam Port

The shipping business is like the heaving sea -- it's up and down, observes Shyam G Menon. IMAGE: Police officers stand guard near the barricades during a protest by supporters of the proposed......

Cognizant Tech to acquire Belcan for $1.3 bn in cash and stock

Nasdaq-listed Cognizant Technology Solutions has signed a definitive agreement to acquire global engineering company Belcan for about $1.3 billion (Rs 10,853.7 crore) in cash and stock.......

HUL set for health and wellbeing foray

Hindustan Unilever (HUL) is set to enter India’s health & wellbeing category by acquiring stakes in two companies in this space. Photograph: PTI Photo HUL on Thursday announced buying a......

Jugaad An Insult To Indian Innovation?

'When resources are few; when frugality demands repairing a broken thing rather than replacing it with a brand new and expensive option, enterprising commoners in rural and urban India improvise on......

India's Green Shoots for the Planet

Modi's unexpected announcement of achieving net zero by 2070 may have neatly deflected the pressures on India to sign up to an ambitious pledge but it does nothing to dispel the ecological......

The Issue With Looop Lapeta

The simplicity of the model that was the original, which allowed it to glide with grace, has been foregone, observes Rohit Sathish Nair. Looop Lapeta owes its existence to the 1998 German hit Run......

The Kishore Kumar NO ONE Knew!

When Pritish Nandy interviewed Kishore Kumar for The Illustrated Weekly Of India, Asia's oldest and most venerable magazine, it was a stunner. Posing with a skull on the Weekly's cover, the great......

Nadal in French Open final after Zverev retires with ankle injury

IMAGE: Germany's Alexander Zverev receives medical attention after sustaining an injury as Spain's Rafael Nadal looks on. Photograph: Yves Herman/Reuters It was not the ending anyone expected......

US Open PIX: Nadal, Alcaraz, Swiatek cruise into Round 4

A summary of Saturday's action at the US Open. IMAGE: Spain's Rafael Nadal returns against France's Richard Gasquet during the US Open men's singles third round match at Billie Jean King National......

French Open PIX: Medvedev and Tsitsipas stunned

IMAGES from Day 9 of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Monday. Cilic downs Russian second seed Medvedev IMAGE: Marin Cilic celebrates winning his fourth round match against Daniil......

Marin, Sindhu & Saina to go under hammer for PBL 2

IMAGE: India's P V Sindhu celebrates. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images. Top shuttlers, including Olympic champion Carolina Marin of Spain and Rio silver medallists P V Sindhu, will be......

Are you ready for Bolt the footballer?

A-League club confirm offer to Olympic champion Bolt IMAGE: Usain Bolt in action for  Central Coast Mariners. Photograph: David Gray/Reuters Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt has......