CHANDRAYAAN EXCLUSIVE! 'This is text book precision!'

'You declare a date, time and place for the landing two months in advance and exactly at that moment, it touched on the moon.' IMAGE: India's third lunar mission -- Chandrayaan-3 -- landed near......

'In six months' time I will come out with a vaccine'

'This is an improved version of BCG that also gives immunity against the coronavirus.' IMAGE: Doctors and medical staff applaud six patients as they are discharged from the Krishna Hospital in......

Controversial statue of Saint Thiruvalluvar unveiled

The controversial statue of Tamil saint-poet Thiruvalluvar was unveiled in Bengaluru on Sunday by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi and Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa amidst......

Revisiting the Electronic Voting Machine controversy

On Thursday, the BJP and the Shiv Sena appeared before the Election Commission to allege that Electronic Voting Machines, which are now used for all Indian elections, can be manipulated to favour a......

MIPs: How good are they?

In rising stock markets, diversified equity funds emerge as top-of-the-mind investments, while hybrids like balanced funds and MIPs (monthly income plan) are relegated to the sidelines. That is......

MIPs: Good last option for retirees

These days, you will see few fund houses promoting their monthly income plans (MIPs). With returns improving due to the stock market rally, MIPs have started looking more promising. Out of 39......

Investing in an MIP? Check this

When the 'launch an MIP' rally was at its peak in 2003, fund houses promoted Monthly Income Plans as products which combined the 'stability of debt and power of equities.' Come 2004, debt markets......

The MIP catch

Do not expect monthly income from a Monthly Income Plan. Sounds strange? It is -- and true too.The MIP tag, to say the least, is misleading. The problem is not with the product per se, but the way......

On the sets of SRK's My Name is Khan

Reader Vipul Sharma's wife Swasti was lucky enough to go on the sets of Shah Rukh Khan's new film, My Name Is Khan, in San Francisco. She met the superstar, as well as co-star Kajol, director......

Ismail Merchant passes away at 68

Filmmaker Ismail Merchant, 68, passed away at 4.30 pm on Wednesday at a hospital in London, surrounded by friends and family. He was unmarried, and had no children.His brother-in-law Waheed Chauhan......

Countdown to Ashes: Oz you like it

Australia captain Ricky Ponting has used his team's first-round exit from the Twenty20 World Cup for some intensive practice with his rebuilt side before the Ashes series starting next month. The......