V Narayanan has assumed charge as the chairman of ISRO, replacing S Somanath, the space agency said. Photograph: V Narayanan (left) succeeds S Somanath as ISRO chairman. Photograph: Courtesy,......
An anti-graft panel in Bangladesh has launched an investigation against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her family in connection with the allegations of embezzling $5 billion in the Rooppur......
The BJP may win more seats in the February 5 assembly election, but not enough to trump AAP, notes Ramesh Menon. IMAGE: Aam Aadmi Party national Convener Arvind Kejriwal at an election meeting in......
The water crisis could jeopardise more than half of the world's food production and cause an average global GDP loss of 8 per cent by 2050, with lower-income countries facing up to a 15 per cent......
The Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Tripura's capital Agartala on Tuesday announced the suspension of all visa and consular services with immediate effect until further notice because of......
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's goal of making India a high-income economy by 2047 is unlikely to be achieved, but the country should become an upper middle-income nation by then, Financial Times......
India needs to recognise and address challenges posed by its dependence on China for critical minerals and examine the implications of phasing down coal on bank balance sheets as it accelerates its......
Rather than a blind reproduction of the government template, a more productive way of enforcing affirmative action in the private sector could be to emulate an American model, suggests Kanika......
'The government should act proactively to instil confidence in private investors, and also boost the purchasing power of people directly or indirectly by ensuring minimum wages.' Illustration:......
It aims at tackling issues such as child labour, mistreatment of workers, and denial of basic wages, among others. There will also be penalties for non-compliance. IMAGE: A boy carries rolls of......
The Pakistan Cricket Board chief Nasim Ashraf quit on Monday in what is seen as one of the first fall-outs following the resignation of President Pervez Musharraf. Ashraf's resignation was......
Indians will forever remember Akram as the scary phenomenon with the soft smile, the man who rattled through the Indian batting order, but was rarely as hated as Waqar or Shoaib Akhtar, observes......