Samajwadi MP booked for sedition for defending Taliban takeover in Afghanistan

Samajwadi Party member of Parliament Shafiqur Rehman Barq has been booked for sedition following his recent remarks allegedly defending the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan and equating it with......

Both vaccines safe, only 0.18% adverse events: Govt

Of the total people vaccinated against COVID-19 so far, the government on Tuesday said 0.18 per cent were adverse events following immunisation, while 0.002 per cent had to be hospitalised which is......

IndiGo manager's murder leaves Bihar on boil

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday ordered state police chief that the killers of IndiGo's airport manager Rupesh Kumar Singh should be arrested at the earliest.  ......

Shame: 8 arrested for gang rape, murder of mentally-challenged woman in Rohtak

Eight youths were on Monday arrested in the brutal rape and murder of a mentally challenged Nepalese woman in Rohtak and a hunt was on to nab one more accused in the case that has caused outrage......

In 'white gold' rush, India starts talks with lithium-rich nations

To ramp up domestic battery manufacturing capacity and reduce the dependence on imports, the government has initiated talks with a few lithium-rich countries to supply the mineral to Indian......

Shortage of charging stations may short-circuit India's EV revolution

Only a few thousand chargers dot the Indian landscape, some in working condition, others not, with some held hostage to the power supply vagaries of local utilities, reports S Dinakar. Photograph:......

Crypto industry sees exits ahead of new tax regime

With new rules coming into force in April, several investors are booking profits, rejigging portfolios or moving their virtual assets outside of India. Rajesh Bhayani reports. Photograph: Edgar......

Why be afraid of businessmen owning banks?

Bad loans of PSBs are at Rs 20 trillion.Most of it is, I sense, due to corruption and behest lending.Nobody pays a price for this charade.Not the promoters, the bankers, RBI officials, finance......

Lockdown Effect: New TV channels strike gold!

Dangal's and Shemaroo's entry shows there is ad-supported gold at the bottom of the Indian consumer pyramid if you can keep the costs low.Vanita Kohli-Khandekar reports. Kindly note the image has......