'Modi Fatigue Has Set In'

'Modigate is snowballing into a huge thing with the electorate. The BJP is in for huge punishment by the electorate.' IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Narendra Modi addresses an election rally......

Why finding COVID-19 vaccine won't be enough to end pandemic

Medical experts have warned that the volume of vaccine available to fight the coronavirus or SARS-CoV-2 in coming years is expected to fall far short of global demand, despite an unprecedented......

India readies for massive testing exercise after lockdown

The ICMR is working on a war footing to develop the testing ecosystem -- especially for the screening blood tests.NIV, Pune, is in the process of validating antibody-based screening kits.The ICMR......

AI's Mumbai-Newark flight lands in UK after bomb scare

A United States-bound flight of Air India from Mumbai made a precautionary landing at London's Stansted Airport on Thursday following a bomb scare, forcing Britain to scramble its fighter jets to......

Swiss firm to develop Jewar airport, outbids DIAL, Adani

The Jewar Airport or the Noida International Greenfield Airport will be spread over 5,000 hectares when fully built at an estimated to cost Rs 29,560 crore. Zurich Airport International AG will......

Why Switzerland is as desperate as Adityanath for Noida airport to take off

The contract is important because the future of Switzerland’s most crucial airport - Zurich - hangs in the balance. IMAGE: Daniel Bircher, the Chief Executive Officer of Zurich Airport......

Indian islands to be developed under Swiss challenge model

Govt to soon appoint consultant to explore opportunities for shortlisted Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep island clusters. The Centre is going to implement a comprehensive plan to develop Andaman......

Forex dealers under lens for large overseas remittances

ED and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence have detected a significant increase in the outflow of Indian money, specifically into four countries --Thailand, Dubai, Singapore and Hong Kong.......

Nizhalkuthu is a masterwork

It is the early 1940s; India is on the cusp of Independence.In a remote village in Nagercoil, on the border between Tamil Nadu and Kerala, lives Kaliyappan (Oduvil Unnikrishnan), official......

Uri: Election propaganda or genre flick?

'This is a movie made with this gaze fixed on its immediate well-wishers, while at the same time it squints hard looking for those swaying back and forth on the fence,' notes Rohit Sathish Nair.......

The starry-eyed romance of Sridevi's Chandni

In our special series revisiting great Hindi film classics, Sukanya Verma looks back at Rishi Kapoor-Sridevi-Vinod Khanna starrer Chandni (1989). Some dreams are so scenic and snug, we want to......

Champions in 'Game 4 Change'

In a unique initiative, Sunil Gavaskar, P T Usha, Geet Sethi, Dhanraj Pillay and Irfan Pathan have come together to spread the message of 'Sports for Development and Peace' among the country's......

Sports Shorts: Biles does the 'triple double'

IMAGE: Four-times Olympic gold medalist Biles, who will head to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as the prohibitive favorite. Photograph: Francois Nel/Getty Images Olympic champion Simone Biles on Sunday,......

More trouble for FIFA...Swiss authorities examine grants

A policeman stands in front of the FIFA headquarters. Photograph: Philipp Schmidli/Getty Images Swiss authorities are examining development grants made by FIFA around the world as part of their......

People like Blatter deserve Nobel Prize, says Putin!

FIFA President Joseph S Blatter shakes hands with Vladimir Putin, President of Russia during the Preliminary Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia at The Konstantin Palace in Saint Petersburg,......

People like Blatter deserve Nobel Prize, says Putin!

FIFA President Joseph S Blatter shakes hands with Vladimir Putin, President of Russia during the Preliminary Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia at The Konstantin Palace in Saint Petersburg,......