To become developed nation by 2047, India needs stronger army: Rajnath

India needs stronger armed forces with modern equipment to become a developed nation by 2047, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday while underlining the need for effective utilisation of......

SSLV's second flight scheduled in first quarter of this year: ISRO

The Indian Space Research Organisation on Wednesday gave a detailed account of what went wrong with the first development flight of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle last year and why the mission......

Oxford vaccine doing 'everything expected': Study

The Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine undergoing Phase III clinical trials with British pharma giant AstraZeneca is doing 'everything expected' which means good news in the fight against the......

Vardhan reviews preparedness for vaccination drive

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday reviewed preparations for the launch of the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive scheduled to begin on January 16 and visited the dedicated COVID......

Colocation case: NSE receives Rs 300 crore from Sebi

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has received Rs 300 crore from the Securities and Exch­ange Board of India (Sebi) following relief from the Supreme Court (SC), which is hearing an appeal by......

'Slowdown? Time of big opportunity'

A McKinsey study on the last slowdown of 2001-2002 showed the companies that emerged successfully from the downturn were those that used their cash, did lots of mergers and acquisitions, and......

Sapient plans 2nd centre in Bangalore

The US-based $200 million Sapient Corporation, a software engineering services firm which already has 50 per cent of its 1,700 workforce in India, will be setting up its second development centre......

State-run banks come to the rescue of MSMEs

Banks will also consider requests from MSMEs for restructuring their stressed standard assets. Small businesses can visit public sector banks (PSBs) to finance their working capital or to......

Take a look at the FIFA that Blatter built

Sepp Blatter leaves after his statement during a news conference at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich. Photograph: Ruben Sprich/Reuters The football representatives of many nations, particularly......

New illegal deliveries process in effect

The new ICC process of dealing with suspect bowling actions at the international level cameinto effect fromTuesday.The amended process represents a radical overhaul of the previous system and sees......

Wright course of action

Former Australian women's cricket coach John Harmer has been appointed to the Australian Cricket Academy's coaching staff.The Australian Cricket Board offered him the responsibility of handling all......

'Australia's approach is to keep innovating'

As cricket is turning into a multi-national business, players are not the only professionals around. The efficiency behind the scenes, in the boardrooms and the cricket structures, is becoming......

'Tendulkar has lost his fighting abilities'

Readers' responses toThe naked and the dead feature: It is SPOT ON.I feel we r saying this day only because of our seniors (namely Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman).Please make no......