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......

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......

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......

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......

How F C Kohli and TCS conquered the world

Shivanand Kanavi salutes the visionary IT leader F C Kohli who passed into the ages recently. IMAGE: Faqir Chand Kohli. All photographs: Kind courtesy Shivanand Kanavi   Part 1: The......

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......

India must have a future in Electronics

'It is in electronics that the gap between where we are and where we need to be is most obvious and most persistent.''It is not only a national security issue, but also a commercial issue,' argues......

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......

'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......

'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......

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......

Creating Champions

Reckon India does not have what it takes to produce a Wimbledon winner, an Olympic champion?The Brandenton, Florida-based IMG Academies, arguably the best-known multi-sport training facility in the......