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Arming Armed Forces: India's Choice Not Trump's

We need to equip the Indian armed forces, not 'commercial' as Trump wants, but 'operationally' looking at growing Chinese military capabilities, asserts Lieutenant General Prakash Katoch (retd).......

USAID funded 7 projects in India not related to voter turnout: Govt

Amid a raging political controversy over US Agency for International Development's alleged role in influencing Indian elections, the latest annual report of the finance ministry has disclosed that......

Modi slams 'Lutyens Jamaat, Khan Market Gang' over British-era dance ban

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday took a dig a the 'Lutyens Jamaat' and 'Khan Market Gang', questioning their silence on certain British-era laws, including one in which police could arrest......

F35s: Musk Tweets Dissed US Fighter

Two Elon Musk from November 2024 surfaced online over the weekend in which he can be seen criticising the US' F-35 fighter aircraft which President Donald J Trump offered to sell India during Prime......

A Desi Jugaad Experience on Air India

As for now, let's just say Air India has a long way to go before it can be the reliable, comfortable, choice we all dream of. But until then, we'll just keep our expectations in check, enjoy the......

What fintechs must do to scale up presence of e

Non-banking entities such as fintech firms will have to tap into use cases beyond peer-to-peer (P2P) and peer-to-merchant (P2M) transactions to scale up the presence of the retail version of the......

'We Expect 1 Million Start Ups By 2035'

'Binary fission will happen -- startups will lead to more startups.'Nandan Nilekani's 8 recommendations for India's economy to hit the $8 trillion mark by 2035.Peerzada Abrar listens in. IMAGE:......

'Tata, Mahindra Will Not Allow Tesla to Dominate'

'Every Indian should move to an EV, and the government should not buy any fossil fuel cars. The government should become the first driver of EV adoption.' IMAGE: A Tesla car charges at a charging......

Mysuru layoffs: Infosys denies using force, intimidation tactics

IT services company Infosys on Wednesday said it did not use force or intimidation tactics when it laid off trainees at Mysuru campus over performance-related issues, and that it was explaining the......

Startups To Altman: Make OpenAI Affordable

'There is need for India-specific pricing.''Google, Microsoft and others also have different pricing.''It is important for OpenAI to think on these lines as the global pricing may not work in the......

10 Must Watch Stories From Across The World

This year's Sundance Film Festival was rich with films and the theatres were warm, even as temperatures outside dipped to below freezing point. It snowed only once but the sidewalks remained......

Drowning In A Sea Of Entertainment

'There is simply too much to watch, read and absorb.''Just online consumption (news, entertainment, social media) in India was 2.5 hours a day in November 2024.''Add TV (just under 4 hours), other......

'We Sometimes Underestimate Our Parents'

'But when we actually express ourselves, sometimes our parents can surprise us, because they just love their children.''Sometimes it's just that simple. That is what I wanted to show in this film.'......

2024's Best South Web Series

With varying levels of effectiveness in execution and conception, our storytellers have been able to adapt to the new format of content creation -- Web series -- and it's an exciting time ahead for......

2024 Belongs To Payal Kapadia!

All We Imagine as Light has been on several critics' best of the year lists, including Sight and Sound (Payal Kapadia appeared on the magazine's cover, perhaps a first for an Indian filmmaker), to......

Boxing crisis: Vijender demands urgent action

Olympic medallist Vijender Singh has called for greater international exposure for Indian boxers to boost their 2028 Los Angles Games medal hopes while also urging fresh and fair elections in the......

MCA to resurrect T20 Mumbai League

IMAGE: The Mumbai T20 League was a launchpad for many young talents including India's opener Yashasvi Jaiswal. Photograph: T20 Mumbai League/X The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has decided to......

Satish-Aadya: Climbing rankings while embracing trials

Just 18 months after pairing up, the young mixed doubles pair of Sathish Kumar Karunakaran and Aadya Variyath rise to World No 33. IMAGE: Sathish Kumar Karunakaran and Aadya Variyath......

SA20 head Smith eager to learn from IPL's success

Smith couldn't hide his emotions while recalling their work in the early days that paved the way for the entry of six IPL franchises in the league. IMAGE: Steve Smith feels that the cricket......

What Jay Shah told IOC boss Bach...

IMAGE: On Tuesday, ICC posted pictures of ICC Chairman Jay Shah and IOC chief Thomas Bach meet at Lausanne, Switzerland. Photograph: ICC/Instagram The International Cricket Council's push......

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