These Scientists Shaped India

I suggest we build a Vigyan Mandir (Temple of Science) with the ambience of a place of worship, so that it becomes a destination for pilgrims.We should embed on its walls bronze plaques describing......

India has Reason To Worry about Taliban

India is worried about Pakistan getting the Taliban to ignite trouble in Kashmir, observes Ramesh Menon. IMAGE: Talibs at Kabul airport, September 2, 2021. Photograph: Reuters   The anxiety......

Why the axe fell on 3 senior ministers

To believe that the key job of his senior ministers is to ensure that his image be kept intact whatever be the outcome of his policies is to expect too much even of someone as ambitious as Narendra......

Why this 8 year old rejects Modi's #SheInspiresUs

'Please don't celebrate me if you are not going to listen to my voice.' IMAGE: Licypriya Kangujam protests in the rain outside Parliament, pleading with Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi to......

Rio: ITC bags World Business and Development Award

ITC Limited was presented the 2012 World Business and Development Award for its transformational rural initiatives in social and farm forestry programmes in India at the Rio+20 United Nations......

Sonia opens Infosys's new centre in Mysore

Congress president Sonia Gandhi inaugurated Infosys's Global Education Center-II at its Mysore campus on Tuesday. Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and Leader of the Opposition,......

50 ways to green your business

Imagine asking today how the Internet affects business. It's an absurd question, like asking how electricity changed business. Asking the same about sustainability, it turns out, is equally absurd.......

Actor Vivekh dies following cardiac arrest, cremated with police honours

Popular Tamil actor Vivekh, who won the hearts of millions of people with his sharp wit and was noted for his social work and promoting the cause of environmental protection, died in Chennai on......

PadMan Review: Akshay crusades for a new cause

'PadMan has its premise in place. Now if only it had some wings,' says Sukanya Verma. IMAGE: Akshay Kumar and Sonam Kapoor in R Balki's PadMan Akshay Kumar is a man on a mission. Most of his......

Meet the men who want to marry Rakhi Sawant

Rakhi Sawant has men pouring in from all over India, wanting to marry her live on television, in her upcoming show, Rakhi Ka Swayamvara. And Rakhi has quite a varied choice -- from a policeman in......

Day 6: What's hot at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics

White triumph caps golden century for United States IMAGE: Silver medalist Ayumu Hirano of Japan, gold medalist Shaun White of the United States and bronze medalist Scotty James of Australia pose......

Images from day six of the French Open

Holder Ana Ivanovic underlined her credentials for a second French Open title with a 6-0, 6-2 demolition of Czech Iveta Benesova in the third round in Paris, on Friday. The Serbian eighth seed......