'Nitish Kumar acts like a dictator'

'Nitish Kumar is fooling the people of Bihar.''He will not probe anything because if he does so, he will be trapped himself.' IMAGE: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar offers flowers to Goddess......

Caste Is Missing In Prohibition Debates

The point made by sociologist M N Srinivas, that it represented a Sanskritic act that was linked to caste, is never raised in Indian debates and the disapproval of drink is almost universal, notes......

Ayodhya And India's New Tryst With Destiny

If Saudi Arabia, with just two Muslim holy sites of Mecca and Medina, can create a huge tourism-based ecosystem beyond oil, Ayodhya is sure to become the world's hottest religious tourism site in......

Cong demands immediate polls in J-K, restoration of statehood

With the Supreme Court unanimously upholding the Centre's decision to abrogate provisions of Article 370, the Congress on Monday said the debate over the issue has ended but demanded immediate......

Analysts bullish on Nykaa's outlook for beauty and personal care business

FSN E-Commerce Ventures (Nykaa) hosted its annual investor day recently. The responses were positive from analysts. IMAGE: Falguni Nayar, founder of Nykaa. Photograph: Eventfaqs/Twitter Although......

Amul and Modi's BIG dream!

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday appealed to farmers and other stakeholders associated with the cooperative sector to make GCMMF, which owns the 'Amul' brand, the world's number one dairy......

What companies have promised to invest in Gujarat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the world looks at India as an important pillar of stability, a trusted friend, an engine of growth in the global economy, a technology hub for......

'The agenda is 'insurance for all by 2047''

'If you want it to grow well and serve the true needs of the economy, it needs a lot of freedom and flexibility, which comes in terms of the reform objective set by the regulator.' IMAGE: Shoppers......

2036 Olympics: Coming Out Party For India

If Ahmedabad is India's preferred candidate, as seems likely, hosting Olympics 2036 should give it a leg up: A bigger airport, a better metro network, more hotels, flyovers and so on, observes T N......

Israel, Denmark to vaccinate all athletes for Tokyo Olympics

'By the end of May 2021, all... will be completely vaccinated against the coronavirus.' IMAGE: Much of Japan is under a state of emergency due to a third wave of COVID-19 infections, but......

Population size has nothing to do with sporting excellence

IMAGE: Olympic silver medalist P V Sindhu with her incredible Coach P Gopichand. Photograph: PTI 'No country can go from zero to hero at the Olympics.''A hundred Indians now feature in the world's......

India will win 1 gold. How true are these Rio predictions?

India will win eight medals including one gold, Goldman Sachs predicted in a survey IMAGE: India's Jitu Rai has a chance to win medal in shooting. Photograph: Facebook. The world's two largest......