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Centre's Taliban Response Puts UP BJP in A Fix

The pressure on Delhi mellowed Lucknow's ruling dispensation's initial enthusiasm to try and draw electoral mileage from the developments in Afghanistan.Radhika Ramaseshan reports. IMAGE: Talibs......

DON'T Undercount Covid Deaths!

Experts believe that under-reporting is likely to cause an underestimation of the spread of the disease.Rashme Sehgal reports. Caution: Graphic content. Viewer discretion is advised. IMAGE: Family......

'Covid response is highly dependent on leadership'

'If you don't have a strong political leadership, however much expertise a country may have, in pandemic preparedness or infectious disease, will not matter.''It's really about having strong......

'Why did the government delay the vaccine?'

'The government had a vaccine from January.''The government should have given the vaccine to all population above the age of 45, right from the start.''Each state has its own problems, but as far......

UK firm's COVID vaccine trial paused due to unexplained illness

United Kingdom-based biopharma giant AstraZeneca has said that the phase 3 testing of its COVID-19 vaccine being developed with Oxford University has been put on hold, due to a suspected serious......

The rot inside Air India

Enormous debt isn't the only thing afflicting Air India.Its work culture is an equal culprit in its downfall, discovers Manavi Kapur. IMAGE: Air India has the poorest and most outdated customer......

Race on as e-tailers eye $1.5 bn in festive sales

Flipkart and Myntra, together, post higher sales than Amazon The most-watched online sales on Sunday were about Apple and pizza, property and Harry Potter, attracting first-time buyers from Sangli......

Yahoo to replace Google as default US Firefox search engine

Yahoo Inc struck a deal with Firefox maker Mozilla Corp to replace Google Inc as the default search engine on the Firefox Web browser in the United States, a move that Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa......

Polaris Slingshot: Part car, part motorcycle, all excitement

Photograph: Kind Courtesy, Polaris The Polaris Slingshot three wheeled performance machine which aims to be a pocket rocket, has been unveiled. The road legal vehicle has two front wheels......

Antrix deal, scams, inflation: PM has bold retorts

Seeking to clear the air on the controversy over allocation of S-Band spectrum, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said the deal to allocate transponder frequency on two satellites to the......

Will Suriya's Aadhavan go Ayan's way?

Till recently, actors Tamil actors Ajith, Vikram and Vijay were far ahead of Suriya. Now, the scene has changed. Suriya's terrific performance in Vaaranam Aayiram catapulted him to a position......

Vote: Priyanka Chopra's hottest look

Priyanka Chopra is one hot babe. And the 27-year-old just seems to get hotter with every release. Even a de-glam role in Kaminey hasn't dimmed the Cancerian's beauty one bit. So we decided to get......

Are film critics 'retards'?

I was reading the other day that Aishwarya Rai, now busy being the 'pink' in the Pink Panther franchise's next episode, was feeling particularly lonely (She must be missing all those sycophants who......

Centurion showdown: Can India bounce back against SA?

IMAGE: India will also grapple with the ordinary form of their batters, particularly when the pitch in Centurion is touted to be similar to the one at Gqeberha – quick and bouncy.......

'WPL has given us strong base to find players': Muzumdar

IMAGE: Amol Muzumdar lauded the role of the WPL in the development of Women's cricket in India. Photograph: BCCI Terming the Women's Premier League (WPL) a "great supply chain" for the national......

Spin woes for India batters as long Test season kicks-off in Chennai

Bangladesh are upbeat after a 2-0 drubbing of Pakistan last month, proving they are no pushovers this time. IMAGE: Virat Kohli put in the hours at a nets session on Monday. Photograph:......

How Do We Prepare For LA 2028? We Don't.

You don't prep for 2028 but for 2040, or even 2044.Sustained sporting excellence is based on mass support, grassroots development, and funding -- and it is this trifecta India needs to work on,......

Penalty-corners key to India's Olympics medal hopes: Rasquinha

IMAGE: India, boasting an impressive eight Olympic gold medals, but settling for a bronze in the Tokyo Games, finds itself in a challenging Pool B at the Paris Games. Photograph: Hockey India......

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