How Piyush Tewari is making India's roads safer

Indian roads continue to be among the most dangerous in the world.Few people are even aware that the Good Samaritan Law exists.Getting a licence to drive is still far too easy.Veenu Sandhu reports.......

Two NGOs get urban award

If there is a will, there is a way. That is what a tiny non-governmental organisation, which has its office atop a public toilet in a Mumbai suburb, has proved it by winning the 2007 Urban-Age......

PM's Independence Day speech to nation

Following is the text of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's address to the nation on the occasion of the 61st Independence Day on Wednesday: My dear countrymen, brothers, sisters and dear children,......

Text of PM's I-day speech

Following is the text of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's address from the Red Fort on Monday.My dear countrymen, brothers and sisters and dear children, today is once again a day of joy and......

Stove & lantern: The next big thing for Philips

The list of products that Philips could bring to India in the near future sure looks impressive. There is a "light alarm" that will wake you in the morning by adjusting the lights in the room. No......

Why the world must watch out for India, China

It may not top the must-see list of many tourists. But to appreciate Shanghai's ambitious view of its future, there is no better place than the Urban Planning Exhibition Hall, a glass-and-metal......

'India will become bigger than the US!'

"By mid century India could overtake the United States by absolute size," says Jeffrey D Sachs, Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General on Millennium Development Goals and one of the world's......

Lalu's Rail Budget speech

Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav made the following speech while presenting the Railway Budget for 2004-2005 in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday (July 6, 2004)."Mr Speaker Sir,I rise to present the......