India's GDP Growth Likely Slowed During April-June
India's economic growth likely lost some momentum in the April-June quarter on cutbacks in domestic and global demand, a Reuters poll showed.The poll also found that economists expect the newly-passed...
View Article'Women Had Greater Freedom To Wear Clothes Of Their Choice In Vedic Times':...
Taking a dig at Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma over his skirt remarks, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said women had greater freedom to wear clothes of their choice during Vedic times...
View ArticleArushi Murder Case: Nupur Talwar Gets Three-Week Parole To Visit Ailing Mother
The Allahabad High Court granted a three-week parole today to Nupur Talwar, who is a convict in the Aarushi Talwar murder case, to visit her ailing mother, reports said.Nupur and her husband Rajesh...
View ArticleWill Smith Is In India And We Think We May Know What He's Doing With Akshay...
Earlier today, social media was flooded with pictures of Will Smith partying with a whole bunch of Bollywood celebrities.Ranbir Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Sidharth Mahotra, Ayan Mukerji, Alia Bhatt,...
View Article70-Year-Old Chennai Woman Dies After Man Attempting Suicide Falls On Her
In a bizarrely tragic incident, a 70-year-old woman was killed in Chennai when a man attempting suicide jumped off the terrace of a third-storey building and fell on her accidentally. The mishap, which...
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Moto G4 Play Will Be Launched In India On 6 September
Motorola will be launching the low-cost model of their Moto G family Moto G4 Play on 6 December in India. Motorola had launched Moto G4 and Moto G4 Plus in the month of May. Both the phones has done...
View ArticleLeander Paes And Rohan Bopanna Were Underprepared For Rio Olympics, Says...
Mumbai, PTI — Ace doubles player Leander Paes and his big-serving partner Rohan Bopanna did not practise or play enough together to give themselves a decent chance to win a medal in the men's doubles...
View Article28 Cases From The 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots To Be Reopened Ahead Of Punjab...
New Delhi, 29 August (PTI) — Ahead of Punjab Assembly polls, the Centre has decided to reopen 28 cases relating to 1984 anti-Sikh riots. All these cases will be probed by a Special Investigation Team...
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When Another Jain Monk Addressed A State Legislative Assembly And There Was...
BHOPAL -- When Jain monk Tarun Sagar addressed legislators in Haryana Assembly on Friday, it was widely reported, termed as the 'first' such instance and some of his comments were criticised on social...
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Forget About Smartphones. This Is The Age Of Smarter Phones
Guess who just got smarter? Nope, it’s not that bratty — and pretty — neighbor flashing a Mini Cooper and a degree. It’s your faithful partner in crime, the one that never leaves your side by day or...
View ArticleWhy JNU Must Invite Justice Markandey Katju to its Campus !!
The former British Prime Minister and a Noble laureate in literature, Winston S. Churchill, of whom I am not a great admirer, had once remarked, "Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It...
View ArticleWhy I Watch 'Girls' Even Though I'm Not One Anymore
Let me just say straight off that this is not a review of the HBO series Girls. A lot has already been written about it and plenty of people have outlined why they love it or hate it. Now, I neither...
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How Chatbots Are Spelling Out The Future Of Messenger Apps
There's been an explosion of mobile applications in the past few years, and constant innovation is driving their growth. The revenue from mobile app development is expected to shoot above $50bn by the...
View ArticleHow A Few Sneezes Blew Away Lakhs Of Russian Poplars
A mass slaughter of trees is happening in Kashmir.Lakhs of Russian poplars are being chopped in Kashmir on the order of the J&K High Court, based on the wrong perception that these trees are a...
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Heavy Rain Brings Delhi And Parts Of NCR To A Standstill
Following heavy rain this afternoon, Gurgaon and parts of Delhi are faced with severe water-logging and traffic congestion, according to reports.The Delhi Traffic Police has reported heavy traffic in...
View ArticleWhy The Backlash Against the Mahmood Farooqui Judgment is Manipulative And...
The past month has seen a storm of writing on the Mahmood Farooqui rape conviction. For those not in the know, Mahmood Farooqui, famed writer, artist, Dastango and co-director of the film Peepli Live,...
View ArticleInterview With Anurag Thakur: 'The Choice Is Between Captain Vikram Batra And...
NEW DELHI -- If you've been listening to debates in the Lok Sabha over the past few months, chances are that you've spotted Anurag Thakur, the 41-year-old lawmaker from Himachal Pradesh, who has...
View ArticleIndia Must Build Its Growth Story Around Innovation
Innovation worries us. At one level, many perceive it as a threat to their jobs and, in fact, to their way of thinking and behaving. It challenges what they are used to. At another and more profound...
View ArticleIndia, US Sign Logistic Agreement To Boost Defence Ties
WASHINGTON -- India and the US on Monday signed an important agreement that will make the two nations logistical allies and enable both the militaries to use each other's assets and bases for repair...
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10 Dumb Comments On My Non-Pedigree Dog... And The Comebacks I Wish I'd Said
Three years ago, Nawab, the muggle, joined our household already overflowing with canines. His inclusion to our pack has brought forth interesting reactions, questions and observations. I sort of...
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