A Smart City Is A Truly Connected City
India is becoming urbanized at a rapid and unprecedented pace. An outcome of this urbanization is the increasing stress levels that cities here are having to bear vis-à-vis resources. As of today, our...
View ArticleIn War Season, Beware Of Disinformation Campaigns
It's war season again. Like 26/11 or the 2013 border skirmishes in which an Indian soldier was beheaded, we will see a lot of stories and counter-stories, all quoting sources that are Anonymous and...
View ArticleWe Considered Sacking Dhoni, Says Outgoing BCCI Selector Sandeep Patil
In a candid television interview last evening, the outgoing chairman of selectors of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Sandeep Patil, has revealed the circumstances that led to the...
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Why Karnataka Took On The Supreme Court In The Cauvery Battle With Tamil Nadu
"How long will the farmers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka keep fighting with each other?'' asks Chinnadurai, president of the Trichy unit of the Tamil Nadu agriculturists' association. He stayed up late...
View Article#ThrowbackThursday: Bengaluru Of The Early 1900s
Before Karnataka's capital became the Silicon Valley of India, it used to be a charming town which according to legends, got its name Bengaluru, or 'the town of boiled beans', after an old woman served...
View ArticleAAP MLA Amanatullah Khan Gets Bail In Sexual Harassment Case
NEW DELHI -- Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan, who was arrested in connection with an alleged sexual harassment case, has been granted bail by a Delhi court. A Delhi court on Wednesday had sent...
View ArticleJ&K High Court Refuses To Ban Pellet Guns, Says Use Of Force Inevitable
SRINAGAR -- Rejecting a plea seeking ban on use of pellet guns in controlling street protests in Kashmir Valley, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has cited the ground situation and observed that as...
View ArticleNavy On High Alert After School Kids Spot Men With Weapons Near Mumbai
URAN, Maharashtra -- The Navy was on high alert and had been carrying out extensive search operations on Thursday after schoolchildren in Maharashtra's Uran spotted five-six men carrying weapons near...
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Lenovo's India Head: Moto For The Enthusiasts, Lenovo More Mainstream
Mention of Lenovo brings to mind sturdy and reliable laptops, phones, and tablets. In fact, the brand is among the few in India with a presence in each of these three product segments. And, it retains...
View ArticleTamil Film 'Visaranai' Is India's Official Entry For The Oscars
It's official. Tamil film 'Visaranai', directed by Vetrimaran and produced by Dhanush, has been selected as India's entry for Academy Awards 2017 in the Foreign Language Film category. The...
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Here's Why This Quora User Wants To 'Slap' Masaan's Director Neeraj Ghaywan
When someone asked on Quora, who is that one person Indians would love to slap, the social media platform turned into quite a virtual violence fest. Now you may not want to admit it, but there have...
View ArticleVodafone India Gets $7.1 Billion From Parent Amid Tough Telecom Competition
Vodafone Group Plc injected 477 billion rupees ($7.1 billion) in its India unit as it prepares to go public amid a resurgence in competition in the nation's telecommunications industry with the entry...
View ArticleThese Pics From Sarah-Jane Dias' Croatian Holiday Will Temp You Into Taking A...
Actress Sarah-Jane Dias, who has appeared in films like Angry Indian Goddesses and Zubaan, recently took off to Croatia, often called as Europe's best-kept secret, for a vacation. The Eastern European...
View ArticleGovt Looking To Revise Labour Laws Making It Easier To Hire And Fire
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is to make a renewed drive to overhaul labor laws, hoping to create millions of new jobs by making it easier to hire and fire, the labor ministry's top...
View ArticleStalking Is Neither Funny Nor Flattering, It Is A Crime
Here's a fact: Delhi is no longer only the rape capital of the country but now also the stalking capital. Here are the numbers that tell the story: According to National Crime Records Bureau data for...
View ArticleHere Are The Members Of India's Interest Rate-Setting Panel
India has announced the members of a new monetary policy committee, the final step in a drive to overhaul its 81-year-old central bank. Three independent economists named by the government on Thursday...
View ArticleMeet Eenam Gambhir, The Indian Diplomat Who Flayed Pakistan At The UN General...
On rare days does a speech that is not made by the Prime Minister makes headlines. Today is one such day. This morning, newspapers across the country carried the speech of Eenam Gambhir, the First...
View ArticleInjecting Safety Into Indian Health
Injections are a widely administered medical intervention. Every year, around 16 billion individual injections are administered worldwide. However, while intended to promote better health, sometimes...
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Where's The 'Care' In Our ICUs?
"Baba, I couldn't be with you when you wanted to talk to me—not because I couldn't, but because, they wouldn't." I have repeated these lines innumerable times in my sleep. My subconscious hopes that...
View ArticleMobile Apps Are Excluding Millions Of Indians Who Want To Use Them
If someone were to ask you how many apps you use in a day, you might need to stop and count. You use apps to book cabs, to order groceries, make payments online, buy diapers, connect with friends......
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