Word of the Day: ObdurateWord of the Day: In an era shaped by polarisation and entrenched viewpoints, obdurate has gained renewed relevance. Whether describing poli...
29 Jan, 2026, 03.37 PM IST
Word of the day: RecalcitrantRecalcitrant describes someone stubbornly resistant to authority, rules, or guidance, actively refusing to comply even with reasonable expe...
28 Jan, 2026, 03.11 PM IST
Online banking, a lengthier long-distance relationshipThe banks (and other companies) were getting you to do their jobs for them and charging you for this, in both time and money. There was no ...
01 Jun, 2024, 11.21 PM IST
Any nuclear attack will result in the end of the North Korean regime, warns South KoreaSeoul's warning has come after Pyongyang had said the deployment of a US nuclear-capable submarine and other strategic assets here could me...
22 Jul, 2023, 06.31 AM IST
All set to move to the moon? Lunar dust is going to be a bigger problem than you thinkThe dust is powdery but as sharp as the illegal coating of ground glass on Indian kite strings.
05 Sep, 2020, 09.59 AM IST
BJP reminds ally Shiv Sena of 1995 formulaThe Sena has got a shot in the arm because the opposition, especially Congress, has been making statements in favour of supporting a BJP-mi...
26 Oct, 2019, 07.26 AM IST
View: There is hope for weaning away misguided Kashmiri youths to dreamThis is a huge opportunity for the population of J&K and Ladakh to look at a new future break the patterns of the past which no longer serv...
06 Aug, 2019, 01.57 PM IST
Time to stand up! It may prevent obesity in schoolchildrenSpending a significant part of the day standing may prevent children from becoming overweight & improve their academic achievements.
26 Aug, 2016, 11.50 AM IST
Rising NPAs: How to reform borrowers who are not co-operativeThe fear of SARFESI Act with the right to take possession was no doubt able to bring some degree of fear in the minds of borrowers.
02 Jan, 2015, 04.57 AM IST
What Indian Americans should know about Foreign Account Tax Compliance ActAccording to US tax code, all residents, green card holders and citizens of the US must declare and pay tax on their global income in the U...
15 May, 2013, 06.23 PM IST
Can India afford fully free oil prices?Research suggests full decontrol can hit India's growth in the short term. With growth just about recovering, is oil price politics good fo...
25 Mar, 2012, 07.46 AM IST
US puts India, China and other hold-outs on notice on Iranian sanctionsNew Delhi has about an eight-week window to scale down Iranian oil imports since the sanctions provision of NDAA2012 kicks in.
21 Mar, 2012, 11.15 PM IST
- Derek O'Brien, Trinamool Congress MP, uses Twitter against Railway Budget
Twitter watchers got the wind of what was happening in Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's mind through a tweet from her associate a...
15 Mar, 2012, 05.02 PM IST
- UP polls: Congress may not find the going too tough
Political pundits are right when they say Rahul Gandhi faces his biggest challenge yet this time around in Uttar Pradesh and the other four...
28 Dec, 2011, 04.08 AM IST
- Europe to go public with bank stress test results
Europe faces another moment of truth in its simmering debt crisis on Friday as regulators release the results of ``stress tests'' on 91 ban...
23 Jul, 2010, 11.59 AM IST
- APEC warned to fight protectionism
Asia-Pacific economies led by the US and China opened annual talks on Wednesday with calls to fight protectionism or risk reversing the reg...
11 Nov, 2009, 01.50 PM IST
- Flights of fancy
Airline food is much-maligned. Often with good reason, as it is largely insipid. But then tastebuds are hard to tickle, at 30,000 ft.
19 Oct, 2006, 12.00 AM IST