In sleepy town on Strait of Hormuz, war rages just over horizonKhasab, Oman, a town on the Strait of Hormuz, experiences a deceptive calm amidst regional war and choked oil trade. The town, usually a to...
27 Mar, 2026, 09.45 AM IST
Musk fires up SpaceX, Bezos pushes Blue Origin as US billionaires race China to moonThe U.S. space race intensifies as billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos pivot their companies, SpaceX and Blue Origin, towards lunar ambit...
13 Feb, 2026, 04.34 PM IST
KISSing those crazy GST slabs byeThe GST Council has streamlined the tax structure, introducing a 0%, 5%, 18%, and 40% tier system, eliminating the 28% slab except for luxu...
04 Sep, 2025, 12.40 AM IST
For the first time, the Earth splits on camera: 2.5-Metre fault slip caught in secondsOn 28 March 2025, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar, becoming the most powerful in over a century. But what turned global s...
08 Aug, 2025, 12.55 PM IST
Mumbai couple cancels dream vacation, donates over ₹1 lakh to martyred LoC soldier Murali Naik’s family in stirring act of patriotismA Mumbai couple gave up their long-cherished dream of a foreign vacation to support the family of Havildar Murali Naik, who was martyred in...
13 May, 2025, 08.38 PM IST
Is Trump's tariff on Antarctica's penguin-populated island a laughable AI blunder or a clever blow to China?Heard Island and McDonald Islands, remote Australian territories, are now subject to a 10 percent import tariff under Donald Trump's new tr...
07 Apr, 2025, 03.35 PM IST
IKEA did what others only talk of doing & it was a gamechanger for India staffIKEA faced high employee turnover globally. In India, to retain staff, IKEA introduced subsidized daycare, 26 weeks of parental leave, and ...
11 Jun, 2024, 03.27 PM IST
At Amazon, some brands get more protection from fakes than othersMost merchants, many of them small businesses, rely on Amazon’s algorithms to ferret out fakes before they appear—an automated process that...
19 Oct, 2021, 09.07 AM IST
How digital cash can lift gross national happinessBig gains are expected from the monetary authority making its IOUs available to the public directly, as electronic cash that can be spent o...
28 Sep, 2021, 10.42 AM IST
Seal GST with a KISS — ‘Keep It Simple, Stupid’ should be the watchword for GST reformGST is still a complicated regime with varying slabs, not easy to comprehend or comply with, and open to interpretation.
15 Jan, 2021, 11.59 AM IST
Afghanistan pushes business ties with India through trade fairAfghan jewelry collection are vibrant at the stalls and spells out a paradigm shift where women hold a prominent place to alter attitudes i...
17 Nov, 2017, 02.21 PM IST
While Hollywood is dealing with Harvey Weinstein, Tisca Chopra talks about casting couch in BollywoodFew actors in Bollywood have gone on record with names and experiences.
16 Oct, 2017, 10.33 AM IST
Australia's Bellarine Peninsula & Great Ocean Road: Jaunt through the lesser known locales for mesmerizing imagesThe 12 Apostles rise majestically out of the Southern Ocean on Victoria’s coastline. Owing to erosion and wave activity, there are only eig...
11 Oct, 2015, 08.20 AM IST
How Albert Einstein engaged with India & why some Indian scientists are reimagining his notion of gravityEinstein was a great fan of Gandhi. However he critiqued Gandhi’s weapon of satyagraha as being practical only under “ideal conditions” and...
29 Mar, 2015, 10.36 AM IST
Will second version of Aakash make a perfect landing in cheap tablet market environment?"The specs of Aakash-II are better than some of the hot-selling tablets, but at half the price," says Tuli, CEO of DataWind.
01 Nov, 2012, 10.36 AM IST
Coorg's traditions and natural charmHugh & Colleen Gantzer were fascinated by the traditions and natural charm of Coorg and immersed themselves in its legends and rituals.
30 Jul, 2009, 03.46 AM IST
- Chocolate mountains
The barren, lune-scape of the border areas of Leh-Kargil were transformed into a delicious panoply of colour on one magical December trip.
23 Nov, 2006, 12.47 AM IST