ICC chairman Jay Shah elected as new member of Marylebone Cricket ClubJay Shah, the ICC chairman, was elected to the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) advisory board, which is headed by Kumar Sangakkara. The advis...
24 Jan, 2025, 08.45 AM IST
Mark Zuckerberg now puts Meta's middle managers on noticeAfter sacking 11,000 employees in November last year, Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has now reportedly put middle managers at the co...
30 Jan, 2023, 11.21 AM IST
Three-bedroom London home where Tagore translated 'Gitanjali' can be yours for £2,699,500Tagore had set sail for England from India in 1912 and was known to have translated many of his works there.
21 Sep, 2021, 11.29 AM IST
US reviewing global force posture to counter Chinese threat to countries like India: Pompeo"We're going to make sure we're postured appropriately to counter the People's Liberation Army (PLA). We think that the challenge of our ti...
26 Jun, 2020, 05.53 PM IST
Covid diplomacy establishes India as a reliable and responsible global powerIndia has begun sending dispatches of rescue medicines as gifts to neighboring countries to help them fight the coronavirus pandemic. The g...
10 Apr, 2020, 02.48 PM IST
COVID-19: India looks at importing PPEs to meet demandEarlier last week, state-owned HLL Lifecare Ltd had floated a global tender seeking PPE for healthcare personnel at the frontline of the ba...
01 Apr, 2020, 01.45 PM IST
How visa curbs are killing kabaddi in UKIn 2016, the govt came up with a rule that the federation could only sponsor tier-5 visas for non-EU players who had participated in the an...
03 Dec, 2018, 01.49 PM IST
Free LPG connections to 5 crore poor homes: PM’s pet scheme beats targetThe scheme was launched by the PM on May 1, 2016, in Ballia district in UP targeting 5 cr poor households
03 Aug, 2018, 05.43 PM IST
WHO appeals for international funding to tackle Rohingya crisisOne of the biggest humanitarian crisis in recent times, the UN body said that not a single agency or government of Bangladesh has the capac...
29 Mar, 2018, 03.00 PM IST
Centre to provide 1.5 crore gas connections to BPL families"It is a new initiative of our government led by PM Modi to provide cooking gas to women members of BPL families with state support," Pradh...
07 Apr, 2016, 05.30 PM IST
India, China suffer heavily due to air pollution: StudyIndia and China suffer over USD 1.89 trillion annually in terms of the value of lives lost and ill health caused from air pollution.
01 Jul, 2015, 10.12 AM IST
India spent 1.19% GDP on health in 2011: GovernmentThe public expenditure on health as percentage of GDP for India was 1.19 per cent in 2011 as compared to 2.85 per cent in China, the govern...
12 May, 2015, 06.41 PM IST
- UK to ban wild animals at circuses
Tigers jumping through fire balls, elephants cycling backwards or chimpanzees juggling with knives will soon be history.
18 Apr, 2013, 03.47 PM IST
Can Narendra Modi evolve from COO to CEO?The Gujarat CM is great at improving operational performance but as PM he will also need to define strategy for the country as a whole.
14 Apr, 2013, 11.57 AM IST
- India must support R&D for neglected diseases
India has been neglecting funding research of diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria, sleeping sickness while funds are poured into honing ...
25 Jul, 2011, 06.16 AM IST
- Economic reforms in 1990s led to one million deaths: Study
As many as one million working-age men died due to the economic shock of mass privatisation policies followed by post-communist countries i...
19 Jan, 2009, 11.07 AM IST
- Need to Evolve a Responsible 'Bag Policy'
The initiatives taken, both by Wal-Mart and Progressive Bag Affiliates need to be replicated across the world, including India. Imposing a ...
31 Oct, 2008, 01.05 AM IST