Will it be Keralamite or Keralamian? Shashi Tharoor reacts to Kerala’s proposed new name KeralamThe Union Cabinet has approved Kerala's proposal to rename the state to 'Keralam'. This decision follows a unanimous resolution by the Kera...
24 Feb, 2026, 04.10 PM IST
LTTS bags deal to set up offshore development centre for US firm TennantL&T Technology Services (LTTS) has partnered with Tennant Company to develop sustainable cleaning products, establishing an engineering cen...
04 Jun, 2025, 04.49 PM IST
India’s top IT services exporters buck the trend to land multi-year contractsIT services companies Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Wipro and Tech Mahindra entered multi-year deal announcements despite slowing demand...
04 Jun, 2025, 10.57 AM IST
Growing trend: Indian students turn towards this European nationIndian student enrollment in Ireland has significantly increased, according to Anita Kelly, counsel general, with numbers rising from 800 i...
27 Apr, 2024, 04.07 PM IST
- India ends junior worlds wrestling championship without gold, Deepak wins silver
Deepak, who won junior Asian gold in New Delhi, lost 1-2 to Ozen, scoring the only point with just three seconds to go.
23 Sep, 2018, 11.50 PM IST
Restoring the French connectionThe Chandernagore Strand, spread out in tranquil dignity along the waterway, remains the leitmotif of French presence in Bengal.
12 Jan, 2018, 11.34 PM IST
It’s time for a new name for englishEurenglish, Scandlish, franglais or Deutschlish would be merely part of a hoary tradition of localised English.
22 Sep, 2017, 01.29 AM IST
Regional variety in how English language is spoken gets increasing acceptanceTrans-Atlantic rhoticity has crept in and even the once-hallowed tones of All India Radio newsreaders have evolved into a more indigenous p...
30 May, 2016, 06.39 AM IST
French tongue is twisting around not just alien words but also alien foodsSome of the neologisms produced by this very French mingling of tongues would just as easily find a place in the patois of Britain.
13 May, 2016, 06.23 AM IST
Let's have an award for the worst-spelt road signageReading and deciphering the intended names and info on road signs across India make for an amusing pastime, as their English spellings and ...
01 May, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Ending women’s inequality might be a little more complex than word playIn Hollywood's universe, every problem that impacts our planet has to be resolved by Captain America, from alien-loaded death stars to mega...
15 Mar, 2014, 06.39 AM IST
Bharti Airtel rallies on rejig of African operations; top Sensex gainerBharti Airtel rallied as much as 1.5% after the telecom major said it that has restructured its Africa operations into four business units.
06 Feb, 2014, 09.58 AM IST
Bharti Airtel rejigs top team in African operationsBharti Airtel has restructured its Africa operations into four business units and appointed key executives effective April 1, in a renewed ...
06 Feb, 2014, 02.42 AM IST
Bharti Airtel recasts unprofitable Africa operationsThe restructuring would change the operations from being run on the basis of linguistic and cultural similarities to one with clusters base...
30 Jan, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Bharti Airtel appoints Christian de Faria as new CEO of AfricaChristian de Faria, who has been with South African telecom firm MTN, will take over as chief executive officer from Jan 1, 2014.
29 Aug, 2013, 03.21 AM IST
Mauritius offers Africa investment route for Indian firms"We have recently seen an enormous increase in the number of global business companies being incorporated in Mauritius and targeting Africa...
16 Jul, 2013, 05.37 PM IST
- One upma-nship
Jingoists who had once bemoaned India's growing preference for pizza over paratha, chips over papad and maybe even Sonia Gandhi over Advani...
18 Jun, 2011, 02.08 AM IST