How the visa debate for foreign workers fuels racism against South AsiansRacist rhetoric targeting the Indian community has surged across the U.S., fueled by anger over the H-1B visa program. Concerns about job d...
17 Feb, 2026, 10.04 AM IST
Word of the day: BewildermentWord of the day: Have you ever felt completely lost or disoriented in a confusing situation? That intense feeling has a term, bewilderment....
20 Jan, 2026, 01.06 AM IST
Bihar elections: Congress to contest 61 seats, to fight against INDIA bloc partners in several constituenciesThe Congress has agreed to contest 61 seats in the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections — nine fewer than in 2020 — but will face INDIA bloc p...
20 Oct, 2025, 05.06 PM IST
Anupam Kher’s hilarious take on modern toilet signs will have you second-guessing which door to enterAnupam Kher humorously questioned the increasingly abstract restroom signs, sharing his confusion over deciphering male and female symbols ...
15 Aug, 2025, 07.31 PM IST
Charting the global economy: Turbulence accompanies tariff pauseGlobal financial markets experienced turbulence following President Trump's tariff pause, with investors seeking safe havens and some centr...
13 Apr, 2025, 10.42 AM IST
Kim Kardashian is disappointed that Mumbai is nothing like 'Allahdin's marketplace'. Netizens say, 'US needs education'Kim Kardashian and Khloe Kardashian were surprised by the bustling atmosphere of Colaba in Mumbai, expecting it to resemble the marketplace...
16 Mar, 2025, 04.17 PM IST
Navigating Food Taboos: Why the discomfort around the hand that feedsExploring cultural norms and customs surrounding food in Indian and Ethiopian societies. Rukmini Srinivas' memoir "Tiffin" serves as a back...
13 Mar, 2024, 11.34 AM IST
Kochi blasts shake Jehovah's Witnesses, a minority Christian group spread across the globeJehovah's Witnesses are a Christian religious organisation with roots in 19th-century America. Their prayer meeting in Kochi was disrupted ...
29 Oct, 2023, 08.20 PM IST
NEP's move to teaching in mother tongue could transform learning in IndiaThe National Education Policy, 2020 has advocated, that "wherever possible, the medium of instruction until at least Grade 5, but preferabl...
19 Feb, 2022, 11.37 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeals countrymen to take Covid vaccine"It's an appeal to all to take the vaccine...Do remember the mantra to fight corona- dawaayi bhi kadaayi bhi. It is not that I have to just...
28 Mar, 2021, 01.10 PM IST
India Inc wants Niti’s EV juggernaut to move out of the fast laneGovt wants a 2023 deadline for three-wheelers and 2025 for two-wheelers up to 150cc capacity to go electric.
24 Jun, 2019, 05.23 PM IST
Government interference undermines RBI’s functional autonomy: Viral AcharyaUndermining RBI's autonomy is "catastrophic" and can "trigger a crisis of confidence in capital markets," he said.
27 Oct, 2018, 08.56 AM IST
Here is the full text of RBI's deputy governor Viral V Acharya's speech in MumbaiHis comments comes against the backdrop of media reports that some unnamed government officials wanted an easing of stringent rules under w...
27 Oct, 2018, 12.02 AM IST
Why we don't get consentFor men, smart women are, at best, trophy listeners, a high-level audience to endorse their interesting image. With hot girls, they just pr...
14 Oct, 2018, 10.24 AM IST
M Karunanidhi, Bal Thackeray & power of idolsThey occupied opposite poles on the Hindutva axis, but the DMK and Shiv Sena leaders had interesting parallels.
12 Aug, 2018, 10.47 AM IST
After Theranos row, investors asked Hyd-based Theranosis to change nameTheranosis founder Shibichakravarthy Kannan doesn’t want his company to be confused with disgraced firm, Theranos.
09 Jul, 2018, 09.09 AM IST
Save the tiger, export itWe have only too tragically proved that we don't deserve the striped splendour of the tiger, any more than we do our man-made heritage of m...
14 Feb, 2008, 04.58 PM IST