Reliance AGM 2026 Key Highlights: From Jio IPO, AI ventures to retail bets, check key announcements by Mukesh AmbaniRIL AGM 2026 Key Highlights: Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani unveiled major plans at the company's annual general meeting. Key a...
19 Jun, 2026, 04.16 PM IST
Actor Madhavan shares a determined dog's struggle and eventual win with an inspiring message: Never give upActor R Madhavan shared a video of a stray dog's persistent efforts to cross a canal. The dog's repeated attempts to jump between pillars f...
05 Jun, 2026, 04.22 PM IST
In 1958, when China ordered a nationwide sparrow slaughter to protect grain crops, what followed was 2 million human deathsChina's war on sparrows in 1958 had devastating consequences. The campaign, aimed at protecting grain, instead led to a surge in crop-destr...
05 Jun, 2026, 02.25 PM IST
Mongolian wisdom of the day: 'A journey of a thousand miles begins beneath one's feet.' Life lessons on taking the first step, hard work and growthMongolian wisdom of the day: This Mongolian proverb teaches that every great achievement, no matter how challenging or distant it may seem,...
04 Jun, 2026, 12.08 AM IST
A hidden city grid is emerging beneath tropical forests as laser scans expose roads, terraces, and ancient platformsDense jungles conceal ancient cities. LiDAR, an airborne laser mapping technique, now unveils these hidden urban layouts. It penetrates fol...
12 May, 2026, 07.04 PM IST
American Proverb of the Day: ‘Many small steps taken with purpose, patience and courage will carry you…’ Wisdom that turns small efforts into life-changing momentumThe proverb of the day offers a refreshing truth: you don’t need to leap, you need to move. Big changes don’t require dramatic beginnings. ...
24 Apr, 2026, 01.12 PM IST
China's great electric leap forwardChina's EV sales are poised to surpass US passenger car sales, driven by strong policy support and fiscal incentives, aligning climate goal...
19 Jun, 2025, 11.00 PM IST
Not just GDP: Why India must think like China and Japan, says Sridhar VembuZoho’s Sridhar Vembu has called for a shift in India’s development mindset—from GDP obsession to civilisational revival. In a detailed soci...
21 Apr, 2025, 10.13 AM IST
China, posterboy of illiberal 'democracy'Beijing's mandarins don't take anything short of praise lightly. Many of China's citizens, too, ra-ra along, condemning such 'acts of anti-...
28 Jun, 2023, 11.05 PM IST
- The dragon to lose fire?
China's fertility rates were already decreasing in the 1970s, and by 1980, the Chinese government formally instituted the controversial one...
18 Jan, 2023, 11.50 PM IST
China looking to create 'hydro-hegemony' through dam projects in Tibet: ReportSince Tibet's occupation, China has disrupted the natural flow of rivers by pursuing a series of ill-conceived environmental and developmen...
14 Apr, 2022, 10.41 PM IST
View: China dazzles many Indians, but emulating China could pave the road to catastropheThose who are able to study Chinese history with a critical eye may well see their enthusiasm for state centralisation dimmed.
15 Jun, 2019, 10.54 AM IST
Mao launched 1962 war for internal control; saw India as soft target: BookThe Swedish expert links the preparation for the war by China with the disastrous result of Mao's Great Leap Forward, launched in 1958, to ...
24 Dec, 2017, 03.35 PM IST
Bihar’s great leap forwardIn the last 10 years, Bihar too has witnessed unprecedented all-round growth and prosperity. After decades, the conversation about the stat...
18 Sep, 2015, 11.34 AM IST
Railway panel suggests dynamic fare system for more trainsIntroduction of dynamic fare system for all mail and express trains, change in schedule of certain trains and their proper maintenance were...
27 Mar, 2015, 11.05 PM IST
- Samoa: A great leap forward for tourism
Luckily for Samoa, the great divide between today and tomorrow, International Date Line, is only 20 miles away from its the western-most is...
12 May, 2011, 02.04 AM IST
- A great leap backwards
Looking at the environmental violations around us it seems safe to argue that the collapsing rule of law in India has a role to play.
01 Jul, 2010, 05.22 AM IST