Half-daylight saving time? A new bill explains the idea—and why it’s gaining attentionA new bill, The Daylight Act of 2026, proposes shifting U.S. time zones forward by 30 minutes permanently, eliminating the twice-yearly clo...
20 Feb, 2026, 06.57 PM IST
Retirement reality check: Why overconfidence about your golden years can backfireThe fears that are associated with the cessation of income, or the loss of power or purpose, should make one a little pessimistic about ret...
20 Oct, 2025, 06.30 AM IST
"I am smart enough to have multiple options...": EAM Jaishankar reasserts Indian stand to buy Russian oilJaishankar reiterated India's commitment to purchasing Russian oil despite sanctions, emphasizing the importance of having multiple options...
18 Feb, 2024, 01.26 PM IST
- Power of silence
The Bhagwad Gita also highlights mauna as a spiritual austerity, emphasising both verbal and mental silence. Observing our thoughts without...
06 Feb, 2024, 11.19 PM IST
UN Security Council adopts UAE-penned resolution on scaling up, monitoring aid to GazaThe resolution requests that the UN Secretary-General appoint a Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator who will monitor and ver...
23 Dec, 2023, 05.21 PM IST
UN approves watered-down resolution on aid to Gaza without call for suspension of hostilitiesThe long-delayed vote in the 15-member council was 13-0 with the United States and Russia abstaining. The U.S. abstention avoided a third A...
23 Dec, 2023, 01.03 PM IST
Attack on Titan Finale Ending Explained: What was Eren Yeager’s fate?Eren Yeager, who began as the story's hero, faces his end in a dramatic and tragic twist.
05 Nov, 2023, 11.23 PM IST
A new charter for the NARCL, IDRCL twins!The purpose of The Twins to take over stressed debt is in doldrums as the banking systems net non-performing assets are at multi-year low o...
20 Oct, 2023, 03.21 PM IST
$46 yield per dollar invested: Here's why the world should invest more to eradicate tuberculosisThe world is failing to address tuberculosis (TB) and meet the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with current trends showing a 50-...
08 May, 2023, 11.29 PM IST
India abstains on UNGA resolution calling for Russia to pay reparations to UkraineThe draft resolution, 'Furtherance of remedy and reparation for aggression against Ukraine', introduced by Ukraine was adopted Monday in th...
15 Nov, 2022, 07.56 AM IST
Gorbachev on Gorbachev: the last Soviet leader in his own wordsFirst public remarks on the Chernobyl nuclear power station disaster, delivered on Russian television, May 14, 1986, 18 days after the expl...
31 Aug, 2022, 02.49 PM IST
IT=value+growth. Where does it fit in stock rotation? Samir Arora answers“We reduced one tech stock and a little of these outperformers by like 30-30, 50-50 bps because if you have to buy something continuously, ...
22 Feb, 2022, 09.33 AM IST
China dismisses US lawsuit against it on COVID-19 as ‘nothing short of absurdity'Filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, the lawsuit was submitted by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt ag...
22 Apr, 2020, 06.08 PM IST
Hospital allowed Jaya ‘natural cessation of life’The state government also said, for the first time, that on September 22, 2016, when she was admitted to hospital, she had ‘underlying co-m...
24 Feb, 2017, 12.00 PM IST
Nicotine-chomping bacteria key to anti-smoking therapyAn enzyme found in a nicotine-eating bacterium can be recreated in lab settings and might be used as a drug candidate to help people quit s...
08 Aug, 2015, 12.55 PM IST
And death shall be no moreThere appears to be a complete mismatch between what religions tell us death is all about, and how we react to it. Believers among us — esp...
04 Jun, 2010, 05.00 AM IST
- No sudden stops here
India is unlikely to be hit hard by any sudden capital ouflow thanks to the nature of the economy and dependence on long-term debt.
07 Nov, 2007, 01.14 AM IST