Be cool and stay cool in Indian summers - Desi styleIndia continues to wear Western suits as workwear, a colonial imposition. European traders brought these clothes, but local cotton garments...
04 Apr, 2026, 12.33 AM IST
Quote of the day by Albert Einstein: 'I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be...' - lessons on war, civilization and future of humanity by Nobel Prize winner and creator of the theory of relativityQuote of the day by Albert Einstein: Albert Einstein's chilling quote about World War IV being fought with sticks and stones serves as a st...
25 Mar, 2026, 07.31 PM IST
'Brazen attack on constitutional rights of transgender people': Rahul Gandhi slams govt on billCongress leader Rahul Gandhi has strongly opposed the government's Transgender Persons Amendment Bill, 2026. He calls it a direct attack on...
24 Mar, 2026, 04.09 PM IST
Financial word of the day: Heteroscedasticity — meaning, usage, and why it matters more than everFinancial word of the day: Heteroscedasticity describes a situation where risk (variance) changes with the level of a variable. In financia...
03 Feb, 2026, 11.05 PM IST
Your honour, it was never about marriageThe Supreme Court's denial of a 44-year-old single woman's right to surrogacy highlights a backward view of family and parenthood. Rejectin...
06 Feb, 2024, 11.24 PM IST
100% VVPAT count idea 'regressive', like adopting paper ballot: Election Commission to SCThe Election Commission of India (EC) has defended the EVM-VVPAT system against a petition seeking 100% data cross verification, stating th...
08 Sep, 2023, 12.10 AM IST
Learn with ETMarkets: Want to understand price trends? Here are 6 key techniquesNevertheless, Tara faced a new challenge of determining how to identify a trend. With a wise smile, Dev replied that there were several tec...
02 Apr, 2023, 10.27 AM IST
Old Pension Scheme an 'absurd idea', may lead to financial insolvency: Montek Singh AhluwaliaThis is not the first time Montek Ahluwalia has spoken against OPS. Sometime back, he had said that OPS is one of the biggest cess given by...
07 Jan, 2023, 01.01 AM IST
Roe vs Wade ruling: Will embolden regressive ideas in India, say activistsFor the last 50 years, abortion has been legal in India under various circumstances, following the enactment of the Medical Termination of ...
26 Jun, 2022, 10.39 AM IST
Lateral entry recruitment part of BJP-RSS scheme to snatch rights of marginalised sections: Congress"The BJP-RSS want to capture all institutions - especially the leadership positions and wish to annihilate diversity in all spaces to ensur...
12 Oct, 2021, 10.01 PM IST
Telcos resist differential licensing, unbundling of layers; say move regressiveThe operators Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea, and Airtel, as well as industry body Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) have asserte...
04 Nov, 2020, 11.47 PM IST
Use this Excel function to manage your investments efficientlyExcel’s LINEST function helps to estimate the multiple factor sensitivities that influence the value of investments. Here's how it does tha...
01 Jun, 2020, 06.30 AM IST
Centre's move to introduce electoral bonds regressive: CPI(M)The measures you have introduced recently, I regret to say, have reversed any move towards transparent and clean political funding that may...
09 Jan, 2018, 09.43 PM IST
RSS wants to impose its views on everyone: Sitaram YechuryThe Marxist leader also trashed Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju for saying that leftists celebrate when Indian soldiers die.
28 Feb, 2017, 02.48 PM IST
Fish dies when out of water, no death due to slaughter: GovtJustices Anoop V Mohta and Amjad Sayyed were hearing a petition filed by Bombay Mutton Dealers Association challenging the meat ban.
11 Sep, 2015, 08.57 PM IST
Lack of initiative in preserving language will cost us dearly: Rajiv MalhotraThe 64-year-old founder of the Princeton-based Infinity Foundation, which provides support for research and education in Hinduism.
18 Feb, 2015, 12.13 PM IST
India Inc yet to say Yahoo! to expecting mothers as CEOWhile many women business leaders are breaking the glass ceiling to reach the CEO office, Indian companies would rather wait for a few mont...
22 Jul, 2012, 02.39 PM IST