At Madrid's Prado museum, art lovers can have a rare rear-view look behind iconic paintingsAbout 100 works are on display in two rooms with black walls, including paintings on loan from 29 foreign museums and international collect...
08 Dec, 2023, 11.20 PM IST
National Logistics Policy: The intentions are right but will execution be?Logistics costs in Europe are 11-12% of GDP, 10% in the US and less in China, and 13-14% in India. A detailed analysis has been initiated b...
19 Sep, 2022, 11.17 PM IST
Amaravati stupa remnants in Chennai museum deserve as much support as Telangana’s BuddhavanamThe new 'stupa' has 133 sculpted sandstone panels on its drum and dome- including one of BR Ambedkar embracing Buddhism-and a brass-coated ...
21 May, 2022, 01.09 AM IST
From DRI to NCB and back, Sameer Wankhede's controversial run-ins with B-town celebsWankhede joined as the zonal director of the NCB Mumbai with an initial tenure of one year and was given a four-month extension in August 2...
06 Jan, 2022, 10.13 AM IST
View: Tokenisation, an OTT ActionOne can't help but feel a bit of sympathy for these companies. They were on the forefront of the first digital banking wave India witnessed...
02 Jan, 2022, 11.29 PM IST
View: Tokenisation is the latest regulatory disruptionThe term 'tokenisation' denotes the process of encryption and decryption of card details such as the name of holder, card number and expiry...
02 Jan, 2022, 11.09 PM IST
View: Fake in India, mimicry your heart outWe love replicas because we like cutting corners, as well as because they make us ‘world-class’ without making anything original.
16 Oct, 2021, 11.00 PM IST
From luxury to necessity: How has furniture used in India evolved through timeThere was a time in the nation’s history when the use of furniture was so sparse that it had astonished our European visitors. The furnitur...
04 Dec, 2019, 05.32 PM IST
PM Modi meets top Lankan leadership; describes terrorism as a 'joint threat'Modi is the first foreign leader to visit Sri Lanka after the Easter attacks in April.
09 Jun, 2019, 04.24 PM IST
Yogi Adityanath visits Taj Mahal, launches mega cleanliness driveThis is Yogi's first visit to the Agra tourist hotspot after assuming the reins of UP. He is also the first BJP CM of UP to visit the monum...
26 Oct, 2017, 03.16 PM IST
India's most intense dialogue with Nobel FoundationIndia accounts for every sixth person who walks on the globe and the number of Nobel Awards won by Indian citizens amounts to a mere 0.45% ...
15 Jan, 2017, 10.50 AM IST
China starts building a full-sized Titanic replicaThe original Titanic sank in 1912, killing more than 1,500 people. The Chinese firm has promised it will be completed by 2018.
02 Dec, 2016, 02.23 PM IST
Flipkart took off because it brought in cash on delivery: Nandan Nilekani'In India, I think there’s going to be an increasing awareness that the future companies that you can build are going to be ones that solve...
04 Aug, 2016, 09.07 AM IST
Luxury brands like Hermes, Gucci & others to take on faster growing fakes in IndiaPopular brands such as Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Bvlgari diamonds, Rolex watches and Prada dresses are counterfeited and sold widely in India.
28 Aug, 2013, 05.28 PM IST
- Indonesia eagerly awaits Obama's brief homecoming
Indonesians were eagerly awaiting the arrival Tuesday of US President Barack Obama for a 24-hour visit to a country where he spent part of ...
09 Nov, 2010, 12.15 PM IST
Riga: Perfect blend of medieval centre and modern cityA city of many facets - many of them contradictory, all of them amazing - Riga is not unlike a microcosm of the tumultuous history of Europ...
27 May, 2010, 07.19 AM IST
- Port city of Alexandria, beacon of the ages
Alexandria's ancient lighthouse may have been long destroyed but the Egyptian city by the Mediterranean continues its millennial quest to i...
13 Nov, 2008, 12.00 AM IST