With the Indian Ocean region coming to global focus, even as China seeks to increase its foothold in the region, littoral countries, including India, have gathered here for a two-day conference (September 3-4) in the Maldives capital. Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar is in Male for the Fourth Indian Ocean Conference 2019, being organised […]
The India-Russia joint declaration by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi focused on trade and investment, while extracting an unambiguous stand on Kashmir that reflective of New Delhi’s narrative. In a veiled attack on Pakistan’s effort to internationalise the Kashmir issue, with Putin by his side, Modi said: “We both are […]
Questioner:Namaskaram, Sadhguru. I see many people who are cynical, bitter, and frustrated with life.They feel life has defeated them, and they resign.How do we avoid becoming like that, especially later on in life? And how do we help others to come out of this way of seeing everything as a problem instead of an opportunity? […]
New Delhi Just who was Sunanda Pushkar? A businesswoman par excellence, a socialite or a high-profile politician’s wife. Just like her death in a hotel room in the national capital on January 17, 2014 has raised more questions than have been answered, there is no easy way to define the Sunanda that lived. “There are […]
Mumbai For eight years megastar Amitabh Bachchan did not know he was suffering from Tuberculosis and said that he has does not mind calling himself a tuberculosis survivor. Amitabh was at NDTV’s Swasth India launch and was speaking to doctor Harsh Vardhan urging him to spread awareness about regular check ups to facilitate early diagnosis. […]
A school teacher in Rajasthan is all set to fly back to his home from work in a helicopter on his retirement day on Saturday. Ramesh Chand Meena has booked a chopper service for Rs 3.70 lakh to take him back to his residence in Malawali village in Alwar district from his school, which is […]
RSS — The name evokes different sentiments among different people. Depending upon who you speak to, some will describe them as ‘nationalist’, some as ‘torch bearers of Hinduism’, while few may brand it as ‘communal’. To many, RSS may seem to be an ageing organization. But it has embraced modernity of late and how. Apart […]
The government on Friday announced the mega-merger of 10 PSU banks into four, where the Punjab National Bank, the Oriental Bank of Commerce and the United Bank to merge become the second-largest PSB while the Canara Bank and the Syndicate Bank will amalgamate to make the fourth-largest PSU bank entity. Also in the series of […]
Private sector lending major ICICI Bank has become the first in the country to deploy industrial ‘Robotic Arms’ to count millions of currency notes at its currency chests across the country, a top official said here on Wednesday. These Robotic Arms are currently functioning at Mumbai, and Sangli (Maharashtra), New Delhi, Bengaluru and Mangaluru (Karnataka), […]
In an apparent display of duality on the issue of abrogation of Article 370, IAS officer-turned-politician Shah Faesal had claimed two weeks ago that “you can either be a stooge or a separatist now”, but a week later in his petition in the Supreme Court, Faesal came on record saying “the state of Jammu and […]