The Indian Ocean cannot be a backyard of India which navies of other countries could not visit, according the Chinese ministry of defence here. China, which has been expanding its naval operations into the blue waters of the world, says that it’s important that oceans are accepted as part of the legitimate area of operation. […]
Bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar, as well as ace India cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni have made it to the Forbes annual Celebrity 100 rankings of the world’s highest-paid celebrities. Both Bachchan and Salman share the 71st rank with earnings of $33.5 million each, while Akshay with $32.5 million is placed 76th. […]
India’s indigenous main battle tank (MBT) Arjun, which was developed after years of delays and cost-overruns, came in for praise from a top Chinese military research academy here that concentrates on the engineering requirements of the armed forces. Senior Colonel Liu Degang, deputy commander of the Beijing-based academy, said that the MBT is “very good” […]
The lawyer for an Indian man who fled Australia after killing a student in a Melbourne hit-and-run said he will use his client’s serious medical condition to fight any extradition. Puneet was allegedly drunk and driving at 148 km per hour when he hit and killed 19-year-old student Dean Hofstee and seriously injured 20-year-old Clancy […]
The much-awaited Metro train service here was flagged off on Monday by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa. Jayalalithaa used video conference to launch the service on an overhead stretch between Koyambedu and Alandur, covering 10.15 km, which the train would cover in 19 minutes with six stations. By road it would take at least […]
India’s position, since the Narendra Modi government completed one year in office, has been a matter of wide-ranging discussion and speculation. Numerous articles have been written about the economy and other aspects of India’s prospects for the future. A pertinent question to ask in the economic sphere is how does India fare in its overall […]
A fashion designer in an export house, Neelam Taragi, was one day reading an article about the plight of the girl child and was so moved that she wanted to contribute to her cause. But, as a busy designer, she had no idea which NGO to trust with her money. UK-based businessman Kewal Kishen Bhardwaj, […]
Integrating education with industry, a set of schools, run out of old freight-carrying containers, are ready to be launched to provide students with job skills. Here they would be taught as well as trained on various aspects of their work free of cost. Conceptualised by Safeducate, (a concern of Safexpress – a logistic services provider […]
A few months ago, a cheque of Rs. 75,000 issued to a Mumbai businessman was repeatedly being returned and he instructed his lawyers to file a case under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1882. But the businessman, J.P. Vaghani, a partner of J.P. Electronics, a giant consumer electronics distributor in north Mumbai, was aghast at the […]
Adjacent to the PVR Anupam miltiplex in south Delhi’s Saket neighbourhood stands a tin shack on wooden slabs and decorated with a few torn rugs. In and around this shanty, stray dogs can be seen walking around like disciples of a holy saint. The shanty belongs to Pratima Devi, who looks older than her 61 […]