Strange theories are floated to explain the depravity of Indian men – from greater access to pornography (that would have made Holland ve... Read more »
Why Indian men rape
India has not scored well on financial inclusion of the poor, says RBI Deputy Governor
A prolonged and persistent financial exclusion to a large segment of population would lead to a decline in investments and can also resu... Read more »
2G auction flop: EGoM decides to slash the base price by 30 per cent
Shocked by the poor response to the 2G mobile phone spectrum auction last month, a high-level ministerial panel has decided to slash t... Read more »
'US drone attack kills al Qaeda commander in Pak'
Tribal sources from Pakistan's northwest said on Saturday a US drone attack had killed a senior al Qaeda commander in the latest blow... Read more »
FDI in retail will help farmers, consumers: PM Manmohan Singh
A day after winning Parliament's approval to the decision of allowing FDI in retail, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday sai... Read more »
FDI in retail: Please move on
Now that the shadowboxing over foreign investment in organised retail is behind it, the Lok Sabha should swiftly move on to substantive ... Read more »
Air India to get Rs. 2,000 crore more as equity for revival
The government today earmarked an additional R s. 2,000 crore for infusion in Air India as part of the state-carrier's financial restr... Read more »
India to see modest recovery in 2013 sans major reforms
NEW DELHI: India is likely to witness a modest recovery in the coming year, even without major policy initiatives, largely owing to "... Read more »
India eyes French submarine worth $10 billion ( Rs 55,000 crore)
New Delhi: After clinching Rs 99,000-crore deal to equip the Indian Air Force with Dassault Aviation’s Rafale fighters, the government is n... Read more »
Reforms are back: Indian Govt allows FDI in multi-brand retail, aviation
In a historic decision, the Union Cabinet on Friday cleared major economic reforms allowing 51% FDI in multi-brand retail, 49% FDI in avi... Read more »
INDIA READY FOR ANOTHER MAMOTH DEFENCE DEAL
India's quest for a futuristic stealth fifth-generation fighter, which will see the country spend around $35 billion over the next... Read more »
Why Aren’t the Indian Blackouts Affecting the Country’s Technology Centers?
Two days of widespread blackouts in India have many outside observers wondering if India and it's tech-support call centers can meet... Read more »
Five low intensity explosions reported in Pune
PUNE: Five low intensity blasts rocked Pune on Wednesday evening. According to television reports, a sixth explosive was defused by the s... Read more »
China and India’s Agni-V
It was no surprise that China would convey its displeasure to India testing its 5000 Km nuclear capable ballistic missile on April 19. ... Read more »
Time to 'pack up' were Rajesh Khanna's last words: Big B
"Time ho gaya hai, pack up". Those were Rajesh Khanna's last words, says Amitabh Bachchan in his blog. Amitabh wrote ... Read more »
The man who would be president
Had Sonia Gandhi been as strong as she was in 2004 or 2009, Pranab Mukherjee might not have emerged as the party’s presidential candidat... Read more »
Women cleverer than men say new findings
AFP Image London: The battle of the sexes got a new twist with psychologists finding t... Read more »
10 facts about the Agni-I
Giving a boost to its missile arsenal, India Friday test-fired it's indigenously developed nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Agni-I ... Read more »
India successfully tests nuclear-capable Agni-I missile
Bhubaneswar: India on Friday successfully test-fired indigenously-developed nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Agni-I missile from a mil... Read more »
Breast cancer surgery women 'risk more operations'
ne in five women with breast cancer who has part of the breast removed, rather than the whole breast, ends up having another operation, a... Read more »
The second brain in our stomachs
Our own stomachs may be something of a dark mystery to most of us, but new research is revealing the surprising wa... Read more »
German circumcision ban: Is it a parent's right to choose?
A ban on circumcision in Germany has shocked the nation's Jews and Muslims. The right of parents to make decisions for ... Read more »
What is GAAR?
India has deferred by a year the rollout of measures to crack down on tax evasion, which had sparked an outcry among foreign investors, bu... Read more »
FII and FDI in India and how it affects the market and economy
FII refers to the Foreign Institutional Investors that are allowed to invest in the Indian financial sector. Since the opening up of In... Read more »
End of empire for Western universities?
By the end of this decade, four out of every 10 of the world's young graduates are going to come from just two cou... Read more »
Alzheimer's 'early signs timeline developed'
A team at Washington University School of Medicine looked at families with a genetic risk of the disease. Writing in the New Engl... Read more »
The Bose in the particle
: Satyendra Nath Bose in 1925. The Higgs bit we know. But the boson? Western science is overlooking India’s contributi... Read more »
Why Manmohan Singh is a Superachiever
It would be disrespect to physics verging on blasphemy, in the wake of CERN's success with the god particle, to view time as anything... Read more »
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